Wet.

All change again with the weather. It was definitely not like summer today. We had rain first thing which eventually fizzled out though it stayed quite warm. At the end of the school day there were big black clouds overhead and it looked as if we were in for a downpour or even a thunderstorm but that passed and we had fine rain instead. I took these photos on my way home at about 5.00. The ponies in the field by us were waiting dejectedly by the gate for someone to take them back to their nice dry stables.

I taught Year 1 in the morning and Year 2 in the afternoon. They have doing their SATs tests for the last few weeks so when they do go outside they are full of pent up energy. The K'nex will not be put out tomorrow in the outside area as all they do is make weapons (not allowed) and chase each other around wildly. They are not learning anything and there are a fair few accidents. Today 2 boys collided, one skinned his elbow (not serious) and the other split his lip (copious blood). It is good that these lively children can go outside to let off steam but the accident rate is rising. Last week one of my class badly bruised his nose, later he kept telling all and sundry that it was broken and had to be reset which made me feel really bad until we confirmed with mum that it was only bruised. The same boy has only just had stitches removed from his leg after a bike accident at home so I wouldn't let him out today. I didn't want to have to report yet another injury to his mum. Instead he crawled under the tables in danger of getting kicked or banging his head.