Warmer.

We've had even more sun and warmth today not that I've had much chance to enjoy it. I managed to oversleep this morning and didn't wake up until 6.45, nearly an hour later than my usual time. I don't know if I switched off the alarm as soon as it began to ring or (more likely) forgot to turn it on last night. Instead of waking up with a cup of tea I had to jump straight out of bed. Luckily my porridge was already made and it didn't take long to make some fresh coffee in my 1 cup cafetiere. My teaching day didn't go too badly considering that I didn't have a teaching assistant for any part of the day. I changed the lesson plans to make them manageable and went for a divide and conquer approach to the behaviour issues. I let a small number of children do activities in the playground outside the classroom, a privilege which had to be earned by 'sensible' behaviour. At one point I looked through the window to see every single unifix (counting) cube scattered across the playground and the culprit throwing a cube at another child. Immediate banishment to the classroom ensued much to the chagrin of the miscreant, the cubes were collected and the general behaviour improved. Later, in the afternoon a different group of children were outside and they worked together to make a cube chain stretching almost the whole way across the playground a distance of about 20 feet. I stayed at school until 5.00 printing out photos of the new School Council members to put up on a display which I'm ashamed to say has stayed the same for the last 2 years. On a positive note I have made my feelings clear about working full-time ie it's affecting my back badly and it looks as though I won't need to be doing so many hours. Due to a lack of suitable/ known supply teachers I was asked if I could do any extra hours at all and I have agreed to teach that class all day on Fridays. That would mean only one early morning and I would have all of Thursdays free. Even though I am a morning person I find it hard if I've not got to sleep until the early hours of the morning or have woken up several times in the night. 

 I picked up my car after work and did some stocking up at the Co-Op before coming home.