school, plus some

well, i am dead tired, but i have had a great week. I was complaining to a housemate on Tuesday how i was actually really quite scared to go to school. and i kind of still am. The kids are hard to figure out and there is a lot of planning to do, but i am sure i will get on top of that eventually.

Wednesday was great, no kids at school, just a training day. And then thursday and friday i had 5/7 kids in class. And friday afternoon i had 2 children who were very unsettled (one was throwing the other across the room or half-strangling him because he was too excited and didn't know what to do with all his energy) but then i put on the wiggles during drink and fruit and by the time we got to afternoon circle we put hi-5 on and all the kids were very calm. It was seriously AMAZING... a blessing and a great way to end my friday afternoon at school. I still have heaps of planning, but my headteachers advice was don't get overwhelmed, so i won't. ha. I am loving school and will learn a lot from being in an autistic class for 5 months.

umm, have had 2 friends from sydney stay with me this week, Bin and Shavarsh. It has been fab. we went to the producers tonight at Theatre Royal which was geat. Very funny, a bit crude, but a good show. And have hung out every night since wednesday either in town or at a nice pub or something. it has been nice to chill out and catch up with them and see some sights of LONDON.

and for those of you who know carrie, she comes tomorrow to stay for a month to work at the BBC, so things are all go here. But seeing as she is working, i can stay a bit later at school to do planning and we can do lots on the weekends or in the evenings. Although we will probably be getting to bed a bit earlier than i have previous nights.... oh well, tourists don't stay here that often, so i have to have a bit of fun with them. And i am turning into a boring sod never going into town anymore... too Lazy... bah.

well, bed now. will write in a few days.
love
deev
yes mum, i am looking after myself!!! about 15kgs more than i was in sydney!! ha, just joking, not quite that bad yet.