Cheers Mate!

Last night I could feel sickness coming on. This morning I woke up with a sore throat and that weird pressure in my ears. This is a familiar sickness for me and a part of me knew I would get this after Susan was sick just the other day. I live with her, it was inevitable. Even though I had to miss a day of work that was booked at least I can have a day to regenerate and relax. Thankfully Bardi had honey I could put in my tea. :)

My week of teaching has been going well. I had to wing the day on Monday teaching year 1 because there was no lesson planning in the afternoon as well as no EAs...the morning was productive though. To waste time be productive I taught the kids about Canada and we talked about England leading into an activity where they create a postcard for me from England telling me things I should see/do. I realized some of the students had difficulty just forming words but some of the pictures of the English flag and Big Ben were impressive.
I read them a Robert Munsch book, "Cookies" - which they loved! The popular choice of cookie biscuit among the kids seemed to be shortbread.

Yesterday was my first time teaching in Central London (literally walking distance to Tower Bridge where not too long ago I was a tourist taking in the impressive architecture). The nursery kids have a lot of energy that I need to keep up with and sitting on the carpet is a mission (unless it's a story of course - which is my favorite part of the day).
I like working nursery because it is a break from the lessons, marking and attitude (well for the most part) but the disciplining is tough because you can't negotiate behavior with the kids and when you say one thing they forget it a few minutes later (i.e. "no running in the classroom").