It has been a wet, wet day. There were some dry spells as well and we managed to get the kids outside but now it is raining and looks set for the weekend. I got the PCs back working in my classroom, hooray! The remote IT people did something to the server to adjust the log-in details and now there isn't even a password, you just press enter to get in. And then in the afternoon, Sue, our school secretary (actually she's the school administrator) came and fiddled with my reluctant printer. She opened lids, shook anything that was loose and generally had an intuitive poke around and bingo! the machine now works. Mine was the 3rd one she fixed today. She doesn't claim to know about printers but she must have the magic touch. Half the class did their long writing task in the morning so we had Golden Time in the afternoon. It was quite pleasing to see that some of them chose to do more Greek based art from this week's topic work. Half of the children went out to do some gardening with our Gardening Club parents and they returned a little muddy clutching mint, garlic and spinach to take home.
At home it was too wet to do anything outside so I shall make a start on next week's planning. We are hoping to have our sports day on Monday but not if the field is too wet. We are now entering the time of year when the diary is filling up with special events, days out, visits to their new classrooms etc. I'm looking forward to Arts' Week (or in my case weeks) when we can immerse ourselves in art activities. Each class has been asked to base their art work on a familiar book so I've opted for Greek Myths and Legends because they contain a wealth of inspiration.
