The Chequers Hotel Newbury

Right...23 Days to go!! Not long now since i started counting at 385!!!
Only 10 actual days of my "real" work left to do then i'm out of here! I can't actually belive i'm going it somehow does not seem real!
I think the nerves are setting in and the waves of happiness and fear come and Go!!!!!
I never though for a minute i would leave the comfort of a perfectly good job, home and my family and friends to travel on my own ...

... school, and then going to tour round afterwards. Not 100% sure yet but will definately be doing Kerela and then North India.

Thanks to Brother Hasslehoff (Jennys brother) I have this funky blog thing so you all can sleep well at night knowing that my organs havent been sold on the black market for 100 rupees a piece.

Enjoy :)

Nimita

xxx

... out really.
- People not paying up, like for Monte Carlo Casino, laundry, beer hall etc.
- Having just minutes to finish meals and just when you were getting into the swing of things, being told you had 5 minutes left to get ready to get on the bus.

Slips of the tongue
- Laszlo´s broken English - "Make the Fun" and "I want to be in the girls"
- References to the "Sixteenth Chapel", "Mother Teresa´s ****" and the "Guggenhymen" Museum

... could do but pass the time dozing, playing playstation and chatting with the other on the bus.

The ferry crossing was very choppy! Quite a few people got seasick unfortunately, but thankfully I wasn´t one of them.

As we drove back to London, we all played a game called "Secrets", where you write on a piece of paper any secret you have kept over the tour and want to get off your chest before ...

... teachers gave us a few laughs but we enjoyed the the album of past pupils and even managed to add some names to the single photo that was from our year group. Ali will be sending in the photograhs of our last day at school for the album we had a great laugh recreating the pictures even sliding down the bannisters of the geat main staircase and posing in front of ...

... even if the subject matter isn't. There's plenty of museums walking distance so if the weather continues to mimic today's weather, there will be a lot of time spent inside museum's pretending I'm cultured and not color blind. This is getting rather long so I'll finish up with letting you all know that we also went to Camden's Town, which is the birthplace of punk and went to a bar called the World's End. Hence I had some beers ...

... licensed. Yes James is now licensed to drive a car in Legoland. Next it was lunch, a play in the Duplo Land Playtown and a ride on the Duplo train for James, Emma and Carleen. Time for Carleen's choice, Chopper Squadron so Emma went with Mum and James went with Dad. James then took Dad, Gran and Grandad on a boat ride along the Fairy Tale Brook. Then off to Miniland world to see scenes from Europe and the USA. Carleen and James then ...

... grounds are immaculate and the old saying of a picture says a thousand words rings true because you cannot put into words the beauty and grandeur of Windsor Castle. Having been built in 1066 and being approximately 900 years old, there are many stories and events which have taken place inside these vast stone walls and the history of the Knights of the Garter is something can also become a whole different way of viewing the ...

... then, better get to it... Wednesday This is a special day which is set aside for "academic mentoring". The students' regular classes are cancelled, and the teachers spend the day in 15-minute meetings with each of the students from their tutor group (and sometimes their parents) to do some goal setting and checking in with how they are progressing and how they are feeling about school and so on. I think it's a fabulous concept and I am really looking forward to ...

... time, they are assigned a detention. Between that policy and placing the year 8s in a prearranged seating chart, they are angels. I also adjust my teaching so there is less discussion and more individual work. That also seems to help quite a bit. By the end of that lesson, I am feeling a renewed sense of pride in my chosen profession. The rest of the day goes similarly well with fun activities and good interactions with students. Strong cups of coffee interspersed here and ...