Well, most of July – beginning from 10th – is chronicled
in absurd detail on www.travelswithpickle.blogspot.com
Otherwise, the Main Highlights: last day of school on 7th
July; Cat and Andy arriving on 13th July; Naomi and Vince leaving us
on 17th July; Mags and Louis arriving 21st July; Mags and
Louis leaving 24th July; Cat and Andy leaving us 29th
July. The End.
It’s all about relationships.
The first week of July was just a carry on from a rather
unpleasant last few weeks of June, with staff difficulties and, on my part,
abnormally high blood pressure. Easily treatable with pills but will require further
investigation at the end of August. It’s all due, I’m fairly sure, to
work-related stress brought on by one of my managers’ actions.
It has needed a LOT of grace and forgiveness, but God is
good and has surrounded me with supportive family, friends and colleagues. Not
to mention a very sensible and caring headmaster who has been a tremendous
help.
Nevertheless, I managed most of the Last Week Of Term items:
Prizegiving; Leaver’s Service – which I had to organise; Leavers’ Lunch; a
celebration day for our beloved caretaker Andre Franzen, who was retiring; and
the last day of term, with all the farewells to the children I have taught this
year. They have been wonderful, good fun and rewarding; their parents have been
equally kind and supportive and helpful. The little thank you notes and cards,
painstakingly written by 11 year olds, make it all worthwhile.
So we cleared the classroom; our new gap year student for
next year, Rachel, kindly volunteered to repaper my noticeboards; and I managed
to tidy up just a little. I’m not going to touch anything else until September.
School is out now. Wahey for the holidays! Beginning to catch up with my life at
last....and what am I reading?
Song of Songs, with First Five; and Brennan Manning, for a start. It's not a coincidence that he starts off with Song of Songs, either...
