Plannning a plan

This is going to be a boring post so if you want to read something abit more interesting oh I don't know lets say something about me and 3 others watching semi clad men fighting over 'earth and water' and what happens when u run up a down escalator then proceed to this blog: http://www.justatemporarymeasure.blogspot.com/

For here there shall be nothing more but a plan of what lessons we are planning to teach during the excellence and enjoyment week:

Music:

1a, 1b: 'We're going on a bear hunt'
3a: Listen to animal sounds. Can they be identified. (Starter activity)

PSHE:

2a: Debate about whether or not zoo's should be allowed. Courtroom style or snowballing. (Link with drama role playing in a courtroom?)

PE:

6a: Dance: Observing ways in which animals move, moving in this way. Make this in to a dance.

Art:

I'm getting bored of this, will edit at another time. Meeting with school tomorrow at 2.45pm

Inclusion

My next big assignment is on 'inclusion'. Think I might enjoy this one alot more then the last one. I've started it early to after much reluctance I resisted the temptation of loitering around in the sunshine with my fair lady and headed for the library...all the way in Didsbury!

I've decided to look into how I would include EAL children and children with behavioral problems, boys in particular, into my lessons. As I can relate these issues directly to my placement and they are both issues I am genuinely interested in.

For background research for the behavioral problems I started reading a book called 'What about the boys - Issues of masculinity in schools' (Wayne Martino and Bob Meyenn) the chapter I read was on 'Cussing matches' which are 1 on 1 challenges where each boy takes it in turn to insult the others 'momma' the first one to make the other crumble in to tears or lash out is the winner. Alot of this is normally done during playtime and dinnertime but sometimes it can spill over into the classroom.

According to the book its a way for boys to show their heterosexual masculinity and is normally shown by the more boisterous boys who are normally a part of a group. This was the case in my class however after one incident of it spilling over in my class they never tried the cussing matches.

There were afew boys who weren't a part of the group this was because they had been left out because of language barriers or learning needs (boys can be just as nasty as girls) so when during a spare few minutes before playtime the children were telling me what they had been up to one of the boys who is just learning english put up his hand. Me thinking it was a good chance to include him in the conversation got the rest of class to quieted down as he spoke:

Shyboy: Miss I have joke
Me: Go on then (beaming to myself at his confidence in speaking in front of the class)
Shyboy: Yo mamma's so fat I eat my corn fleks in her belly button

It's magic........don't you know?!

I had a really emotional post going through my head Thursday night.I was stressed out about an assignment and almost cried but by Friday I had handed it in and nandos made me forget how crap it was!

Now I've just remembered it and it's starting to annoy the hell out of me. Apparently only our assignment grades go towards the degree classification. How friggin stupid is that??!! How can an assignment show how well you teach it?!

What annoys me the most is that I know I can teach better then I can write assignments...

I just had a tee hee session and now all the pent up anger which I was going to regurgitate here has magically vanished......I want to buy them all broAches ;-)

5 weird things...

I got 'tagged' by hema (http://hemasphere.blogspot.com/) to list 5 weird things. Although if we were to play 'tag' for real as in the world that exists beyond the computer screen i doubt she would ever catch me.

So 5 weird things hmmm:

1. Im double jointed in my fingers and can bend them in ways that shouldn't be possible. No I will NOT show you. Trust me its weird.
2. I HAVE to to carry around those small tubs of vasaline. I don't function without it and if god forbid I forget it I end up buying another one. For the last week or so I've been picking up a bag realising its not big enough to hold my stuff and using this other big one.The same bag everyday. Every time i do this i seem to transfer vasline tubs in to the big bag. Today I had 6 tubs of the stuff in it! hmmmm wonder if I can sell them on on ebay...
3. I 'collect' bags. (Donations are always appreciated to this worthy cause)
   
4. I've screamed at least once through every film I've watched.
   
5. I have conversations in my head. No this doesn't mean I talk to myself, I simply replay past funny moments and they are as vivid in my head as when they happened. This does from time to time lead to me laughing when I REALLY shouldn't but hey it keeps me entertained and smiling.

Hmmmm re-reading that it sounds like I fit in to the 'freak' category well and truly. I tag EVERYBODY reading this. (email me when u do it)

Trip Trap!!

Apprantly the teacher liked my idea and there's a good chance we will be going to the zoo.
That's the trip bit.

Now for the trap bit....there's a chance we might see snakes.....