Sports day and probation placement

The last few days have been very hectic. I have attended yet another Parents evening (S1).....always nice to meet the parents and this time to actually give my views on the progress of a class that I have been teaching 3 times a week for the last 5 weeks. Friday also saw the S1 sports day and as my only class was S1 I managed to escape the confines of the school and to my amazement ended up refereeing the girls football competition....in my suit...in an anorak...under an umbrella...in the rain! What a great laugh. This will sound patronising but I was hugely impressed by the level of skill shown by some of the girls...not because of their sex but rather their age!

Having returned to school for the last few minutes of the day I gathered my things and headed out to meet the other students from Boroughmuir High School and the Regent for lunch....It was at this point that one of the students phoned home and discovered that our letters from the GTC had arrived and our destinations for next year were waiting at home on the doormat! After a little period of hesitation we all set off home and I am more than pleased to announce that I will be teaching in sunny South Ayrshire next year....might need to take up golf! Oh dear!