Well what an experience! Several days in Paris and travelling on Eurostar. If only it was possible for all members of the school staff to have such an experience - I think some may be quite surprised by the conditions that the French children have to deal with every day and the approach that French teachers have to school. Lots of the French delegates were not at the seminar on Saturday as they had to go into their schools to teach until lunchtime. That wouldn't go down too well in the UK.
Back at school everything was as normal - but the amount of illness that is around is quite shocking. There seems to be a persistent "lurgi" hanging around that is knocking everyone off their feet and is taking forever to recover from. One normally ever present member of staff has been off for a week and is off again this week as the "lurgi" has struck her down and caused a major chest infection. In addition to this nasty thing we also have doses of measles and chicken pox doing the rounds amongst the youngest children - quite a worrying time for some I would think.
Our school bungalow is now completed and is a beautiful place probably for the first time since it was built in the 1960s. Clive Meech and his intrepid team have done a wonderful job, finishing everything to a very high standard. This development has given us an additional space to use for a variety of purposes ranging from meetings room to party venue (this won't be the favoured option!). I'm looking forward to seeing how we can make good use of this space - we have had interest from a "virtual" children's centre which will be an interesting concept in itself.
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