The warm, sunny weather came back out for my last two days of teaching. I have enjoyed my two days a week at Jackie's school very much this past year, but I'm ready to stop. Both of the last two days were activity days when the whole school took part in a variety of fun events, many of them outdoors. The staff supervised the activities and although I expressed no preference, I was delighted with what I was allocated. On Thursday I accompanied a group of pupils to a football match at Toryglen Football Centre. It was very exciting, and our school beat the other team 5-4 so there was much celebration! Then in the afternoon I was with a group who were “Cooking with the Navy.” A very personable Navy chef showed us how to prepare healthy food. His chopping techniques were very impressive and gave me some good tips.
And on Friday I spent the whole day in Queen’s Park with some really lovely pupils and staff. We visited the reptiles in the Glass House and the pupils got to handle a cockroach and a gecko. We also saw an axolotl which is a cute wee horned amphibian which can regenerate its own limbs - this was all explained to me by one of the pupils who has a special interest in animals. Then we went bowling and played tennis and putting, and had a picnic all together in the sunshine. It was a great day.
I will gloss over the surprise leaving presentation which was sprung on me, which was very touching and left me feeling quite emotional. And so ended my teaching career.
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