Well that's it I no longer work at Beardwood Humanities College, although I'm pleased that I've got a new job I'm also sad to leave. I've made some really good friends there and I'm going to miss them all.
Today has been a strange day, Donna and the girls have been at a Thinking Day event, so it's just been me and AJ today. Although he was happy to sit and watch Lazy Town all day I took him for a walk to the shop and a drive to B & Q, not very exciting I know, but AJ enjoyed himself and said "Hello!" to everyone that he saw.
On the way home I nearly knocked over a guy who was so drunk he was wondering into the road, and I can honestly say that I've never seen someone that drunk. It wasn't too long before he was passing our house at which point he plonked himself down on to my neighbours' wall and went to sleep, and soon enough the police arrived and carted him off in a van.
Saturday 28 February 2009
Friday 13 February 2009
Three teachers, four TAs, one football and a big comedy toe!
On Fridays a few of us from the school get together and have a kick about in the gym. The majority of us know that we're not that good, we go purely for the enjoyment and to blow off some team. Personally I've never been that good at football, I play to my strengths, I put myself between the player and the ball and let them try to take it off me, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Two of the lads that turn out are quite good, but they're the type that don't like it when you play rough, but hey it's all fun.
Anyway, today we played as normal and I was determined to play a blinder. The two "better" players were doing their tricks and playing their dummies, but miraculously, we were winning, but only just. After a couple of hard tackles the "Ronaldo brothers" were sulking and their new signing was getting a bit shirty, (the bruises on my shin are evidence of this). Late on in the game the score was 27:25 to the older players, when a ball was cleared into my direction, I shouldered Toner away and went to put my foot through the ball, which I did,.Unfortunately for me the momentum caused me to not only to clear the ball, it also crashed my foot into a protruding panel on the gym wall. Final result was 32:29 to the grey team, and one broken big toe for me!
Anyway, today we played as normal and I was determined to play a blinder. The two "better" players were doing their tricks and playing their dummies, but miraculously, we were winning, but only just. After a couple of hard tackles the "Ronaldo brothers" were sulking and their new signing was getting a bit shirty, (the bruises on my shin are evidence of this). Late on in the game the score was 27:25 to the older players, when a ball was cleared into my direction, I shouldered Toner away and went to put my foot through the ball, which I did,.Unfortunately for me the momentum caused me to not only to clear the ball, it also crashed my foot into a protruding panel on the gym wall. Final result was 32:29 to the grey team, and one broken big toe for me!
Thursday 12 February 2009
BSF or DSF
It's not often I feel disappointed to be starting something new, but today I am. In two weeks time I'll be working my last day as a Teaching and Learning Assistant Level 2 at Beardwood Humanities College in Blackburn and three days later I will be starting at a new school. I've not worked there for too long but I've developed a real appreciation and respect for the school and for those that work and attend the school; I love the job and have a hell of a lot of time for the kids that I work with.
Unfortunately the powers that be have decided that this little old school no longer fits the criteria that befits a multicultural society. You see Beardwood is a mainly Muslim school, at least 95%, and the Powers That Be have decided that they should merge Beardwood with a mainly white school, Blakewater College, to form the new Blackburn Academy. All well and good in a perfect world, but this is not a perfect world.
Another reason why the decision has been made to close Beardwood is because "falling pupil numbers", what a load of rubbish. Pupil numbers only started to decline at rapid rate after the announcement was made that the school was going to close, I mean who in their right mind would send their child that was going to school when their child was in year 10?
Building Schools for the Future, like many other government decisions is based in good will, but has fallen down drastically, the fallout of BSF in Burnley has resulted in the Police being called to some of the merged schools to separate fighting gangs, whose allegiance is still aligned to their old school. As far as I am concerned they are building schools, they are destroying them.
Unfortunately the powers that be have decided that this little old school no longer fits the criteria that befits a multicultural society. You see Beardwood is a mainly Muslim school, at least 95%, and the Powers That Be have decided that they should merge Beardwood with a mainly white school, Blakewater College, to form the new Blackburn Academy. All well and good in a perfect world, but this is not a perfect world.
Another reason why the decision has been made to close Beardwood is because "falling pupil numbers", what a load of rubbish. Pupil numbers only started to decline at rapid rate after the announcement was made that the school was going to close, I mean who in their right mind would send their child that was going to school when their child was in year 10?
Building Schools for the Future, like many other government decisions is based in good will, but has fallen down drastically, the fallout of BSF in Burnley has resulted in the Police being called to some of the merged schools to separate fighting gangs, whose allegiance is still aligned to their old school. As far as I am concerned they are building schools, they are destroying them.
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