Clari thank goodness all was resolved. Imagine in the 'olden days' when the only option for contact was a public phone box. hope parents waiting for their youngsters were soon reunited. I volunteered as a parent helper on a school trip to the National Museum in Scotland and on to the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. That was the first and only time I went. A girl was sick after the first few yards from the school and the boys were swinging from the trees in the botanics .. Mine behaved though.
I've heard from Wonky - she's been wielding a big petrol-driven hedge trimmer and big petrol mower and showing colleagues around her old stomping ground of North Suffolk and is very tired but happy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh Clarington, your recounting of the forgotten class did make me chuckle. We've had a year 3 class left at a swimming pool before. Thirty wet, cold and hungry children were not happy to be waiting for 25 minutes. School trips are generally a major stress out for the staff. There's always children who turn up without the correct clothing, in uniform if own clothes allowed, in own clothes when uniform required. Then there's the children sent without a packed lunch and a drink because their parents forgot all about the trip, or claim to know nothing about it.....er you signed and returned a permission from. Parent helpers are mostly wonderful, but I've seen parents treat it as a free jolly for them and try and escape by themselves. I've even been at our local beach in the summer holidays and were approached by two mums and their 5 children and asked if l would watch their children for a couple of hours so the mums could go wonder around the town alone. When l politely refused they were really nasty and threatened to report me to our head teacher. My friend l was with was dumbfounded at their cheek.
Gosh, Clari! Glad you got rid of the little dears in the end. I wonder if the staff or the bus company will get the blame?
Glad Wonky enjoyed her first day - hope they find her some steel toecapped boots soon. Unless her feet are very small there shouldn't be much problem getting her fitted; they're available in size 3 up, and include pink if she wants to make a statement...
Strawberries are looking happy in their new bed, and I've planted out the reduced-to-clear hardy cyclamen, and various interesting spring bulbs, which fell into my basket last week when I went looking for a soil testing kit. (I found that too...)
Hope you're enjoying York, BL. A lovely city. Nice gardens nearby too
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Dove, I think Wonky would love a bash (not literally) with a JCB. . ..
Worst ever time with a school trip......4 staff, 30 16 year old girls on the overnight Hull to Zeebrugge ferry which had a large group of squaddies travelling back to Germany. We needed eyes in the back of our head, patrolled the disco and decks then spent the night sitting on the floor outside the girls' cabins.
Earlier in the year, someone.....BL?,,,,,visited Scotney Castle while filming was taking place of Landscaper of The Year. The programme is on Sky Arts at 6pm tomorrow.
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I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the next School Managers' Meeting
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OK. Did they leave a teacher behind as well to keep an eye on the last class? Is teaching not about the art of communication?
Amazing, in a bad way.
Ob: the teacher, support staff, the whole lot were still there thankfully. Good job too; they'd never have all fitted in the cells for the night.
Clari thank goodness all was resolved. Imagine in the 'olden days' when the only option for contact was a public phone box. hope parents waiting for their youngsters were soon reunited. I volunteered as a parent helper on a school trip to the National Museum in Scotland and on to the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. That was the first and only time I went. A girl was sick after the first few yards from the school and the boys were swinging from the trees in the botanics
.. Mine behaved though
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Happy new van Hosta
Lily have a wonderful time in Antigua
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I've heard from Wonky - she's been wielding a big petrol-driven hedge trimmer and big petrol mower and showing colleagues around her old stomping ground of North Suffolk and is very tired but happy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh Clarington, your recounting of the forgotten class did make me chuckle. We've had a year 3 class left at a swimming pool before. Thirty wet, cold and hungry children were not happy to be waiting for 25 minutes. School trips are generally a major stress out for the staff. There's always children who turn up without the correct clothing, in uniform if own clothes allowed, in own clothes when uniform required. Then there's the children sent without a packed lunch and a drink because their parents forgot all about the trip, or claim to know nothing about it.....er you signed and returned a permission from. Parent helpers are mostly wonderful, but I've seen parents treat it as a free jolly for them and try and escape by themselves. I've even been at our local beach in the summer holidays and were approached by two mums and their 5 children and asked if l would watch their children for a couple of hours so the mums could go wonder around the town alone. When l politely refused they were really nasty and threatened to report me to our head teacher. My friend l was with was dumbfounded at their cheek.
Evening all!
Wow. Lots of chat in just one day!
Gosh, Clari! Glad you got rid of the little dears in the end. I wonder if the staff or the bus company will get the blame?
Glad Wonky enjoyed her first day - hope they find her some steel toecapped boots soon. Unless her feet are very small there shouldn't be much problem getting her fitted; they're available in size 3 up, and include pink if she wants to make a statement...
Strawberries are looking happy in their new bed, and I've planted out the reduced-to-clear hardy cyclamen, and various interesting spring bulbs, which fell into my basket last week when I went looking for a soil testing kit. (I found that too...)
Hope you're enjoying York, BL. A lovely city. Nice gardens nearby too
Dove, I think Wonky would love a bash (not literally) with a JCB. . ..
Worst ever time with a school trip......4 staff, 30 16 year old girls on the overnight Hull to Zeebrugge ferry which had a large group of squaddies travelling back to Germany. We needed eyes in the back of our head, patrolled the disco and decks then spent the night sitting on the floor outside the girls' cabins.
Earlier in the year, someone.....BL?,,,,,visited Scotney Castle while filming was taking place of Landscaper of The Year. The programme is on Sky Arts at 6pm tomorrow.
Wow, respect Joyce and Lantana. I think I'll stick with 5 year olds!