First day of school. I brought a school bag of anxieties. Come on! Who says that teachers have no anxieties. There are like thousand and one things to remember and just a million zillion administration work to handle. What do we do on the first day?
Let me bring you into a teacher's BRAIN, the night before school:
- What should I wear tmr?
- Black? YES! ALL BLACK --> Power suit!
- Should I smile the moment I enter or not? I should la, they are lower primary hmm... NO! Cannot! They will climb over.
- My Access card? Hmmm Where did I put in?
- GOSH! Where is that VPN token? *Phiew! Found.
- What do I need to collect tmr? Ok All workbooks, practice books, MLEA book, Files.
- Sitting arrangement how?
- Practice getting into groups.
- CLASS RULEzZ!
- OK! Now how come I can't sleep?
- Clock Ticks....
- ZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ
As I walked into school, I was greeted by a gush of Johnson & Johnson baby power scent. OOoo yeah! THe new batch of primary ones. GOSH! SO cutsie. haaa small people with ernormous bags. I have a feeling the parents made them bring EHhhhhverything to school lor; maybe even next term's books. :) That somehow perked me up a little as I made my way to the staff room.
Before I could even warm my seat, an announcement for all form teachers to be down at the parade square was made. YUP! Form teacher! That's me. Made my way down ASAP cos I looked around and apparently I was the only P2 form teacher left in the staff room. Haa.. ZOOM down and guess what?
Soowei: Mrs Ho where do we get the attendance? I can't seemed to find it in the office.
Mrs HO: Oh! For the first day we usually print them out from the cockpit.
Soowei: GAsp! Right... *smiled and tried to remain calm.
Thank God that I brought along the student's particulars forms and I could mark the attendance with that. Now! Visual check to see that none of the children are looking sickly cos of the Avian Flu. At this juncture, teachers play doctors and nurses too. :) Time to sing our National Anthem. sadly, tape didn't work and we had to sing acappella. Boy boy boy! I concluded, my children are rather tone-deaf. I can't help but to let out a snigger cos my pri2 sang so loudly and each carrying their own tune. I think they were trying to harmonise but er... I tried real hard to control man!
Went in to class, had a closer look at each of my kids and I can't help but to let out a smile as I greeted them. They are just such sweetie pies. RIGHT.... started off with a BINGO game to have everyone know one another a little better and guess what? They were rather obedient, I told them to whisper and play and they did. I LURVE my kids! SMUACK SMUACK.
Skip all the admin and TADAH! Before I knew it, School's over.
Head for quick lunch then meeting.
How I'm feeling now? Looking forward to seeing my little ones tomorrow.
Before I could even warm my seat, an announcement for all form teachers to be down at the parade square was made. YUP! Form teacher! That's me. Made my way down ASAP cos I looked around and apparently I was the only P2 form teacher left in the staff room. Haa.. ZOOM down and guess what?
Soowei: Mrs Ho where do we get the attendance? I can't seemed to find it in the office.
Mrs HO: Oh! For the first day we usually print them out from the cockpit.
Soowei: GAsp! Right... *smiled and tried to remain calm.
Thank God that I brought along the student's particulars forms and I could mark the attendance with that. Now! Visual check to see that none of the children are looking sickly cos of the Avian Flu. At this juncture, teachers play doctors and nurses too. :) Time to sing our National Anthem. sadly, tape didn't work and we had to sing acappella. Boy boy boy! I concluded, my children are rather tone-deaf. I can't help but to let out a snigger cos my pri2 sang so loudly and each carrying their own tune. I think they were trying to harmonise but er... I tried real hard to control man!
Went in to class, had a closer look at each of my kids and I can't help but to let out a smile as I greeted them. They are just such sweetie pies. RIGHT.... started off with a BINGO game to have everyone know one another a little better and guess what? They were rather obedient, I told them to whisper and play and they did. I LURVE my kids! SMUACK SMUACK.
Skip all the admin and TADAH! Before I knew it, School's over.
Head for quick lunch then meeting.
How I'm feeling now? Looking forward to seeing my little ones tomorrow.
2 comments:
Hey Smurfet fren, glad u had an exciting first day at school. Yup, I can empathise with how u felt e night b4 e 1st day of sch. Body clock changes n u gotta wake up at unearthly hours (well 6am is unearthly to me :) I even came up with a "Things To Do On The First Day" list n I keep it in my thumbdrive so that I can use it as a personal checklist e following yr (then u dun have to think up wat to do every Dec). I'm sure u will cope well as e days progress n be such an awesome Miss Sim to ur kiddies ;) Jia You!
That's a brilliant Idea. :) I wrote down on paper but din think that I should store them as soft copy. :) IDEA! haa... Miss Teo Thanks ah *grins*
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