Good morning all! It's the last day before half term today. Hurray!!! Only two days and James and I are off to Rome and we can hardly wait. James is a bit nervous about it I think and he keeps asking me how we'll manage since we don't speak Italian. Bless him. He has no experience of the international language of pointing and gesturing. I'll have to be our translator.... The weather in Rome looks as if it will be okay in the end. Sunday is forecast to have heavy rain but after that it's sunny.

Yesterday and today I've had the opportunity to work in the STF unit at school and it's been great! Such a nice break from the norm! I've actually gotten to teach classes - Yr 7 maths and science, Yr 9, 10 & 11 English yesterday and the same today I think. The year sevens and nines were fun but I began to feel less confident about teaching the older pupils. Nevertheless they were hardworking and polite so what more could I want! A nice way to end my week.