"We love you Miss Hannigan!"

Today I went to a new school called Little Stanmore which is in a town called Harrow in zone 5. I was on the tube a long time to get there, but I don't mind it much. I like taking the tube to work...u can just sit and relax, I much prefer it to sitting in traffic on the 101!

This is a photo taken on my walk to school from the tube. It was quite cute. (I've had requests for more pictures..so I'm trying, but I don't always think they're so exciting..)

I was in a Year 5 classroom, and the classroom was really nice! The school was pretty nice too...however I was warned ahead of time that it was a pretty tough group. Apparently the kids don't have a teacher??? I don't know what the deal is. There was an assistant in the room with me and she was telling me something about how the kids have had several teachers and now they just have supply teachers. The class is quite large, about 30 kids and there's no structure. The poor kids have a different teacher everyday...they're like orphans!! I feel so bad for them! But they were pretty good for me, I was pretty impressed. For being a new teacher I have pretty good classroom management. I was riding these kids all day, I didn't let them get away with anything. Kids are funny because you'd think they hate you, but they don't - it just makes them love you more. The kids all day were saying "Can you be our teacher forever?" "You're such a nice teacher.." I'm thinking -I've been reading you the riot act all morning!! During one break I was talking to some girls and they said "Could you please be our teacher? We really like you..you can control us, none of the other teachers can control us...everybody is being really good for you today" Poor kids :( They just need more structure and a routine, they don't know what to do! But I really liked them, it was a challenging day but still really good. I actually managed to have a really good intellectual debate about which city state is better -Sparta or Athens? I'm going back there tomorrow, and it should be easier since they know me and know my expectations for them.

I'm actually a bit worried that the school might like me too much and want me to be there permanent teacher! eek! I don't know about that...