I'm Here

Arrival

Giant chillies in some soup I had in Hong Kong, needless to say, I didn't eat them!

The long journey was pretty good after an emotional farewell to Hayley & Nathan, I arrived on Sunday morning feeling really refreshed and ready to begin my adventure.  The weather is a bit cooler here than it was when I left the UK which feels really odd!  My exchange partner and her daughter met me at the airport which was really kind of them - we were a little concerned about whether we'd recognise each other but there was no problem.  There is some interesting

 I certainly didn't think I'd be living down the road from a castle!

architecture on the street - there's a castle styled house down the road and I also found some fake cows in someone's front garden!

Is this Milton Keynes or Adelaide?

Day 1

My first day at school was really great.  Everyone here is so friendly, I know I'm just going to love it! (There will be no need to refer to a certain bird on a rock!)  The class is one of 5 reception classes so there are plenty of people to turn to when I get stuck.  Reception here is really a bit more like year 1 back in the UK, they can all form letters correctly and know their numbers which is a huge relief as I did think that it was going to be more basic.  The children all attend Kindergarten before starting in reception which means that their basic letter and number are already in place when they start school.  There is so much I have to take in so am feeling a little bit of information overload but once I start actual teaching, I'm sure things will fall into place.  I've put up a link to the school website below:

Colnel Light Gardens Primary School

Staff Room

Just some of the school buildings!