Skoolkid's probation blog

I am a grumpy old man who has swapped the security of a 25 year career in IT for an uncertain future in Teaching. For my probationary year I shall be joined on my journey by 29 Primary Three pupils. This is my story...

November 2010 - Posts

They say the funniest things..

..so it's five minutes before hometime and we're playing "Guess what Louie is thinking". It's probably got a hundred other names but basically I write a word on the board. Six year old child stands with their back to the board while her team helps her to guess what the word is by describing it without using the word written. I write "banana". Then...........

 

Team:            "It's a fruit."
6 year old:      "Apple."
Team:            "It's yellow."
6 year old:      "Orange"
Team:             (stunned silence)
me (desperately trying to keep a straight face)     "So close..eh...good try....oh was that the bell.?"

 

 

 

Posted 06 November 2010 17:48 by LES Fulton | with no comments