Guess what??
In ten hours, I will be showered, in my pjs, and contact lenses out. In 11 hours, I hope to be sipping a cold glass of Pinot Grigio on my sofa, feet up!
Today is one of our biggest field trip groups. 130+ fifth graders, which breaks into 6 groups of 20-23 kids each. Plus teachers and chaperones and sometimes the chaperones are harder to deal with than the kids.
Are we ready for this?
No matter how much we plan, how detailed all of the prep is, something always goes off the rails. It's a statistically high probability with that many kids outdoors.
Yesterday's field trip was one of those when everything was just a little bit off. I had a tough time with the first group. The teacher was brand new (started 3 weeks ago and already rethinking the position) and the chaperones were not all super helpful. I was unsure of the way I wanted the program to go and needed to mix things up a bit. Then my 2nd group had to go to the bathroom before we switched and I had already cleaned up my group to be passed to the next rotation. That threw off more timing, but it ended up working out. Ish
. I ended up switching where and how I ran the session by the time I got to that last group -plus that teacher is awesome. I remember her from last year and she is one of those teachers who is so plugged into her kids.
Today I have 4 rounds of Survival Showdown and I least I have assisted and led parts of that one before. But 4-5 groups of 5th graders building fires??? Please give me patience, clarity of mind, and strength of steel! And good chaperones. Please give me good, helpful chaperones.
Wishing all of you a fantastic day!!
In ten hours, I will be showered, in my pjs, and contact lenses out. In 11 hours, I hope to be sipping a cold glass of Pinot Grigio on my sofa, feet up!
Today is one of our biggest field trip groups. 130+ fifth graders, which breaks into 6 groups of 20-23 kids each. Plus teachers and chaperones and sometimes the chaperones are harder to deal with than the kids.
Are we ready for this?
No matter how much we plan, how detailed all of the prep is, something always goes off the rails. It's a statistically high probability with that many kids outdoors.
Yesterday's field trip was one of those when everything was just a little bit off. I had a tough time with the first group. The teacher was brand new (started 3 weeks ago and already rethinking the position) and the chaperones were not all super helpful. I was unsure of the way I wanted the program to go and needed to mix things up a bit. Then my 2nd group had to go to the bathroom before we switched and I had already cleaned up my group to be passed to the next rotation. That threw off more timing, but it ended up working out. Ish
. I ended up switching where and how I ran the session by the time I got to that last group -plus that teacher is awesome. I remember her from last year and she is one of those teachers who is so plugged into her kids.Today I have 4 rounds of Survival Showdown and I least I have assisted and led parts of that one before. But 4-5 groups of 5th graders building fires??? Please give me patience, clarity of mind, and strength of steel! And good chaperones. Please give me good, helpful chaperones.
Wishing all of you a fantastic day!!
Decided to pick up mail at the neighborhood box .... the winds were really blowing already so came right back to the house. More winds and maybe rain today and tomorrow. Will play it by ear as to whether to run the errands or not.
and get busy. HAGD
Prayed for everyone's safety and sanity!