I finished my contract at Kawungan this week - it was a sad day on Friday in that I don't get to go back to school on Tuesday (Monday is a 'Pupil Free (PD) Day). Some teachers came to say goodbye to me which I thought was really nice - they said that they want to get me teaching at the school which I really appreciated. They also told me that they would call me to supply teach this term which will be great - both the grade two team and the grade one team like me subbing for them which gives me a total of twelve teachers who could possibly call me. I will have to tell them to each take one day off a month - that would give me 12 days in a month and that would be good for me.
Bronwyn (the teacher I was doing the contract for) got back from her US trip on Wednesday and came into the school on Thursday after school to see where I was in relation to the curriculum. She said that she was glad that I had been able to take the contract as she knew that I would keep to her schedule and do my best to get things done. She told me that when she had told me that the kids that I was going to be taking over for her, they cheered - that made me smile. :-) I told her that when I told them that she was coming back on Tuesday, they cheered. :-) I received gifts from three children which I thought was really nice. I received two boxes of chocolate and one craft item (it's hard to explain). One of the moms came in and told me that her daughter had said that she wished that I was her teacher and that Bronwyn was the supply teacher - I was glad that she enjoyed having me for the four weeks I was there.
On Wednesday, Dad and I began or eating/exercise plan - we are forming an eating plan based on recipes from sparkpeople.com. We went for a walk on Wednesday and Friday in our neighbourhood and on Saturday, we went for a walk on the beach. We didn't get one in together on Thursday as by the time I got home from talking with Bronwyn, it was time to have supper and then Dad had to get off to SES. At SES that night, Dad and the other members did a 5km walk as they were working on GPS skills - so Dad got to count that for his exercise. We have done really well with the eating part of the program, too - we are trying new recipes and you will never believe it, but I actually ate cabbage rolls tonight. :-)
On Saturday, after our beach walk, we went to Robyn and Geoff's for dinner - they had also invited some friends from church - and as usual we had a very enjoyable evening. Dad and I tried to eat smaller portions (bbq meat and salads) and of the dessert (trifle) - we ate more than we would have at home, but we didn't do too bad. We enjoyed chatting with everyone after dinner, too - it's great getting to know people better in a relaxed setting. We are going to have Robyn and Geoff and two other friends from church over next week - my plan is to try to get to know everyone from the ward in this way - we might have to have a few luncheons in order to do this as some of the older people do not like driving at night.
Today it was the Primary Sacrament Meeting Presentation at church - I had written up the script based on ones posted on the net and gearing it towards the number of children we have in our Primary - and we had been practicing for three weeks. We only have ten active children in our ward and only four of them can read. I wanted the presentation to be about the children, so none of the leaders/teachers said anything during the presentation, except for one teacher who had to help the children from her class participate (she said the words in small phrases and they repeated what she said). One of my councillors conducted the music as our music leader is in the UK right now and I told the children near me when to go up to do their part. We had a lot of positive comments afterwards and I was so proud of the kids - they did such a good job. They were a small group and they sang quietly, but they sounded like angels from where I was sitting. We had a little celebration just before the end of our meetings (cupcakes and juice) which the children really enjoyed - it was a nice way for us to show them our appreciation for a job well done.
what we saw on the sand when we were walking on the beach - Geoff told us it's called a Blue Blubber Jellyfish - we saw seven of them on the sand in the short part we walked along (all dead) - they can give a mean sting, but they are not a risk to humans - Robyn told us that the turtles like to eat these jellyfish - apparently they are common here at this time of year - they come down from the north in the warm current
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