hello rover

well this week i learnt some more stuff. never turn your back for a second on any student, even if you think there should be no problems. in an outdoor prac we were drawing forest diagrams and one kid got into a scuffle with another, i heard a punch and turned around to see one kid disappear into the forest down a track. i called to stop but no response. other kids started off after him. i started off after all of them. i finally got ahead of the group about 300m down the track and stopped them. the student ahead had stopped running and i was able to talk to him and confirm that he needed a few minutes to cool off. i left him with another student to recover for a while and headed back with the other students. 8's are still scary and unpredictable. the only predictable thing is that they get into trouble all the time, somehow or some way they manage that every lesson. i haven't plugged all the options for them to be naughty yet. i've got a long way to go.
athletics carnival was rained out today and i took some supervision lessons this week with geography and business. apparently once i have taken metal work, food tech and phys ed i can qualify to be a real teacher.