The holiday is almost over
Well, I suppose it actually is. Yeah, we’ve been at school this week after going to our start-of-term conference. To be honest, I can’t be bothered, but I’m trying to be bothered. I’m trying to pretend that I’m Captain Dynamic, but really I’m Captain Clueless. I’m trying to think of all those fun activities which reduce classes to kindergartens and am really getting nowhere. I’m looking at the same material for the fourth time and feeling utterly uninspired. Leisure and Entertainment. My little darlings have very little of their own leisure time, and they’re almost certainly passive receptors of entertainment. I’m also looking at some new material for the first time and have no idea what to do. I have lots of questions which can be used in the exploration of the topic, but there’s a big gap between that and things like skills, objectives, and materials. I’m over-reliant on the Internet for the last of these, and will admit that I regard the Net as a poor source of knowledge whe