1 hour until the end of the school day (for children at least) and i am DESPERATELY struggling to stay awake! I hit the corridors again but everyone is back in lessons, in the end i head back to the staff room and help a teacher plan 'Friendship week'. This is basically 'Anti-Bullying week' but with a more positive focus. The teacher is very good at mind-maps! I've never done them before.
1505
I suddenly notice that i've been hearing drumming for the last hour and realise that its a friend of mine! We have a nice catch and arrange to meet at the pub later.
1510
Five minutes from the end of the day and there is a lot of hustle and bustle going on. Collecting bags returning pens etc.
1515
No school bell. None through the whole day in fact and i've only just realised.
I have some great conversations by the lunch box stands but in doing so i miss the other 340 children who apparently leave through doors on the other side of the building. doh!
Teachers of course not finish at this time of day, indeed they don't have a set 40 hour week, they just have to get all their jobs done. I stick around because i want to show commitment and solidarity to them as much as the children.
I play computer games with a couple of children who's parents are in a meeting. It later transpires that the head would like me to work with these two boys so it is a happy co-incidence that i've made friends with them
When they go I find myself in a classroom with two teachers who run a biscuits and marking club (just for the two of them!). They are interested in what i'm up to but also point out that what ever i was doing, i'd still be welcome because i'm a man. this certainly throws an interesting light on the gender dynamics in a child's life. I wonder if masculinity puts a different twist to chaplaincy to femininity...
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