Long time no blog!

What a week! This week has been a roller coaster of emotions. The beginning of the week started with a trip to Alymerton,North Norfolk,with forty three excited ten and eleven year olds and five equally excited adults. We were rained and shined on, no different to all the other residentials so far. I had expected to of topped up my tan in the last week of term, how wrong I was. Mind you I did manage a short power nap in the middle of Tuesdays six and a half mile walk. It was all in the line of duty! A colleague of mine had a close encounter with the marram grass more than once, by choice of course! What fun we had, all be it returning to base shattered on Thursday. Friday was very emotional. Goodbye to so many lovely characters, more than I can ever remember in one class. The tears flowed at the end of the day, it was like a domino effect, one started then they all did.Even some of the hardened boys were leaking tears and were asking for a comforting cuddle. Mr L asked the children not to cry because they were leaving but to cry because they had been at Hillside. What a lovely thing to say and so true. A new chapter for all next year, including me. Let's see what it brings,