More work experience

Okay, I'm finally beginning to learn some of the kids names. This was challenge a bit during my last work experience yesterday as it was Red Nose Day and the kids were all dressed up as rockers and rappers, with spiky hair and sunglasses - out of uniform they all look very different!
It was good to be there - the morning started up with the kids counting out with the teacher how much sponsor money had been handed in. They did this once before when I was there before christmas and they were much better at it now. They then did subtraction, using borrowing. Most of the kids could do it okay but they would often do one sum and then stop at the next and say 'I'm stuck' even though the sum was exactly the same sort as the last.
Assembly involved various groups of kids going on stage and doing a performance for RND, which was fun. I took some group reading and some individual readers and we played hockey on the freezing field. The girls just wanted to gossip again! Grrr. Some of the kids enjoyed it, but many were bored. Perhaps a more modern game, or spending less time practising in pairs and more time playing together. Also, thye had an hour at the end of the day, by the time they'd tidied up from the last lesson and got changed they probably had half an hour left!