2008

Hell it's a year since I posted anything on here. I spent most of the last year relieving and really enjoyed myself. I also spent six weeks working on the national education monitoring project (NEMP). This was a tue eye opener working in "top" private schools and decile ones. In fact I now have a bit more sympathy for ERO after seeing some of the things going on. Nothing actually bad just the huge range in the way schools operate. I've got my application in for this year as well.
This year I'm doing principal release at Marco and Kaimata. It's been very enjoyable working with a senior class again. You seem to be able to do so much more with them.
I still seem to be the IT person but I'm a lot more relaxed about it these days. I carry a range of units big and small in my head that can slot nearly anywhere in the programme.
Mason and Anja are both doing NCEA level one, Victoria has started at Stratford High, Cameron is yr5 and a member of St Johns.

Janelle gave up law and did a Diploma in Vet Nursing. I went to her graduation at Easter which was rather cool. She is working at a top surgical vets in Christchurch. They are the vets for the zoo and she is sort of hoping to work on a tiger or lion.
I sold last years mid life crisis toy - the BMW - for a profit and have since aquired an early model MR2 Toyota. Driving out to Marco on the Forgotten World Highway has become something to really anticipate.

Over the holidays we spent two weeks touring around the East Cape. Spent several days at Tolaga Bay and I had forgotten how cool it is. Took the boys out on the wharf and remembered how it had taken me ages to screw up the courage to jump when I was a kid. Mason went straight into a backflip and Cameron jumped straight after him. Who says modern kids are wimps!