And what a crazy week it has been. I survived my first three days of school with "monster class", Anna and I have renamed Grade 3, they are absolutely crazy and apparently the worst year in the school, just my luck!! On my second day, however, I discovered that worksheets are a gift sent from heaven!! A good word-search can keep them quiet for at least 20 minutes, I spent the whole of Thursday night making worksheets in an attempt to have a peaceful Friday (it...

Today was my first day of school, with actual children in the classroom!! Today I had just 9 children, which is a nice size, but apparently children carry on getting enrolled right up until the end of August so I won't know exactly how big my class is going to be for a while, although they don't normally take more than 20 students per grade. Lessons don't start until next week, so for these 3 days we get to play games and get to know each other (so they think ...

I'M A HOMEROOM TEACHER!!! :D Which in England would be "form teachers", but it basically means that all the Grade 3's are mine and all the Grade 4's are Anna's. We are not only in charge of teaching English, Maths and Spanish, but we also have to set exams, monitor behaviour, write report cards, and correspond with parents if there is a problem (through another teacher who will translate for us to start with). We have already met a couple of our students: Vane...

It hasn't been long but I have already discovered my favourite new hobbies: 1. Taking a shower - the showers here are basically buckets…you use a small bucket to pour water over yourself from a big bucket. But they are also heavenly, the water is freezing cold which is a relief from the humidity, and they make you feel clean (the only time I really feel clean is when im actually in the shower!). I would spend all day in the shower if there wasn't so much exp...

Our first proper day in Honduras! Anna and I both woke up around 5am, sounds crazy early but for us it felt like midday. We needed to be at school to meet Vanessa at 12, but by 9 o'clock we were getting so bored we decided to go for a walk. The first thing we realised….we most definitely stand out!! We carried on, ignoring the stares and saying the odd good morning (everyone knew we were English, even people coming from behind us who said "excuse me", hopefu...