Easter

In Koromako today they finished off their maths session with some construction work. Carefully following the instructions they were able to turn a circular net into an Easter basket. 'Someone' suggested that they fill the baskets up with Easter eggs and give them to their Principal. I'm not sure who that was but I suggest they might like to keep them for themselves.

The reasons for being a teacher are many and varied, and I was reminded of one of the main ones when  my wife forwarded me the email below. It had come from a colleague of hers who teaches some of my past students.

‘Had some girls in my class the other day chatting as they worked and they were chatting about what a great teacher your husband is. Hope in his new role he still gets to do some teaching because they were so full of praise!’

I include this not to talk myself up (although it does do that nicely), but rather to illustrate the importance of teachers and the influence they have on children's lives.  To know that what I have done has had such an impact on someone's life that they are still talking about it once they have moved on is to have a treasure no money can buy. That is why we teach and that is what makes this job so rewarding and fulfilling. I count myself blessed every day to be able to work with the young minds of the future and have some influence, however small, on how that future is shaped. So, on behalf of all the teachers at Governors Bay School, thank you for allowing us to work with your children and I hope, in years to come, they chat about us in a similar way.