To go on a school trip

Today was a big day -  the first ever school trip! I took a day off work and went with the class as they had asked for some adult company too. We went to Godstone Farm and it was a lovely place. Apparently when they went last year they asked the parents to pack sunscreen as it was 20+ C...this year it was all about wellies and warm coats but at least it didn't rain. It was cold but the kids had a great time watching the spring lambs, piglets and chicks.

I was impressed, nearly 30 kids and all were so well behaved; they are only 4-5 years old after all. No raised voices and they did exactly what the teachers told them. No whining, no running off, no shouting and no fights. I grew up in a village, and our class was infamous for having quite a few boys with ants in their pants - even though nothing was ever malicious it was certainly noisy and irritating at times; being pushed, sat on, having snow rubbed into our faces or being stung with freshly sharpened pencils...I saw nothing of that today. Also, when visiting the class and doing reading with them, there was no such thing. Again, impressed.

I'm so pleased that M has got such great class mates and the parents are really great too. Also very impressed with the teachers and the way they interact with the children.  It really annoys me that teachers are paid what they are when you know what an important job they do. My parents were teachers and I know how hard they worked. However, the teachers said that it's of course also down to good parenting so I guess we need to give the parents credit too.

We got home in time before the hail storm. When will spring arrive to this country, will it ever? It didn't stop M from having an ice-cream, as a "Friday treat", on our way home from school.