A new adventure

What do you need to know? Well I'm Laura 22 a fully qualified ISTD Ballet, Tap and Modern teacher and I currently work at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire in the every expending, struggling to fit in all the lessons that everyone wants Dance department.


So as I embark on this new and exciting venture, I thought I would take a little time to do some reflecting (I am new to blogging so here goes .... )

A lot has happened since last year. I completed my Foundation Degree, decided that in one year it would be an amazing idea to complete three ISTD DDE exams AND a DDI (luckily all went well!) and my biggest change is my new job as A graduate teaching assistant at an independent boarding school.

Now last weekend I went on my first residential trip as a teacher figure. Four members of staff and twenty one children embarked on the long coach journey from Stonyhurst in Lancashire all the way up to Glasgow at 6.30.am. Now of course the usual complications that when you are a pupil you take for granted(which isn't that long ago for myself)  and don't really appreciate how stressful it get can.

So of course we had the sickness on the coach which was dealt with effiantly with out "Sick Kit" provided by our health centre, and all the "are we there yet miss?" on the journey up, however all of us arrived in full force ready to embark on our weekend of fun with the scottish ballet. This included educational workshops and a ticket to see the ballet.

Now one thing that particulary struck me over the course of the weekend and something that as a student I did take for granted is the fact that you have to have eyes everywhere! the older ones sometimes harder to keep an eye on than the younger ones. Now in a teaching roll and prehaps a little older and maybe wiser I now apreciate how much goes in to the organisation of trip and all thats involved which I can say I never realised before being put in this position. I suppose you do never really know what to expect until you actually have to do it.

So despite one fainting child and room changes at some un godley hour of the night so that they could have a sleepover (We didn't find this out till the morning after!) all the children had an amazing time and wanted to know when the next trip would be.

Once I was back exhausted and on boarding duty it occured to me that it doesn't matter how exhausted you are or how much you have had to nag and moan as long as they all had a good time thats the main thing, and something that I will keep in mind now throughout my boarding and my teaching.

So as I embark on this "journey" I have an open mind and am looking forward to the weeks and months ahead.