Lleswerry Primary School, Newport

Year 2



First things first, Year 2 are not for me. 6 year olds nah!

That aside I had a good couple of days at Lliswerry School and must have done o.k. because I'm back in a couple of weeks in the same class. My two days here made it apparent that the schools on the UK are obsessed with assemblies. There seems to be at least one a day and this is no exception. The other thing is all schools pray even though they have no religious denomination attached to the school.

The assemblies at Lliswerry (pronounced liz werry) left me in no doubt about who was the head teacher, although as per usual I didn't meet her while here.

That wasn't the only thing, I had to ask where the toilets were and I still have no idea where the staffroom is. It was also my first experience of having a full time teaching assistant and she was worth her weight in gold. I occassionally felt she was doing the work while I was being paid but she knew the school, the room and most importantly the kids. Believe me that makes a difference.

I'm glad to be returning as I still don't feel that I know the school. Some you get into and know what kind of school it is but this was not the case here.

Still don't know the school as I was back in the same class, so nice to be remembered but apart from that still clueless about most aspects of the school.

There was one event that left quite an impression. Today is the anniversary of world war one finishing. So at 11 am the whole nation is silent for two minutes. At Lleswerry that means, another assembly. Also it means a chance for the deputy head to promote her world views about why Afganastan should have British troops there, not quite the place and definitly not the time because she talked right through 11 o'clock and we missed the 2 minutes and instead did it a few minutes later.
Then the icing on the cake was playing a song to celebrate, I'll stand by you by Girls Aloud. Enough Said!