On Wednesday, one of the other teachers arranged a picnic for the school.
When the picnic was announced, I discussed with all the aides. We determined that while a couple of the students would enjoy the day (Jennifer, Jonas, Yohana), the rest would be difficult to get out to the park. It would be too much trouble for insufficient reward.
So, we decided to split up the class for the day.
One of the aides could take the students who could go to the park. The rest of us would remain behind with the students who couldn't go. And I had to remain behind because we needed a certificated person with the students who remained behind.
The school has a small kitchen. We use it for cooking lessons for the students. But lately the staff will use it to make lunch. And on that Wednesday, the aides decided to take advantage of the empty kitchen.
We had salmon. We had dessert. We had just a few students who kind of had free time in the way of students who don't get to go on the "field trip" have.
We kind of had a party for ourselves.
It was a nice, peaceful afternoon.
Then the rest of the students got back. They seemed to have had a fun time. Jonas returned with a Styrofoam airplane. They had played games, eaten hot dogs, and had a good time hanging out with the rest of the school.
I was glad they got to go.
Sounds like a nice, peaceful day.
ReplyDeleteIt is good wen those who can socialize a bit get to.
ReplyDeleteOh, there's plenty of socializing at work. (This kind of class is a lot more loose than general ed classes.) But it was nice to get a chance to eat ;)
DeleteNice for the students to be able to do something different as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd it was good for you to have a nice staff party. Salmon, yum!
ReplyDeleteIt was good that the aides organized this amongst themselves.
DeleteSounds like everyone had a nice time
ReplyDeleteOh excellent to see ... you were given a break and had time to eat something ... well done 'aides' - sounds ideal. Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteSalmon, yummm.
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