St. George’s College (Week #21) – Day #91

 Date for Entry: (Tuesday 28 February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 04th March 2023)

[T2, W:9 - D:38*]

Dear Diary,

    There was an early and clear road. The Maxi guy had some nice religious reggae music. I liked them a lot. The last one was good for steelpan but I did not know the name. We passed through the left detour instead of the housing side. “Blessing to See People” was the last song I heard in the maxi before exiting. No other Georgians were with me.

    I did not attend the assembly. There was good participation with 1M for the Lip-Singing assignment. I had a lot of slips filled out by the time I went back to the office. I also had to get my timesheet filled in with the BIR number and Trainee Number before handing it to one of them. Another Form 1 was in trouble again. Had a late lunch before going to work on the rest chart. I went to the dive-in with my brown table again to erase my pencil lines.

    In the last few minutes leading to lunchtime, I saw one of the Form 2 classes with their chairs outside and they were drawing part of the school. I learned it was called Painting in Air (‘En Plein Air’).

Link(s):

• Time Sheet & Rest Chart. **
• En Plein Air (Video).

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:51 am – 3:31 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #21) – Day #90

Date for Entry: (Monday 27th February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 04th March 2023)

[T2, W:9 – D:37 *].

*Chart

Dear Diary,

    This morning the safety officer joined me in the maxi on the way to Valsayn. Miss Roberts finally came to school. I did not stay in the office for the morning because it was too busy. I decided that a chart for notes and values would be useful to assist the Form 1s with preparation for the final exam. I used my brown folding table in the office and then I had the erasing done outside. Last time erasing had t be done it fell on the carpet and it was hard to take out.

    This chart was half of one Bristol board sheet. I saved the other half for the lesson on rests. However, the lines for the rest chart were drawn and left for another time. I got a chance to see what 1F had to do for visual arts and tried it also. The concept was about good and bad energy. One page was done in pencil and the other was done in paint using complementary colours. I still have to research the meaning of complementary colours.

Link(s):

• Complementary Colours. **
• Image of Positive & Negative Energy Project. **

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:55 am – 3:32 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #20) – Day #89

Date for Entry: (Friday 24 February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Friday 17th March 2023)

[T2, W:8 – D:36*].

Dear Diary,

    I had a quick arrival on campus today. More parents and students flooded the compound or the same Parents meeting for Form 2s. The price of pies from opposite Courts increased. They were good. I had my second version of the Lip-Sing Assignment slip printed and cut.

    I had 1F later in the evening and we had a very performance. One girl had a nervous reaction. I allowed other students to join her as support. More reviews of Exercises 1 and 2 were done. A rubric was also created for the recorder assessment to be done later sometime in the term. I just hope that I have enough time to do that.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:56 am – 3:21 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #20) – Day #88

 Date for Entry: (Thursday 23 February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Friday 17th March 2023)

[T2, W:8 – D:35*].

Dear Diary,

    The road was clear. Saw Mister Bain and Miss Santana. There was a full yard of parents and teachers I had to lend my pan sticks to a Form 1 student ‘Vanna’. There were a lot of teachers to enter and sign. The office was cramped with signers. I was glad that the OGT book did not have that much of a rush but when it was Timesheet day, it tends to disappear with someone else.

    I helped Miss Gittens with supervision until she could return to class. It was Form 1 in-class ‘Parents Meeting.’ The Form 5 students for music were about to start and we did practical exams today. I felt a bit hurt during some other parts of the day.

    The girl playing “Two Part Invention in C” had the last section to work on. We ran through the “Chinese Dragon Appearance” too along with another unfamiliar song to me. It was very challenging. I had to hunt down a student to give me the bag she left. I wanted to leave the music room and continue working on the St. Mary’s College Anthem.

    I got a spot at the table in Block C to work on. It would also be the first time that Mr Shiva and I spoke. I saw the George anthem on YouTube. A short and private meeting was held during recess about the rat infestation in Block K. The art room was too cramped and noisy with unclean conversations that I left.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:51 am – 3:23 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #20) – Day #87

Date for Entry: (Wednesday 22 February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Friday 17th March 2023)

[T2, W:8 – D:34*].

Dear Diary,

    Had an early arrival at school on this Ash Wednesday. I got to transfer 1L marks into my mark sheet for the Lip-Sing assignment and have it signed off. My journey to the staffroom after was a long one trying to work out a dots and rest exam for the Form 1s. It will be a forty per cent exam.

    I began the rest exam but was too mentally drained to continue. I had some tips on marking from Miss Roberts earlier this recess. Sadly, she did not have anything for me to use again. I had to do the entire thing by improvisation and scratch. I decided to make over the form.

    I wanted to show the students on that slip how they received the mark with a detailed breakdown of each criterion. I found this method effective for both the student and myself in terms of the assistance for grading them in the class performances.

    That evening 1F was not ready. We had some review again. As soon as I got into the office, I decided to fill up my teacher’s log. So tired in the process, I missed all of the pages and signed 1F information on the wrong log form.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:45 am – 4:43 pm)

St. George’s College (WEEK 18) – Day #81

 Date for Entry: (Friday 10th February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 11th February 2023)

[T2, W:6 – D:28*].

Dear Diary,

    Had an emergency this morning. I was in my Wacky Friday attire that the school was doing today. Only students were allowed to come to school in different footwear. Some of the teachers had different types of clothing on also. I took the time to transfer the marks I had from the third exam for 1M and 1F into my mark sheet.

     Only 1L was the last to partake in this exam. Those will be inserted on Monday. I had an interesting time helping the office staff with document checking. Some things needed to be fixed. Had gotten time to share the music mathematics exam with Mr Bishop. I found that the copy of this exam on legal paper was nicer to use. However, I could see that many amendments are required.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(8:10 am – 3:25 pm)

 

St. George’s College (WEEK 18) – Day #80

Date for Entry: (Thursday 9th February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 11th February 2023)

[T2, W:6 – D:27*].

Dear Diary,

    We had a nice empty road to school today. The ride in the maxi was short. Wished it was nice like that every day. Assembly went on late and I ended up sitting down on a bench waiting for my class with 1M. I had an interesting chat with Miss Santana. Miss Roberts’ Form 5s came walking up to me as the chat was about to begin. They didn’t see Miss Roberts and my exam with 1M was about to begin. Dr Sookdeo was able to handle the situation for them.

    A satisfactory number of students were there that day. Sadly, one girl only drew nice pictures on the paper. She wasn’t able to answer the questions. I got a call from daddy in the middle of the exam. He told me that mama’s funeral would be today and that they would be going to the cemetery for her burial at two in the afternoon. I told him to let them go on without me.

    As soon as I finished with 1M and got back the papers we had three more minutes for the double period to complete. I went to the office and got about seven papers graded but did not feel so well afterwards. Miss Roberts was not there again and I did not feel strong enough to climb those stairs.

    I went to the art room to see if more painting like yesterday would help me but it didn’t work. I spent some time chatting with Miss Gittens and Miss Mary again. I would have had 2L later that afternoon to supervise but one teacher was assigned supervision for that class and I went back down the stairs.

    I felt better some hours after school. Had to walk all the way from Curepe junction, up the hill and walk up the road to get to Home #2. Everyone was at the funeral. Had a very awful problem that night. Had to rest on the couch.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:49 am – 3:38 pm)

St. George’s College (WEEK 18) – Day #79

 Date for Entry: (Wednesday 8th February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 11th February 2023)

[T2, W:6 – D:26*].

**painting

Dear Diary,

    I had the same nice maxi driver this morning with the same nice music. I decided to have breakfast in Miss Roberts did not show up again. Would have had to wait until lunchtime if I did not make that call. I had the dots lesson with 1L and 1F as the first class to do that same third exam for the term.

    This exam was a mathematics exam and many of them used the full two periods. Many of them were not prepared and I knew the ones that don’t study showed the greatest amount of noise in that exam period. I took home all of the papers to grade and it was nice except that many of them struggled.

    I had a good time helping Miss Gittens paint one of her pillows that she had a student draw. It was exactly what I needed at the time. I started from period three to the end of lunchtime before the test with 1F. Was surprised that I was able to get a lot of it done since painting on fabric could be more challenging.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:46 am – 3:25 pm)

St. George’s College (WEEK 18) – Day #78

Date for Entry: (Tuesday 7th February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 11th February 2023)

[T2, W:6 – D:25*].

Dear Diary,

    This morning I had a late start. The driver did not go through the housing development to escape the traffic so we went right through it. I was also the only OJT in the office at the time and the assembly also concluded late. I had 1M that morning. They had a review of dots, rests and note values for the exam next class.

    I had no supervision for periods 3 and 4 because miss Roberts was present. The monthly staff meeting was to take place today and I was very excited. I got to the library during recess time. I did some work on the St. Mary’s College Song.

    During the meeting, the topics were the gate protocol, the duty of care, lab concerns and the absenteeism of teachers. The duty of care came as a handout from the presentation done by the TTUTA representative in Friday’s meeting. Did not see Miss Roberts after to speak. 

    I went to the kitchen and read a Language Proficiency book. It was the same book they used for the English course in the Certificate program at DCFA. It was easier to understand I suppose since the book was a real copy and not a photocopy.

 

Link(s):

• Care for Children Handout. **

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:49 am – 3:59 pm)