I'm pleased to report the school assembly went very well indeed. I did a Ready Steady Cook thing with a bag of supposedly unknown ingredients. With a volunteer each, Abi made trifle and I a cheesecakey thing all in 5 minutes with kids counting down the last crucial 30 seconds. They then nominated two teachers to taste and all voted on which was the yummier dish. I won! I then advertised my cookery based project.
The kids were so cool. It's such a different experience presenting in front of a group of 100 kids than a groups of 100 adults. They get so into it. Their enthusisam and energy is so refreshing compared with the cynicism and weariness you can often feel with a group of adults.
I'm so chuffed to have done it. Right now, I feel high - like there's nothing I can't do - although thinking about it, I'm not sure I'm brave enough to take a senior school assembly so scratch that last thought.
On another matter, entering the whole world of CRB checks has been a bigger deal than I expected. I keep getting conflicting info and processing forms takes more time than I realised. This is all at the same time as waking up to John Humphrys getting cross about excessive checking on the Today programme on Radio 4. I disagree with JH and believe we need to be safe but I note how cumbersome it is to flag up when recruiting volunteers and how careful thought needs to be given to how you phrase it.
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Glad to hear you survived! Sounds really good and I hope the advertising works for you!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you survived a very brave challenge. Well done, and hope this creates interest in your project. On CRBs - as a child protection officer for the Salvation Army I'm privvy to horendous stories and feel the more we open up our churches (emerging church style) the more careful we need to be - sad but true.
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