Make Mine a Cake

London 2012 is nearly upon us and I’m feeling quite unpatriotic.  All the build up has kinda passed me by.  I guess I wasn’t overly keen to stand in the rain at some ungodly hour to watch the torch go by.  I am sure I will tune in for the opening ceremony and hopefully I will get into the spirit of things; some sunshine might help!

In the meantime this is my contribution..

Another successful charity event ran by my students.  It was an ‘olympithon’ we set up the Wii on the big screen in the hotel lobby and for a £1.50 donation we challenged guests to take part in the Wii Olympics 100m sprint.  It was quite a sight to watch the guests take part, some took it very seriously! I was asked by one guest which was the best way to hold the Wii remote and which wrist action would get the best result! Followed by is it like a ‘shaking the bottle’ motion.  You can imagine the fits of laughter that were trying to be contained by two of the 16 year old boys! I have to admit as a tutor it was hard to hold professional decorum and once the guest had gone I burst out laughing, to the point of tears (how unprofessional, good job it was the end of term!)  How ever unorthodox his technique, it worked; he got the fastest time!

I am so pleased to have broken up for the summer and can’t believe I have completed my first year of my PGDE already.  I am looking forward to a nice long summer break, come on sun put your hat on!