Monday 17th November - Mad Monday

Drive 0.5 mile, teach an infant school music club between 8 and 8:50. All was going well until I got the boomwhackers out. They discovered they could make trumpety noises by blowing raspberries through them. Memo to self; buy some sterilizing tablets and disinfect them (the boomwhackers, not the children) before infecting the next class.

http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/search.asp?q=boomwhacker&Search=Search

Drive 20 miles, (40 minutes) teach samba to a year 4 class. They are coming along brilliantly. Adding guitars and beginner violins to the mix might not be my best ever idea but it certainly livens things up.

http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/search.asp?q=samba&Search=Search

Drive 30 miles, (50 minutes) teach a 20 minute piano lesson. Yes, that really can't be economic, but sometimes crazy scheduling happens. The lesson is quite close to the school I will be teaching in on Monday afternoons next term, so wont last for ever.

Drive 4 miles to recommended village shop/cafe for lunch. Worth the detour. Spent fast paced hour catching up on a week's paperwork, writing two reports, drinking two cappuchinos, eating a toasted cheese and tomato sandwich and two chocolate chip biscuits.

Drive 8 miles to next school. Djembe lesson for year 3. After despairing over this class all term, they have suddenly brought it all together. Or else I have discovered the secret of teaching this particular class. Some classes are like that. Anyway, a great lesson.

http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/search.asp?q=djembe&Search=Search

Drive 6 miles home. Catch up on work emails and relax for an hour.

Two more lessons to go; rehearsing with a violinist for forthcoming exam, and a theory lesson.

68 miles, over 2 hours of driving, 6 lessons varying in length from 20 to 50 minutes.

All done!