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Well, I seem to be being given the red carpet treatment by new school! When I went in a week or so ago, I took home the computer which had been left in my classroom to fix it up. It's very slow(!) and needed more RAM desparately as well as lots of rubbish being uninstalled from it. I visited today though and have been told that actually I am being given the ICT co-ord's old laptop instead (not that they want me to do the ICT stuff yet, of course, I am assured :) ). Have got it home and what a difference! 2.5GB of RAM and looking at it, it's hardly been used - barely anything in the programs folder and a nice clean looking install! I'll actually be able to use this for serious work at school which is rather nice. I'm passing the other computer on to one of the year 3/4 teachers, but I'm going to go ahead and stick some more RAM in it anyway, since we have it lying around :) Also have been accused of being keen by my team leader and told by the Head that I can do anything I like to my classroom, including repainting units.

Cleaned out the desk and the cupboard today. The cupboard is huge! It could use a hoover actually. There's a sink in there and a rather large selection of miscellaneous DT supplies, but also quite a load of good stuff, including lots of books (like 100 Literacy Hours) which should be useful for pillaging for ideas. Also, quite a few miscellaneous posters in various states of tattyness. I threw some of them away - I can't stand motheaten posters. I'd rather make some myself!

Classroom still hasn't been cleaned so I still haven't had a chance to look through the bookshelf as it's blocked by all the desks, which have been shoved into one corner to enable the cleaning. Perhaps next week...