1 down, 5 to go

i survived my first week back at work (barely). we only had 1 day (thursday) where the kids were actually there all day (well until 2pm, we didn't do extended hours until 4:45). the other days were small groups for orientations. we've got a few kids that are definately gonna be a bit of a challange this year but for the most part it should be good. thursday we had a couple kids throw tantrums when they didn't get their way, one boy fell asleep at a table (and then cried and screamed at everyone when he woke up until his came mum dragged him out the door 20 minutes later) and when parents started to show up just before 2pm the room looked like a bomb hit it (one dad actually started cleaning up while he was waiting for his son to finish group time). once the kids get a bit more settled and we work out the gaps in the program it should run pretty smoothly i think. fortunately this term is really short cuz of the commonwealth games next month (they coinsided end of term with the games instead of over easter) but it means term 2 is gonna be really long.