End of the school year

Finally reached the end of term last Friday. Blogger is still blocked in China and looks likely to continue to be blocked for the foreseeable future. Yesterday we also lost Facebook and Twitter so it is getting increasingly difficult to know what will be available.

The last few days of term were spent tidying up and stock taking. It was the first time I have actually done a full stock take and it went surprisingly well. There were less than 40 titles missing in the Library and the staff losses were minimal too. I gave me a chance to really tidy up the database and get rid of all the secondary stock that was moved last year and anything else that I had not re-catalogued at the the start. The database is now in very good shape with everything there and allocated the correct status. If they ever manage to get Oliver up and running at least it will start off with accurate data.

Spent a couple of days doing handover with Emma, my replacement. Great to actually be able to meet the person who will take over for a change. I am sure she will make the Rego Library her own, she has some brilliant ideas.

Even received a couple of orders in the last week. These were ones I had prepared back in December and, of course, they contained some duplicates - things I had bought through Scholastic or at the Book Fair. Still, at least there will be some new stock for next year.

The Final Assemblies were lovely, great for the kids to reflect on the last year. Still one sour note, the acknowledgements for leaving staff were extremely impersonal and apparently I only left Key Stage 1 as I was not even mentioned at the Assembly for the older students in Key Stage 2. It was all a little embarassing as many of my parent helpers were at the second Assembly and were wondering what was going on - not to mention the staff.

It's been a definate learning experience the last 10 months at Rego but I am happy now to be moving back into the IB environment and am lookin forward to joining WISS, Western International School Shanghai.

I met with the PYP coordinator for coffee yesterday and bounced out inspired again. Can't wait to get back to caring, risk-taking and reflecting and being involved in life-long learning.