Yesterday, at last, Nigel was able to finally fulfil his dream role as a Helping Hand at Iris and Bertie’s school, listening to the little ones in Year 2 read. He was so excited, I thought he might spontaneously combust!
He was positioned in the library, on one of the big sofas and the children would come to him, one at a time, to read. Never has anyone embraced Biff, Chip, Kipper, Wilf and Wilma quite like Nigel that day.
There was some ticking to do, with a real teachers pen and he had to write an encouraging comment in each record book ……..
…….. and, as a Nigel bonus, each reader could choose two stickers from the pad he’d bought so proudly, especially for “his readers” all those weeks ago, before Omicron struck, a small one to go beside Nigel’s very positive comment and one for their jumper to wear in class.
It was, erm …….. very emotional for the little fella ……… but hopefully as the weeks go by, perhaps Nigel won’t be quite as emotional as he was when he got home this week!!!!!!! What is he like?
1 comment:
Well done Nigel! A natural teacher! The stickers look excellent, I'm sure that they went down a storm.
Mum has experience in the classroom, too. I should know!
P.S. "Squeaky pop!"
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