1. Climbed the roof of the school to put a cap on a chimney to keep away the birds (and I’m not great at heights!)
2. Opened a manhole to unblock a sewerage pipe ….. twas quite a gush when it finally came free!
3. Spent most of my summer painting the inside of the school.
4. Filled the cracks in the yard with concrete (while on my knees).
5. Repaired a leaking oil tank.
6. Repaired the leaks on a flat roof.
7. Put up an array of shelves.
8. Spread the gravel in the new car parking area.
9. Had to tow a parent’s car home.
10. Installed a Stira stairs and then spent ages cleaning and tidying the attic storage area. Talk about years of dust!

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No …. it’s not a blatant form of child abuse that I’m talking about. I’m sure most parents love their children dearly and wouldn’t consciously dream of harming them in any way.

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I’m all embarrassed now Grannymar!

It amazes me when I see primary schools talking about doing modern languages such as French, Spanish and German.

Our official curriculum is already well represented with 12 different subjects, our timetable is full to overflowing, yet people (parents and teachers) want to overload an already overloaded week with more subjects.

I have to admit that we used to bring in a teacher of French a number of years ago but we gave it up as a bad job.

Why I hear you say?

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The latest version of the Primary School Curriculum came out in 1999. It was initially known as the ‘Revised Curriculum’. Prior to that we were working with the 1971 version!

The subjects that form the Curriculum are:

• Irish (Gaeilge)
• English
• Mathematics
• History
• Geography
• Science
• S.P.H.E. (Social, Personal & Health Education)
• Physical Education
• Visual Arts
• Music
• Drama

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