Here is my entry for this week's Thankfulness journey, in no particular order . . . .

434. Fantastic trip to Bath to visit our eldest son for his 20th Birthday.

435.  Youngest son had a successful first day of his induction at sixth form college.

436.  The lady who tried to put her car where our car was, having not checked her blind spot, saw us just in time and managed to avoid us.

437.  Cute, cheap fabric, and the ability to reign myself in and only buy 2 metres.

438.  A week off from school assemblies last week.

439.  Exciting news that this week's Monday assembly will be with Ofsted inspectors present. 

440.  Eldest finishes his internship on Friday and we will have him back for the summer.

441.  Seeing all the positive comments in his thank you card from the church he was an intern at.

442.  Finally getting to see the house eldest has been staying in since December and the amazing incredible, awesome views!

443. 

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Ofsted Assembly

Those of you who have been around my blog for a while will know that one of the things that I do is give assembly talks at local schools.  Mainly primary schools (5 - 11 years old).  I have a pretty full week coming up with 4 assemblies.  The assemblies are of a mainly Christian nature with some of them having more content than others.  Some make no mention of God or the bible at all but talk about things that are important to people of all faiths, such as making a positive difference in people's lives.  Some may talk about a topic such as bullying and mention a particular bible verse that fits in or have a prayer that finishes the assembly.  For Christmas and Easter there is always more overtly Christian content as i find creative ways to cover those stories.

I received an email last night from the head teacher of the school I am in on Monday.

They have received notice that they will be undergoing an Ofsted Inspection this week.  Ofsted is the government schools inspectorate.  Schools used to get a few weeks notice but now only get one or two working days notice and in some cases, where there are serious concerns, can turn up unannounced. So the inspectors will be in school from Monday morning and the head teacher STILL wants me to come in!

I can't tell you what a big deal this is!  For a school to still want me to come in and do my assembly during Ofsted is huge!

I have to head over to the school tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) to run through the assembly with the head teacher and work out any kinks in the plan.  I'm excited and a little nervous.