Friday 17 June

Need to mark exam, say goodbye to 2 groups and attend 'hello summer school' party.  The exam went well and all students seem to have done better than in the mock.  We had a lunch at Prezzo to say goodbye, which had one of the students in tears.  We gave her a certificate and Amazon book token for her 100% attendance, which is an amazing feat for 9 months of school.  She came in during the terrible snow, also when she had bad colds and generally felt homesick, so it was well-deserved.


For this evening's event we had to take a dish and a bottle, so my beloved made a peperonata salad - various sweet peppers, roasted with a dressing of olive oil, mustard and garlic with sultanas (yum).  The idea was to have a barbecue at school for all staff, including partners and children.  There's a really nice garden so the kids could run around but of course the weather's gone wintry with lashings of rain, so it was indoors and no grilled meats!  The turnout was not particularly good which was a shame, but at least the principal turned up and I heard my beloved telling him that I deserved a bonus.  


I'm getting interested in keeping bees.  No planning permission is required and they need to face either south-east, south or south-west on level ground.  We have a space under a tree at the end of the garden which could be ideal.  According to various websites the best thing to do is 'join your local beekeepers club' so that should be my first stop.  Also, I suppose we should check with the neighbours just in case they're allergic.