During the first two blocks, I got the opportunity to take part in a professional development session on anger management. The session was given by a community social worker based in a near by major town and focussed on a programme for boys with anger management problems and their families that the school will be joining next year. It was a great opportunity and I got a lot out of it, but I would have liked to hear more about specific strategies for helping students deal with their anger.

Between recess and lunch I was in the C.A.D. class I’ll start teaching next week. I managed to learn a few more names and I think that by the end of tomorrow, I’ll know most of the boys’ (the whole class is boys) names.

After lunch I spent the last two periods of the day planning for the IT class I’ll start teaching next week. I’m going to take them through a unit on computer hardware, common components of computer systems and the like. I’m pretty sure I know what I’ll cover and how I’ll present it, so it should work out pretty well. After I finished at the school, I went in to Ulverstone’s CBD and took a few photographs of buildings that I’ll take the C.A.D. class to see on their excursion.

I think that’s about it. I’ll have to remember to phone my university supervisor tomorrow.