This is good news. Even though term starts on Monday, the science curriculum is similar enough to the English one that I'm not worried about having a lack of time to prepare. The hardest thing will be trying to teach science without all the lab equipment that I am used to. No, what is worrying me is that I am also going to be teaching history. Not any old history either: Canadian history. This could be interesting.
I'm reading through the text book to try and learn about New France (not, as I assumed, anything to do with the French revolution) and the war of 1812. I now realise that trying to learn history from a school text book is like trying to watch a documentary by listening through your neighbours wall; I'm getting the broad outline but there are an awful lot of nuances I'm missing out on.
Anyway, back to work. I've got a lot to do before Monday. Wish me luck. Oh, and any humanities teachers who have ideas for activities or projects I could do, please do get in touch!
P.S. The picture below is of a set of rules that hangs on the wall of the school. I really hope they don't still follow them all, especially number 3.
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