It was my birthday last Friday and somehow all the kids had found out. My year eights have been bugging me for ages to try and find out and I thought I'd won the battle and they'd given up until my English teacher friend told them when it was. I then got a card from two of the girls in the class which they'd made in the aforementioned English teacher's lesson: I guess that's karma. The funny part was that they'd originally put 'love from' but then decided to cross out the 'love' bit. To be honest that just drew more attention to it. Bless.

My year ten's knew too and sang me happy birthday - against my protestations. One of the science teachers had told them but I can't remember telling him when my birthday was and I'm reasonably sure my birthday isn't on the Key Stage 4 Science syllabus. So that was weird. Even weirder was that somehow my year elevens had found out too but I have no idea who told them. I wonder if someone had been handing out flyers. I had another chorus of happy birthday. Whilst it's kind of sweet I do think the idea wasn't wishing me well so much as making as much noise as possible.

The best bit though was my form making me a lovely (and rather big) card in art. They all signed it and drew little pictures of themselves on the front. I might frame it and put it above my computer as inspiration for when I'm planning lessons.