I had my first classes today. They're not really classes, more like getting to know you times. I had 16 in my class today, but Vanessa says that lots of kids don't come to school for the first month or so. My classroom is large, blue and mostly bare when I arrived, but having spent the last week or so planning and decorating it now looks quite nice! This photo is from the weekend, the blank boards are now full of pretty pictures and an extra fun game called "Ve...

I've only been here a week. It feels like a month! I wasn't going to set up a blog, but I think it'll be the easiest way to communicate with everyone after finding that post takes between 3 and 6 months to reach the UK, and having experienced first-hand the sporadic tendencies of the local internet access. Anyway, here's what I've been doing for a week: My flight was long, but I arrived in Miami nine hours after leaving Heathrow having watched 3 films, havin...