My first month at Bromsgrove School can be summed up in three words: challenging, cold, and loads of fun. I’m quite enjoying being on the other side of the desk, teaching is proving to be quite an interesting job. The kids here have very long school days. They start at 8:30 am and are mostly here until 5:30 pm! From year 6 on, they also have Saturday classes for a few hours. You definitely cannot complain about hours at Westfields! I work in both the Upper and Lower Schools, and teach kids from 5 years old to 18. Most of my classes this term are netball (8 sessions per week) and Saturday afternoon matches, as the netball season over here is in full swing. I also help out in 4 classes per week which are Year 7 Geography and English, Year 6 Design and Technology (who are lethal with the drill!) and Year 1 swimming lessons. I also have one night of boarding duty per week, where I supervise the Girls Boarding house of about 30 girls. Most of the girls are really nice, apart from the one trouble maker! The school apparently has a very big international reputation, and as such has a lot of international boarders. There are quite a lot of kids from Hong Kong as well as Germany, who come all the way here just for school. It’s quite tough for them to be so far away from home, but they seem to deal with it better than those who live only an hour or so away!