Uplifting Song of the Week

So, I made it all the way through NaBloPoMo without missing a day and then went cold turkey as soon as December hit, and all week I have been going to bed with a creeping feeling that something has been left undone! And, that post count isn't getting any closer to 127 on its own (I have many Italy blog posts to go - just need to find time to sit and write them), so, here I am, back on the wagon.

I have instituted Song of the Day with my tutor group, who are taking it in turns to pick a daily ditty to brighten up registration in the afternoon. One of them picked Spandau Ballet - Gold which was a great shout: everybody got into the spirit, singing along to that. I am very much enjoying my time with them. This is why you have a tutor group all the way through.

I'm going with something a bit softer for my "...of the week" board next week. It's quite a simple song and unplifting in a quieter way, but I am a bit obsessed with it. It even makes me feel a bit Christmassy but maybe that's just because it's coming up to Christmas.

Uplifting Song of the Week

I really am a sucker for a video that is full of cheesy dancing. It makes me feel able to do cheesy dancing without fear. This video has cheesy dancing in spades.



Also, I think Taylor Swift, when she's dressed as a ballet dancer, really looks like Ellen Pompeo.

Song of the Week

Next week's school uplifting song is going to be this -



You just can't beat a bit of uplifting 80s cheese and this has the added benefit of being from the film Mannequin, which I've never seen all the way through, but which stars that guy from Pretty in Pink, plus Lieutenant Provenza from The Closer/Major Crimes and, of course, Samantha from Sex and the City before she became so sexually confident.

Nearly missed posting today - Tutt's been round so we could practise the carol we're singing with the staff choir at the Christmas concert. I have finally dug out the piano! I finally feel like we might be making some headway with the waves of Stuff.

Uplifting Song of the Week

I've got a little static whiteboard in my classroom and it is full of "... of the week" - Word, Question, Name for xxxx (a naughty student who lied about his name to a senior staff member even though he is in Y12 and should know better, and is therefore currently being mocked by me - this week it's Stephanie) and Uplifting Song. This week one of the students made me write S Club 7 "Reach for the Stars" which, yes, is uplifting, but I had been going down the route of 80s throwback/90s nostalgia.

This morning, though, this song was on the radio on the way to work and it was playing in my head all day long, all through my lesson observation with my two least favourite members of SLT (they're not that bad, just my least favourite) and all the way home. It takes me back to my youth, when I frequented nightclubs and danced a lot, when this was totally my kind of music and when Jen and I went to Ibiza. And the video really made me giggle! It reminds me of that advert for Southern Comfort, although of course they manage to wedge in some hotties doing something over-sexualised, one of which happens to be the still for the video. Of course.

I might show it to my tutor group next week, when this is song of the week, and make them all come up with a cheesy dance move. Everyone needs a favourite cheesy dance move to cheer themselves up with. There are a few examples here - knock yourself out.



The Magician - Sunlight feat. Years & Years