Remaining Positive

It has been far too long, and I feel guilty for not updating, this is supposed to be part of our appraisal and I started to get "the negative attitude" after still being in Room 10 while day after day our old classroom remains unfinished and the builders are often times not there. I admit that I was getting a little bit "over it" and while I try to remain positive for the sake of my class, they seem to be as fed up as I am. It's just silly things like trying to work in a small space, not having all my usual resources right there, being in a room that is badly decorated (this really bothers me so terribly, like you wouldn't believe!), having to lock our small amount of belongings away each night in our little cupboard, sharing a space with others, not having the internet, or having intermittent internet, they all add up to feeling a bit like I don't want to be there!
Yesterday, one of my students (a boy who has been absent for much of the last 2 terms suffering from an eating disorder) asked, "when are we going to do that business stuff?" and pointed to the little display area we have in the room with our building plan on it.
And then I felt really guilty!
So while I write this I am trying hard to think of ways to alter my original plan so that we might stop makinactually get back into Mantle  We still use the drama games, and we still talk about the Mantle we have already been a part of, but as far as my Term 3 plan goes, it just never happened. It has been too easy to slip back into just teaching each subject as a stand alone area, and we really have been doing heaps of P.E (well, heaps more than I ever have done before in my life!) and heaps of wonderful art (even though there is nowhere to display it) and just put Mantle in the too hard basket while we live in Room 10.
If I make some alterations, and get the children to help make decisions about where to next, I may be able to salvage the plan. I will try to remember that we can pretend we are anywhere, that the actual room we are in should not matter, and our lack of ICT and resources will just mean a bit of problem solving to find alternatives.
So tomorrow we will have a business meeting, and hopefully we will all find our enthusiasm, our imaginations, and our super positive attitudes again. I didn't really lose mine, it was just hiding a little bit.