A Day In The Life Of A Governess
Read Everyone's Story BelowMy Day (2003) by Lee-Anne AKA Bushgovo
Allira's Day
Sophie's Day
Day in the Life of Govie at Monkira
My Day …………. (2003)
7.10 Alarm trills. Mind still asleep. Well wishing anyway. Turn off
alarm
7.12 Briefly considered getting up. Stupid idea.
7.15Grab remote control and turn on CD player. Set sleep button for 30 minutes.
7.45 Music turns off. Swear briefly. Damn it is time to get up.
8.00 Breaky completed, feeling human. Millie
(2 Y.O.) has talked her head off while I've been eating and Tanya (10
Y.O.) is brushing her teeth. Say good morning to my bosses.
8.05 Teeth brushed and computer on. Checking emails.
8.30 Well the day starts as Tanya wanders in. If she's singing she's
happy if the outside door slams look out.
8.40 Assembly starts. If I miss assembly my whole clay gets out of
kilter. Tanya usually starts work while the messages are on in the
background.
10.00 Break time. Usually I go for a quick 15 minute walk up the flat to
warm up and take in some rays. Gets the blood pumping. Tanya usually
tries to beat me on her bike. Grab a hot Milo then head into the
schoolroom.
10.30 Back to the grind. Tanya continues working thru her list of work.
Slip in a card game on the computer if I have time.
12.10 LUNCH, Thank heavens I'm hungry.
1.10 Lunch is over all too quickly. Lesson starts in 5 minutes. Quickly
Login in and hope that we don't drop out again.
1.50 The teachers are going over time again. Tanya and I are getting
sick of lesson. Tanya has sat properly all thru lesson. I'll have to
reward her for the good behaviour.
3.00 Schools OUT. Thank heavens there are no meetings. Do some prep. for
tomorrow. Play my favourite game on the computer. Clean the bathroom.
CATS are fighting again. Take to the big ginger bully with a broom.
5.00 Help my boss with tea be peeling the veggies.
5.30 Sit down in the old lounge and watch Neighbours.
7.00 Teas ready. Pandemonium sweeps the kitchen as tea is being served
and the kids are settling down.
8.00 Wash dishes and leave them to dry on the drainer, watch a bit more
TV before I head on out to my room. Get on the computer again.
10.30 Hop into bed and check to make sure the alarms on. I sure hope the
wind stops blowing as that piece of iron is stating to p*%$ me off
by Lee-Anne Bright
Allira's Day
When I was a govo my day was a bit different
6:45 wake up, have shower
7 head over to the house for breakfast and coffee with family and other
staff
7:30 back in school room organise stuff for the day
8:30 kids start sport
9 school day starts
both my kids had Centra lessons with their class teachers and Spanish
teacher.
10:30 smoko
11 back inside
1pm lunch
2 back in
we usually had art twice a week which I always did in the afternoon.
I finished at 3:30,
cleaned the school room, did my own cleaning and washing, checked
emails, cleaned up after the pet sheep. my kids mum was always there so
I didn't have to watch them after school unless she was away or busy.
all govo positions are different, some bosses expect you to be with the
kids all day and others just while school is on, hope that helps
SOPHIE'S DAY
This is just a quick insight on my day to day life. Some days are a
little different that others but this is pretty much it for a weekday
Hope it gives you a bit more info as to what goes on. I tutor a yr 6 boy
2 year 4 boys and a yr 2 girl.
5:00am Alarm goes off... wish I didn't have to get up yet......moon is
still up.
5:15am Get up and turn music on and head for the shower maybe even a
quick dip in the pool
5:30am I'm awake now... put on the washing on and a quick tidy up of my
house
6:00am Turn the computer on and check emails while cooking a bit of
breakfast, wash dishes
6:45am find all on air requirements for the day
7am hang washing out, water plants
7:15am head over to the main house say good morning and help out a bit
with the kids brekki
7:25am round the kids up and head back over to my house to the school
room.
7:30am School begins... we all try to get out our things and settle down
for the morning.
8:30am Jesse's on air lesson
9:00am Riley's on air lesson
9:30am Macey's on air lesson (our phone is pretty choked in the morning)
10:00am Smoko at last... its been a while since brekki. Head over to the
main house and russtle up some smoko for everyone.
10:30am back to school continue with our work. Calem's German lesson
11:00am Jesse's reading lesson
11:45am Calem's on air lesson
1:00pm Lunch time. Head over to the main house to make the kids and me
some lunch.
1:30pm kids head outside to play, I clean up from lunch and go out and
watch the kids playing
2:00pm School time again. Getting the last of everything done for the
day. Macey's reading lesson also.
3:30pm time to pack the papers and books away and take out a reader for
quite reading time for half an hour.
4:00pm school's out! quickly give the school room a sweep and a wipe
down.
4:15pm head over to the main house to make some afternoon smoko for me
and the kids.
4:30pm head outside to watch the kids play, or have a swim with them in
the pool or take them for a drive on the property or a ride on
the horses.
5:30pm kids come in and just play in the yard or watch a bit of T.V, I
make a start on dinner.
6:00pm kids do their jobs for the day. ( feed the chooks, cat and dog
etc.)
6:15pm kids come in and have a bath and do their homework before dinner.
7:00pm my bosses usually get home about this time.
7:30pm Get kids up at the table and serve up the dinner.
8:00pm everybody is finished eating. Send kids off to clean their teeth
and get ready for bed. Clean up mess from dinner stack the
dish washer.
8:15pm say goodnight to the kids and my bosses and head over tom my
house. Work is finished for the day!
8:30pm turn on the T.V and watch something while I go through and
correct the kids work from the day.
9:30 quickly check emails and might call family or friends from home.
10:00pm have a shower and head to bed!
In response to Lee-Anne's script, I've done up a
little one of my own- hope you find it interesting.
Miss Kathryn
In response to your `day in the life of…' Leanne, very amusing and I can
totally sympathize with you!!
Day in the Life of Govie at Monkira
Monkira is halfway between Windorah and Bedourie-Sth West Qld
7.30am- Alarm goes off and I contemplate getting straight out of bed…
hmmm, I'll lie here for just a minute or two until my mind unfuzz's
7.55am- Over to the kitchen for brekky and check the emails before
work (no computer or phone in my schoolroom-but staff computer in
the kitchen which is next door). If I chose to get up at 5.50am-6am
(?????WHY!!!!) I could have brekky cooked for me by the station
cook, but that's ok, I treasure my sleep second to hardly anything,
so I'll put up with making my own brekky!
8.30am- Ty (7yo, Grade 2) wanders over (anytime between 8.30am and
9am actually! depending on his mood and how much he has convinced
his Mum and Dad that he doesn't want to go to school!) We start
Language and Math's set lessons until …..
9.30am- Over to the main house to get on the phone for `on air'
lesson with the teacher (this is every morning 9.30am for half hour,
7-8 kids in the class) I have been at Monkira for over a year and
the phone has NEVER been in the schoolroom, oh! But there is TALK of
it getting put in….sometime!! But never fear, it makes for a bit
of `out of schoolroom' time which can be nice.
10.00am- Lesson over, Ty tries to wheedle some play time, sometimes
he gets it if I need to discuss things with his Mum. Also, 9.30am is
usually the rest of the station having smoko, so Ty has his smoko
after his lesson at 10am approx.
10.30- Back into the schoolroom after talking with the Mum and Ty's
elongated smoko break if he's smart enough about it- he's a clever
one!! Back into the Language and Math's set papers, reading,
spelling tests until……..
12.30-Lunch- my favourite time! All the staff are usually in for
lunch unless out mustering or fencing, so we all have a chat/gossip
and at the moment Ty is learning to skip, soooooo, its all on
skipping competition between the head stockman and Ty….IN THE
KITCHEN!!!! All good fun.
1.30pm- Back into the schoolroom, more Language and Math's sets,
skipping practice (!), reading, paining, whatever it is that the
current unit is asking for.
4.00pm- Schools out! Ty is stoked, depending on his behaviour during
the day (or past days) he may earn a surprise from the prize box.
4.15pm- Check emails, study for uni (Teaching Degree), ride
horse….can vary immensely!
7.00pm- Dinner time in the kitchen, Cookie can cook from 7 to 20
people at any one meal time depending on what's going on and who's
around. We all watch Home and Away and comment on all the drama!!
Wash dishes, Ty tries Head stockman on for another skipping
competition
7.30pm- Last time email check for the day, chat to the folks on the
phone if it's Monday…
8.00pm- retire to my quarters (separate to the rest of the staff)
and study, read, go to sleep!!
By Kathryn
Govie
Monkira
2006/2007
