G.I.F.F.F.Ted children

I've not been overwhelmed with initiatives to take back to England but otday's G.I.F. F.F.T barbecue breakfast was quite impressive. We love our abbreviations in education and this one stands for Glendore Involving Fathers and Father Figures Totally. The first idea related to this was get them in for a sausage sizzle. Thank goodness the weather was OK as over 150 dads, stepdads, grandads, uncles and Mum's latest boyfriends gathered in the playground Gingerly.



The "party" warmed up once the sausages were ready. With the offspring of the Fs and FFs to cater for as well the principal was serving up over 300 breakfasts.



The Dads relaxed as only Dads know by getting competitive with the handball.



They were also coerced into doing some educational stuff and mucked in for the first half hour of the literacy. Many of my female colleagues complained of mutual discomfort but with up to 15 other men in my room it was great to have one day in my year, indeed my whole teaching career where I was part of a more testosterone filled environment. I'm not sure a breakfast barbecue would work in England but this was only one initiative generated by the "family action centre" so there would be plenty of other "Dad Friendly" ideas to get stuck into.