Hoorah.

Small triumphs are the best. This morning I was sitting at my desk and casually asked the three students walking past that inevitable morning ice-breaker "How are you?" Student 1: "I'm happy!" Student 2:"I'm sleepy!" Student 3:"I'm hungry!"

Mission accomplished! I can leave my job next week safe in the knowledge that, for some percentage of the school at least, I have effected a transformation of the typical "I'm fine thank you and you" into a roll-call of the seven dwarves. Hoorah indeed.