Getting better all the time

I did sit and post a nice long blog last night but it seems to have disappeared into thin air so let's try again.

Every day passes more quickly than the last and gets busier as we become known around the school.  Today (Weds) started with assembly as usual - the difference being that there was singing.  This involves a dusty old keyboard being brought out and placed on a table at the front of the room and is played by the former head.  The songs this morning were Blowin' in the Wind and From the tiny Ant - no hymns as such as it has all faiths.  The children sing their hearts out - hardly a dry in amongst the gappers young or not so young.

The ex head was given Cathy's keyboard to open and you can see from the photos how delighted he was - promptly gave us a lovely tune and the old keyboard has been relegated to no. 2 keyboard with little or no ceremony.  It will get its first airing in assembly on friday - watch ths space.

I spent the morning with the Kindergarten class - ages range from roughly 4 - 6 depending on ability.  Took the opportunity to introduce them to Winnie the Blenheim Bear - they were fascinated - and loved having their photos taken - they have 5 mins meditation after break and the photos were taken in order of which table sat the most quietly - the green table had so many cheeky little chaps on it that they had NO chance!  My favourite remark of the day came from the exasperated teacher who said to a little boy in beautifully accented English,

"You decide who you want to be like - Osama bin Laden or Obama or Ghandi... they are both in the history books..."

No PC here...

We walked all the way home from school today - probably for the first time - have tried on numerous other occasions but always managed to get lost - a pleasant walk punctuated by stops for Lime soda and a quick capuccino - this braced us for the sight of gentlemen weeing at the side of a particular stretch of road - will definitely be walking on the other side of that road in future.

Another first - we found a cockroach - it was no match for a deftly wielded waste paper basket!

One of the lovely ladies at Future Hope took us shopping for cool, (as in not warm) baggy clothes - found lots of stuff - made a slight faux pas by coming out of the changing rooms wearing - literally - the wrong sort of trousers - it transpired that the trousers I was wearing should be worn under a knee length tunic - not the short mid thigh version I had on!  i think it was the equivalent of walking around in my underwear.

Looking forward very much to what tomorrow will bring.

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