I have had another easy week at school preparing for our school Christmas performance which is to be held on Saturday. We have been making crowns for the children to wear at the party and Christmas cards for them to give to their parents. As for the performance, in year two they are acting out a play which Aunty Ken has wrote and I have taught them the song When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney with added verses and actions. The grande section are singing a song to music which Aunty Ken has provided about days of the week as well as a little play. We have spent most days from 11 o’clock practising outside. On Thursday we were off as it was a public holiday to celebrate the Muslim New Year. I returned on Friday for our parents open day. By 12 o’clock I left to pick up Abigail and Bradley from school leaving everything with Aunty Ken as some parents had still not arrived to see their children’s work.
Saturday and the day of the school party, I spent the morning at home sorting out our clothes ready for our holiday to Senegal. Then at midday I made my way to the school to help with final preparations. Alberta had thought it would be a good idea to do some of the decorations on Friday so some of the teachers remained at school until 7 o’clock. When they arrived back on the Saturday most of the decorations had been blown down making more work to do just sorting them out. I busied myself blowing up balloons whilst Rosemary tied them together. Alberta was busy putting up even more tinsel which made it a bit messy and over the top. At 1 o’clock guests were starting to arrive and we were still busy tidying up. Finally the DJ turned up as well as a camera crew from the local TV station. Food was on sale for the parents to buy, some things were a bit pricey however they had a good selection, benichin, yassa, chakri, cakes, wonja and baobab juice. The children’s performances were due to start at 3 o’clock and I was surprised when they did actually start on time. The younger reception children presented first followed by the primary children. We were a little concerned as some of the children who had major parts had still not arrived. Everything seemed to be going okay Mr Ndoy was enjoying himself and getting all the children up onto the stage to dance, Aunty Ken joined in as well as some of the other teachers. Then Mary came over to me dragged me to the front of the stage so I was forced to dance to the music, very embarrassing. Just as year 2 were due to go on stage to present their play and song, Momodou arrived to our relief. The song went well but then the microphone battery died so the performance was stopped midflow whilst they ran off to buy more batteries. This gave me my opportunity to make an exit as we were also meeting Mick and Jenny with the kids at wishes for their Christmas Festivities. I found out later that the performance went okay but they still had issues with the microphone so decided to do it all over again. Then food was sold again as well as dancing so the evening didn’t close until 8 o’clock on the evening.
Saturday and the day of the school party, I spent the morning at home sorting out our clothes ready for our holiday to Senegal. Then at midday I made my way to the school to help with final preparations. Alberta had thought it would be a good idea to do some of the decorations on Friday so some of the teachers remained at school until 7 o’clock. When they arrived back on the Saturday most of the decorations had been blown down making more work to do just sorting them out. I busied myself blowing up balloons whilst Rosemary tied them together. Alberta was busy putting up even more tinsel which made it a bit messy and over the top. At 1 o’clock guests were starting to arrive and we were still busy tidying up. Finally the DJ turned up as well as a camera crew from the local TV station. Food was on sale for the parents to buy, some things were a bit pricey however they had a good selection, benichin, yassa, chakri, cakes, wonja and baobab juice. The children’s performances were due to start at 3 o’clock and I was surprised when they did actually start on time. The younger reception children presented first followed by the primary children. We were a little concerned as some of the children who had major parts had still not arrived. Everything seemed to be going okay Mr Ndoy was enjoying himself and getting all the children up onto the stage to dance, Aunty Ken joined in as well as some of the other teachers. Then Mary came over to me dragged me to the front of the stage so I was forced to dance to the music, very embarrassing. Just as year 2 were due to go on stage to present their play and song, Momodou arrived to our relief. The song went well but then the microphone battery died so the performance was stopped midflow whilst they ran off to buy more batteries. This gave me my opportunity to make an exit as we were also meeting Mick and Jenny with the kids at wishes for their Christmas Festivities. I found out later that the performance went okay but they still had issues with the microphone so decided to do it all over again. Then food was sold again as well as dancing so the evening didn’t close until 8 o’clock on the evening.
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