Final weeks of school

Not so much to report here. Wind in the Willows was a success, although I did struggle to understand all the accents. (Most of the children are not English). I had to go both nights as Bethany was outraged that no one was going to watch the second night. I found the script in Joshua's bag and that helped me a lot to catch all the words. I enjoyed Joshua's bit the most although he didn't believe me. ("You're just saying that mummy because I'm your son). Still it was long days (leaving at 7:30am and getting back at 9pm- school provided dinner) and I am glad to have a relatively normal week this week.

Daniel has gone to the UK for a finance conference and has managed to avoid the parent-teacher conferences yet again. I have done two lots this year already and said it was his turn this time-sigh! Anyway I think it has been a great year school wise, I have been hugely impressed by the schooling here.

This morning I went with Caleb's class for a supermarket visit. They had 100 shillings to spend (about 80p) so they could learn about money and change. They all had their own small trolley to push round and it was fairly chaotic trying to bring order to a long caterpillar of small children with small trolleys. Still a fun learning experience and you can actually get quite a lot for 100 shillings - Scary coloured juice and an equally scary coloured lolly, 2 note books, a ruler, a rubber and a pencil sharpener. The kids loved it especially the bit where they got to pay for their own stuff.

Next week is the last week of term, which in my opinion can't come soon enough. I seriously need a break from making snacks, driving to and from school and being organised enough to get 3 children out of the door, complete with uniform, lunch, reading folders, games kits, swimming kits, homework and various other things that small people need on different days, by 7:30am!