All the pieces of the
puzzle came together today – luckily as the deadline is this afternoon! We have
managed to achieve our goals originally planned to do over 5 days in 4 in order
to have the playground ready for the celebrations tomorrow. The sand arrived
for the sandpit – and the truck came within mm of crashing into the timber and
destroying the entire sandpit! We are grateful for the assistance of NZ expat
Annie-Lou who joined us for the day. Emma and Jacqui worked with the Class 8
students to develop a set of playground rules – the challenge being to guide
students away from “do not” and “no” rules to more positive phrases but we got
there in the end and they enjoyed a different approach to teaching. Amir and
Mima attended Class 1 lessons in the morning to gain a different perspective.
Riley enjoyed a game of rugby with the boys in the afternoon and certainly
worked up a sweat. The moment we had all been waiting for came this afternoon –
we finally allowed a large group of students on the equipment!
After an exciting day
and a great feeling of achievement, we bundled into the van and took a road
trip to the beach (an hour’s drive) to Natadola. Tane – our team clown – chose
to dump a pooh in the middle of the chapel lawn at the 5 star Intercontinental
Resort!
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