Indy Prep
Today we were back at the school, and this time there was a lot of decorating going on. Tomorrow is Independence Day in India, and so tomorrow will see the concert that the children have been practising for - including singing, dancing, and drama.
Some of the children have done a few craft activities, like cutting triangles from coloured tissue paper to create cheerful bunting flags. These were pasted all around the dining hall area, which is where the concert was due to take place.
The sturdy, plain benches that the children sit on in class have all been brought out. Solid and with a flat top, the benches were made in-house at the SEDS vocational training centre in the past, by people learning welding and other skills. Being so solidly and plainly built, they can be jammed up next to each other in a rectangle to create the stage.
I have been told I am giving a speech tomorrow, so I have to leave the preparations for a while and go to write my speech. Rasool in the office found me a selection of speeches that were available online. He sent me a few options to choose from, but rather than pick one I used them as a basis to write my own speech.
Once my speech was finished and printed, I returned to school to see and help with some more preparations. Using string to get the lines straight, and grit to mark them, some teachers drew out a grid for the positions that the children will stand in for their assembly tomorrow.
The base of the flag pole was decorated by one of the kindy teachers, Zaheda, using coloured chalks to create decorative motifs all around the base.
A few of the teachers worked together to try and draw an outline of the country of India in the sand at the base.
In amongst all of this, the children were helping too. Coming from the UK and then Australia, where people worry a lot about safety - especially of children - it seemed amazing to see some of the tasks that the children here could readily complete.
It was also beautiful to see how well behaved and helpful the children were. They love playing and being silly, but they also love to help with any tasks and have an incredible capacity to sit quietly when that is required of them. I can't wait to see them performing tomorrow after all of the hard work that has gone into their preparations.
We had some visitors again today as well, Rajan's cousin (I need to check the spelling of her name) and her husband Ivan. They are staying for the night and will watch the concert tomorrow as well. They seem very lovely people, and I really enjoyed talking with them.
We also had another funny wildlife encounter. A tiny little palm squirrel was trying to walk across a cable, but a ringneck parrot landed and was having none of it! Every time the little squirrel moved, the ringneck really yelled at it!
Some of the children have done a few craft activities, like cutting triangles from coloured tissue paper to create cheerful bunting flags. These were pasted all around the dining hall area, which is where the concert was due to take place.
The sturdy, plain benches that the children sit on in class have all been brought out. Solid and with a flat top, the benches were made in-house at the SEDS vocational training centre in the past, by people learning welding and other skills. Being so solidly and plainly built, they can be jammed up next to each other in a rectangle to create the stage.
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| Creating props for tomorrow's dramas |
I have been told I am giving a speech tomorrow, so I have to leave the preparations for a while and go to write my speech. Rasool in the office found me a selection of speeches that were available online. He sent me a few options to choose from, but rather than pick one I used them as a basis to write my own speech.
Once my speech was finished and printed, I returned to school to see and help with some more preparations. Using string to get the lines straight, and grit to mark them, some teachers drew out a grid for the positions that the children will stand in for their assembly tomorrow.
The base of the flag pole was decorated by one of the kindy teachers, Zaheda, using coloured chalks to create decorative motifs all around the base.
A few of the teachers worked together to try and draw an outline of the country of India in the sand at the base.
In amongst all of this, the children were helping too. Coming from the UK and then Australia, where people worry a lot about safety - especially of children - it seemed amazing to see some of the tasks that the children here could readily complete.
It was also beautiful to see how well behaved and helpful the children were. They love playing and being silly, but they also love to help with any tasks and have an incredible capacity to sit quietly when that is required of them. I can't wait to see them performing tomorrow after all of the hard work that has gone into their preparations.
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| Playing is serious business |
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| Not sure who took this photo, but she is so cute with her little grumpy face :) |
We had some visitors again today as well, Rajan's cousin (I need to check the spelling of her name) and her husband Ivan. They are staying for the night and will watch the concert tomorrow as well. They seem very lovely people, and I really enjoyed talking with them.
We also had another funny wildlife encounter. A tiny little palm squirrel was trying to walk across a cable, but a ringneck parrot landed and was having none of it! Every time the little squirrel moved, the ringneck really yelled at it!
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| "Sqwaaaaarrrrk!!!" |
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