Wednesday 30th October 2024
Razeena's monkey (rescued as a baby, so kept on a chain) was looking rather sad this morning, but perked up later in the day. We had the great pleasure of returning to the Pre-Primary Department this morning for their Diwali celebration event, where we experienced the chanting of a Hindu priest, and two traditional dances - although one was to a rather inappropriate (for children) Ed Sheeran song - Shape of You - fortunately, the words weren't in English!). We were driven back to the Junior School, and I had a lovely time co-teaching a Maths lesson on multiplication. I say co-teaching, but I actually taught the lesson with the class teacher, the co-teacher, and two other ladies observing me. I knew exactly what I was doing, so I didn't feel under any pressure at all, and simply enjoyed demonstrating a skill that I feel very fortunate to have acquired in my life, and accepted that my love of teaching has never diminished. We came back to the apartment, and I had another onl...