Chapel time

The kids walking to chapel. Sam's class had to have a "walk-off" competition with the other reception class to practice following in a line. Apparently students were getting left behind as they were so easily distracted by anything else around them.

The kids are enjoying school--although just this week Sam decided he wasn't going to PE. =) We never quite know with Sam. But up until then, they had been loving their classes. They both have wonderful teachers. Sydney has a veteran teacher from Zimbabwe and Sam has a rookie who just moved from the States--but they are both absolutely wonderful. Although having both of them in school has been a test of our organizational skills. Trying to remember which days they need to wear which uniform, bring back library books, bring suits and towels (of course all of these are different days for each of them), and never forgetting a snack and homework has been a challenge.

I thought you might enjoy a few pictures of the kids on a typical Friday. The Reception through 1st grade classes meet for chapel on Friday mornings. These pictures show Sam with his face painted from a fun carnival party in his class and Sydney is dressed as a sheep because her class did a little skit about Jesus' parable of the lost sheep. They also sing songs and awards are given out for accomplishments in swimming as well as character awards. The parents get to come and watch so I've been thankful to get my work done at the hospital early so that I can attend these times fairly regularly. We'll let you know how Sam does on the PE thing next week.