Over-rehearsing & under origami

Butterfly frames

Given that today's highlight was the sweet chicken curry for lunch with the cucumber/tiny fish vinegar salad...think we can say this morning was a slow burner. Sitting with the slowest eater meant I was there for quite a while!

Origamically Challenged, I managed to remember how to make a snapdragon; second attempt got it the right way around and put numbers & words under the flaps - present for the shy runner I call "Speedy" - the girl is a gazelle!

Quick rendez-vous in the assembly hall & asked to entertain x60 at the drop of a hat with a song & dance. Fortunately I now have the cable to connect my iPod to any radio/CD player & the frequency sussed for the auxiliary channel...and action: "Walking walking" song and pandamonium - which was nice, but my five minute slot fulfilled & trooped outside to practice the tug-of-war.

Rhythm is the key.

Summer heat still with us, and the younger ones kip down for a much-needed siesta; the older ones muster in the hall again for posing practice, pre-grandparents' appreciation  party...for sure that will be video & candid camera central, especially with the butterfly-shaped thank you cards being produced in industrial quantities back in the classroom.

Highlight of the day was teacher K using a particularly creative classmate's drawing book to tell a story & to get everyone joining in, adding ideas & checking the storyline nicely. Meantime, the most disengaged lad in class was trying to attach his handmade spectacles to his hat - had to give him a hand as it was hilarious!

Story-time precedes home-time