Vendredi le 5 decembre- Visiting Artist

Well the end of another week! Nev still not well and has had to cancel our rendez-vous tonight with a fellow kiwi – must be sick!
A couple of interesting things happened today – straight after school 4:30-5:00 was a cake stall. 50c a piece or you could buy whole cakes. Many different varieties and man, were they selling, even though it was pouring and bitterly cold. A good idea as most parents collect their children and of course they are starving! It had been advertised on doors etc. 50c a piece also worked out at getting a fair price for the whole cake.
I must say the choices were great.
Also at 5:00 basically straight after school was a ‘show’ in the Gymnasium. The parents were invited to take their children to a magic performance “Fifi and Riri” – 2 clowns with a bit of magic. This visiting artist was outside school hours and supervision became parents responsibility, rather an interesting concept. It also meant that littler siblings could also come and enjoy. Maybe we would get a nice family feel if we did this! I must comment how many Dad’s were there too – maybe the 5-6:00pm time was right for them, but also it was straight after school pretty much and many people of course used the 20 minutes to buy cakes and mingle! Rather clever networking!
I must say I am still amazed at what time most children get home and get fed. I still see children leaving late – 6:45 ish. No wonder they need Wednesdays off just to catch up. Although I have found a room at the primary with about 20 little stretchers where the children that are young (presume equivalent to our NE) go with their snugglies/ comforters and have a sleep straight after lunch. It does amaze me that they are allowed to be in class and around the school constantly sucking and snuggling etc with their bits of rag or soft toy. I find it really babyish and very unhygienic, it does amaze me that with all the formalities around here this is allowed!