It's been a very tiring two weeks, and quite emotional too. Matt went off on his adventures to Swaziland - World Challenge, with some students from school. He is off the grid, so no contact until he gets back to Johannesburg airport on Friday. I've hated not being able to talk to him for the past week.
At school, we had the year 6 leavers ball on Wednesday. I spent the entire day getting the hall ready for the party, and it looked great. It was hard work though, but all worth it, as the kids had a fantastic time. I stayed for the buffet, and to see some of the dancing, but couldn't make it to the end. Just too exhausting! I had spent all of Tuesday printing and assembling the year books that I had made for year 6. The kids loved the year books, and I got lots of thank you presents, which was nice, including the lovely flowers in the photo above, chocolates, body wash, candles and bubbly.
On Thursday, we had the end of year trip to Movie Park, the nearby theme park. All of Lower School went, but each teacher had a group of 8 or 9. I teamed up with a friend and her group. We had a great group of year 5s and 6s, and they all wanted to go on the big roller coasters and all of the high/scary rides that I love. We had a boy in year 5 in our group who gets himself into trouble at school, but he was great fun, and really up for everything on Thursday, which was lovely. It's so funny to see the kids realisation that they can eat junk food and have unlimited coke on their wrist bands. They look like Christmas has come early!
Friday was a half day for the kids, and we had a staff BBQ after, to say goodbye to the teachers leaving. There are quite a few leaving this year, as people have reached the 2 year mark and are keen to move on. Unfortunately, two really good friends of mine are leaving this year, so next year will be very different. I guess that's just the nature of an international school.
I flew back to England straight away on Friday evening, and Sam and Amy picked me up from Heathrow, ready for Sam's party on Saturday night.
The fancy dress, 'S' themed party was a huge success! I went as a Sumo Wrestler, which was a very popular costume, appreciated by all of the other guests. Matt's parents and brother came too, which was lovely to see them. Sam had a great time! It's so nice to be back in England, with family and friends. I fly back to Germany on Thursday, and can't wait to see Matt on Friday!
It was a great party!
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