A Day at School

After getting to bed very late after our big shopping spree, we were woken briskly at 6am by a vibrant Sandeep who proclaimed “We are going to school today – get ready”! Freya and Caspar are really not the best early in the morning so they groaned for some time. But soon we were heading out along the highway, with special permission for Sandeep to teach Freya during the day, as he had no designated teaching periods. I decided to shoot some footage of the school, in case we might want to make a little doco later on. So while Freya was following Sandeep on his rounds, and showing various classes her dances, Guy and I went around a few classes with the camera.

The year 2 maths class was an experience. They were working with great attention on times tables, and a melodious call & response of those were being repeated at short intervals. Meanwhile the kids were writing down from the board, and taking turns in going up to the blackboard and solving questions. It all flowed along very nicely, and it seemed the kids were working very effectively – they were not getting restless in their seats, as they had to occasionally get up to the front. I then spent some time in the year 8 English class, taught by a very sweet teacher, who discussed grammar with great enthusiasm. The kindergarten kids were really cute, sitting so quietly and drinking their milk with biscuits. They then went to their state-of-the-art playroom, where they posed for my shots very eagerly. Caspar spent the day in Sandeep’s large office enjoying on his playstation. Freya went to his regular dance class, and demonstrated her dance to the kids, who now all want to switch from modern to classical dance now!