More teaching days

Matthew + Hanna (Pipera):

For the senior school this week's theme was "adventure", meaning that Matthew was going to spend a large amount of time singing scout songs (there was a violent argument over the Americanisation of a large number of English scout songs by Nana), playing excessive amounts of tag and all in near 40 degree heat. Matthew felt he deserved a quite swim in the pool after all that ...
Tuesday dawned with more heat, and after a repeat of singing rubbishy american scout songs (Matthew is refusing to let the point go) the Kids were all taken to the park. Matthew was disappointed to not quite be small enough to go on the slide. There then followed a nature hunt, and attempting to put up a small tent in the woods near the park. Matthew's
assertions that the poles were the wrong size and shape, that there were no pegs nor guy-ropes was met with derision from Mr Byron. Matthew was right...

Hanna on the other hand was spending her day with Anca (Nursery teacher) and a crazy bunch of 3-6 year olds. Helping the children eat turned out to be more difficult than expected, as yoghurt ended up not only in children's faces but tables, chairs and clothing. Being strengthened by this, the next task was helping the boys and girls to get changed for the upcoming swimming lesson, which was followed by a german class. The singing of German nursery songs brought back many memories of Hanna's own childhood (yes, sorry forgot to mention that she is German and was one of the many international boarders at Scarborough College). As the afternoon is mostly nap time, Hanna joined Matthew and the others for a Table tennis competition with the teachers followed by a swim.
The next day Hanna was officially introduced as "Miss Hanna" during friendship circle, an activity during which the children talk about their summer.

Niall (Davilla):

Niall helped design an obstacle course complete with trixy tired, tables and "spooky" scenery. The kids were then guided around the route by the staff and unfortunately some children were unable to complete the race due to the sizzling heat and the "spooky" spirit of the course. After this Niall spent playtime with the kids before witnessing the ritual feeding, which can only be described as something near to a military operation. Then the younger children went to sleep and Niall went to supervise the older ones before he was raced back to the main campus in Pipera by the Olga Gudynn's very own Michael Schuhmacher, a man who is most possibly the stig and is certainly a thing of legends, a man who has many names whilst only responding to one, a man who can speak every language without saying a word, a man who is know for his agility behind the wheel and his ability to eat a whole platter of meat in record time... this man is Emil "The Legend". After Niall and Emil dodged through the traffic with horrifying speed, with little regard to rules (something common to Romanian drivers) they quickly touched down at Pipera after a few terrifying moments. Emil calmly said "Salut Anglia" and shook Niall's hand. The whole experience is hard to describe and the only thing slightly comparable is when the Millennium Falcon is packed into light speed by Chewbacca. To all drivers out there: Stay safe!



Eleanor (Floresca):

Day two in Floreasca was another enjoyable day for Ellie. The relaxed nature of the summer school, which benefits both the children and the teachers, continued. The day began again with breakfast, yet another messy affair, especially for the two year olds.

The theme of the week is Captain Hook, so the day began fittingly with a few short clips of the story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook, and the kids were asked questions about the story. Then it was time to prepare for swimming. The preparation for this took much longer than Ellie had anticipated, who knew it was so hard to get about 15 kids changed and in to a bus? The kids greatly enjoyed their time in the pool on the Pipera site, and Ellie enjoyed a brief but worthwhile catch up with Matthew and Hanna. The bus journey back to Floreasca seemed much longer than the journey there with the anticipation of lunch hanging over everyone's heads.

Lunch was had and naps were taken, including by Ellie, who slipped off to sleep for a minute whilst the kids were sleeping. Day two was over and soon day three began.

Day three involved fun activities surrounding the theme of Captain Hook. The kids competed in a race to get treasure, at least Ellie thinks that was the aim of the race, as they were discussing it in Romanian. The kids also made a large banner titled 'The Adventures of Captain Hook', in which all were involved in cutting, sticking, colouring and painting. The end result was an impressive one and all the children were proud to take photo with it. The kids then played their own games in the hall, and Ellie got roped in to a drawing competition with a five year old which she very clearly lost. Then again naps were had by the kids and Ellie managed to stay awake for this one!