Thursday 19th June

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

School started on time today and the children came for their reading one-by-one. Some didn’t want to leave while others were eager to get back to class, sports or their friends.

Grade’s 4, 5 and 6 had PE (sport) in the afternoon and the two 5th graders that turned up for reading squiggled and squirmed until we released them early to join their classmates on the field.

Nikki discovered the school cat (Sophie) likes cheese.

At lunchtime little fish were cooked in the staff room. Apparently someone – we never found out who – had gone fishing that morning and the fish were offered to the staff.

After school we hitched a ride with a Kiwi builder into town, the alternative being to wait 45 minutes for the bus.

The internet and a swim filled in the time until Debi picked us up for dinner at Aquarius where we were able to see a Vaka close up.