Where did July go?

Wow, I can't believe that it has been a month since we last blogged! The last few weeks of term were chocca block with events and activities as we came zooming into the summer holidays...
It's hard to remember all that we have done over the past month but some highlights were;

Grade 12 Quiz Night- 19th July

The grade 12's did a fantastic job at hosting their own 'Culture Quiz night' to raise money for their leavers do in November. As you can see they were all dressed in amazing cultural attire. The students did a great job at embarrassing staff as they invited us on to the dance floor for ballroom dancing. Most couples wisely declined but before I knew it Mr Rass had whisked us up on to the dance floor for a solo performance. Eek. 

Some of the Grade 12 students

Mr and Mrs Rass!

Grade 8 students

The winning table!

Margeret and Lukundo

We had a great meal, lots of random questions and some great performances by the students! And to top it all off, our table won the quiz! Some good guessing I think!

Sports Day- 27th July

This year sports day became even more competitive as the scoring was based on our new 'house' system. The whole school has been split up into a certain 'house'; either Luano, Musenga or Kasompe each with a house colour! It was also the first time we had had the primaries and secondary sports days all together so it was a very packed schedule with children running, skipping, javelin-throwing all over the place! But it was an excellent day and it was good to see all the students participating and giving things a go!

We also had some talent 'scouts' there looking for national level talent! I think they ended up approaching 3 of our students which was a great boost for them! 

Mr Rass sporting Kasompe colours and some interesting socks!

presentation of awards

Volunteers Leaving Party- 30th July

It was also that time of year again when we sadly had to sadly say goodbye to the German Liebenzell volunteers who have been volunteering at Amano in the dorms, worksite and school over the past year. Unfortunately our photos were all too dark but I hope to post some soon. The students and dorm staff prepared an excellent evening of entertainment, food and games as a way of saying goodbye to the volunteers. 

Now we remain at a very quiet Amano as the students all left last week. So far we have just been relaxing and enjoying time together!