The scene last night in the hallway between the two girls' dorms was proof that the teachers will go to any lengths to make sure your children are happy and well looked after. Picture this: Summer with a huge towel wrapped around her heading back to her dorm with long hair dripping. Teachers spring into action: Mrs H produces a hairdryer and dries her hair whilst MrsJ brushes it. It takes a long time so a second hairdryer is plugged in and Summer stands in the middle between Mrs J and Mrs C armed with brushes and a hairdryer each. Not to be outdone Mrs H is given my hairdryer and starts on Tilly and so a salon is set up, processing Caitlin, Miriam and Chantelle in turn. I was assigned the role of official photographer since obviously when it comes to long hair I have no expertise! On the subject of hair Elliote tracked back and forwards to the showers this morning several times but her hair looked no better styled each time. We were informed she was on a Bananarama day today. She could have saved herself the trouble, the wind could have made that mess effortlessly. Actually it's fascinating how many random, aimless trips they make backwards and forwards to the bathroom in the morning carrying a hairbrush, apparently absolutely for no reason, just playing follow my leader as far as I am concerned. Elliote, Robyn, Annaliese, Elise and Liberty love this game and do it as if they are on the catwalk.
Liberty, aka Patricia, never thought she would do the leap of Faith but amazed herself by succeeding. And trust me it's windy today, and those telephone poles may seem substantial but they don't half move at the top!!
Nightline produced the usual freak weather conditions over Kingswood: absolute downpours on unprotected heads which also soaked the ground making it a mudbath. Unfortunately this meant that children were forced to crawl on their bellies through an assault course, across muddy, gritty ground. Water spouts mysteriously spurted down the back of people's necks, their trousers, and in their shoes. Weird breezes funneled into their ears. Squirrels must have been playing in the trees because half eaten pine cones kept raining down on them. Needless to say Mrs J and I were blamed for these freak conditions but even criminals are innocent until proven guilty!
Tian and I burned rubber around the go kart track. He roared around just on the edge of controlshowing impressive footwork on the pedals watched by an admiring audience of new Kingswood trainees. Jordan didn't even complete the first lap before making an aquaintance with the barrier but quickly improved. Miriam and Lily muttered darkly about the heavy steering: obviously they prefer power steering!
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