Preschool Graduation

Well this is probably the biggest news (and headache) we've had in the past few months. Last week our kids graduated from preschool. Unfortunately all the prep work required for this fiasco was not nearly as easy as writing the previous sentence.

For the past two months we have been practicing the graduation plays with our classes. This includes songs, choreography, hand actions, gently reminding the kids that their parents don't want to stare at their bums when they talk etc. etc. I'm assuming you get my drift. On top of all that we needed to first write the plays, in some cases write the songs, teach them all of this, make props and still cover all of the curriculum. In addition to this worry we still needed to prepare for the new preschool classes that were coming TWO DAYS after grad!! Oie Oie Oie.

If I ever hear the words "Teacher have you made my bow and arrow?" again from James I might just lose it!! The kids did not understand the concept of "Teacher doesn't have time sweety!!"

Luckily for us graduation went without a hitch... well mostly.

First the youngsters went. Even though Quality class (one of my classes) was not graduating they still had to put on a play. They performed the Ant and the Cricket. They were extremely cute, but it was a disaster. Richard forgot all of his lines (he's the one on the far left) which didn't suprise me because he usually has a vacant expression on his face during class so I don't think anything ever sinks in. Doyoung had some technical difficulties with his microphone (he's the one sitting down), plus he couldn't keep a straight face when he was supposed to be dead! By the end they cut the music short because it went so long.! Totally embarrassing! I think Becca and I were more upset than the kids. They were very "whatever" about the whole thing!

Paul had two graduating classes (Diligence and Belief) and I had one (Hope). All three of their plays went great!!

Hope class went first and I was so proud of them. They performed If a Tree Could Talk What Would It Say? (Is anyone reading this suprised that I picked that play??) Everyone remembered their lines, they were smiling, moving their hands, their songs were great (especially Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... it was a big hit) and they didn't talk with their backside to their parents. A teacher could not have asked for a better performance!

Next went Diligence class (Paul's homeroom). They also did a fantastic job. Paul's play was The Ugly Woodpecker, a spin on The Ugly Duckling. Everyone in the class has a great time doing the play, especially when they performed Hit the Road Jack! A couple of the kids forgot that their mics were on the whole time and decided to hold side conversations... but luckily it got a good laugh from the audience. Unfortunately we don't have a picture of them on stage because my kids went right before Paul's and I was occupied changing my kids into their graduation gowns.

The last play out of our kids was from Belief class (Paul's second class). They did The Nightingale and the Rose. They also did a great job! Their songs were fantastic and all the girls were excited about their big beautiful dresses. Sabrina caused some laughter because she kept speaking everyone else's lines under her breath not realising her microphone was on! Charlie (the guy in the shiney purple pants!) was supposed to be "the handsome young man", but he looked more like a matador. It was awesome!

To be honest most of the costumes were not suited to the roles they were playing but the kids were content to be wearing something fun that didn't belong to them!

Well that's graduation in a nutshell. It was a long, tiring, fun day, but we got through it and we're glad that we were apart of it.