This week Tessie's class led the lower school assembly. They introduced the speakers, spoke into the microphone, performed a few songs and skits and generally acted adorable. Tess walked into the auditorium in tears, clutching a tissue but she pulled it all together and delivered her line well. "Would Ms. Stone please look out for the best listening class to receive Marissa Bear." Yes, we all memorized her line this week. She wore green for her role as a speckled frog on a log and really embraced her role as Zero Zero Super Hero in the counting song. I love that their school encourages public speaking and performance at such a young age.
The school meets for assembly once a week. Each class takes a turn presenting. They sing a group song as well as the Australian national anthem. The principal also stands up to make announcements and present awards. The teachers give out yellow Merit Awards throughout the year. When a student receives three merit awards the fourth award is a Gold Award and you receive it directly from the Principal. This week both Tess and Emily received Gold Awards. Emily's award acknowledged her "beautiful craft work" and Tess's celebrated her "always being a kind and caring friend." If you receive four Gold Awards you get to have tea with the Principal. Did I mention I love this school?
This week we also experienced two days of torrential down pours including one storm that took the power out for several hours. Poor Emily has a nasty cough that triggers her asthma at night. It breaks my heart to hear that barky cough return. On Thursday she slept in three hours past her normal wake up time and awoke with a fever. I took her to the doctor and her lungs still sound clear so we think it's just a virus. We kept her home from school for Thursday and Friday and started her up on her steroid treatment again. It has been over a year since Emily had an episode like this but I guess some of that can be attributed to missing a winter. It feels strange to think of June as the start of winter but I guess it's time to get our flu shots again.
In other news, the girls tried out a ballet class this weekend. Many of their friends take dance so I asked around for recommendations and settled on this class. The kids can wear whatever they like, they receive real ballet instruction but they also get some time for free expression where they dance around as autumn fairies while the pianist plays. Both girls loved it and I imagine it will make an excellent addition to our Saturday mornings.
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