It's a VERY hot wednesday afternoon...there's a PTA meeting going on (which I don't understand as its mostly in Lozi or Tonga and my understanding of either stretches to hello, I am fine and thankyou) so I've grabbed a computer.
Things are very busy here- the music teacher has malaria so isnt able to come in much so taking more lessons and planning for school performance next month and doing drama, poetry and random classes on transport and communications. I wasnt very good at the last one and the class had trouble understanding why I didnt really know what a pontoon was. Still reading every morning with Grade 5 class (10/11 yr olds mostly) and their reading is coming along very well, we are also doing lots of poetry which they love (Bears in the Night and The Crocodile by Roald Dahl which I'm sure will make sure they keep away from the river) and we will be writing our own 'animal' poetry next week.
It's Zambia's Independance Day on Friday so no school- today the performing arts group went to the Livingstone Museum (I visited that on Sunday, its quite good) to perform their dancing and drumming again, but I stayed here to do music classes. So, on Friday, I will be attending my first 'kitchen party' which is the equvilent to our hen parties back home. Except no manky male strippers. The man even get's to attend!! I've been invited by Chloowe who teaches Grade 1 class here, and two of the other teachers and coming along too- we are to take something that you would find in the kitchen and traditionally we teach the bride to be how to use it. It all sounds very nice and better than a piss up in t' town.
I am trying to add more photos as I have some of Vic Falls, the kids here and the house I'm staying in next to the school (which is very nice but I feel bad as I rattle around in it and I even get help cleaning it!) and the lizard who likes to stalk me at night.
I've been back to the Radio Station to talk about building them a website (thanks to Tom) and how to get more local people involved in the station. The station itself is very good and is randomly sponsored by people in Finland.
I'm also trying to read Catch 22 under my mossi sheet at night.
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