We are the champions
Pretty much all schools have an annual event like this: the public acknowledgment of its students', pupils', learners' achievements. At...
I've seen fire, and I've seen rain...
Colleen, the Head of Boarding, was concerned that the rain would disrupt the planned fire drill. But then, as she explained to me, “If...
Sisters (are doing it for themselves)…
First full rehearsal, and it was slow going. I’d hoped to 1. read through the Three Sisters play, 2. try out some cast created sound...
Reflections - a fortnight in Africa
Two weeks in, and time for reflection… The very observant among our regular readers will have noted that yesterday was the first time we...
And they’re off!
First rehearsal proper today, called for just the main speaking roles in the first two plays. They were late arriving – as noted before,...
Happy Feast day
Thursday is the day that the whole school, from tiny two year olds up, processes across the road to St Anne’s, the local Catholic church....
Lentswe lea Bua...
(No staff were injured in the making of this video.) Wandered into the staffroom at breaktime to discover a rehearsal, led by Rosa Motha,...
Workin' 9 to 5 ... (not)
Buoyed up by the success of the fridge, I decided once again to try my luck on Gumtree, this time to hunt down an office chair. Bingo -...
Audition!
They say that great drama springs from constraints; so we are clearly destined for quite a show, as the constraints on this first...
"Curtains" for Incy Wincy (the scorpion spider)
Arggh! Chris shouts and swipes something large off my leg and onto the floor. It scuttles away under the curtain. Is it a spider? At home...
The braai...
Parents' meetings here at Dominican are a little different. The formal consultation took place on Saturday morning, then at lunchtime...
(I can't get no-oh...) fridgeration
It was the last straw... our long life milk had turned to yogurt and I only realised as I poured the gloopy mess into our morning tea. We...
Highbrow? Hardly...
An encounter with a learner (the charming term they use here for a pupil) during a lesson today: she raises her hand, and I make my way...
(and I say) Thank you for the music
Astonishing! Sitting in my little office room on the first day, catching up with the usual torrent of emails, what do I hear? Outside my...
New kid on the block
With Viloshni having to undergo her latest bout of chemo, I had to cover a couple of her lessons on my own... In other words, teach! ...
