Back to school II

Today it was finally time to move back to the good, old, new school :) Like I mentioned earlier the parents were not allowed in in the morning. We were forced to stand outside in the rain and listen to an inaudible speech for 15 minutes before the kids entered the buidling though. I won't whine to much about that. After all it was for the kids, and they were all really excited :D

At 2 p.m. we arrived at the school and wow, it was so different, and yet the halls, and most of the rooms were still the same, though they had changed colour from shades of green and off white, to various shades of light grey. The doors to the classrooms all had large windows in them now, and some of the classrooms had additional windows facing the halls as well, which lent a very airy and open feel to the place. The lighting was a bit bright though, and the lack of posters on the walls made it feel a wee bit like a hospital, or an insane asylum (not too far from reality... LOL).

Ben and Nic are both on the first floor and Christi is on the second. On the third floor there's the music room, the D&T/Art room and the new library, which is absolutely fabulous!



Ben's classroom is the traditional Y1t room , and it feels the same, though the ceiling is now considerably higher. They have also bought a whole bunch of new toys and a new computer too :)




The inside was very impressive, but the playground is not done yet, and it is a giant step down from the wide open spaces at Brøset. You win some, you lose some. Luckily there's a park across the street from the school so there should be lots of opportunity for playing anyway.

Spanish
No sign of the flash cards yet :P But a few small victories again to make up for that: Ben came home from school telling me that Simon (his best mate) had called him señorita (LOL) and also said 'that word that means good in Spanish'! I was very amused that though he couldn't remember the word he had understood it. I said 'oh, you mean bien?', and he said 'no, muybien' :) - Then later, when I went to tickle him he yelled 'no tocas!', which I'm also going to count as progress. :)

As for my own studies, I had another Skype date with Ana. We were going to discuss travelling but as I still found it very hard to say anything in the past tense she suggested we'd rather talk about a topic in the present. So we ended up telling each other about a typical day. She did better than me! I needed quite a lot of help, but on the bright side I learnt a lot tonight. :)Like how to say "llevo los niños en coche a la escuela" and new words like "deberes" and "sobrina" :) Iremos hablar otra vez jueves, sobre nuestros hobbies. Puedo aprender como hablar sobre el (la?) ukulele. :)