Eton House International School
Chatsworth International Orchard Campus
Dulwich College
What a great way to start off a new round of school visits from Phuket.
My first visit to Singapore in early November was a resounding success thanks to my host schools and their wonderful, enthusiastic and welcoming librarians, teachers and students.
At Eton House School, the innovative and energetic Christina Simpson and Noraini Ali held their ‘humour’ Book Week with a different ‘dress–up’ theme to set the tone for each day. Tireless enthusiasm, jokes galore, and lots of fun for all. ‘Mischief at the Waterhole’ fitted the theme perfectly and brought smiles and laughter to everyone – teachers included! A big thank you to these wonderful ladies for hosting me and to Christina and Dave for making it possible by having me to stay. Thank you so much!
Chatsworth International School was also a delight and my thanks go to Tamara Serong and Grace Hudson for organising the visit – everything went wonderfully smoothly with all classes participating with gusto. We ‘created’ the storm in ‘Patrick’s Birthday Message’ in splendid style, ‘swam’ with Cosmos, found the camouflaged Chameleons with some careful searching, and laughed with Mischievous Monkey at the animals struggling into the wrong coats. A really enjoyable, fun and memorable day.
The ‘Dulwich Ducks’ at Dulwich College were the ‘icing on the cake’ thanks to Fiona Shea and their teachers. I never expected to be working with tiny tots but these little ones – some of them under three years old– were incredible and tremendous fun to be with; attentive, engaged and so responsive. They all loved Patrick and he was thrilled by their performance of ‘The Parrot Dance’ and enjoyed more than hundred parrot hugs.
I’ll be back in January to visit Tanglin Trust School – looking forward to it!