Leigh in Azerbaijan

Yesterday it was goodbye to Grade 4’s and today Grade 5’s.  School is now over for the students but there’s yet 8 days formally left for teachers.  I’m not quite sure why. There’s only so much planning that can be done so far from the start of the school year.
This morning saw a changed timetable [...]

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As I said ‘goodbye’ to Grade 4 today there were so many rich moments!  How can I convey much of the sadness in the leaving and the blessing of having shared in these children’s lives for a short time. So, just notes:

teaching 20 questions to some classes and singing our hearts out – the [...]

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Today was the Award Ceremony for the Elementary School. Most of my 5C girls performed a folk dance in national costume, or at least one of the costumes. I mentioned that I saw them last week and promised myself that I’d take the camera. The photo doesn’t do the dance justice but [...]

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Here’s some shots from 4C. You can tell that they are a happy bunch.

Now here’s some of 5C.

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Tonight, I attended a concert by the middle-elementary music students. It was a lot of fun. I am so proud of my students who have been learning piano, guitar and recorder or singing in the choir. Most of them I didn’t even know that they were learning. Some of my children [...]

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