with a slight touch of madness.

Christmas Concert Michael Jackson Medley performance?

Check.

Slightly embarrassing staff item at the Christmas Concert?

Check.

An awesome night of tinsel-filled, festive excitement?

Absolutely check.

We're done with our Christmas Concert, it's official. After several days of intensive rehearsals, we've mastered the Michael Jackson medley we had put together, along with some wicked dancers from our lovely Rooms 1 and 2. Clearly the best were saved for last tonight. Our amazing Years 7 & 8 took the cake with their outstanding performance, which only gave way to the fabulous teachers of Swanson School and their spunky "Rocking 'Round the Christmas Tree." There was a pretty decent turn-out with parents, teachers, and students alike for the event. And, apparently for the first time in years, the weather decided to hold out and provide us with some lovely summer sun & heat. While it was nice to have some summer weather, it got a bit sweltering under the tinsel I had raided from Rachel's Christmas decoration box back home.

Most of our major units have already come to a close for the year, with the exception of our narratives. While the students are still putting final touches on these, they've moved on to some revisitations of maths and reading. Looking back on problem areas, we've put together some reviews and practice for areas like statistics, ratios, etc. While you would think that these last couple days wouldn't be all that busy, they've been nothing but jam-packed with various tasks, activities.

Most everyone is still going fairly strong, but it's getting somewhat apparent that some are starting to run on only steam now. After starting out the school year at Denmark High School at my other placement, it's really interesting to be seeing the other tail end of the year. While we started out the year in one place, we're finishing it in another. It's really quite interesting to see how moods & energy levels change between the two dynamics.

More to come Thursday evening, but for now it's on to the Leavers' Assembly after the finality of this Christmas Concert.

Cheers!