The film festival awards ceremony, which was a lot like the oscars, was recently held at school. This was a very glitzy event. There was a red carpet, where those who made the films (mostly Senior 2) would parade down it, and have their photographs taken. It's a little like prom, I guess, insofar as …
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News spreads quickly
Back in May, following the first screening of our film, I emailed the President of the Students' Union, who I know pretty well (she is a Senior 2 student), and explained the 'theme' of the film. Basically, I said that it was our swansong and that we are all leaving next year (this is not …
Birthday shenanigans
Yesterday was my birthday. I had three classes, two of which involved exams. It was fine, I've finished all my exams now so that's good. In the other class we just watched Mr Bean. I went out for pizza in the evening then watched a film with a few colleagues (my pick, Indiana Jones and …
Epic ending to volleyball competition
'Epic' may be a slight exaggeration, haha. But Wednesday was the final volleyball match of the competition. The organiser said she would appreciate it if I went, even just for a minute. Well, I went and watched them as they warmed up and started playing. I had an EDP class immediately before the match, and …
International culture festival
Each year the school does an international culture festival, for all the students from different countries studying at RDFZ. Over two lunchtimes, the first day involves a performance by various people in their native dancing; the second day has stalls with information and food from different countries. The first day began with a procession of …
The award for best international film goes to….
I've been using this slide in my classes all this week. It is advertising our film for the film festival. I have been encouraging all my students to come and watch it. I think it is a decent enough film, all things consider, though it is very different to other entries, which mostly seem to …
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Playing volleyball
Now mid-terms have finished, I thought I'd take a few photos of the volleyball games still being played. Yesterday, it was a two player game (two players in each team). But one student didn't turn up, so, because I have no class in the afternoon, I was roped in to play. Actually, my teammate was …
