Today we kicked off the summer school and had a wonderful start! We had students arriving throughout the day, with our first student, Savita coming at 9am. There were lots of bags to be carried and keys to hand out. Some of the bags were bigger than others - Claire's enormous bag springs to mind (which Ali bravely struggled with)! Liz brought a guitar with her, which we are all excited to hear her play during the school.
Many of the students (and staff!) watched the nail-biting Wimbledon final, with varied opinions on Andy Murray being shared. The weather remained uncharacteristically hot and sunny for England throughout the day, which was perfect for our icebreaker games in the garden after watching the match. Games involved balancing buckets of water on feet, untying human knots, and finding out interesting facts and lies about each other! After this the students met all of the staff team - Alex, Oliver, Rosie, Sarah and Kit as well as us Activities Coordinators.
Then it was time for dinner outside in the garden, followed by cake and candles, as it was Jonar's birthday! The whole summer school sang happy birthday to Jonar and had a piece of cake. Then everyone chatted and played football. Jace was the resident photographer for the evening, and Justine took some snaps on his camera as well. Hopefully we will be able to get the photos they took onto this blog and our facebook page soon!
Although most people were happy just to chat and play games amongst themselves, we had some fans of organised fun as well. A game of "duck duck goose" was started, only to find that there are many different ways of playing this game in different countries! An "international" version was created, incorporating the different rules. Dimy seemed keen on "speed friending", but sadly many students were jet lagged and ready for bed after an exciting first day!
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