Making acquaintances
An opportunity to meet the staff at the Domincan Convent School in Johannesburg. And a close encounter with a big cat.
Visas? Bad weather!
Weeks of preparation, lots of paperwork and forms, a stressful visit to London to lodge our visa application. Today our
Give Me Money…
(…that’s what I want.) Franc, one of the deputy-heads here, drove us to the local shopping mall to buy local
The play’s the thing
My first full day at work: in the classroom, shadowing Viloshni Naidoo, the Head of Performing Arts at Dominican, followed
New kid on the block
With Viloshni having to undergo her latest bout of chemo, I had to cover a couple of her lessons on
Highbrow? Hardly…
An encounter with a learner (the charming term they use here for a pupil) during a lesson today: she raises
The braai…
Parents’ meetings here at Dominican are a little different. The formal consultation took place on Saturday morning, then at lunchtime there was
Audition!
They say that great drama springs from constraints; so we are clearly destined for quite a show, as the constraints on
Lentswe lea Bua…
(No staff were injured in the making of this video.) Wandered into the staffroom at breaktime to discover a rehearsal, led by
Happy Feast day
Thursday is the day that the whole school, from tiny two year olds up, processes across the road to St
And they’re off!
First rehearsal proper today, called for just the main speaking roles in the first two plays. They were late arriving
Reflections – a fortnight in Africa
First rehearsal proper today, called for just the main speaking roles in the first two plays. They were late arriving