We had an opportunity to visit a local school and jumped at the chance. The new school year just began two weeks ago so the children were still getting used to summer being over. They attend school from 8 to 4 with half hour lunch.
The children and teachers were very welcoming and friendly.
Many of the students were barefoot as were some of the teachers. As one who wears shoes as little as possible I loved this!
We visited several of the classes from 1st graders to 6th graders. Each class asked us questions and sang to us.
This is the first grade class.
The school sat high up on a cliff and overlooked the turquoise sea. The first thing I said when we got there was “how can these kids study or learn with a view like that! I’d be daydreaming all day.” As if on cue a cute little boy came up to me and very proudly said, “Nice view, eh?”. Exactly!
Every classroom asked us if there were wild animals where we came from. They were fascinated to hear about the bears, coyotes, bobcats and even deer from our part of the world. Apparently, there are no wild animals in Fiji. Ned and I have been equally fascinated with the mongoose that run around, much like our squirrels.
We loved the songs (all sung in Fiji) to us. What cracked us up the most was the 6th grade class. They choose to sing us a song about White Europeans coming to take away the Fiji children from the beach. It was quite an animated song with a lot of hand motions and hip swaying. The teacher was quite embarassed and kept asking them were they SURE they wanted to sing us that song? They responded quite enthusiastically yes!
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