On Thursday afternoon there was great excitement in the Primary department as the children participated in the annual egg hunt followed by The Easter hat parade. AS usual there was an amazing array of creations.

After a week of working on a whole school project on our responsibility for the environment, the Primary children gave their presentations. There was a wide range of work in both Spanish and English ranging from recycling, to looking after animals, to the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Finally the entire school attended our Easter service in the cathedral. It was a wonderful time of praise, worship, prayer, teaching and reflection. Babs Owen did a spot, involving the Primary children and Bishop Peter preached the Easter message. The main focus was on the resurrection.

A busy week

This has been a busy week with more to come.
On Monday we saw the handing over of the school and the National flags by secondary pupils to the Primary head boy and head girl. The children are encouraged to be very patriotic in Paragauy.

On Tuesday the Team captains and Vice-team captains were presented with their special badges. They are of course very proud of them. Throughout the year the captains are called upon to organize their teams throughout Primary as they take part in various events. It is a good lesson in responsibility.

Yesterday afternoon the secondary pupils had a great time racing around the school on a sort of Easter treasure hunt, organized by the oldest pupils.

Tomorrow the Primary department will have their annual hat Parade for Easter. They have been busy preparing their weird and wonderful creations this week.

This week is also Responsibility week. The whole school is taking part in a project about protecting the environment, with work ranging from Global Warming to looking after butterflies, ants etc. in the classroom.

Our final Easter a service will be held in the Cathedral on Friday. The children will then have a half day while the staff have an afternoon of in-service training.

Cabanas to be replaced

Important news this week for Paraguay............The coach of the Paraguayan Football team announced a replacement for Salvador Cabanas, who was shot in the head in January. Cabanas has made terrific progress recovering and he is now in a rehabilitation centre. However, he will not be well enough to participate in the World Cup. His replacement will be Benfica striker Oscar Cardozo, who has been having a great season in Portugal.

Elections

Today the children in the Primary department are excited. We have the elections for team and vice team captains. (red, blue, yellow and green teams.)
This morning the candidates made their campaign speeches. Some were longer than others and some were amusing but they were all full of promise. (Politics are a big part of life here in Paraguay.)

This afternoon the children will vote in a secret ballot.

As you may imagine it has been difficult to keep them all focussed on their work today!