Monday

Monday

In the morning we visited our partner school- it was like being a celebrity arriving on the red carpet! My reception was amazing- photographers, staff escorting me around, gifts, I really did feel important, and the time the morning was over, I was really quite used to it! 

We saw lots of wonderful performances, including a skip dance routine and a fantastic drum performance given by the staff- they’ve obviously heard about our previous performances at BB FEST and were trying to compete. 

As our school was the first of the six we were to visit, I was asked to give a formal speech. One of the English department translated for me. 

Lunch was a formal banquet with the foreign office. I lost count of the number of dishes - too much! I did enjoy my Harbin ice lolly at the end though. 

In the afternoon we visited Fatfield’s partner school. You should have seen the technology. It had me buzzing with ideas and new things to get! I couldn’t quite believe the DT room with three 3-D printers and the geography room with interactive map on the ceiling! 

Finally we returned to the hotel room- I need a rest (particularly from all this eating! 

Missing you all 

Mrs A