Kaplan Murder Mystery

All the Kaplan staff had a tremendously fun time last night acting out a murder mystery during a delicious three course dinner.  We all had to come in costume as our character.  The setting was a train in France in 1940.  I played the part of a posh, well travelled business person who is at home in the best restaurants and hotels who is actually a British double agent.  Then there was a duke and a princess, a journalist and a novelist, a gangster and an RAF pilot and various other juicy characters.  Needless to say, we all acted with gusto and really got into our roles.  There was a lot of laughter and joviality, helped by copious amounts of free wine.  What a fun evening!

Melbourne Cup

It was Melbourne Cup today and the annual hat competition attracted some interesting entries as always.  It was a great race this year, probably the closest finish in the history of the cup.  If it were not for cameras and photo-finishes, no-one would have been able to determine the winner.

Julie, our wonderful principal, was the belle of the ball in her own very colourful creation...

And here we have the winners...  

Phi looking fascinating in his fascinator...

Matt and Matt respectively

Jo in a pretty number

Students in their hats

Fellow teachers at the pub, namely Rachel, Sam, Melissa, Kim, Phi and Steve...

Special Agent Myburgh with his gangster sidekick

My Pre-Intermediate Class

Merry

I have just completed 10 weeks of one to one tuition with Merry, a lovely student from Korea. She wanted to do mostly conversation so we did about 50 hours of chatting.  That's a lot of talking!!  We covered many topics and got to know about each other's lives very well indeed!

My Elementary Class

I have just finished a stint with an elementary class. They were a wonderful group of people and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The great thing about elementary students is that they are not yet jaded with their English lessons and you, as there teacher, are their hero and they hang onto your every word. For those of us who are a little low on esteem at times, it's a special feeling.

Pre-Intermediate Student Class (January)