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Expert diving and swimming lesson for St Mary's School pupils

Divers Sue Scott, Fiona Crouch and Geoff Fridjeon took classes 3 and 4 for a snorkeling lesson in the island swimming pool on 5th December 2007. Sue generously organised the donation and transport of wet suits donated and brought to the island so they continue to be available for the pupils.

Photo left :Classes 3 and 4 at the pool during their snorkeling lesson.

 

 

 

 

Sue and Fiona came along to the school and gave a slide show to show the children the underwater life and tell them about some of the work they had been doing.

All at St Mary’s School would like to say a big thank you to Sue, Fiona and Geoff for taking the time to teach Classes 3 & 4 snorkeling and for bringing them the wet suits. They all thoroughly enjoyed the lesson, the only disappointment being they didn't get time for another lesson, this time in the rock pools!

Photo Left : Diver Geoff helping the children get kitted out. Sue Scott in the pool adjusting someone’s mask.
     

The divers gave a reception at the Prince Philip Hall before they left on 6 th December. During the reception Sue also gave a talk and slide show about their work, which was enjoyed by all.

St Mary's School pupils miss out on many opportunities and specialist teaching available in South Africa or the UK, and it is brilliant to have specialist equipment and tuition to teach Tristan da Cunha young people skills that may later save a life.

Photo Left: More Practice. All 3 photographs from Fiona Crouch.

St Mary's School Christmas Concert held on Friday 30th November 2007

Photographs and captions from
Claire Volkwyn

Left ~
Riann Repetto as a very
cool angel

Right ~
Michelle Green as Mary

 

 

 

 

Right ~

Dylan Green was
one of the shepherds


Above ~

Left to Right:
Thieves Cedric Swain & Leanne Swain
Patrick Green as the sheep
Caryn Green as the cow
Danny Swain playing the chicken

 

Right ~

More of Patrick, Caryn and Danny

Generous Donation of School Books from The Ragdoll Foundation
Anne Wood, the creative director of the Ragdoll Foundation based in Stratford upon Avon kindly prepared a comprehensive list of children’s books recommended for use in both the library and the classrooms at St Mary’s School. The generous donation of supply of books, together with a one-year subscription to the Carousel magazine book guide has now been shipped to Tristan da Cunha aboard the SA Agulhas thanks to friend of the island Chris Bates, who instigated the project. Generous donations were also made by the magazine editors David & Jenny Blanch, and publishers Egmont UK Ltd.

Education Officer and Head Teacher Marlene Swain comments :

"Staff and pupils at St. Mary's School would like to thank everyone who donated the books for the School.  The books were sorted into age groups by the older children and the Head Teacher.  They were then distributed around the classrooms.  The books have sparked a great interest in reading throughout the School.
The Big Books are very popular in the younger classes as the young pupils enjoy either reading these books themselves or discussing them with their teachers."
Left to Right - Leo Glass, Kaitlyn Hagan, Randall Repetto, Janice Green & Jade Repetto

Left to Right - Danny Swain, Patrick Green, Michelle Green & Julian Repetto

 

Photographs from Tristan Administrator David Morley
 
School leavers receive awards
St Mary's School leavers Justin Green, Glenda Swain, Sasha Green, Clifton Repetto & Steve Swain are shown with their Tristan Studies certificates. Sasha is holding the SA Agulhas Shield which she received for obtaining the highest grade. These young people will now begin their Youth Training Scheme, obtaining experience and training in several island departments before choosing a preferred area.

Photograph and information from Anne and Iris Green

German Lesson with Eva

Visitor Alexandra Neitzer joined new vicar Father Chris Brown for one of his visits to St Mary's School on 4th July 2007 . She introduced pupils to a few german phrases like "Guten Morgen " and "Guten Abend", and some general geography of Germany.
The photograph shows Alexandra and Chris Brown with pupils.

Dramatic School Christmas Concert 2006
The School concert, originally scheduled for the evening of Tuesday 5 December, was postponed until the first non-fishing day, which was Friday 8 December. The Doctor and nursing staff were called out halfway through the performance due to the early arrival of Larry & Tracy Swain's baby daughter!
Grandmother and Head Teacher Marlene Swain takes up the story : 'I couldn't leave the children in the middle of the concert as I would let the school down even though I wanted to get to the hospital. I stuck it out and then raced to the hospital. As Allan and I walked through the door they said Tracy had just had a little baby girl
called Shannon Kelly. See Family News Page for photograph and details.
 Photograph of the Finale with the Whole School singing Jesus Our Brother from Janice Hentley.

Full Programme
Photograph from Janice Hentley showing Class One & Playgroup performing the Hokey Cokey (Foreground (left to right): Randall Repetto, Kaitlyn Hagan, Nathan Swain,  Janice Green.  Background Rhyanna Swain & Leo Glass (hidden) plus Emily Jaschinski.
Class Two acted the sketch Five Little Indians, also singing along with
Playgroup and Class One "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Class Three did a
play called 'The Boy who cried Wolf' written by Police Inspector Conrad Glass, who placed the action of the traditional story on Nightingale Island. Class Three also sang the carol "See to us a Child is Born". Class Four did a sketch called "Going
Camping" and they sang "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

St Mary's School 1971

Sent by Martin Lewis, tristandc.com has now received the names of these pupils assembled outside the old station school. A larger photograph will be published with names in the January Newsletter, sent free to members of the Tristan da Cunha Association.
Prince Philip Hall Concert

Fiona Bull, wife of locum Doctor Alistair taught the children some songs including two in Zulu, which they performed in the evening and everyone enjoyed the singing. She accompanied them on the guitar. Dr Alistair and Fiona, together with their three boys Sam, Josh and Thomas attended St Joseph's Church every Sunday and Fiona played the organ. The family returned on the April MV Edinburgh trip and Dr Joerg Jaschinski and his family are now back on Tristan following a break in South Africa.

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Christmas Concert 2005

St Mary's School Concert was held on Monday 12 December

< Here are the members of the Playgroup, Class 1 and Class 2 performing the 'Cha Cha Slide Dance'

 

The programme included songs and dances performed by each class, together with an apt adaptation by Police Inspector Connie Glass entitled 'The Pied Piper of Edinburgh' of the popular children's classic.

Here is the whole school singing 'Island in the Sun' at the end of the show >

Here are Class 4 pupils taking a bow after performing a dance 'Take me to the clouds above'.

 
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