Our day

In Ghana when school closes for the term the last day is called "Our day". Last thursday was "Our day" before the kids went on easter holiday. We celebrated with them of course, and here are some pictures. The first one, turned the wrong way I know but cannot edit it right now, shows Mrs holding Mary. Mary goes to creche which is the first class the children go to in school. They learn rhymes, songs and the names of animals amongst others. You can almost hear Mrs say "Kangaroo", and Mary not repeating, since she's busy posing for the camera...
In the second picture we see a "Pick and act" which is a somewhat simplified version of charades. A persong picks a note on which is told what he or she should act as. The others are not supposed to guess though, which would have been the case of normal charades, instead the teacher tells them what the note says, and all you have to do is laugh. I had to act as a dumb person, and Mrs had to act as a comedian. The concept kind of fell flat when no guessing was needed....
In the third picture we see the Headmaster of the school talking to a teacher.
Here is one of the school children drinking water from a sachet. It's a little plastic bag containing purified water that is sold for 300 cedis (3p), often by young girls walking around with trays of chilled bags balanced on their heads.
Here I am showing my new apprentices som moves for the dance floor. The school had rented a DJ for the day, who constantly played highlife and hiplife music, and everybody danced. A little now and then someone announced that it was time for the teachers to dance, to entertain the kids of course, which magically made all the male teachers disappear from the schoolyard, leaving me to shake it with Mrs and the other female teachers.
Sadly not all schools afford the fun we enjoyed on "Our day". The children in this picture are from other schools, and they ar peeking in through the fence too see what's going on inside. The gatekeeper had been instructed not to let them in because doing so had resulted in stolen school material on previous occasions.

Except for the fact that not everyone could join in, "Our day" was a great day in school!