School was fairly uneventful today, as was swimming. There weren't too many kids at the lessons, so I spent the majority of my time floating on kickboards keeping an eye on the kids and watching the safari boats in the distance. It was quite an overcast day, and we quickly learnt that clouds in the sky signalled choppy, cold water. We finished the final swimming lesson early because we were cold, the kids were cold and they certainly weren't enjoying being out in the water.
After dinner we visited the school to pick out our Maldivian dress for the pre-National Day celebrations that were to happen the next day. After struggling to even fit my head and an arm through some of the dresses I found one that fitted and went straight back to the Yellow House to sleep.
23/01/2012
We arrived at school early to get changed into our costumes and have our hair done. My teacher and Nicole's teacher (who just so happened to be cousins) were no where to be seen. I figured they had gone to go and find something to put in my hair, seeing as I was the only one of the girls who didn't have anything. The next thing I know, Nicole's teacher has burst into the staffroom and pulled me into the hallway to do my hair. They had picked a bunch of little pink flowers to pin into my hair; I was quite pleased with the end result.
The day at school passed fairly quickly. While some work was done in the classroom, we also played games and took many photos.
Swimming was not as bad as the previous day. Again, I had nothing to do in the last session so I watched the kids and floated on some kickboards. The students in the third session (Years 6 and 7) are not bad swimmers: they can move from A to B. Their strokes however are not pretty to watch, so we did spend some time trying to correct their technique. I'm proud to say that my girls' arm strokes in freestyle went from smacking the water with their hands to gliding them in. Well, they tried. Breathing whilst doing freestyle is also a challenge for them.
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