Judy - Teacher training morning

Friday Part One Teacher training morning: Interactive story telling today. Five times. Some sessions dragged a bit but some interesting topics for stories came up, and in the last session one of the Ocean Stars teacher trainees said 'Oh this is great, a new experience that I can use in the classroom!'. We had: a few teddies as key characters, including a convincing retelling of Goldilocks and the three teddies; lots of nature; animals; fruit; a mother with babe, drawing water; the fox and the turtle: The fox climbs on the turtle, planning to eat it. The turtle's shell is too hard but the helpful turtle says, 'Put me in water and my hard shell will become soft.' Little does the fox know that the turtle then plans to escape. He goes in the water and his leg becomes soft but he doesn't escape as the fox eats his leg. and........: Once upon a time there was a little girl who had a stomach ache. This was a dream stomach ache. This stomach ache has two legs, two arms and two heads. One head can see and one head can talk. The stomach ache argues with the little girl. The stomach ache says. 'Leave me.' She says, 'I wish I could.' The stomach ache picks up a stone and throws it at her. So now the girl also has a headache. So she goes to hospital to get some medicine. Surreal and the last one – perhaps this is why Surreal. Part Two The trip to Columbo was sparkling with unforgettable scenes: roads lined with pyramids of coloured fruits lorries painted so lavishly one such with no door elephant ride uncomfortable but so peaceful everyone should go at an elephant's pace elephant ride taking me to heaven a bat hangs from a telegraph wire dead or folded like a bunch of dry brown leaves dark bumpy road dark excellent juice bar eco agricultural project healthy sustainable avocado juice creamy liquid meal three or four wild elephants crossing the road just in front of us egghoppersegghoppersegghoppersegghoppers the mountains of sri lanka popping their heads up and down and up on the horizon orange yellow sunset gorgeous repeated streaky shapes in the sky appear and disappear behind a fringe of palm trees