Mr Williamson's memories

Memories of St Michael’s 2008 – by Year 6’s class teacher!
Hello! I am Mr Williamson and I have been Year 6’s class teacher during this, their final year in primary school. I was also lucky enough to be their teacher when they were in Year 4, so I reckon I know them all pretty well by now!
Here are some of the things I remember most about this funny, clever (and noisy!) group of girls and boys:
The International Festival, 2006: we celebrated Asia so our class studied China. We learned a Chinese song and dance which was taught to us by some visiting Chinese students. It was very fast and difficult to sing but I think I was the only one never to learn the words off by heart. We performed it in front of the rest of the school one afternoon in the car park – how embarrassing!
The Tempest: we joined some other schools in Camden to study and perform extracts from a Shakespeare play at the end of Year 4. Our play was ‘The Tempest.’ We had great fun reading it in class and then doing the performance at Haverstock school. The masks we made were great.
Old friends: some people have left since I first knew you all in Year 4 – Tayo, Omran, Mujeb and Antonia are just a few names that come to mind. I wonder how they are all doing?
Geography: do you remember our Chembakolli tea party? Miss Kwao and Mrs Syeda came and had a cup of real Indian tea in the classroom whilst you showed them what you had learned about Chembakolli and Tamil Nadu.
The Isle of Wight: some of you joined Mrs Trigg, Mr Anderson and me for a weekend in Little Canada in September 2007. Here are some things that made me laugh – when people were getting excited because they thought we were going on a fairy (we actually travelled on a ferry); the boys’ cabins being MUCH neater and tidier than the girls’; the look on some of your faces when you were at the top of the Giant Swing; and Nosasu and Tennae looking really miserable at having to queue up each day for separate meals because of their nut allergies.
The Unicorn Theatre: a really fantastic new building where we performed the play about the Pied Piper that was specially written for us by Philip Osment. Look out for Philip’s name when you go to see other plays in the future.
Our classroom in Year 6: right at the top of the stairs, where most of the boys used to come in after lunch boiling hot, red in the face and dripping with sweat (Habib, Nosasu, Veton and Liam to name just a few!)
I’ve run out of space … aaarghh! I hope you’ll all read this blog in years to come and have as many fond memories of your time at St Michael’s as I do. Good luck and goodbye (for now!)