Barbeque
This is just a brief note of thanks to all the parents and teachers who made last week’s BBQ at Southwater Montessori such a great success. It was truly delightful to have so many of our mums and especially dads with us and to have the chance to chat with them, with the children playing happily all around us.
The Southwater team had worked extremely hard to get the classroom and the outdoor area ready for the event. For most of them this was after a full day’s work. Many parents helped out with drinks and food. A special thank you is due to Tim, who took responsibility for prepearing the BBQ setup, and for Maureen, who did lots of preparation and helping. They were not the only helpers! The other special thank you is for Lyndsay, of www.theshutterbugfamily.com (password-protected), who took brilliant photos and brought Steve along to record brief interviews with parents and children at the event.
It would be great if mums & dads could pass on my thanks to the children, who were so delightful and clearly so much enjoyed having all their friends and parents there.
Thank you all!
About Thea Bredie
Thea decided she wanted to be a teacher when she was 4 and it took her a good 20 years to get there, but she’s felt at home ever since. She started as a secondary school teacher of English & German, then worked as a Teacher-Trainer and Assessor in the Netherlands.
She obtained an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and subsequently worked as a Management Skills Trainer, Business Consultant and Research Manager for RSA.
The last 15 years she has devoted herself to setting up and running Montessori Early Years environments. Her company currently runs two accredited Montessori pre-schools in West Sussex, in Horsham and in Southwater.
She is one of a small group of Montessori Quality Accreditation Assessors and currently completing her training as a Chartered Educational Assessor. She is also researching the links between Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow theory and Montessori education under the guidance of Professors Chris Pascal and Christine Skelton at the University of Birmingham, as part of her PhD research.
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Melvin has had very good experience in this school they have their own educational program and their own theatre shows. My child has been through a normal Swiss Public school with all top marks.
Thank you for your reply. I ‘visited’ Melvin’s school online and it looks beautiful. I’m very pleased to hear that Melvin also did well in his later public school.