So the day had finally come! The final
day of school! I just had to sit through three more lessons in school and then I
would be free for the summer holidays! However today was not my final day because
I, along with my classmates would be returning back to school after the
holidays. However a member of our school
family wouldn’t be returning, our Portuguese teacher, due to the fact that she
is pregnant! Everyone was pretty upset to see her leave, even I was and I had
only known her a few months! Because of this, everyone decided to throw her a
leaving party, but not just any leaving party, a WHOLE SCHOOL leaving party! This
means that all the three year groups that would be in school in the morning
were invited to celebrate her pregnancy.
The planning started weeks in
advance, with everyone in the class donating 10 reias so that they could buy
food and buy a meaningful present for her. In my mind I thought this meant a
card and some flowers but the students wanted something way more special for
her!
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| my class with the portuguese teacher :) |
The last day of school came and
we finished out first lesson early so we could set up for the party. It was
going to be held in my classroom because it was the biggest of all three. Everyone
was told not to tell the Portuguese teacher that there was a party being held
for her, we all wanted it to be a surprise :) we drew a picture of a baby on
the chalkboard and wrote her a little message as well. It was finally time for
our lesson and all three year groups ran and hid in our classroom (not an easy
task!) As soon as she opened the door she was greeted with a massive round of
applause! She instantly burst into tears which made most of her students well
up…it was all very emotional! After she
had composed herself it was time for her to open the present we bought her,
everyone has put enough money together to buy her a new pushchair and 10 packs
of nappies for her unborn child!
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| the note we left for the portuguese teacher |
This made her well up once again; she thanked
us all and said that we always had a place in her heart forever. That was it,
everyone started to cry! After the
crying had stopped everyone’s attention turned to the food table. It was full
of Brazilian savoury and sweet snacks (my diet sooo went out the window at that
point!) that everyone fully indulged themselves in. And in addition to that
there was Coke, Fanta and Guaraná (the BEST soft drink invented ever!) for everyone to enjoy.
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| my portuguese teacher with her leaving gifts! |
After about an hour, everyone had eaten as much as they could have and was
sitting around chatting with each other. The bell rang to signal the end of the
class so the other two years groups left us to clean up the classroom, what
fun(!) we said our final goodbyes to our Portuguese teacher (which started
another round of tears) and bless her heart, she even came and gave me a hug
and said it was lovely to teach me, how sweet!
Oh, just as a bit of fun, we drew a little face on her tummy, and the name
of her unborn son on her forehead…just cause could >.<
