India Week

After a short mid-term break, the school has reopened. For Anirud's class (Class 1), this week will be 'India Week'. Every thing will be based on the theme - India.

Reason - Anirud will be attending his current school, the place he loves so much - for only two more days, after which we will be flying to India for good. How nice of the teachers and the school to dedicate a week on India to mark our ward's leaving. We will be based out of Bangalore, where Anirud will soon get to start at a new school in a week's time. In his own words, "I am going there for a better experience. I will be going to new school, learn new languages and making new friends". Every single day, he enjoyed coming to his current school and I am sure he will miss the environment, teachers, library, open fields and most importantly his friends. Thanks to him, I got to have a good run of school life from a different perspective at this age. I got actively involved in the Parent Teacher Association as well as served as a Parent Governor at the school. We only hope that he enjoys his new school as much he enjoyed here.

Before starting proper schooling here, Anirud attended a nursery called "Beehive Montessori School" in Amersham. I have no hesitation in saying that Beehive shaped Anirud's character to a great extent and it was a perfrect start that one could expect for a toddler. We will be visiting Beehive before we leave to once again thank the teachers for the great work they did.

I hope to write in detail our - rather Anirud's transition to the new environment, the challenges, inevitable comparisons, so on and so forth. Until then, good bye folks.