Geek Rock

Prize Giving is when the Grade 4,5 and 6’s get together to receive awards (No? really?). There are awards for Top 10 in each class, Drama, Various sports, Entrepreneurial skills (only for grade 6) and I’m sure I’m missing some. Most of the children who care about their school life are hoping to get at least one award.

They started with top 10. our class was second last which made my butterflies very anxious! Our deputy principal finally said Mrs Gerstner’s class and called up Tamlin and then me then ‘maths genius boy’ and so on. They don’t mention numbers only top 10 but it was obvious that the way the called it up was the numbers. I (Tamlin and ‘maths genius boy’) got Excellence in Academic.

Then the ones after got All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

All round Good work

And then finally one of my friends (whom everyone thought shouldn’t have been up there. except those were the people who weren’t called and thought they should’ve been there)

Got Good Work

Which cracked us up it was like “for attending school!”. But we were proud of him anyway. They called up more and more people for various things and then our Deputy Principal announced that he’d call up the Grade 6 learners that will receive certificated for Entgroodfasijo Sfei. Which confused almost everyone.

He called up four children from Mrs B’s class. So we were like ‘UM what? Oh well!’. Then he called up Tamlin and I and a few other children. Once we had shook hands with the Principal and stood in front of all the Grades 4,5 and 6 we read our certificates which are for Good Entrepreneurial Skills. We were pleasantly confused.

Then came sports. By now my whole right leg is completely numb. He called up all the U12 netball team and we all got certificates for becoming first in the Southern District.