School Awards

As soon as we had got rid of the children there followed the "End of year party".
Phew - time to relax...
I needed that wine after being Dolly.


Awards at the end of year party were many but one which topped the event was the award to a boss who authorised the seniors' (year 11-13) party - entitled the Jizzmas party.
And still did not even get the clue when the advertising said "Not coming is not an option" and "Do not come on your own".
Ah well.

Last day of term - the hazing!!

"It is traditional," quoth the head of music, as Yule approacheth, "that new staff should do a little performance at the final assembly. Would you mind organising something?"
"Sure," sayeth I, with glee abandon.

So a quick missive passeth from ye town cryer (email) and all new staff gathereth for to apply their great skills unto the task.

And verily did an idea become flesh and runneth away with said new staff.

The school is named KGV which is akin to 9 to 5 by chorister Dolly Parton - she who hath a HUGE talent.

Thus was the idea born and great mirth followed.



New staff, skirted and ready to sing in front of the whole school. Hurrah - ritual humiliations.








Top level maths teacher (left).
Other head of maths (right).






The words:
Tumble outta bed
And stumble to Ho Man Tin
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Yawnin, stretchin, try to come to life
Jump in the form room
And the blood starts pumpin
Start of the class
The children start jumpin
And folks like me on the job at KGV
Chorus:

Workin at KGV
What a way to make a livin
Barely gettin by
Its all marking
And no chillin’
They just use your mind
And we give out loads of merits
Its enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it

KGV, for service and devotion
You would think that I
Would deserve a fair promotion
Want to earn like Ed
But ESF wont seem to let me in
I swear sometimes HR is out to get me
Mmmmm...

You’ve got your dreams
We won’t let em shatter
Youre just a step
On the IB ladder
But you got dreams they’ll never take away

On the same boat
With a lot of your friends
Waitin for the day
Mr Jabal’s emails end
And results come in
An its all gonna roll you away

2nd chorus:

Workin at KGV
What a way to make a livin
Barely gettin by
Its all marking
And no chillin’
They just use your mind
And we give out loads of merits
Its enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it

KGV, yeah, your EE’s gonna eat you
You can swim all you like
But still Rowell’s gonna beat you
You just never know

what Mr Lafferty is saying
And you spend your life
Going funny if you want it

School links

Here are links to various KGV-based youtube links. To give you a flavour of the school.

A photographic guide to KGV Photos here

Each year we have a number of inter-house competitions. This is a link to this years seniors ensemble winners - Crozier. Link to Crozier win Sound quality is terrible but it is worth sticking with it past 2:30.

We have a large Indian population in the school. Some of them call themselves the Brown Boys (think "Goodness Gracious Me"). Brown Boys video

They have a lot of talent - bear with it PANTO 2006

Enjoy!!

Merry Christmas in Chinese

Heather has been learning Chinese language since August. She is doing very well indeed and is pleasing her teacher.

She has learnt to speak, read and write.
This is Heather writing the Chinese for:Literally Holy Birth Happy - you say " Shan Dan Kwai Ler".


For Santa the words mean Holy Birth Old Man.
You say "Shan Dan Lao Ren".

Harley is Pleased

Harley came to live with us having had a rough time. He'd been chained up in a bus station and could have been a very troubled dog.
Instead he is so very grateful for everything we do.



Oh food... Thank you.
Oh water...Thank you.
Oh treats... Thank you.
Oh outside...Thank you.
Oh bath... erm err thank you anyway.
Oh vet.. yes I will even lick you.

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He even loves that cats though they are not impressed by his affection.

Nephila Maculata

The Giant Wood Spider certainly is.
I'm not overly upset by many creatures, but this one give me the willies.
The thing gets massive.

In the spring it appears as a small spider, but by the autumn it is HUGE.
This one made itself a web on the front of the house on Halloween. A very nice decoration, but ewwww.

The pic at the bottom of the page shows the size compared to the thumb. Over 3 inches in the body, add the legs and it is dinner plate size.
In Japan they're called "O-jyorou gumo", "gumo" meaning spider, "O" meaning big and "jyorou" meaning "femme fatale".
The ladies get this big. The boys are only 5mm long.

They get big but their webs are even bigger - stretched to a diameter of one metre between the trees. Far too easy to accidentally walk straight into one as they sit in the middle of their web.
It belongs to the golden orb weaver family, which is why its silk is yellow, and this silk is the strongest of any spider. The one at the end of our garden caught a bat. A BAT!!

Sheung Yiu Village Museum

Sheung Yiu Village is a Hakka village which was built by a Hakka family surnamed Wong approximately 150 years ago. The village became prosperous due to its lime kiln whose produce was much sought-after for use in mortar and fertilizer, as well as lime bricks and tiles for building houses.

Sheung Yiu means "above the kiln" in Chinese.

The kiln has been restored.

It began to decline in prosperity when modern bricks and cement came into use. In the 1950s, the villagers moved away to the urban areas or went overseas to earn their living. The whole village was abandoned by the 1960s.

After the full restoration of the village in 1983, the village was opened as Sheung Yiu Folk Museum in 1984.

The restored building contains a number of typical Hakka utensils and farming tools, and also some displays on the history of the inhabitants.

Surely some mistake...

The pot on the right is for water, the smaller numbered pot on the left is for wine.