Prestige awards

Last week Novak Primary School held their 'Prestige Awards', an awards ceremony to celebrate the academic achievements of the children throughout both the lower and upper primary school. It was held in the Roman Catholic Hall (which is also the dining room for the primary hostel).

It was brilliant to see so many of our kids there - they got an award if they achieve a Grade B or above in one or more subjects. And to our delight there were absolutely loads of family members supporting the kids - something which doesn't really happen around here.






I took up my usual role as paparazzi (much to the children's delight). Daisy and I had to process into the hall along with the rest of the teachers, following behind the tiny, and completely adorable lower primary choir. Watching them try to walk while stopping their hats from falling off their heads was admittedly pretty hilarious. I had to resist picking them up randomly and giving them a big hug just because they were so adorable!

So we sat and listened to the speeches from the principle and various teachers. There was even a speech from an ex-pupil who had managed to achieve just A's throughout her time at school and then went on to get an amazing job and even (if I understood what she was saying correctly) was crowned as 'Miss Namibia'. One of our learners turned around in his seat half way through the speech and informed us with the biggest, proudest grin on his face that that was his big sister.



So we watched as our children were called up onto the stage, clapped and cheered (particularly loudly for our favourite learners, even though that's probably not technically allowed). Afterwards we chatted to some of them and gave our congratulations, and of course inevitably many of them begged for me to 'catch a photo' of them with their certificates.