Another great day at Camphill on Tuesday. For some reason the traffic driving there early was heavier than usual. I have an idea that there are roadworks somewhere around Milton Keynes which has disrupted things and traffic being rerouted elsewhere which would account for more than usual traffic, particularly going along Chaffron Way. Some motorists just don't have any patience. If you knew there were going to be roadworks or whatever, why didn't some of them just set off earlier?
Things were a little different this Tuesday. There was a visit from a group of students from a school in Luton who were coming to look around the Camphill site and they came to watch the video of 'Three Little Pigs: Stranger Danger.' A few weeks ago Teo got the group to come up with a list of questions that the students might ask and how they were to respond. A good idea. We had no idea how many students or what age they were and we were told they would arrive around 10.30 so we had the tea-break a good deal earlier than usual. A line-run was done, with everyone sitting in a circle and then the students came in and the video was shown on the big screen. It was great to get a really positive reaction, a lot of laughs. Some of it is quite amusing, I must say. The students were a good deal older than I was expecting. For some reason I thought they would be primary school age, but were the other end of the school age-range. More like 14-15 or even older. They interacted very well with the Camphill residents and the residents seemed to enjoy having them there.
I had lunch in the cafe. I have started using it since I've been working a full day at Camphill. It has a lovely calming atmosphere. Some of the residents of the community work as waiters. I never realised that it was vegetarian. I had a really nice cheese toastie which has a lovely salad with it and I couldn't resist having a slice of Victoria sponge to follow and it was interesting to compare it with what I've made at home. Three-layer, which I've never attempted before. The walls of the café are covered with artworks of all sorts, mostly watercolours, so it's pleasant to view them when I come in to eat. It's always busy, which must say something if it's that popular.
After lunch the team as split up into two groups. One to work on the story ideas for 'Treasure Island' and the rest to help to sort out cables for lighting and sound, because the Chrysalis Theatre is used by a variety of companies for their productions and they use the equipment and the cables needed to be labelled in the various lengths. Then later, when we were about to leave for home, we heard what the story developers had come up to. It was quite a surprise at how imaginative and inventive it was, the material they had come up with.
Things were a little different this Tuesday. There was a visit from a group of students from a school in Luton who were coming to look around the Camphill site and they came to watch the video of 'Three Little Pigs: Stranger Danger.' A few weeks ago Teo got the group to come up with a list of questions that the students might ask and how they were to respond. A good idea. We had no idea how many students or what age they were and we were told they would arrive around 10.30 so we had the tea-break a good deal earlier than usual. A line-run was done, with everyone sitting in a circle and then the students came in and the video was shown on the big screen. It was great to get a really positive reaction, a lot of laughs. Some of it is quite amusing, I must say. The students were a good deal older than I was expecting. For some reason I thought they would be primary school age, but were the other end of the school age-range. More like 14-15 or even older. They interacted very well with the Camphill residents and the residents seemed to enjoy having them there.
I had lunch in the cafe. I have started using it since I've been working a full day at Camphill. It has a lovely calming atmosphere. Some of the residents of the community work as waiters. I never realised that it was vegetarian. I had a really nice cheese toastie which has a lovely salad with it and I couldn't resist having a slice of Victoria sponge to follow and it was interesting to compare it with what I've made at home. Three-layer, which I've never attempted before. The walls of the café are covered with artworks of all sorts, mostly watercolours, so it's pleasant to view them when I come in to eat. It's always busy, which must say something if it's that popular.
After lunch the team as split up into two groups. One to work on the story ideas for 'Treasure Island' and the rest to help to sort out cables for lighting and sound, because the Chrysalis Theatre is used by a variety of companies for their productions and they use the equipment and the cables needed to be labelled in the various lengths. Then later, when we were about to leave for home, we heard what the story developers had come up to. It was quite a surprise at how imaginative and inventive it was, the material they had come up with.
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