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A presentation at The Transoranje School for the Deaf in Pretoria |
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| The teachers at the Transoranje School for the Deaf (Malisa insists on calling this place "Transylvania" since it is hard to remember the name LOL) could not risk to let the opportunity for a presentation by Malisa pass them by and we arranged a meeting and a visit to the school for her. The pictures tell the story! Malisa at her best talking about issues that lie close to her heart and enjoying the youngsters and smaller children. Needless to say the children were chuffed about this friendly lady too! |
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Admiring the proteas at the head master's office |
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Malisa at the statuette of a deaf girl in front of the administration building of the Transoranje School. The inaugural plaque on the right states that the school celebrated its 21st birthday in June 1975. |
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The admin building and gardens |
School grounds and bus |
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The sports grounds |
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In Afrikaans we say: "So doof soos 'n kwartel" ( Literally translated: "As deaf as a quail" therefore the small kids are called the "Kwarteltjies" meaning Quail chicks" |
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Sign post directing the way to the Nursery School section |
"The merry quails" |
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A pretty mural on the way to the nursery section |
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A classroom exhibit, Malisa with the kindergarten teacher, some of the kids' art and happy kids enjoying an afternoon sleep-break |
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We visited some older kids in the
computer room and all of them wanted their pictures taken LOL Of course
Malisa enjoyed inter-acting with them and they were well pleased with the
lady from America! See the happy faces! (Click on the pictures below for a larger version) |
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Then it was time to move on to the older children... |
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Visual classroom aids for the library section |
Older kids in the reading room |
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The presentation... |
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Then it was time for the presentations. First to the teachers. |
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The head master Mr Dill
making a speech and presenting a gift and then...
(right) she thought it was an invitation to flirt with him! |
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To cool her off we had to arrange yet another presentation to the teenagers... |
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| After lively discussions with the teenagers it was time to say good-bye to the friendly people at Transylvania... | ||||
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