At my school today, it was open day and I went in to help out. We are supposed to spend the morning angelicly informing parents and doing various educational activities. We do this when there are prospective parents around, but really it is more of a who-can-steal-the-most-food competition. There were two sources of snacks, the MFL multi-cultural food cafe and the main hall. The teachers don't mind us eating a bit of food from the cafe so long as we are not too greedy.
The hall is a bit of a different matter. The food in there is for the parents and although we have never actually been told not to eat it, it is definitely implied by our headteacher. She usually stands either in the entrance or by the refreshments table so she can keep an eye on us. There are also two senior prefects holding doors and standing guard. We never go in at the beginning when it is full of parents but at the end I usually try and get in. I did manage to get some cake when she was talking to a parent. I think she saw me but there was nothing she could do about it.
Food was not the only excitement. Out history teacher brought his two children in and we had a piglet dissection in the biology lab. On the field, a mini farm was set up complete with a sheep, lambs, a goat with her babies, ducks and ducklings, two pigs, chickens and donkeys. My mad physics teacher is a major animal lover and cuddled one of the lambs. She made me take photos on her phone and considered running away with it.
All in all, it was a very fun day. Do you ever help out at school open mornings?
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