Rach and I had to leave the kids as they were taken away to their preparation room at 8:30am. We eagerly anticipated their reaction when they were released and hoped that their spontaneous challenge was everything they hoped for. It was 12:20pm before we saw them again.
We saw smiles on their faces and they said they felt confident in what had been accomplished. As their facilitators, we had no idea what their challenge had been and they were forbidden to discuss this until after their presentation. So after lunch in the shade we filed back into the presentation hall and wished them all luck. Raroa was the final team to present after 7 other schools from around Australia. As they moved onto stage we received some confident thumbs-ups and some nervous smiles and we begun to be amazed at the costumes they had created during their prep time.
We will post a video of their performance but it is fair to say that the team did an amazing, funny and creative performance. They really made us proud and we could imagine Lynne their with a beaming smile and thunderous applause.
When the presentations were complete we were bussed to Nakara Primary School for dinner. Our team earned their food with a basketball game against one of the Northern Territory teams. There was music for all ages, fortnite moves galore and lots of celebration from all the teams which was awesome to be a part of. It built up the festivities and excitement before the award ceremony and closing of the tournament - but we’ll leave that all of that for the next post.
It’s 10pm and the bus is about to pick us up for the start of our journey home. Bring on the 1am flight to Melbourne!
So proud of you all!!
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