The MLE

 Princess Anne was keen to show off Avonlea Private School to her visitors who were an international congress from CCTV. This included the formidable Mrs Trunchbull, former Headmistress of Crunchem Hall who was utilising the barn as a MLE - modern learning environment for her brand of special callisthenics. Whaea Caryn had the feeling that she actually was training her pupils for the circus but she didn't want to say in case she was wrong to a two-time Olympic Gold medal winner of the hammer throw.

They entered the barn where indeed there were bales of hay piled up from the summer harvest. Mrs Trunchbull had just been transferred from Crunchem Hall now that it had been bought out and rebranded 'The Cool School'. Miss Honey  had taken over management. 

Miss Honey! Spat Mrs Trunchbull. The children adored Miss Honey who was originally a  lowly librarian until child prodigy Matilda appeared on the scene. It was only because Matilda was a genius and actually read the books that nobody else in school read that she was able to put the fear of God into Mrs Trunchbull, who had to admit defeat when she was outsmarted in the school spelling bee for being unable to spell Missisissipi. Matilda then appointed Miss Honey to the top job after proving that Mrs Trunchbull had cheated her out of her inheritance. It was all very messy but it was all in writing in the annals of Roald Dahl. 

Princess Anne had kindly taken Mrs Trunchbull in as PE teacher where she was now in her element, and now her bullying had an outlet when she wielded her ice hockey sticks in the cold Canadian winters. Her team was now the main feeder to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

TT was impressed with the school and wondered if she could apply for a transfer. Whaea Caryn was holding out though, her husband back in the Land of the Long White Cloud had been calling her saying he was unable to cope with her being so far away and that he needed her back as she was the only one who knew how to change the lightbulbs in their new housing compound on Teacher's Row. 

Whaea Caryn was only slightly annoyed. I thought I left plenty of soy wax candles in the cupboard! Surely hubby knows how to light a candle. She now had to spend some time writing step-by-step instructions in an email and a flow chart diagram and several graphs.  TT was glad to help with this. He just needs to be taught Whaea Caryn. I understand, we are so busy teaching tamariki that we neglect our husbands. But that requires another school...