I’ve
seen you before somewhere, haven’t I?
Yes, yes, I’m sure.
Did
you once play drums for Spandua Ballet?
No? That can’t be it then.
Were
you once reserve goalie in the local park team?
You remember, it was really cold and wet, our friend Alan’s dog was the
first choice keeper, having saved 17 penalties in a single first half, and you
were sharing the gloves with a bloke two pitches away? No?
That not you either? Oh. Oh, okay.
Perhaps
we once met somewhere more ethereal, perhaps more cyber optic? Was it – yes! I knew it was you all
along. Yes, of course! How have you been
doing? You look well, you’ve not changed
a bit. Well, a bit older and a bit
greyer perhaps but other than that not a bit.
Of course, I recognized you at once, it’s you:
All
of my companions in the blogosphere!
It’s
so lovely to see you again. I’d love to
tell you all how much I’ve missed you during the long, lovely, sun kissed
sojourn that has been the summer. I’d
really love to…
Anyway,
let’s get on with the most important news-since-we-last-met: we are now of course Badock’s Wood Community
Primary School and Children’s Centre, and very pleased we are too. Our first official visitor lands tomorrow,
called “The Lord Mayor”. Pretty
impressive eh? Before all that however,
we got down to some serious training as a whole organization on Monday – the
results of which can be seen on the BW website.
This
summer we have mostly been listening to the Zummer 2012 playlist, by yours
truly. Ruben know all the words before
the second playround; Thea knew all the weird noises by the second month. From Arctic Monkeys to Xanadu, from Sunsets
(Avalanche City) to moonlight (ELO) and
sunshine (Katy Perry) to the rain (Mint Royale) we have had a ball. I hope you have too. You all seem to have come back clean,
healthy, shiny and refreshed, and I am delighted that we have been joined by
over 20 new friends throughout the school, even before our shiny new reception
and nursery children join us.
So,
as I said to the staff on Monday, I could tell you all about our aims this
year, but Paddy MacAloon of Prefab Sprout does it so much better than me, so
here he goes:
“Our plans are ambitious, a blue print
of wishes,
That will come true, and when they do
–
Folks from the valley will look up and
say
“You finally built it! Can we come and
stay?!
And cynics will marvel and say “We
confess
There were times when we thought it
was just an address”.”
Once
we’ve built it, they’ll call it amazing.
That
is all for now, but, rest assured, there is so much more to come this year.
That
is all.
