As my year comes to a close - Wai Khruu Day

So I'm writing this post on Monday the 25th of July.

This week at school is test week - meaning no lessons. Also meaning lots of time to update my blog!


Okay, so first up: Wai Khruu day!
Wai Khruu day is a day in Thai schools and universities where the students pay respect to the teachers. Our Wai Khruu day took place on June 25th.
The previous day there had been a lot of preparation for the day with afternoon lessons cancelled so that students could create their paan wai khruus. They're basically a beautiful structure of flowers and other decorations (I can't explain very well but you'll see pictures). Each class in the school made 2 paan wai khruus - one by the boys and one by the girls.



On the 25th there was a big ceremony in the morning. All the teachers (including us) sat in chairs by the stage. 2 representatives from each class came up to the teachers on their knees with their       and passed their paan wai khruus to us. Some of them were absolutely amazing!

The teachers and the student council

After the morning ceremony there were lessons for M1-M3 whilst M4-M6 seemed to just do loads of fun activities around school - usually involving blindfolds and water. Many teachers also got visits from their students who would sit on the ground and wai them. Even ex-students showed up to pay their respects.