Kids, June 2030

Round 29: June 2030 (Winter)

Principal Tatiana Lachance is 47, Pamela Gray is 45 and Finn Romilly is 29.
Students: Mitchell Carmody is 11, Emma Gottlieb, Jessica Royce-Nihill, Timothy Lane and Eddie and Louisa Gentry are all 10, Justin and Xavier Moretti, Declan Romilly and Austin and Lauren Carmody are all 9, Brendan Lachance and Caitlin Romilly are both 7, Annabel and Georgina Nott are both 6, Matthew and Simon Lane are both 5 and Alice Jacobson, Sylvia Draper and Aurora and Bianca Moretti are all 4.

When Tatiana took some time off after the death of her mother, Pamela agreed to deal with all of her principal duties while she was gone. She's due to return today and Pamela is just finishing up some paper work, so there's not too much for Tatiana to do first thing in the morning.

As soon as Tatiana enters the office, Pamela is ready to brief her on everything that's gone on while she's been gone.

It's a tad overwhelming.

But she takes it all in anyway, because really, she needs to.

And in general, Tatiana is glad to be back.

The kids in her class are glad to have their teacher again too.

They had fun with their substitute as well but Tatiana has missed important stuff while she's been gone.

Annabel isn't Tatiana's most conscientious student but she is pleased to hear that Annabel managed to write an excellent story for the sub.

Considering Annabel often won't work unless Tatiana is standing right over her, this is an achievement.

Annabel's twin sister Georgina is her polar opposite. While Annabel is loud and boisterous, Georgina is quiet and shy and keeps her head down and does her work.

Not that she is never distracted.

Not all of Tatiana's students work as well independently as Georgina. Some, like Caitlin, are very bright but sometimes a little reluctant to stay on task.

This will not fly in Tatiana's classroom. Everyone else has returned to their desk, so Caitlin will have to join them.

Caitlin doesn't actually mind school. She just likes being a bit cheeky and testing the boundaries every now and then.

Pamela is so relieved to be able to go back to being just a classroom teacher. She loves her job and after doing Tatiana's job for a while, she knows she has no desire to become principal any time soon.

All of the little girls in her class this year are quite attached to her.

Alice and Sylvia never had much trouble adjusting to pre-school. They met and became friends before they even started school, so it wasn't much of a trial for them.

At the beginning of the year, Pamela was concerned about how shy Aurora and Bianca were.

They barely even talked to her, let alone Alice or Sylvia.

They're still very shy but both girls have blossomed during their first half of pre-school.

Bianca and Aurora are still more likely to play with each other than with anyone else.

But sometimes, they'll get brave and branch out, which Pamela loves to see.

And at lunch time today, Bianca is being very brave indeed and is sitting with two older students, Caitlin and Brendan.

Brendan is reconsidering his choice of table.

But it's soon time to head out to the playground anyway.

Where there appears to be some kind of tournament going on.

It's a little cold but the kids never seem to notice that anyway.

Even Pamela gets in on the fun.

Someone has to demonstrate safety on the play equipment, after all!

Although she's a little too self-conscious to continue once the other teachers come outside.

Finn's class have been working hard, so after lunch, he takes them into the gym for some sport as a treat.

Most of the kids are having the time of their life in the gym.

Declan is enjoying the lesson too but he takes the punching bag about as seriously as he takes everything else.

Some of the kids are just not interested today. Emma has struck up a conversation with Louisa...

...though she is also an enthusiastic supporter of the game Lauren and Jessica are playing.

Austin can't even find it in him to show any interest in the other kids' games, let alone play himself. He's just planning on staying on the bench and waiting for the bell to ring. If he's quiet, maybe the teacher won't even notice he's not playing!

Notes:

• I didn't end up trying to do this session with all the kids unselectable. I don't think it would have worked anyway, because it's a community lot and it's hard to keep Sims on a community lot unless they are selectable. If one of you tries it out though, I'd be interested to hear how you go.
• This was the last primary school update for Mitchell, Emma, Jessica, Timothy, Eddie and Louisa. I can't believe it! So next round, it'll be six out and only three in. A slight reduction in enrollment!
• Brendan had the want to hire Dominic as an employee, so apparently, he'd rather have his big brother as his teacher than his mother. Pity his brother doesn't have a degree!
• I think it was funny that in this round's Draper 2 update, I wrote in that part about Sylvia idolising Mrs Gray and then I just happened to get that shot of her walking alongside her teacher, looking up at her with wide eyes. Too cute!
• Austin's strategy was my PE strategy from kindergarten onwards. It doesn't really work that well, lol!