Day Two

Today was the first day of the proper school routine.  Being up at 6:40 on a Sunday to make breakfast by 7:30 was a bit of a shock to the system!  Desert life brought a slight mishap with the en-suite showers,  leaving some of us to use our Core training to good effect, washing without much water.  Repton Dubai has central dining and the walk from the House to the dining room is spectacular, through the “Repton Circle” at the centre of the campus.

First lesson was tutorial in Houses (we were both in Latham – a bit weird for an Ochardian and a New Housian.  We then went into double physics which was amazing – the best physics lesson we’ve had!  We’ve also got to like another Repton Dubai innovation very quickly – study periods!  We went to the library, got given a laptop and were able to use it to get on with the prep we’d been set.

Later on we had PE. With the temperatures outside at 30 degrees, we knew that doing Athletics was going to be tough!  Despite the heat and jetlag, the 10 UK Reptonians ran and got decent positions in the 1500m race.

After lessons finished at 2:40, it was time for activities. We had cricket with the legendary England seam bowler Martin Saggers, the cricket coach at Repton Dubai.  Martin wasn’t the only professional around – Eleanor Sharples  was selected to play for Repton Dubai in a rounders match at another school.  We don’t know the result yet but details will follow.

Tomorrow is Grace Sanderson’s birthday, and we’re we’re planning something special.  Hopefully we’ll be able to celebrate a first run in Sharples’ Dubai rounders career too!

Posted by Ethan Coupland-Smith (4N) and George Moss (4O)