Parent Day

Ouch is all i can say! I have started working at the academy and to put it lightly i was dumped in the deep end. Today was stressful! Just one of the many things i have learnt here at Sondela is how to handle stress! It turned out to be an amazing day, showing of to the parents what their children have been doing for the last six months and seeing the surprise on their faces. Well we did tell them we work hard!

There were eight slide shows presented by the students from the seven different departments that they work through in the first year course.

• Site Guide
• Resource Guardianship
• Species Care
• Reception
• Accommodation
• food and beverage and
• Professional cookery

The slide shows were each special in there own way and it is a good feeling to know that i had an impact on the students.

This whole week was spent planning for this event and i came to realize exactly how much work goes into what seems like a small function.
We had to receive confirmation from the parents weather they were coming or not. With this we added the students and staff that would be attending and sent an email through to Chef Errol to make sure that there is enough muffins for the tea and food for lunch.
The tea and coffee had to be arranged with food and beverage we also sent an email to confirm this. Emails are a good way to prove that you asked someone something.
Tables and seating were also arranged with F&B.
Then I had to print out 100 programs for the day. These were on yellow paper and had to be designed on Microsoft publisher because it gives you more control over what the end product would look like.
We had to brief the managers about the processes so that they can speak to the parents if they were asked. The training managers were also there because they are so closely involved in the actual training process.
All in all it was lots of work but I think it was a success!