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11. Childrens' Reflections


Here are a few of the childrens' reflections which they gave freely...
...in fact, some of them made me do it! I apologise for the noisy background! It was the last day of term and I promised them that they could do whatever they wanted. And you can hear that they did :)
Enjoy!




   
                                          

                                         

                                         

                                          

                                         

                                          

                                          

                                          



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