Nor could I make this up…

“I am emailing you because I need to ensure you receive the news that reluctantly we have decided to cancel our UN Day Ceremony and associated activities tomorrow.  We have felt compelled to do this given the Bureau of Meteorology predictions of heavy rain and high winds.  We have no capacity for our students to prepare for the National Dress and Flag Parades under cover in our School Hall and they would therefore be open to the weather in moving to and from the Hall.  We also have our food stalls and a lot of activities in the open under marquees which we believe would not be safe in high winds.  Further, several of our guest performers and event presenters have cancelled in response to the predicted bad weather.

This is such a special day that I am sure our students will be very disappointed.  I can assure you that staff are equally sad.  An enormous amount of preparatory work has been carried out by staff, students and parents, particularly with regard to the food stall delights and it is so regrettable that we will not all be able to enjoy the results of that work.

As UN Day is so special to our school community, we will try to include a slightly reduced event in our calendar in term 3.  We would not be able to include the food stalls again but we could have an Opening Ceremony with Flag and National Costume Parades.  It is should still be possible to have a concert as well.  Further details will be provided next term when we have a chance to liaise with our wonderful EALD Department whose members coordinate our UN Day celebrations.

As I said to students, we hope that the serious weather conditions anticipated for tomorrow do not eventuate and that our decision to cancel UN Day was a mistake.  However, in the event that the predictions translate into reality, please take care and I hope that you remain safe and secure as the weather front passes over.”