We awoke this morning have gained a good nights sleep, a positive attitude and a will to live. A lavish breakfast was served at 7:15 sharp (much to Jodie and Ms. Bentley's surprise) and departed for the school at 8:15. One arrival at around 8:30 we were greeted by a sea of friendly and exited faces who possessed a cute tactility that we experienced throughout the day as children hung for our arms and clutched our hands.
The first session I took part in at Greater Joy was an arts and crafts lesson led by Ms. Wright which involved helping to educate students about shapes and creating mice from cut out shapes. The session went well with the children enjoying themselves. At this point we were not aware of the monster we had created by introducing glitter to the students of Greater Joy. I, from this point moved into a sports session with Mr. Goodall which involved stumps (a game involving lots of spinning and dizziness) followed by a highly competitive game of rounders to top it off. It was the lunch that followed that I noticed that almost every child's face was covered in glitter they had managed to pocket from the arts and crafts. After lunch I helped teach maths with Mr. Cocker before moving out onto the field with some of the remaining children to play a huge game of duck duck goose.
All in all my first full day in Zambia was an unbridled success and I am looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Jack
The first session I took part in at Greater Joy was an arts and crafts lesson led by Ms. Wright which involved helping to educate students about shapes and creating mice from cut out shapes. The session went well with the children enjoying themselves. At this point we were not aware of the monster we had created by introducing glitter to the students of Greater Joy. I, from this point moved into a sports session with Mr. Goodall which involved stumps (a game involving lots of spinning and dizziness) followed by a highly competitive game of rounders to top it off. It was the lunch that followed that I noticed that almost every child's face was covered in glitter they had managed to pocket from the arts and crafts. After lunch I helped teach maths with Mr. Cocker before moving out onto the field with some of the remaining children to play a huge game of duck duck goose.
All in all my first full day in Zambia was an unbridled success and I am looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Jack
Good blog jack! Maybe you could teach the kids cricket-!
ReplyDeleteSounds like everyone is on a high. Make sure you EAT!!!
Sounds like you are having an amazing time. I am intrigued about Jack and Mr Cocker teaching maths.
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