Nooo, just spent ages typing a blog and the computer deleted it before I could post it. A much quicker overview of the day: Half the team off on the school trips, of those in school, we split into 3 groups. Freeza, Georgia, Amy, Fran and Portia worked on finishing the music room, which then …
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An American’s View
First of all, let me thank the students, their parents, and the staff for letting me be a part of your experience. I have wanted to be a part of this for a number of years, and I am glad that it happened with this group of people. I teach high school in America, and …
‘Is this a dream’
Today we took the first section of children out on an away day(grades 1,2 and 3). Firstly we took them to a science museum which was very hands on and the kids got very involved with all the activities. A highlight was going in the planetarium and looking above at the dome ceiling where a …
Freeza Sunday
Two great days of work over this weekend. Saturday we unloaded the container. In Southampton we live surrounded by them but how many of us actually know how much you can get in 1 if you fill every inch. When we opened it we could not believe it full to the brim, no tail lift, …
Daleo’s Ramblings – Day 9
Maganda Harpon (Good afternoon!) Much easier day today, after working like Trojans yesterday (I think that’s a real similie and not one I made up…) we were afforded a lie in, this time leaving the Shalom at 9am. We split off into teams with ‘The Green WilkWal Team’ (Fran, Portia, Chloe, Helena S, George, Josh) …
Michiela
We’ve been here for over a week now and it has gone so quick! Being at the school and seeing the children really makes you realise how ungrateful and rude people in England are. The children are the most happy and loving children i’ve ever met. Every time you walk through a corridor a child …
Under 1 Week to go!
After months of hard work and waiting the day came around so quick, it was madness. It was hard to say goodbye to family, but we knew it was worth it! The plane journey took forever and was full of turbulence. But the flight allowed for the excitement to build. As we got off in …
Thoughts so far
A wise man said earlier this week ” you can’t change the world but you can change somebodies world“. This statement could not be more true! Visiting the dump site on Monday was an eye opener for everyone. All the pictures that we have seen at school only gives a small impression of the severely …
George
Were only one week into the trip but it feels like we arrived only yesterday. The first week has flew by and we have visited the PCF school, the dumpsite and the English school for swimming. We have spent 4 days of the first week at the school building their playground, painting the school and …
Daleo’s ramblings -Day 8
#tired (I think I ‘hash tagged’ correctly guys?’ A very long and tiring day today, after our relaxing day out yesterday we needed to make up for lost time. Following on from ‘fishgate’ which you can read about in other blogs here, we set off for another 8am start and off to PCF, where we …
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