Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st July.-Welcome to Kinderkatten

We arrived on Tuesday for our second day at school and found out that we would be officially having our welcome celebration today. But first I would be teaching Maths and English, in maths I was doing my first lesson on picture graphs to the class. The lesson went really well as it was my first maths lesson, and if anything I found it to be a subject that was a lot easier to teach than I thought it would be. After maths and break, I was back in class to teach English, continuing with doing a refresh of the past tense.

At lunch time we were presented a huge meal of posho, Mitoki, beans and chicken. We sat with all the teachers on chairs facing each other across the large nursery room instead of at the table. Once we had finished eating we were given an assembly where the teachers and the head gave some brief speeches about how pleased they were that we were working at the school, and what they hoped we would achieve and enjoy while we were there. After the speeches the children from our classes came in and did dancing and singing to welcome us to their school which were really good and enjoyable. Once it was all over I headed to my class to teach Science and to thank my class for such a good assembly and told them how much I appreciated it.

At 4pm when school was finished I had organised for some football to be played between P4 and Katie’s P5 class which was a lot of fun. Calling it a game of football is a bit flattering, as its mainly just kicking in the direction of the goal while the older kids bulldoze their way through the others, but it was really fun. The view from the pitch of the mountains and fields are really impressive as well. I really enjoyed my 2^nd day at school and am already really looking forward to tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Wednesday was much like Tuesday, I continued with my lessons and started doing some work on tally charts with my class in maths. At the end of the lesson Shivon presented me with an avocado, I was absolutely delighted despite not actually liking avocados. Shivon seemed to find it funny that I was so grateful for the present, but it had made me realise that I wasn’t disliked by the class as I had feared. After maths and English was lunch which was back to Posho, Mitoki and beans that I assume will be the daily meal unless something special happens.

Once I got back to the lodge I sent my dad a text wishing him happy birthday and letting everyone know how I was, and about my avocado.