Sorry there was no blog last night, t'internet was down, as was the electricity and most other things around here! Anyway, here it is:
Tuesday 2nd August
Hi all,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine in England. We started the day with rain, yet again! However, never fear because the sun came out while we were teaching in the tin roofed classroom - think of a pressure cooker and that's how it feels!
Today we feel like we have made a break through in school. The children have joined in with the telling of the story (Talk for Writing) for all those teachers out there!), answered questions and even asked for help when they needed it. They are so used to 'chalk and talk' we feel that this is a real step forward. We continued writing the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and we did some great Clarice Cliff artwork. Even the oldest and most boisterous boy in the class knuckled down and enjoyed success.
This afternoon we did some serious shopping! We went to Jinja town and visited the local shops. We bought lots of things for school - Maddie, I have bought you a sweeping brush so you can clean the classroom - wait until you see it! Claire B and Catherine bought some traditional Ugandan dresses, just like the one on my display board at school. They looked fantastic!
On our way home, we were stopped in our tracks by a monkey running across our path. The wildlife here just gets better and better!
Speak to you all tomorrow.
Lots of Love
C&A, C&C and Andy of course.xxxxxxx
Tuesday 2nd August
Hi all,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine in England. We started the day with rain, yet again! However, never fear because the sun came out while we were teaching in the tin roofed classroom - think of a pressure cooker and that's how it feels!
Today we feel like we have made a break through in school. The children have joined in with the telling of the story (Talk for Writing) for all those teachers out there!), answered questions and even asked for help when they needed it. They are so used to 'chalk and talk' we feel that this is a real step forward. We continued writing the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and we did some great Clarice Cliff artwork. Even the oldest and most boisterous boy in the class knuckled down and enjoyed success.
This afternoon we did some serious shopping! We went to Jinja town and visited the local shops. We bought lots of things for school - Maddie, I have bought you a sweeping brush so you can clean the classroom - wait until you see it! Claire B and Catherine bought some traditional Ugandan dresses, just like the one on my display board at school. They looked fantastic!
On our way home, we were stopped in our tracks by a monkey running across our path. The wildlife here just gets better and better!
Speak to you all tomorrow.
Lots of Love
C&A, C&C and Andy of course.xxxxxxx
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