Teddy Edward came to Hastings with us today and the children loved him. We did lots of rhymes and counting and then gave the children paper plates to make faces so that they could practise the names of body parts that we learned on Tuesday. We did some multiplication and showed them how to draw arrays just like the infants were doing last week. Then we gave them coloured stings and beads to make bracelets. The beads were supposed to be in patterns of 2s and 5s but they were so excited about the bracelets that we just let them enjoy the activity! Some of the ladies who live around school came to see what was happening so we gave them some beads and strings and they went off and made their own jewellery. Before we came home we gave the children some little gifts including gliders which they took outside with some of their mums and other people who had gathered around. It was really nice to get to know the Hastings community better and it’s amazing how much chatting you can do without understanding any of each other’s words! School finished a bit early today because the children are all from Muslim families so they go to the Mosque for prayers on Friday afternoon.
After lunch we visited Brace Bridge where CRS have opened a new school. It’s in a very similar area to Hastings but they have a railway line instead of a road system.
This evening the bishop invited us for a dinner at his private residence which was very special and he looked after us very well.
Its getting towards the end of our visit now and everyone is quite tired. Tomorrow is Saturday and we have 500 children from all the CRS schools coming for a huge sports day so we’re going to go and get some sleep.xxx
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Hi Miss Gill and Mrs M, Do the children speak English? I can’t wait for you to come back to school. Love from Joseph xxx ps when you come back I will be so glad ps I just want you to be happy ps enjoy the rest of your trip
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Hi Joseph, no they don’t speak more than a few words of English, although they do know some numbers and rhymes. We are looking forward to seeing you too. xx
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Sounds like you’ve been sooooo busy!! We love that the grown ups get as excited about the gifts as the children, it makes us realise how lucky we are to have all the things we have. Enjoy your last few days, Lots of love Ellie xx
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Hi Ellie
How lovely to hear your comments again. We can’t believe we are flying home tomorrow. We have had such a busy day today but read the blog to find out what we did! Xx
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