Week Two

I know I haven't been writing for weeks.  We did have some cancellations, because there were some schools and colleges didn't get the schedule ready or they just wanted us to train their team, which is not permitted in the Brewster Trust.

Nearly, every week we would have top up $140 Bajan dollars for petrol, that about £47. But, we would be reimbursed. Nothing cheap on this Island! If you buy Bajan branded things it would help with your budget. Once in a while, you would want the things that you would like.

The family that we're living with, are generous of giving us breakfast and dinner everyday which, gives us lighter load of buying stuffs. However, their portion of size is massive!

It was the first time this week; we have been to St George Secondary School. We were given two sets of groups. The first group is fine. Responded well with the task, which I've asked them to do,  'Arsenal vs Spurs'. Instead of having 'Spurs', I gave them a opposition for the children; what team they wanted to be on the opposite side of Arsenal. They were all shouting out different number of teams like, Man untied, Chelsea and Barcelona. Further more, how would I come to this decision by choosing the nearest person that was shouting the loudest.
Every time I gave them words to response, e.g '180' turn, they would jump and turn the other directions. Asking them to name a player that head the ball well? Someone came with Messi. I didn't know Messi could jump and head the ball 5 feet from the ground.
Some of children are slow to think, but the eventual they got the idea. I always had to repeat what I said because they might have forgotten it after a couple of seconds. Tip is, make them say it out loud as well.

Teaching the girls in Princess Margaret, one girl decide to stare look at the her class mate

Domes and Dishes game in Deighton Griffith Secondary School. Kid running with the cone on the head

Christ Church, the first group Domes and Dishes

You can see there is pattern going on during the weeks. We have same task for each of the schools, but we tend to change it, every now and again.

Springer Memorial school  

Providence Secondary school, I was teaching to play handball. But, it was alternative version, mainly non-contact.

I did make a few mistakes, but I did readjusted myself and these children, were more understanding and they worked very well together.

In 'Codrington school'  the warm up I did was bulldog. the kids was loving it. Trying to go pass some of their class mates

Saturday School in Alma Parris Memorial. The kids wanted learn, from this photo they look like they don't want to do anything. I think they were told to stop.