Summer School

In December all my work finished and I was wondering how I was going to spend January – but then an opportunity came up – helping out at the summer school for Didache. I enjoyed teaching English here and getting to know the kids, so was excited to be able to help out again and have another opportunity to teach English again. Maybe have caught the teaching bug - the Pastor's wife thinks I would make a fantastic teacher.... 

The summer school started on the 7^th January and runs Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. It has been a fun time but we have only had seven kids most days which is a shame but it is also good because they are easier to look after in small groups. 

with the Kids and the Pastor's Wife

Summer school is meant to be fun so we have had craft lessons were we have made canastas (for carrying things), key holder and photo frames.

Making the key holders

The key holders  - minus the hooks

We also have had dance and theatre classes led by Airyn which the kids have really enjoyed.

Warming up

Dancing

The fun does not stop there, as well as painting sessions - where in the case of Piero the paint ended up more on his hands than on the sheet. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this. Sometimes the camera is not there when you need it. 

Valeria painting with her fingers

There is also mini chef where we have made mini penguins using olives, cream cheese and carrots - they are so cute

Christopher and his Penguins

and then the last Friday we made fruit salad kebabs which went down so well with everyone especially the putting of the chocolate sauce on them. Piero loved the chocolate sauce so much that he had it put on his fingers and then that was not enough so we decided to just eat it straight from the bottle!

Making the fruit kebabs

More fruit kebab making

Piero with the chocolate sauce!

And on top of all that, the kids have been learning English taught by yours truly. The first week we learnt the parts of the body using the song Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. The second week was farm animals based on the song Old McDonald Had a Farm and the third week we learnt fruit and colours. Apparently the colour of an orange in Peru is not orange but yellow.... 

Teaching farm animals

It has been a good few weeks working in the summer school and will miss not being there til the end, it finishes on the 7th Feb, Think they might miss me too.