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The day started off with the group splitting up to go to different locations. One group of us went to St. Mary's School and the Mary Rice Centre in Dum Dum while the rest of the group stayed in St. George's School to teach the children as we had done previous days.
The group that remained in St.George's School continued teaching as we had done before, we can definitely tell the improvements from our other lessons from previous days as today we were no longer hoarse from telling the whole class to be quiet. We have definitely formed strong bonds between the children as well as we were asked today by one of the students where Orla was and after telling them she was in Dum Dum we were met with the response of "She has a fever!", in which we feverishly told her that she was fine! Other than that the whole day in St.George's went smoothly with games of basketball, football and various hand games and we enjoyed it immensely.
Those of us that went to Dum Dum also had a great day. We travelled to Dun Dum by metro. As we left quite early the metro was relatively quiet and we even managed to get seats. When we reached St. Mary's we were given a tour of the school. We visited several different classes and had the opportunity to speak to some of the students our age who were preparing for their upcoming exams. They were all really friendly, complimenting Orla on her "yellow" hair and filling us in on their dreams to join a convent when they finished school.
After the tour we went to the Mary Rice centre in St. Mary's, a school for children with intellectual disabilities. We helped them with their work, learning about opposites and different nursery rhymes. An hour or so later we took a short break and after we did colouring sheets and played with plastecine and play dough. Despite the children drawing on both themselves and us, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The brothers' dog Judy was also a big hit.
We then began our "quick" journey home which lasted about 40 minutes due to getting lost despite asking countless Indians for directions. After playing basketball with the street kids outside we went for a "quick" shopping trip. This shopping trip lasted roughly from 3-8 pm. Needless to say no one feels like shopping again any time soon. The day finished with colourful rice, a calm reflection and a serious game of spoons.
The day started off with the group splitting up to go to different locations. One group of us went to St. Mary's School and the Mary Rice Centre in Dum Dum while the rest of the group stayed in St. George's School to teach the children as we had done previous days.
The group that remained in St.George's School continued teaching as we had done before, we can definitely tell the improvements from our other lessons from previous days as today we were no longer hoarse from telling the whole class to be quiet. We have definitely formed strong bonds between the children as well as we were asked today by one of the students where Orla was and after telling them she was in Dum Dum we were met with the response of "She has a fever!", in which we feverishly told her that she was fine! Other than that the whole day in St.George's went smoothly with games of basketball, football and various hand games and we enjoyed it immensely.
Those of us that went to Dum Dum also had a great day. We travelled to Dun Dum by metro. As we left quite early the metro was relatively quiet and we even managed to get seats. When we reached St. Mary's we were given a tour of the school. We visited several different classes and had the opportunity to speak to some of the students our age who were preparing for their upcoming exams. They were all really friendly, complimenting Orla on her "yellow" hair and filling us in on their dreams to join a convent when they finished school.
After the tour we went to the Mary Rice centre in St. Mary's, a school for children with intellectual disabilities. We helped them with their work, learning about opposites and different nursery rhymes. An hour or so later we took a short break and after we did colouring sheets and played with plastecine and play dough. Despite the children drawing on both themselves and us, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The brothers' dog Judy was also a big hit.
We then began our "quick" journey home which lasted about 40 minutes due to getting lost despite asking countless Indians for directions. After playing basketball with the street kids outside we went for a "quick" shopping trip. This shopping trip lasted roughly from 3-8 pm. Needless to say no one feels like shopping again any time soon. The day finished with colourful rice, a calm reflection and a serious game of spoons.
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