Holidays!

Hi guys!! Thanks for your comments! Well school has finished for the summer - how strange is that! It was a really good end of term. I went to a workshop during the last week where I stayed for 3 days at a conference centre. The training was on teaching multi-grade classes which happens alot here at the farm schools.

It was a great time of learning and sharing with other teachers but I really felt as though I had some fantastic opportunities to really talk with teachers/inspectors/ education directors about teaching strategies and ways of disciplining kids in school. The week was really rewarding and I learnt alot from them too. Am looking forward to trying out the new ideas in January.

During the past week I've been on a road trip with 3 other volunteers. We went south to the Fish River Canyon which was amazing scenery. We went canoeing along the Orange River which is onthe border of South Africa. Was all great and very good to see other places. It is VERY HOT at the moment. It got into the 50s while we were down South although the River cooled us down a bit! Was refreshing to see water!!

This coming week I'm in Windhoek helping to run a Christmas children's holiday club for kids in one of the children's homes there. We will do a variety of games, activities, teaching with the children from Monday to Friday. The theme will of course be Christmas - hard to beleive when the sun is shining so bright!

I have now moved in with Heidi - another volunteer. Was happy to move but a little sad to leave my host family too. They have been so great but am still very much in contact with them. The new house is the other side of Rehoboth -in a great position to have people over. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

My host family have offered to take me to Cape Town over the New Year which I am really looking forward to. I am feeling as though I am making really good friendships with the people here so thank you for the prayers about making friends.

I am also going to help at a creative dance group next year which I'm really looking forward to. That will be in Rehoboth Primary School.

Sadly the family from Coventry that were also working here have to return to the UK in a week or so as their daughter at home is ill. I will miss them alot!!!!

Hope you are all well and enjoying Christmas!!!! I heard the Christmas Ball went well - wish I could have been there for that!

Take care and keep in touch!

Catherine

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