But before we could get started the so-called English teacher dashed off on his moped for a couple of minutes and arrived back with a monkey, which he tied up in the main school room for no apparent reason. I explained to J not to expect monkeys to turn up in his break times when he starts school...
Meanwhile, the headteacher, who was just a couple of yards away talking to Della, didn't bat an eyelid.
Eventually we got started in an area outside, and it was great fun. Interesting to see that the older kids vocabulary was pretty good, but when they attempted a sentence of any sort really struggled. Here are a couple of the students who seemed the brightest when we were playing word games, having a go at role playing a shop situation with Caroline:
We also gave 5 kids cheap cameras with instructions to take photographs of things that are important to them. They are to return them on Monday after which I plan to pass them on to another 5 students. After developing the pictures I will talk through the images with the kids, hopefully learning more about their lives, which we can share with a school in the UK which supports them. But first I will have to see whether I'll get all five cameras back...
We're off to Kandy and the hills in the morning for a long weekend - not sure how much internet access I'll have up there but will post if I get a chance.
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