Namaste,
What a great day. Our children and the Nepalese children have really found their feet; we were able to hand over the activities to them to run with a good deal of independence today and the interaction is magical.
Mr Mulford organised a fantastic day of art activities: the children were drawing perspective drawings, our children taught them to use water colours and oil pastels, we even managed to conduct lessons outside in the playground today.
Our nursery children continued to make creatures with the play doh and spent the afternoon colouring cut outs of sea animals; their progress in mark making, use of colour and their concentration was a real joy to see.
We have enjoyed a steeper climb home today, rewarded by seeing where our classmates live (they are walking home with us which is lovely).
We have taken about a billion photos as we are all filled with awe and wonder - leaving Nagarkot will be heart wrenching: the relationships we are forming within the school community are immensely fulfilling and here is still so much work to be done.
Your children are tired but in good spirits; Nat and I are really enjoying getting to know them better and seeing them blossom in terms of confidence in their leadership and independence in organising activities and evaluating when to move the learning on, they are stars.
Last day at school tomorrow, sob, sob.
Sorry, I have tried 4 times to upload photos but with no success. I will try again later.
Have a lovely evening,
Maxine and Nat.
What a great day. Our children and the Nepalese children have really found their feet; we were able to hand over the activities to them to run with a good deal of independence today and the interaction is magical.
Mr Mulford organised a fantastic day of art activities: the children were drawing perspective drawings, our children taught them to use water colours and oil pastels, we even managed to conduct lessons outside in the playground today.
Our nursery children continued to make creatures with the play doh and spent the afternoon colouring cut outs of sea animals; their progress in mark making, use of colour and their concentration was a real joy to see.
We have enjoyed a steeper climb home today, rewarded by seeing where our classmates live (they are walking home with us which is lovely).
We have taken about a billion photos as we are all filled with awe and wonder - leaving Nagarkot will be heart wrenching: the relationships we are forming within the school community are immensely fulfilling and here is still so much work to be done.
Your children are tired but in good spirits; Nat and I are really enjoying getting to know them better and seeing them blossom in terms of confidence in their leadership and independence in organising activities and evaluating when to move the learning on, they are stars.
Last day at school tomorrow, sob, sob.
Sorry, I have tried 4 times to upload photos but with no success. I will try again later.
Have a lovely evening,
Maxine and Nat.
Namaste,
At the risk of sounding over the top you should know that I am typing this e-mail and struggling to keep the tears back: it has been such an emotional day.
The whole day has been characterised by positivity, energy and connections: our children knew the classes that they wanted to work with and the relationships they have forged over the previous three days have led to amazing participation by the Nepalese children in activities they have never experienced before. It has been heart warming to see boys and girls participating in the games we have donated (boys tend to dominate and girls hold back in Nepalese culture). Nat organised the juniors with art activities and a rotation of learning to play the games we donated whilst my early years group simply got on with drawing and teaching the children to play twister, jenga and how to build Lego; this left me to chat with Kalyani about the maths and science curriculum and suggest new activities she can incorporate into the school's pedagogy. It's only the beginning so I sincerely hope this trip receives the same level of support next year.
To close the day we were treated to a short presentation followed by singing and dancing; Sophie, Tyler, Shivangi and Claudia made exceptional, heart felt spontaneous speeches at the end - mums and dads, you would have been incredibly proud.
To summarise, our hosts have been supported in beginning to develop the education they deliver; the children have been given opportunities and resources that we would expect our children to experience as a bare minimum; some children have shown talent in art and desperately need the motivation, encouragement and opportunity to develop further; your children have grown as leaders, developed their ability to analyse situations and respond as necessary, made connections that transcend the language and cultural barriers and most importantly thrown themselves at the challenge whole heartedly. Nat and I have loved every minute of the service component of our trip, it has been magical and a real privilege.
Your children have already asked if they can come again next year and if Sanjeevani Primary School could be our international community partner: I think that speaks volumes.
Tomorrow we return to Kathmandu for sight seeing and souvenir shopping; I will do my best to guide them towards tasteful artefacts, that said, everything nepalese is cool.
I will keep trying to upload the photos.
Have a good evening.
Maxine and Nat.
At the risk of sounding over the top you should know that I am typing this e-mail and struggling to keep the tears back: it has been such an emotional day.
The whole day has been characterised by positivity, energy and connections: our children knew the classes that they wanted to work with and the relationships they have forged over the previous three days have led to amazing participation by the Nepalese children in activities they have never experienced before. It has been heart warming to see boys and girls participating in the games we have donated (boys tend to dominate and girls hold back in Nepalese culture). Nat organised the juniors with art activities and a rotation of learning to play the games we donated whilst my early years group simply got on with drawing and teaching the children to play twister, jenga and how to build Lego; this left me to chat with Kalyani about the maths and science curriculum and suggest new activities she can incorporate into the school's pedagogy. It's only the beginning so I sincerely hope this trip receives the same level of support next year.
To close the day we were treated to a short presentation followed by singing and dancing; Sophie, Tyler, Shivangi and Claudia made exceptional, heart felt spontaneous speeches at the end - mums and dads, you would have been incredibly proud.
To summarise, our hosts have been supported in beginning to develop the education they deliver; the children have been given opportunities and resources that we would expect our children to experience as a bare minimum; some children have shown talent in art and desperately need the motivation, encouragement and opportunity to develop further; your children have grown as leaders, developed their ability to analyse situations and respond as necessary, made connections that transcend the language and cultural barriers and most importantly thrown themselves at the challenge whole heartedly. Nat and I have loved every minute of the service component of our trip, it has been magical and a real privilege.
Your children have already asked if they can come again next year and if Sanjeevani Primary School could be our international community partner: I think that speaks volumes.
Tomorrow we return to Kathmandu for sight seeing and souvenir shopping; I will do my best to guide them towards tasteful artefacts, that said, everything nepalese is cool.
I will keep trying to upload the photos.
Have a good evening.
Maxine and Nat.
Cheers from the other side
😘 M
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