The first class

We got up at 05:00 hrs - the view was beautiful - floating amongst the clouds :-)

Kids started arriving at 06:00hrs - some of them obviously still sleepy!!! We were too

In total there are roughly 50-60 kids, divided into two classes - one below 10yrs and the other above

I opted for the older kids along with Jessie, Ling and Peter. We started off with simple introductions - name, place you come from and favourite colour. The kids were real keen to talk and interact.

Morning class was all about geography. We used the world map to teach the kids, the countries, capital and location of where we all came from. Difference between island and peninsular etc. We also did english reading - most of the kids read very well though they find it difficult to comprehend new english text.

After teaching for an hour it was PLAYTIME!!! First thing on was tug-of-war....a lot of fun but ending in lots of falls :-)


The there was also loads of dancing and singing. The kids sing really well, beating us hands down!


The day ended with PT - havent done that in a long long time. No easy feat I tell you, coz if we didnt get it right Durga the teacher would cane us too :-)

PT - stretch to the left, stretch to the right - make sure you are facing in front (most of us got that wrong on the first day, but by the end we were experts!!!). Touch your toes, stretch back and march left right left right lefit right.....