At Khanya Primary School the average class size is 40. When
a teacher is off, there is no substitute, and that class gets split between the
other classes in that age group… This week, I have been taking classes of up to
60 Xhosa speaking grade 1’s!!!! If only charades was an Olympic Sport… Challenge
me if you dare!
On Thursday night, to celebrate another week of successful
coaching, Charlotte and I went to Spurs for dinner. On a Thursday for 130R you
can get bottomless ribs and wings, or ribs and calamari… That’s all you can eat
ribs and wings for like £6!!!!! Challenge Accepted... I think three plates if a
good attempt, considering I was unprepared!!! Next time, with the 7 P’s (Prior
Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance) we’ll have to see what
I can manage!!
On Friday, we were meant to be doing our active citizenship,
working with children who have dropped out of school, and trying to get them
back on track, with some life skills lessons such as CV writing, interview
practice etc. We are also running a coaching session for them, enabling them to
be able to learn the basics of coaching, giving them the foundations to be able
to get into the field. However, as anticipated, if not slightly prematurely,
the kids didn’t turn up… I’m sure there is a reason behind it, however, we are
now working on a back-up plan, with a different group of kids… Hopefully my
next blog post will be able to give you some insight into the work that our
active citizenship and community mobilisation is actually doing! I was sick on
Friday, so instead of heading into Cape Town gardens with the rest of MITS, I
went home to bed!!!
Saturday was a busy day, which involved an early wake up, to
be at the Portlands Indoor Centre, ready to leave at 0800! We were heading out
to Hout Bay for the U14’s and U16’s Girls football tournament. It’s a round
robin tournament in which each team hosts the event over a period of time and
points are added up at the end. The 4 teams were Hout Bay, Mitchells Plain,
Atlantis and Fish Hoek. It was such a good morning, and by about 1300 we were
done and free to do as we pleased with our weekend.
The rest of our group met up with the UK volunteers from ABC
for life, who are based in Hout Bay and wandered around the town for the
afternoon… A beautiful little place, on the harbour, by the sea. Charlotte and
I jumped into the car with Ashley and Michael and drove out to Newlands for the
Currie Cup Final between Western Province and The Golden Lions. The match was
INSANE!!! At half time Province were winning 13-0!! Easy, we thought.. The game
is ours… Little did we know that somewhere deep inside the stadium, the Lions
were getting the hairdryer treatment from their coach! They came out after half
time with the wind behind them!!! Before we knew it, it was 13-13!! We edged
forward 16-13, then 19-13, Lions came back, 19-16 and as the seconds ticked
away, time was out and the Lions still had a penalty to kick… Squeaky Bum
Time!!!! The stadium was screaming, boo’s rang out louder than I have ever
heard anything before… Lion steps up, kicks……. AND MISSES!!!!!
PROVINCE WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN :)
Such a good game!!!
Sunday was a day of tanning and Premier League watching
whilst we were back to recovering from our sickness!!! India popped round for a
bit which was nice… Patsy baked bran, date and carrot muffins… AMAZING :)
The world is a happy happy place :)
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