Almost Six Months In!

Working in Lifeskills this week was enjoyable. We focused on learning the alphabet with the children and introducing the letter sounds - this will hopefully help them when we move onto reading. It was a pretty normal week in terms of schedule; on Wednesday we went horse riding, on Friday we went swimming and every day we had to prepare 40 bags of popcorn to sell around the school. Like last week it was very busy, but we managed to get everything done.

The new boy who joined Lifeskills last week seems to be settling in very well. He's got the same attitude as a lot of thirteen year old boys - what's the point in school - but I think he secretly enjoys it. I don't think his love for school will ever overtake his passion for Star Wars and football, he's even started calling one of the classroom assistants "coach".

We were very glad when Zoe arrived back on Thursday from her brief trip home. She somehow managed to catch a cold during her first couple of days because of the minus two degree temperature... Luckily we'll be arriving back in August (the 13th), so the temperature difference won't be too drastic. Zoe also brought back some very Scottish gifts, one being a tartan Jimmy hat and the other a t-shirt that says "Pure Dead Brilliant" accompanied by a little Scottish flag. It was lovely to receive something very Scottish as a reminder of home!

My ongoing battle with the mosquito population seems to be going well... I haven't seen one in my room for almost two days - a positive sign. They probably know not to enter room W1 now after seeing all their little friends squished against the wall. A few nights ago my mosquito killing skills were required in Kathryn's room, so I headed along with a flip-flop and managed to squash about three... They like to hide in dark places, to match their evil little souls.

Last night we experienced the biggest storm yet and it was terrifying! The storm arrived when all of us were down at the pool, cooling off after a very hot day. It started to rain very heavily so we lay by the side of the pool to keep warm - the stone tiles were like a warm blanket after soaking up the sun all day. Then lightening started to flash and we decided that it might be a good idea to head back inside...When the storm passed right above our heads the thunder was deafening and the lightening lit up the hostel as if it were daytime. Kathryn, Zoe and myself grouped in the hall to watch the storm from the windows. I managed to get some pretty good footage of the thunder and lightening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMt-pqONFWc

Next week I'm in Seniors, it's been a while since I've been in that class so I'm really looking forward to spending time with the children again. Until next Sunday!

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