Bags and fabric markers, sticks and coloured paper all courtesy of Nuria and her magnificent organisational skills and planning.
Sunday, 11 August 2019
Teaching days in July & August were fun with our enthusiastic and energetic students.
We researched the internet and asked our teacher friends for guidance on teaching English to students that speak a foreign language and found many suitable games, for example pictionary.
We had to change it up a bit as our students were as young as 6yrs old and up to 16yrs old, they appeared to enjoy it, and each day we grew a little more confident in our endeavours. It was definitely a rewarding experience.
Here are some photos ... can you guess what they are?
We all made good use to of the white board..
We researched the internet and asked our teacher friends for guidance on teaching English to students that speak a foreign language and found many suitable games, for example pictionary.
We had to change it up a bit as our students were as young as 6yrs old and up to 16yrs old, they appeared to enjoy it, and each day we grew a little more confident in our endeavours. It was definitely a rewarding experience.
Here are some photos ... can you guess what they are?
We all made good use to of the white board..
..And asked them what they liked and disliked, they loved the yoga cards that Nuria brought :)
We also had fun with 'Natural Disasters' and 'Chinese whispers'...
30th July Bethlehem visit... 🇵🇸🇵🇸
A very hot & busy week, lots has happened so bringing you up to speed with the visit to Bethlehem Aida refugee camp - we met some of the local residents, watched some (shocking) short films about life here & how UNRWA have been able help support the camp with all sorts of skilled crafts training/workshops, music & dance /drama rooms, a working kitchen and an outdoor playground.
Some of our students were a little emotional with the content of the films, not surprising when we were told that the Israeli army use the camp as their training ground to fire bullets, shoot teargas into the playground and buildings, and spray skunk smelling water into their homes here.
Despite this unsettling information the students were able to make good use of the playground, and afterwards we made our way to the Church of the Nativity - where Jesus was born.
A very hot & busy week, lots has happened so bringing you up to speed with the visit to Bethlehem Aida refugee camp - we met some of the local residents, watched some (shocking) short films about life here & how UNRWA have been able help support the camp with all sorts of skilled crafts training/workshops, music & dance /drama rooms, a working kitchen and an outdoor playground.
Some of our students were a little emotional with the content of the films, not surprising when we were told that the Israeli army use the camp as their training ground to fire bullets, shoot teargas into the playground and buildings, and spray skunk smelling water into their homes here.
Despite this unsettling information the students were able to make good use of the playground, and afterwards we made our way to the Church of the Nativity - where Jesus was born.
These posts are a couple of weeks out of date due to poor reception and issues logging into the blog the whole 3 weeks in Abu Dis - so apologies in advance 😊
27th July - we took the students to Al Quds University here in Abu Dis.
Our students met with students from a summer camp in Jerusalem - just the other side of the separation wall - they all had an opportunity to share their stories - it was sad to hear them take a turn to talk about how they have been affected by the occupation, by the Israeli army or Israeli police. They talked about how they have had to adapt their behaviour when commuting to school, or out visiting with friends or out playing; to be more aware of their surroundings, to not even have hands in pockets for fear of being accused of hiding a weapon, being arrested or worse shot (!), always with an ear open just in case of trouble.
Heartbreaking - This is not okay. With deep breaths I managed to hold back the tears because their childhoods have been stolen.
27th July - we took the students to Al Quds University here in Abu Dis.
Our students met with students from a summer camp in Jerusalem - just the other side of the separation wall - they all had an opportunity to share their stories - it was sad to hear them take a turn to talk about how they have been affected by the occupation, by the Israeli army or Israeli police. They talked about how they have had to adapt their behaviour when commuting to school, or out visiting with friends or out playing; to be more aware of their surroundings, to not even have hands in pockets for fear of being accused of hiding a weapon, being arrested or worse shot (!), always with an ear open just in case of trouble.
Heartbreaking - This is not okay. With deep breaths I managed to hold back the tears because their childhoods have been stolen.
Monday, 5 August 2019
Jericho
When it’s 39 degrees in the shade, the only sensible thing to do is to jump in the pool of course!
Bethlehem
Day trip #2 took us to Bethlehem where we went to the Aida refugee camp founded in 1950! We got a tour of the camp and two local organisations and then had some free time at the playground where the boys had a great time playing football.
Later in the day we took our group to the Church of the Nativity which they seemed to be very interested in!
After a walk around the souk it was time to head back to Abu Dis 🌞
Later in the day we took our group to the Church of the Nativity which they seemed to be very interested in!
After a walk around the souk it was time to head back to Abu Dis 🌞
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