Our new friends from Calvary Presby School who are also our neighbors have been on vacation for a month and we missed them. While they were on vacation our MYP students were busy preparing learning material to be used in their next visit. During last week’s Service in Action period, the class decided to make handmade posters of the alphabet and a corresponding word for the crèche class at Calvary Presby. The posters were beautifully packaged in a box and kept for the visit. This week the class took a walk to meet their friends in their school and once again they bonded and had fun. The seedlings had died and they replanted them again, then they moved to the crèche department to teach them about the posters they made and pasted it on theirwalls afterwards. To crown the visit, both schools came together to play a game. The boys played football and the scores were 2-1 against TIS and the girls played Ampe (a popular Ghanaian game mostly played by girls: players jump up at the same time, clap, and thrust one foot forward as they land. The patterns of legs determine the winner.)

Reflections

Our last visit to Calvary Presby School was the best teaching experience ever! When I heard we were teaching the crèche, I was a bit worried that they wouldn’t listen and that they would be running around but that didn’t happen. The children were excited to see us and were ready to learn. We taught them alphabets, and to make it fun for them we used handmade posters with pictures. I taught a boy called Kofi and he is funny. He made me laugh so much. And a girl called Cindy is kind and nice and she likes giggling a lot. I helped them say doll and ice cream and also helped them spell them too. I would like to go to Calvary and teach the crèche again. They were so good, nice and respectful and they were always ready to learn something new. (Janelle – Grade7)

When we went to Calvary a few days ago, we went to check out the plants that we grew with our friend. Our plant almost died but my friend Kate improvised and started growing something new. We removed all the wrong plants and we started planting new leaves. When everyone was done replanting, and watering their new plants, we went to watch the boys play football and we took some pictures. When our friends came back, we went to play Ampe with them. We played thrice and we won every time. It has been my best experience since we have been there. Our lovely day ended when they had to go to assembly. (Nina Arkaah – Grade 7)