Fancy a swim?

Day #24

This morning we woke up to a thick fog but it was still fairly warm. By the time we drove to the school it had cleared up and looked like it was going to be a good day. 

Computers this morning again was really good. This type of project is really important especially for those kids who struggle or are behind because it seems like they get left behind. Had a tough time with Simangeliso, he really struggled to see simple number bonds and with basic adding and subtracting but we toke little steps and feel like we took a step forward by the end of the session. 

Again we enjoyed playtime with the kids and got to join in with the cool kids and play football, felt so proud! 

After playtime I had Luchiano. She was a lovely girl and seemed to get more to grips with adding bigger numbers together. 

After lunch it was my time to do the swimming in the afternoon. We started off with a relay obstacle course then took it to the next level and introduced an egg and spoon (a golf ball)! It just got interesting! They seemed to love the competition, boys verse girls and I'm glad to say boys won! But girls won the second race with the egg and spoon. 

Now time to get in the water. We started off by getting the kids to hold onto the wall and kick there legs, plenty of splashing! Then we did another little competition were we threw lots of things into the pool (coins, golf balls, cones, hoops...) and each team got 90 seconds to see how many they could find at the bottom of the pool. Boys won. 

I was the one in the pool with the kids so next we got them swimming around and I held two hoops which they had to swim through under water. They loved it. We try to focus more on the kids having fun as trying to teach them a lot is tough as they are crazy! 

Then we had a playtime in the pool,

I did get pushed in and wrestled a few times which was all good fun then we had some time to jump in and I showed them how to perfect the bomb! 

Loved my first swimming session and can't wait until next weeks one. The kids love it too. After they had all got changed me and Moritz walked them to the Taxi rank at the mall and got them all sorted out with transport home (we pay to send them back to Dunoon.) 

Really enjoying my time with Moritz, we're having some great conversations and becoming good friends! He's a cool guy. This weekend we've planned to go on a tour of Cape Point which should be cool. 

Another great day. 

God bless.