Jordan's Blog - Tuesday 7th June

7/6/2011- day 5 by Jordan Haynes

Today we set off from the apartments and went to Chamrecc School. We started off by helping with the concreting around the stone foundations where the water tank will be placed.  Everyone took a part in it and done well. We also mixed some of the concrete mixture ourselves. We had some free time with the kids where we played games.  I got the kids into a circle and did some basic football skills like heading and passing the ball. I really enjoyed playing games with the kids and getting to know them better and they also enjoyed it.

We all sat in one of the lessons about the male and female reproductive system. It was really good and the kids were very interested to learn and were really enthusiastic. At lunch we were talking to Major Brian, who is a main benefactor for Chamrecc School.  He has lived in Kenya for 11 years and has been involved with the school for 6 years.  He teaches at the school for one and a half days a week.  He told us that the altitude we were at was twice the height of Mount Ben Nevis in England which was interesting to know. We then walked to the pitch with the kids and where we done some football coaching. We had 3 different coaching stations. Station 1 was Chris and Dan, they did a game called alien attack. Station 2 was myself and Sean, we did a game called ‘see it do it’. Station 3 was David and John, they done a game called traffic lights. I really enjoyed coaching, getting involved and also playing the games with the kids.  The kids really enjoyed it and seemed really enthusiastic. Then we went to the pitch where the Sunderland Samba girl’s train, to do some coaching.  We did a game called target, the girls worked really hard in it and they enjoyed it and they seem to love just playing football. Then they girls had a match against each other 6 a side and it was more about passing rather then scoring. They played really well and passed the ball really good. Today was a productive and fun day and I have learned a lot. Today has been the best day so far and will keep getting better.