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A new community for Volunteers

1 Nov 2007
Volunteers received incredible welcome ceremony. The kindergarten classes in Besease were not anywhere near the level of the children in Brenu. Volunteers had to teach children how to hold pencils, how to write each letter and number, where to start writing on the page and where to continue writing when you reach the end of the line. This was real back to basics and it was a constant uphill battle for the volunteers with very little support from teachers and before we were able to obtain additional premises to teach in there was over 150 children in one classroom. A catalogue of worksheets was created by volunteers over the year mainly focusing on the shapes of letters and the combination of letters and short sentences. A volunteer in Besease who specialised in Maths created some excellent maths worksheets that have been continually used in both communities. Other English and art worksheets were also created tailored specifically for the level of the students at Besease. Volunteers also held fun art lessons. Records on each child were kept in Besease. In KG1 it included an assessment of each child’s strengths, weakness and character/behaviour profile and in KG2 each child’s worksheets have been kept in addition to the above. A stunning mural was painted in KG1 brightening up a very depressingly gloomy classroom. The award for the largest number of students in the class in one day goes to Tom Ashworth with 78 children.

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