Wendy's Teacher Training Morning

The teacher training again took place in the local hall. The preschool/ nursery teachers came from far and near for the training, one teacher getting up at 3am in order to travel to Batticaloa to attend the day. After introductions some games were played and then the teachers were divided into groups so that they could rotate and take part in all the activities. Amali and I were doing the creative group and we asked the teacher to create a collage of the Gruffalo, his friends, the woods etc. We asked them questions in an effort to make them think imaginatively. Various craft techniques were used painting, gluing using material, rope gems, crayons and pencils. Each group created some very creative but different work. At the end of the morning we all assembled and certificates and resources were handed out. This was also a birthday celebration for those with birthdays on October, November and December as well as the OST birthday in January. Lunch followed and the team had to pack up and leave at 2pm for the long journey back to Colombo. Our journey to Colombo was very long, but uneventful, so we arrived about 11.30pm to find members of OST team waiting up to meet up.