Day 4 of teaching and I think we're starting to get the hang of it. Lessons today consisted of lots of singing. Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Dont Stop Believing echoed throughout the whole school. Games like splat were also introduced in the lessons, creating jokes that lasted the whole day.
Another hectic break time awaited us after our second lesson. Unfortunately, the prior practice didn't do us much help. Regardless, we still spent the whole time interacting and playing with as many kids as we possibly could.
Becca
Today we (Eliza, the two James and Mr Coward) went to a nearby school and did two lots of workshops with a total of 4 trombones and 12 trumpets! They were all quite distracted, but we were outside and it was very hot with a high of 30 degrees! After we did this workshop we returned to BAM and taught for another hour and a quarter. I taught my first individual lesson today with Gibril, one of our Bursary recipients, (all the others have been 4 or more people) which was very nice, on top of this we were inside which was much cooler.
Eliza T
After an early meal, we headed over to the British Council for a concert. We were shown up by all the other acts, including traditional dances, music and even skits. Our favourites included the Bono dancing (topless cultural dancing ) and the Five Star Brass Ensemble playing Disco Lives, where we all joined in singing and dancing (but not very well).
Later on, we got back to LACS and had some delicious kababs and traditional street food from the concert. We're all excited but at the same time upset about our last day of teaching tomorrow, but everyone's looking forward to the infamous football match.
Becca and Eliza
