http://www.cafod.org.uk/resources/primary special focus http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/logos/sharing_our_world_image/53908-2-eng-GB/sharing_our_world_image_small.jpg http://www.cafod.org.uk/resources/primary http://www.cafod.org.uk/resources/primary/panels/special-focus/ethiopia-blog-feed http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2008/08/23/ethiopia-final-week/ Our last week has been a bit crazy. There was so much to be done: tidying up assessments, final grammar tests, preparing for the “Oliver” performance, a night out with the admin staff, buying presents for the sisters… On top of all that, we have had lots of visitors. Four students and two teachers from Castle Knock in [...] http://cafod.wordpress.com/?p=713 http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2008/08/17/ethiopia-oliver/ A couple of weeks ago we had the brainwave of using the story “Oliver Twist” for reading and comprehension with our classes. I’m not sure how Charles Dickens would feel about having his classic novel reduced to two sides of A4, but it has worked so well! The children here identify with Oliver. Most of them have also [...] http://cafod.wordpress.com/?p=686 http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2008/08/17/ethiopia-arts-and-crafts/ Our latest idea for Wednesday activity day at the Streetchildren Project was an arts and crafts day. I had brought some wire and a selection of tiny coloured beads from England for making jewellery.  Janet decided to make papier-mache pinatas by covering inflated balloons with newspaper dipped in flour and water. Pauline learnt a few origami instructions from the internet [...] http://cafod.wordpress.com/?p=683 http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2008/08/15/ethiopia-remarkable-children/ After five weeks here we are getting to know some of the children’s stories - most of them are difficult to hear. Tekeste is in class 3 - my brightest class. He is a little star. Always listens with great attention, tries to answer every question, and is so helpful. When I first arrived I thought he was [...] http://cafod.wordpress.com/?p=681 http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2008/08/12/ethiopia-alitena/ This weekend we plucked up our courage and visited another of the Daughters of Charity communities in Tigray - this time at Alitena four hours drive North. Why did we need courage? Alitena is close to the Eritraean border, and the border is still being negotiated since the war a few years ago. We were told not [...] http://cafod.wordpress.com/?p=669