#TeamHaringey6 conquer Tanzania and excel at their work experience
Featured News / 22 March
Here are the final week of #TeamHaringey6 students amazing adventure to Tanzania - this trip was part of global citizenship project where students will gain experience in supporting local communities through farming, teaching and leadership activities #H6Experience #LoveOurColleges
Day 6: Thursday
Some of us were feeling a little drained from the gardening work, but we arrived to school and were pleasantly surprised to see that some of the plots we had prepared had plants sprouting from them! An eager teacher had seen the plots prepared and didn't know we were coming back, they decided that they didn’t want to see our work standing idly by so they planted seedlings to maintain the land.
We finished planting the rest of the seeds in the remaining plots, spent our break playing with the children. We then got together with our teachers and thought of a plan for the rest of the day as we had finished our work a little early. We took our free afternoon as an opportunity to explore more of the town Arusha, visiting markets old and new. We visited 'Shange Shanga' an establishment that provides a creative space for local people living with disabilities, enabling them to sell their art. We had the opportunity to bead, glass blow and make bracelets. It was both beautiful and educational.
Day 7: Friday
Today we completed the final piece of our planting project. We teamed up with some of the older children at the school to dig holes and plant fruit and shading trees across the school grounds. The avocado and orange trees we planted will contribute to a sustainable food supply for those children at the school who cannot afford school meals. Currently these students do not have any food/lunch during their school day. We are so proud of our gardening achievements and many of us dedicated our trees to loved ones as we planted them. After our day at school we headed home to the hub to excitedly prepare for this weekend's safari trip
Day 8: Safari Weekend-Saturday
We were all up early on Saturday, eagerly awaiting the safari jeeps. We left at dawn, around 6am and started our long Journey to Tarangiri national park. It took us three hours to get there stopping a few times along the way and just taking in the scenery as we travelled out of Arusha and far from home. The real fun began when when we actually got into the park, it was amazing! We saw antelope and wild hogs and a herd of elephants, as we continued deeper into the park we were blessed with the sight of a lion it was by far the best sight of the day, we also encountered giraffes, water bucks and the breathtaking Baobab Tree. Then we stopped for lunch and let’s just say it was “eventful” and by that I mean we were surrounded by monkeys out on a mission to steal our food, it’s safe to say we ate in fear that day and boy did we eat quick because those monkeys were no joke a few of them actually succeeded in snatching some bites from right under our noses and with that we retreated to our jeeps and took off in search for some other animals. We were fortunate to see another herd of elephants on our way out, it was truly an unforgettable experience. After the safari we travelled for a few more hours to our campsite up on a mountain. We were greeted by around one hundred baboons on our way up the steep inclines. When we arrived we found we were perched right near the top of a mountain with tents to sleep in and Masai guards to keep the campsite safe.
Our tents were surprisingly cozy and the food was impeccable, but the best part that would leave us in awe for years to come was the sight of the night sky clear and full of stars, more stars than I have ever seen my whole life. Sleeping underneath the stars was truly magnificent.
Day 9: Sunday
Sunday we had another early departure followed by another long drive to NGORONGORO crater. The crater was gargantuan, bigger than anything I had ever seen before. Our tour guide explained to us that the crater was formed 200million years ago by a massive volcanic eruption which caused the volcano to collapse in on itself and formed this massive structure. We drove into the crater and it was lush with wildlife, lakes, trees, everything you could’ve possibly imagined. We first saw two male lions seeking shade between the Jeeps, then we continued onwards to see herds of wilder beasts, buffalo and zebras it was amazing. Travelling near the lake we saw flocks of flamingos and even a few short glimpses of a hippopotamus. A little later we saw the rarest sight a black rhino one of the few left of his kind I can’t explain how lucky we felt to have witnessed it. When we stopped for lunch we were harassed again this time by hawks! We all decided to eat our meals in the Jeeps, by far the safest choice. We continued travelling seeing more glimpses of hippos and finally a a prowling lionesses mere inches from our Jeep she was a sight to behold as were her cubs a little later down the line. We made our departure travelling hours back to Arusha with memories that would last a lifetime.
Day 10: Monday
Back to work! Monday was our first official visit into the classrooms. We were so excited but not as much as the children were! They were thrilled to have us in the class as Elizabeth our Tanzanian chaperone preformed the perfect workshop that both taught and actively engaged the children. It was an amazing feeling knowing that we were actually making a difference in children’s lives. When we got back to hub we began our lesson planning for the next day when it would be our turn to lead the workshops. We worked and designed tirelessly to make the perfect lesson plan to enact tomorrow.
Day 12:
Today we prepared to face yet another day with the children at Usa River Primary school. We spent the night before preparing workshops for Grade 1 & 3. We separated into two groups, one which focused on phonetic sounds such as fruits and vegetables and the other focused on body parts. Once we arrived to the school each group got the chance to teach the kids something new whether that be a song or spellings etc. It also helped us as students expand our confidence and experience!
We also finally got the opportunity to plant our signs/labels for the farming we did the week before. After that we unfortunately had to say goodbye to the children and headed back to the hub for a delicious lunch and once again prepped for another workshop for the next day. Then we got some time for ourselves to relax and cool off from the day and have dinner and call it a early night!
Day 13:
Today was yet another busy day for the H6 kids as we started our day early with some breakfast then headed straight to the school. Group A headed straight to Grade 3 for some more phonetics of fruits and vegetables lessons as did Group B for some more lessons on the body parts (mouth and hand). Today was exceptionally amazing as we got the opportunity to experience the kindergarten class singing to us before heading off to teach our class where i especially got to show off my teaching skills. After that we headed back to the hub and had a quick lunch and got ourselves together before heading back out to the market (one of our favourite places). We got the opportunity to get a few last things such as abayas, fans, bracelets etc. We said goodbye to the aunties and uncles that we befriended along the way and ended our adventure with a treat at KFC and then dinner at the hub (where we once again dodged a bat) and worked on our workshops for tomorrow and called it a night once again.
For the last two weeks our Health and Social Care Extended Diploma groups had their work experience placements with great success. The students were placed in Prothero House, Lorenco House, Entry and Foundation, as well as in Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. Feedback was extremely positive from all the supervisors, as well as the residents/patients.
Students took part in shadowing staff, assisting in teaching, running quizzes for the residents, doing exercise with the residents, music and singing with the staff and residents, filling in residents activity sheets, playing dominoes, creating posters for International Woman's Day with the residents, etc.
All of us in the Health and Care department would like to give a special thanks to Daniele Nocchi and Elina and Elena Michaells for all of their support in making sure that the students were motivated, engaged, professional and organised. Both were highly commended by the staff at Lorenco House and Prothero House of their contributions and hard work. in making sure that the students go the best of their work experience placements. Thank you Daniele and Elina.
Also a special thanks to Androulla Charalambous and all of the staff who were involved in Entry and Foundation for placing half of your Health and Social Care students them. Androulla and the teaching team in Entry and Foundation helped our students develop the skills and attributes necessary, and understand what it's like to work with students with special additional needs to help them reach their full potential. We really appreciate it.
Here are some photographs to showcase some of the activities the students were doing whilst on work experience.
So thrilled to hear that our amazing Health and Social Care and T-Level in Early Years and Childcare students have enjoyed their adventure of conquering Tanzania and have built up on their #H6Experience #MoreThanACollege #DiscoverTheDifference
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