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Cornist Park, Flintshire
" We had a very enjoyable day - thank you. The children have been really enthusiastic and the workshops provided the perfect stimulus for generating some 'Big Questions' on which to focus their group research."
The journey presentation - Lots of interesting facts- helped set the scene very well
Artefacts - Children really enjoyed workshop, but would have liked more time to draw and learn about them
African dance - This is what the children remember
the most!
Even our most reluctant boys joined in - must have been good!
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Cam Woodfield Junior School, Gloucestershire
Extracts from children's letters - Yr 3/4
"Thank you for a wonderful day. I hope you had
a good time like all of us.
I enjoyed describing the tools and musical instruments from Africa."
" Thank you for teaching us to speak in an African language. I really enjoyed your African dancing especially when you put a cushion on your bottom!"
" I really enjoyed learning about the things that they use. I enjoyed learning about the broom and how they use things differently to us. Africa must be really hot because we wear jackets and they wear short tops. I loved when you taught us how to say our numbers in Mandinka. Thank you. I really enjoyed it. It was really fun"
" Thank you so much for coming. I have learnt so much about Africa today. It was very interesting and I enjoyed it. I think the most interesting bit was in the hall (the artefacts) and you told us some words and songs in Mandinka and thank you for telling us a web site. It must be very fun to go to Janjanbureh and learn about life and how different it is to ours."
" Thank you very much for sharing your future with us. I really loved it. It is nice of you. Africa is a lovely country."
" I really was interested. I was touched and loved
that song and that dance was funny.
I liked finding what the things were for."
" I had a brilliant time and I learned a lot about Africa. I wish you could come again and again but you can't. I enjoyed you being here."
" It was a pleasure talking to you. Thank you
so much for coming in and telling us how Africans live. I loved the bit
where you taught how to say numbers in Mandinka language. It makes me
astonished how quick they learn their languages."
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Berkeley Primary School, Gloucestershire
Thank you for a very informative and fun day. Very
well organised and a day to remember. Excellent value. Fantastic selection
of artefacts
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Bredon Hancock's Primary, Worcestershire. Year 3 half day session
Thank you for a wonderful afternoon last Friday. The children really enjoyed themselves and learnt so much from your excellent presentation and artefacts. We had a discussion later and it was pleasing to note how much information the children had gained from your visit. They loved the dancing, counting and singing; I am surprised that so many of them remembered the word for toes!!!
Today, we had a look at the web site They have really enjoyed researching more facts as they found the web site easy to navigate enabling them to find what they wanted quickly......