We woke up normal time, we had white pineapple slices, juice and bread with Nutella (which we bought from the supermarket) in the morning. Later we went to the mangrove forest and Rosemary explained all about how the forest made the perfect ecosystem for young fish and other creatures such as small crabs. After a while we did an activity where we wrote poems about about the 5 senses. The view of the white, red and black mangroves were stunning and I can now tell the difference between all the different leaves.
With the book bus group, we returned back to the first school that we had visited and had a new and exciting lesson plan for the children. We split up into 3 groups to have an all round presence in each class and read and acted out 'The Bear Hunt' in a repeat after me manner - we have a great time lapse, have you seen it? We obviously had to sing our number one hit 'Che Che Cole' for the children before we kicked off the activities. With The Book Bus we try to have the activities correlate to the book we read together so; we had the create and decorate head bands with bear ears and a little nose on them. This went down so well as they all took on the character of an actual bear creeping around the room and grizzling at us all. After some independent free reading, we went over 'The Bear Hunt' again so that they could make their own step by step map of all the locations that the family had to travel through to get to the cave and find the bear. It was something new that they don't usually do as an activity but they took it on board and got really into it making the sound effects to help them remember the order. As well as the maps, we gave them a word search of the key words from the book in Spanish and their English translation which they started and completed in no time.
Saying goodbye was hard after such a fun time getting to know the children and their competitive football personalities at break, but after all the hugs and waves we knew we had accomplished what we had come out to do.
After leaving the school we stopped off to see the progress and hard work that the conservation team had made. The path and plants that they had created and planted were perfect and we're all very proud of their dedication and tireless work. Once we had picked up them up in our open side public bus called a chivaas, we headed back to the hotel to get our swim suits and towels ready for snorkelling at Las Grietas in the afternoon.
The depth of the water went down 4 meters within the lagoon and was home to many fish including parrot fish and one particularly large catfish. The water was as clear as glass which was an incredible sight to see. At first the water was freezing but you had to just brave it and dive straight in and let your body become accustomed to the cold. After swimming around for a little while and getting used to the water, we all gathered round (more like treaded water vigorously to stay afloat) so that I (Zoe) could finally make my promise and officially join the Senior Section of Girlguiding. It was a first for me and also for Steph to initiate someone into the senior section as she had recently been awarded her leader certificate whilst on the equator.
To follow into the evening we went to blue tent restaurant, as a whole group, with the life changing chicken for our final meal on the island Santa Cruz.
After the wonderful evening spent with the leaders, others Rangers, the Book Bus and conservation project organisers, the G Adventures guides (with one of their sons as a plus one) we came back to the hotel and did a treasure trash session - but not before a quick game of 'Simon says' and a vocal solo by Mauricio's ten year old son!!
Emily and Zoe
With the book bus group, we returned back to the first school that we had visited and had a new and exciting lesson plan for the children. We split up into 3 groups to have an all round presence in each class and read and acted out 'The Bear Hunt' in a repeat after me manner - we have a great time lapse, have you seen it? We obviously had to sing our number one hit 'Che Che Cole' for the children before we kicked off the activities. With The Book Bus we try to have the activities correlate to the book we read together so; we had the create and decorate head bands with bear ears and a little nose on them. This went down so well as they all took on the character of an actual bear creeping around the room and grizzling at us all. After some independent free reading, we went over 'The Bear Hunt' again so that they could make their own step by step map of all the locations that the family had to travel through to get to the cave and find the bear. It was something new that they don't usually do as an activity but they took it on board and got really into it making the sound effects to help them remember the order. As well as the maps, we gave them a word search of the key words from the book in Spanish and their English translation which they started and completed in no time.
Saying goodbye was hard after such a fun time getting to know the children and their competitive football personalities at break, but after all the hugs and waves we knew we had accomplished what we had come out to do.
After leaving the school we stopped off to see the progress and hard work that the conservation team had made. The path and plants that they had created and planted were perfect and we're all very proud of their dedication and tireless work. Once we had picked up them up in our open side public bus called a chivaas, we headed back to the hotel to get our swim suits and towels ready for snorkelling at Las Grietas in the afternoon.
The depth of the water went down 4 meters within the lagoon and was home to many fish including parrot fish and one particularly large catfish. The water was as clear as glass which was an incredible sight to see. At first the water was freezing but you had to just brave it and dive straight in and let your body become accustomed to the cold. After swimming around for a little while and getting used to the water, we all gathered round (more like treaded water vigorously to stay afloat) so that I (Zoe) could finally make my promise and officially join the Senior Section of Girlguiding. It was a first for me and also for Steph to initiate someone into the senior section as she had recently been awarded her leader certificate whilst on the equator.
To follow into the evening we went to blue tent restaurant, as a whole group, with the life changing chicken for our final meal on the island Santa Cruz.
After the wonderful evening spent with the leaders, others Rangers, the Book Bus and conservation project organisers, the G Adventures guides (with one of their sons as a plus one) we came back to the hotel and did a treasure trash session - but not before a quick game of 'Simon says' and a vocal solo by Mauricio's ten year old son!!
Emily and Zoe
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