Tuesday 9th December DAY 19

Today was lovely. The teacher was at school all day, and it took the pressure away from me. She could see what I was trying to achieve with the work sheets I had prepared, which meant she could explain to the children what they had to do far more quickly than I could do. Khem, the co-ordinator at CCS Trang, had a long talk with her this morning, and explained that the Volunteers must always have a teacher in the classroom with them. In actual fact, it's better when they are not there, as long as there are 2 Volunteers working together. The feed back from the teacher was good. She told Khem that the children had learnt a lot, and were now ahead of classes higher than them. I was really happy to hear that.
Tomorrow is a public holiday-Constitution Day. We three girls are going to take advantage of the day and go for a tour of some of the Islands around Trang. It is an organised trip, but it will all be in Thai, we think! Very interesting!!!
We have our final Thai language lesson later today. The best preparation I did for this trip was my Thai language lessons. It has meant that I am not completely lost in the classroom, and I can pick up snippets of conversation. It's still a difficult language- so much vocabulary to remember. The Thai's speak sooo quickly! I suppose we do when they hear us talking. Tit for Tat.
More tomorrow. Thanks for the comments. Hope Perth is going well for you Helen and Liam. The floor sounds good Col. New Rule---no outdoor shoes on new floor!!!!