The length between my blogs seems to be increasing - much like the length between hot showers!

So it's been a busy couple of months here in Rwanda, working hard at the Teacher Training College (TTC) and assisting the school which is closest to it, having our annual partnership review. There is just one *official* week of college left, then the year three's will take their exams and all will be done until January! I however am training for the next few weeks and working on the model classroom I've started setting up in the TTC. The hope is that students from the local school and nursery will be invited to work in small groups with the student teachers here so they can get a bit more realistic micro-teaching experience before heading off to their 3 month internship in year three. 

I've also moved house, and now live with Simon - the Literacy and Numeracy Advisor at the TTC, so only a 2 minute walk in the morning for me, no noisy town around and hot lunches! 

I had a flying visit home to the UK for ten days in September to celebrate my cousins wedding and 2nd cousins christening - long may they be happy and blessed! It was good to catch up with everyone - if only for a night! and eat lovely food again, thanks to all those who made it special. I'm particularly impressed that my niece is in the Giraffes Class and that I got to drop her off in her first few weeks of school. My nephew is also now causing chaos at nursery two days a week - time flies when you are having fun!  

For now it's all rice sacks, bottle tops and homemade games for me and the students, and the teachers!

The masters is going well too, assignment no.1 in and I'm awaiting the results of the first academic essay I've written in 8 years! It's good to be reading at that higher level again, but I'd totally forgot the brain-work writing and referencing takes.
Anyway, bit of a boring blog, but I thought I'd better check in. For the record - No Ebola in Rwanda and I'm still a muzungu (rich person) to everyone I meet - except the children that live in the animal shed next door, they say "good morning my friend" every time I walk by - day or night! 

And can I just say, I hate the way this bloggin' tool organises my photographs, even being a techie I can't get them to go where I want! Grunt Grunt Give up!