Year 5
Day 3
Yangshuo water caves
Dear Brenda,
We are delighted to confirm receipt your Presentation Proposal ‘"Banana split Phonics" making the teaching of phonics fun and meaningful’ at our forthcoming EYE SPI event.
Next steps:
We will now begin collating the individual requirements of our workshop facilitators and will be in contact with you to confirm your workshop location, available resources and address any specific needs you have. We hope to be able to share event logistics with you by Monday 12 December.
Until then, should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact.
Thank you for taking the time to submit your proposal. We look forward to working with you.
Kind regards,
Emma
on behalf of EYE SPI Team
On day three we were woken up by the now familiar call of Mr. Healing. However, some of us (me, Daruish and Kobe) slept straight through and had to be woken up by the teachers and brought over to breakfast late. We had to eat last but we eventually caught up with the group. We walked the distance to the parking lot and we all boarded the bus to the Yangshuo water caves.
The cave entrance was actually a river so we had to board a boat and enter in two groups via a single wooden boat. After we were inside we toured the cave and learned about stalagmites and stalactites. Stalactites are an icicle-shaped formation that hang from the ceiling and stalagmites are the opposite on the ground and grow taller. After the caving activity on the way out we encountered a big mud pool and many of us decided to "jump" in and splash everyone around them.
After about ten minutes, people were covered with mud beyond recognition and were laughing like crazy. Mercifully Eapo told them to get out and get dressed (they had swimming gear on) into their shirts, and everyone set off for the bus stop at the entrance and boarded the old bus and headed off to base camp.
A truly international education