Last thursday we were finally able to get a new local school to come visit OSC for an activity session, thanks to Mr. Shipley, Ms Lilani, and Greta for their involvement in getting the school to come. A group of about 10 or 11 kids came ages ranging from 9-14. When they arrived, they were first given a tour of the school by Diana and Greta. Anthony had planned out and led the first activity of Baseball/Softball with a few more of the guy members of the group. The kids seemed to enjoy this activity and understood the concept with minimal english skills. However, the sky looked very grey so we decided to move on to a game where everyone was involved with each other more. Capture the flag was the choice. This game took a while longer to explain but in the end, everyone understood the rules and seemed to have fun doing so. To my amazement everyone participated and interacted with the children, especially those usually too shy or scared to do so. In my opinion this increased the group's leadership and risk taking skills. These two games took up most of our time so in the end we brought the children inside to provide a drink and some snacks. This was a lovely group of kids and we enjoyed getting to know them and playing games with them. Hopefully we will be able to build a better relationship with them.
Pictures were taken by Max, and are to be uploaded soon.
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