An Emotional Goodbye
I can’t believe that today was the last day of the Soweto to Culcheth visit, it’s gone so fast! After a buffet lunch in the school hall time had come to say our goodbyes to the students and staff from Matseliso school. Families gathered outside school to share some last singing and dancing and tearful…
Family BBQ
After 8 weeks of hot hot sunshine, we just about managed to pull off our last BBQ of the visit this evening before the heavens opened! The Matseliso students had already had a glimpse of the more traditional British weather earlier today on their day trip to Wales, which I don’t think they were really…
Sunday Fun Day
With England getting knocked out of the semi final on Wednesday, today, World Cup final day, could have been a disappointment, but not for us as we had our Sunday Fun Day at Birchwood Golf Club. Here’s a little taste of the Matseliso students performing for us again!
Liverpool City Visit
Be at school for 8.45am on a Saturday??? Seriously??? Well it’s not just any Saturday, today we took the South African visitors into Liverpool for some sightseeing and shopping. We showed them around the Anglican Cathedral, but the lure of Primark got too much, so we spent more time shopping than checking out the sights….
The Raj (Again)
Friday 13th can be unlucky for some, but not for us, as we’re treating the Matseliso students and staff to another British tradition – curry! The Raj have been kind enough to support us again providing us with set menus and drinks to enable us to spend time getting to know each other and finding…
The Big Convo
On Friday 13th July, period 2, we all got together, veterans, apprentices and Matseliso students and staff, in the conference room. To be honest, it was not what I was expected. The whole conversation got very deep as we spoke about depression, mental health and how this project has made us realise how hard we…
Chippy Tea
A visit to Britain would not be complete without a traditional chippy tea. To welcome the Matseliso students we headed out into the village to show them around and then sat together on the village green with our fish and chip supper. It was a great opportunity to get to know our new friends better,…
They’ve Arrived!!!
Anticipation was high today at school as we awaited the arrival of the students from Soweto. After about 15hrs travelling, their flight arrived into Manchester at 12.05, and they finally arrived at CHS in time for period 5. Even after such a long journey the students were cheerful and full of life. We’ve got a…
The Raj
On Sunday 25th March, I was privileged with the opportunity to go to the Raj and fundraise for Culcheth 2 Soweto. My Mum and I were determined to win one of the many prizes, so we ended up buying 50 raffle tickets (don’t tell my Dad!). We never won anything!!! However, one of my good…