What a great week! We were busy teaching Substances this week and decided to try something new with our lessons... we made Powerpoints to teach 2 of our lessons and with another we did a fun Jeopardy Review of all 4 weeks of material. The funniest was when we asked our $250 question for Sexual Health, "How many sperm does it take to fertilize 1 egg?", and Maggie shouted out confidently "1000!" Clearly we had some re-explaining to do! It's been so fun for us this week because we are really seeing the progress we've made with the kids in terms of them wanting to participate and ask questions. We also got some great feedback from teachers, which is really rewarding.
After a weekend without much contact with the community, we were motivated to get further involved with the Inuit of Salluit. We attended church (all in Inuktitut) on Wednesday night, and had a meeting at the Rehab Center Thursday morning. We hadn't really had the time to visit the Rehab Center before, but we are so excited we squeezed it in! It is a safe rehabilitation center for kids 12 to 17 who are young offenders.
Next Wednesday, we're going to teach them a lesson on Puberty, Sex and Dating, and we are teaching a second lesson to the staff about Anger Management and Conflict Resolution to be taught to the kids at a later date. We're pretty excited because the staff at the center was great- so enthusiastic about the project and welcoming. They invited us for dinner and activity with the kids Tuesday evening to give us the chance to get to know them a bit before we teach them the following day!
On Friday night we got our butts kicked at Rock Band and Ping-Pong at the Youth Center and on Saturday night we ran a school dance. We had SO much fun! It was the first time that they've had a dance where the kids actually danced (of course Heidi and I were teaching them some sweet moves- shopping cart, Frosh dance, high kicks etc). We had a solid group of girls who danced the entire 4 hours! Fortunately we had bought a foam Queen's Football- and used it as a prize to bribe the boys to hit the D-floor. Once we got them out there they were loving it- and Heidi even ran through the Hip-Hop routine she had been teaching with some of the boys from her "crew". At the end of the night, everyone was smiling (the boy that won the prize said "it was one of the best nights ever!" and they've convinced the principal to have another dance this Friday before we leave!
We have a busy week ahead (our last week, we can't believe it!)... teaching Monday and Tuesday at Ikusik, Wednesday at the Rehab Center, Thursday at the primary school and back to Ikusik on Friday for a Decorate-Your-Own Cupcake Extravaganza with all of the kids as a final farewell. We are so sad to leave, but know we still have some exciting days before we head South!
That's it from Salluit!
xoxo- The Dancing Queen's
That's hilarious (about the dance)! At the community Friday Fun Night, some of the kids from our 6/7/8 class were playing some sweet beats so Layla and I had a little dance party. None of them joined in, they all sort of watched in astonishment/amusement and asked if we were on drugs. They didn't get it when Layla replied that she was high on life. We were convinced we could've gotten the boys dancing had we had more time.
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of you two. Brings tears of happiness to my eyes that you are sharing so much knowledge and bringing so much joy to these kids lives! Amazing work! Love the read.... can't wait to see you both!
ReplyDelete~ Mom (Penny)
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