Maps of Abu Dis

In the short amount of time we had with grade 8 we tried to do as many activities as possible. In one of our sessions we thought it would be a good idea to ask the boys to draw up maps of where they live, and their school, to show the students in Achland Burhley. We began the lesson by asking the class all about maps and what they are used for and what important landmarks might be on a map. The boys worked in pairs and produced some beautiful maps. Both classes took to the activity very well and seemed eager to present their hometowns.. 

It would be great if Acland Burley could draw some maps of Camden so that we could show the boys in Arab Insitute. This would be a great way of strengthening twinning knowledge. 

We hope to bring the maps to Acland Burley when we get back to London! 

Getting creative with twinning

To introduce twinning we ran a number of activities in our classes. To start off we brainstormed everything we knew about England, Palestine, Camden and Twinning and encouraged the boys to draw and write what they knew about each place. See photos below….. Some of the boys drew Big Ben and wrote the Beatles and lots of them drew the Dome of the Rock and the wall. This activity worked well and the boys were very enthusiastic about drawing and seeing the other groups present what they had drawn.  In the next lesson we turned this into a group quiz, in which the boys had to answer 10 questions about Palestine and the UK and about twinning. Although they were very confused at first they welcomed the new idea with enthusiasm.

Introducing Twinning to Grade 8.

For the past few weeks we (group 7) have been working with both 8th and 11th grade classes in Arab Institute. Our time here has past so quickly and we are very sad to leave  the teachers and boys behind as we feel we have made a strong connection with all of them. 

Working with both grade 8A and 8B has been very interesting as this grade is new to the concept of twinning. The past volunteer groups have been working with 9th grade, but Moein (the head of the English department) thought it would be a good idea to start the idea afresh with the younger groups. 

Here is a photo of Grade 8a boys saying Hello!