Sir William Perkins school students group arrived safely in Ghana. The team looked more excited and enthusiastic. They were picked at the airport by the Partner Schools Worldwide staff and transferred to Kokomlemle Hotel in Accra for overnight.Expect more updates as they begin a ten day visit to their Partner School, Bantuma Basic School after...Read More
DAY 5 Today we continued painting the school. We finished white washing all of the classrooms and started designs on the walls of two. We painted on the alphabet above the black boards of two classrooms and painted numbers on the side wall. The artists of the group drew human body parts and domestic animals...Read More
DAY 4 Today was our first day of painting at the school and we were asked to paint 3 classrooms. We didn’t think that would be possible if we had to paint on a base coat and paint all the designs the teacher wanted, but to our surprise we managed to paint all 3 base...Read More
The 2013 Sir William Perkins team have arrived safely in Elmina and are preparing for their first day at Bantuma school. This morning will see an exciting welcome ceremony and the commencement of projects. Good luck to them and Bantuma. Please keep an eye on this blog and Partner Ghana’s facebook: http://www.facebook.com/partnerghana for more updates.Read More
DAY 1 We arrived in Accra at 22:30 and immediately we felt the heat as we stepped out of the plane. We then walked to the bus which has open sides which meant we had to watch out for branches.We got to the hotel at 00:00 and went straight to sleep. The next morning we...Read More
Day 8 Today was culture day. Bantuma school was packed with loads of people and a PA system. We started off by singing several traditional English songs including ‘Oranges and Lemons’ and our National Anthem. We also performed some Irish dance. We finished off doing the hokey-cokey with about 100 people! Next, Gifty, a teacher...Read More
Ghana has been a very interesting experience and whilst we have been out here, we have been reflecting on the following questions: Question 1 – What were you expecting and what is reality? Has your visit challenged stereotypes about Ghana or Africa? Expecting it to be -less developed -more rain -less rubbish -no TV’s or...Read More
DAY 1 We landed at Accra at 9pm on Saturday 7th July after several hours of travelling. We all felt the heat when we stepped off the plane; it was really hot and humid. We then waited for Soli and William who drove us to the guesthouse in Accra. Although it was dark there were...Read More
The Sir William Perkins team arrived late last night in Accra and, after staying overnight at a guesthouse, are now on their way to Bantuma Junior High School. Watch this space for more updates!Read More
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