downtown adventures

day two in northway primary school.

allison, another girl on my trip, and i have been working in a year one class (known as kindergarten in the usa). today, we watched the children read then practice their lettering. after this, they had a "stranger danger" presentation by two police officers. the officers wore charlie chaplin-esque hats. pretty neat! after this, the children practiced for their assembly that they are performing for the rest of the school and their parents on thursday morning. they are doing a news report skit about holidays at the seaside, since their summer holidays are coming up soon. they also sing a few songs, and these songs have been stuck in my head all day. after practice, the entire school had a sports day. we got to go outside with the children and jump rope, dribble a football (aka soccer ball), play basketball, dance, run, throw and catch, and hula hoop. i had so much fun today! out at sports day, all of the teachers were not only facilitating the activities, but they were participating in each one. my mentor teacher even took off her high-heeled shoes to dance and jump rope with the children! i loved seeing teachers engaged in their students in this way!

after school, we walked back to liverpool hope, and we had lunch and class. short class today. after class, a few of us headed downtown to shop. we had to take taxis, but we got split up into three taxis, and we ended up getting separated from four of the girls in our group. this was unfortunate, because we were all planning on spending the evening together. regardless, we all had fun in our smaller groups. stacy, nicholle, nydia, allison, brooke, kendall, and i walked around liverpool one, a shopping district right downtown. i got a fun clear/green umbrella that comes down around my whole head. most of the shops closed at 5pm, so we walked over to albert dock and saw the water, boats, and wales! afterwards, we walked back to the city centre and had dinner at an irish pub called o'neill's. we got 3.49 pounds dinner specials! cheese & bacon burger with chips. we then caught a cab back to campus. i talked to the driver. he is not a huge football fan, but he may listen to the game on saturday night. i only asked because england plays the usa on saturday in the world cup match! you should all watch. the cab driver also pointed out to us all of the best pubs in liverpool. some of them could be fun to visit!

when we got back to campus, we met back up with the other group of girls, and we talked about what we did. the other group found the cavern, a Beatles' pub. a few of us then walked around our little town square area. lauren and i needed to find the bank to switch some of our money around. we then went to the abbey friar for deep-fried mars bars (chocolates). delicious! tasted like a creme-filled donut. we hung out, watched some friends, and now i am here in my room getting ready for bed.

goodnight, mates!