CEDARVILLE - Day 6

Today we went back to Cedarville Public School, where we gave them our gifts of stationery, sports equipment and lego. We were each given certificates from the school for Community Development in Cedarville and the Headteacher told us that the school motto was 'Enter to Learn; Leave to Serve', but that we had entered to serve and as we left we had learnt. Then some of the girls performed some more dances for us and the choir sung some Xhosa songs and Silent Night. We then went outside and taught the children some parachute games, they all got very excited and did not want to let us go when it was time to say goodbye.

Our next stop was the Pre School and Creche where we gave some toys and craft equipment. We then visited the Cedarville GI (Griqua Independent) School in Cedarville, where we gave them some books and stationery. The Headteacher there showed us around the different classes, some of which were just large wooden garden sheds and he was hoping that we would spend some time decorating the classrooms there, however we have no time left. The pupils there were having a 'Civvies Day' where they got to wear their own clothes.

After lunch, snow came to Cedarville as we began to make Hay Boxes. These are used for cooking where the dish is brought to the boil and then placed in the box to cook slowly in its own heat; however, nowadays the Hay is replaced by two beanbag sacks, one on the bottom and one on the top. The team either cut or sewed or stuffed, and it was the stuffing of the sacks with the polystyrene chips that made Val and Kip's garden look snow covered!

In the evening we had a Braai, with beef, chicken and Vurst. Feeling terribly English we all ate outside, wrapped up in coats, hats and blankets as it was so cold!