Support
Well, we are always looking for people to join us in this exciting venture so the more the merrier. Here are ways that you can support us:
*Join the Swanshurst World Challenge group.
* Get your form to organise just one fundraising event for the year towards the playground.
* If you know of family/ friends who can donate resources or sponsor our project, please let either Mrs Royal or Mrs Wensley know.
Do keep visiting this webpage for details of upcoming fundraising events.
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Day 13
After a night in a tent squished between Gaia, with her sleep talking, and Heather, lying on me I got to wake up really early and start my second day as leader. My first responsibility was to give the rest of the group their wake up call. As I went round the tents unzipping the doors, I got to se...
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Day 12 – Friday 22nd July 2011
Today was quite interesting. It was our last day at our project accommodation and everybody was feeling quite down. Firstly, we had to wake up and pack all our things away into our suitcases in order to be ready for 9.30. After we packed, we made breakfast and cleaned up the rooms and kitchen. Th...
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Day 11- July 21st ‘Last day at the nursery’
Woke up at 6 and started on breakfast as per usual and then loaded up the bus to go to the nursery. We arrived and all the children were all hyped for the new playground and they kept running around the building now quoting the freshly painted alphabet. It’s good to see it’s apprecia...
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Day 10 – ‘The baking Day!’
Today was the first time that the team was split into subgroups. When we were planning the day it seemed really hard but when it came to the crunch everyone co-operated and was very understanding.
Greetings from Ghana - Mrs Royal
It’s 6a.m here and I am on the laptop and the girls are in bed but thought it a prime opportunity to send a blog!
Although the project phase of the expedition is now over, we still have a couple of days of visits before the flight back home so it’s not over until it’s ov...
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Day 9- July 19th “back to work”
As leader I was very keen to get the group back to work. We planned to get wake up at 8:00am so we could fit in an extra hour’s sleep, so we booked transport to arrive at 9:30am however the transport arrived over an hour early, and this started off a race against time! We eventually got rea...
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Day 8 – Monday 18th July
With our rest and relaxation phase coming to a close, it was time to leave the beautiful Green Turtle Lodge and return to our project in Takoradi. We had an early start – waking up at 6:00am - so naturally it was all smiles and joy from the rest of the girls when I went around to do the wak...
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Day 7- 17th July - “The break we deserved”
Today was my day to lead the group, and to be honest I was dreading it.... but luckily we were on rest and relaxation- Green turtle lodge, our first full day here! From the name I’m sure you get that this was time for the group to rest and relax; surely we did!
In comparison to ever...
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Day 6 - 16th July
5.30 am. Even that on its own sounds awful. No fifteen years old should ever get up at 5.30 (that’s when they should go to bed).I unfortunately got up that early to sort everything out and wake up the rest of the group. As I woke them up I received hostile glares and muttered rants from ben...
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Day 5- 15th July by Issy Good
Early start today! We all woke up at 6 o’clock aiming to get on the minibus at 7, but we were counting on Ghana time from the drivers but they were actually on time meaning that we were late for them! After a quick journey down the bumpy road to the nursery we got straight into our painting...
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Day 4- July 14th by Zoe Amieli-Cooper
Today we had a bit of a lie in and were up at 8 and were supposed to have breakfast at 8:30 however after spending 45 minutes to boil some water, breakfast ended up being at 9. During this time Mrs Royal, Dina and Devki woke up and were out at 7 so they could go and buy paint for the project at D...
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Day 3!!!
Today we had a 5am start, and we were on the party bus by 6.30am. We travelled along the coast until we arrived at Pastor Phillip and Belinda’s house which is where we are staying for the...
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Day 2
First thing we all got up, got ready and enjoyed an amazing breakfast of Ghana bread, omelette, fried plantain and fresh pineapple. It was nothing like the food at home…especially the pineapple; it was so fresh and lovely. After breakfast we organised ourselves and our budget and headed of...
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Day 1 by Dina Mullings
Today was the first and probaby the longest day. Firstly, we arrived at Birmingham Airport at 02.30. This was a long process and as the leader on the first day, I had to check in everybody's passports and make sure everybody's luggage was checked in. The aeroplane departed at 06.00 and this was...
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