Events and everyday life at the Norwegian compound

Spring semester 2011

NCS

Math day at Norwegian Community School, March 10th

Tangram puzzles, group work.

What group can build the highest tower?

Mental arithmetic. How many correct answers do the pupils have?

Ring game.

Lunch time. One of the math activities was making a pancake batter for 6 persons, and pancakes is what the pupils got for lunch.

Margunn and I had been teaching at West Nairobi School in the morning. WNS had their twin day, and we dressed up like twins. One of the pupils found a nice "hole" in which he could put his head as the photo was taken.. :o)
Hard working teachers.

Dinner with some colleagues under the kibanda outside my house.

International sports day, March 16th.

Teams were mixed of students from the German, the Swedish, the French, and the Norwegian schools. Nice friendship event with a good opportunity for English practice. Soccer and hockey were some of the games played.

West Nairobi School also had a field trip one of the days. We went to Camp Blue Sky for team building activities and challenges. Nice day!

Flying ants

The rainy season suddenly gave the ants on my veranda lots of work to do. The flying ants were all over, and their wings spread out as they fell off when the flying ants died. The elementary students at NCS fried some, and seasoned with salt and pepper, and shared willingly. Not the most delicious snack I have tried...

May 16th
Barbeque party in Lilleheim`s garden, the day before our independance day.

Nice break from all preparation that needed to be done that this busy day, the decorating of the compound and the assembly hall, the baking of cakes, the ironing of flags and clothes etc.