Inservice days Monday and Tuesday

As Monday (and Tuesday) were inservice days the Kenyans were brought into school to meet the staff and see the school without any pupils inside. At 11.15 the Kenyans had coffee with Mr Hutton in the conference room before they were given a tour of the school until lunchtime. All of the teachers seemed really interested in the visit and we spent most of the tour chatting to teachers around the school.

After lunch the Scottish pupils then took the Kenyan boys into Broughty Ferry. We tried to get in the castle but unfortunately they had just closed. Nonetheless we headed to the Glass Pavilion to have a cup of tea (or in the case of the Kenyans, hot chocolate with plenty of marshmallows and cream!).
In the evening the Kenyans had tea with the host families.

On Tuesday the Kenyans were brought into school to deliver their first presentation to the staff. The teachers spoke about the developments in Meru School while the boys gave their thanks in a moving and grateful way. In the remainder of the morning the pupils and teachers met with Miss Glover to arrange the timetable for the forthcoming week in school. It took a lot longer than expected but eventually we got a timetable organised. At 11.45 we departed on the bus for Ninewells Hospital. Jenny Woof (Matthew's mum) gave a short talk about the work carried out in the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre and the Kenyans were given the opportunity to see various equipment such as microscopes in the labs. After having refreshments we took the bus down to the University campus where Matthew's dad gave a tour of the buildings there. Afterwards we took the Kenyan boys to Starbucks while the teachers did some shopping. In the evening we met up at Dani's house for a board game night which everyone enjoyed.