Last week Bradley and Abigail were involved in their school cross country race. Bradley had been practising all week by running around the house and is really excited about competing. He is hoping to come first as during practice he is managing to come second behind a boy called David talk about competitive at such a young age. On the other hand Abigail was more reserved however she was more willing to take part than she was last year. We made our way to the school for 4 o’clock and at twenty past the first race took place by reception one class. When it was Bradley’s turn they all lined up and Mr Steven’s started the race. As they ran down the road some of the children where tripped up by others, unbeknown to us one of them was Bradley. The first runner crossed the finish line and there was no sign of Bradley eventually he came into sight taking thirteenth place. He was so upset about falling over and not winning the race. He eventually calmed down and decided to join us to cheer on Abigail. Abigail surprised us all by taking seventh place much better than last year and she was really pleased having passed quite a few of the boys from her class.
The other bit of news from the week is that Paul has been offered a job by the chancellor of the University which is now situated next to the collage campus. The job was within the sports sector and would also entail the overseeing of the new sports facilities of which Paul has been trying to get off the ground since arriving within the Gambia. Although this would be a European paid job Paul understands the need to get the children settled back into education within the UK.
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