20150630_095107We are progressing amazingly well with our new grass, international-sized pitch. This week we had the metal netball posts made by a local welder and they look fantastic, but we are going to hold off on the installation of the metal goalposts until the grass has completely established on the courts. This is because once we install the goal posts the children will be playing on the court everyday!

 

So in the meantime I’ve decided to make a temporary netball court in a different area by the school so the children can still play during the breaks and school holidays. We improvised and found the straightest poles, cutting them to size and have attached our newly made netball rings with nets. We then sunk them into a big hole in the ground and filled it with cement so that they cannot be moved! We also had to cut some of the branches of a nearby tree that was hanging over the new court, and within 10 minutes of putting the posts up, the children had drawn out the court in the sand and arranged a very competitive game between the Standard 6 and 7 girls! It is actually so popular now that it’s difficult for the teachers to get the kids back into class after break times.I can only imagine the excitement they will have when playing on the new grass court, playing inter school games!

 

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20150630_112924We also made new football goals for the younger boys and girls from Standard 3 and 4. The full size pitch was too big for them, so they used to play in a really small area and using rocks as goals. We did the same as the netball court and cemented the new goals in a newly cleared area behind the classrooms for this mini 5-a-side size pitch. We even had to dig out a couple of trees to make sure the space was big enough and safe for the children to play! This is again another very popular place for the children to play at break times now!!

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