Questions from UK

Drama Session

 Dunia and I went to the drama session with Tamzin and Jo
students came to the drama session in order to prepare for the youth visit from palestine .The session was for three hours,from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
Jo and Tamzin has organized games for the group and we played so many games, I think everyone had fun and enjoyed it especially after the students exams.
We played in the park, the weather was lovely and we had a lot of fun, we played the coin game and we played a (day in my life ) game.
Jo and Tamzin divided us in 2 groups, each group performed as part of a regular day of routine life, what we usually do during our day our routinefor a social reason.
It was very interesting and fun getting to know all the students more and more .
we end the drama session with a song and we sang it like a choir.
The drama session helps people to get the stress out, to relaxe and have fun at the same time.

Exams Are Over

What is your name and what school do  you go to? 

My name is Saleh Ayyad and I go to the Arab Institute school. 

What is your favourite subject at school and why? 

English because I can speak English very well. I do not enjoy Maths because... Because I hate it. It’s difficult. 

What do you enjoy about school? 

I don’t enjoy anything. I don’t really enjoy school. We are always in class doing the same things everyday. It’s boring. 

What is difficult about studying under occupation? 

Sometimes they come into school and throw teargas in the school. Some students come from Jerusalem and can’t come to school. 

Did you work hard for your exams? 

Not so hard but not completely relaxed. But I worked hard for science because it’s so hard. 

What do you want to do in the future?

I want to be a pilot because I want to travel.  

How do you feel now your exams are over? 

I feel happy! I will work in the summer and go to the summer camp. And I am going to England soon. 

Weird and Fun

Today I, Dunja and Emilio did a stall in order to support CADFA.
For me doing stalls in London is kind of weird, because I have never had this experience before.
It's weird to give the people the leaflets and talk to strangers, it's funny sometimes to see the people's reaction and the way they look at you when you are doing the stalls with your friends as part of your job.

In stalls we have to expect anything. Today we met a person from the Lebanon, who had been in Palestine before the'67 war. He told us he used to travel from Beirut to Jerusalem by bus and his grandfather used to travel for hours from Lebanon to Palestine to sell Debs, a honey - like substance made from grapes, and other stuff.

Some people refused to take a leaflet from us, some of them would smile at us, some of them  came
to talk to us and some of them didn't like our stall.

Nadeen

Twinning Youth Project: Presentations

The six boys and six girls who are part of the project have been working hard, getting ready to visit England. Not only are they excited about seeing Big Ben, the London Eye and possibly losing their belongings, they are all adamant about one thing: they want to share the messages they have about Palestine. 

In the last session, the Youth Project worked in their teams of four and were each given a question and created a presentation in English. They were happy to hear that people in England are ‘generally quite polite and really welcoming’ and are relieved to know that the group in London will be supportive. 

Some of the other ideas that were presented included being excited about sports and travelling the country. They’re all hoping it won’t rain but are prepared if it does happen! 

We can’t wait to get started on preparing the individual presentations about Palestine!

Drama session

Hello everyone!

On Monday I went to the first of four drama sessions in preparation for the Palestinian youth group visit. During the two hour session we played a variety of games including ice-breakers, clapping games and various other physical activities. We also took some time to reflect on the week we will be spending with the visitors from Palestine.

Sorcha - Our first drama session was very successful! The ice-breaker game allowed the group to get to know one another and find out why we all wanted to be part of the youth visit. 

Oonagh - I enjoyed my first drama session with CADFA, I look forward to the others to come.

Lucy - We thought about the importance of the sessions and how we would benefit from them. We discussed what we would learn from people living such different lives to us and how they would learn from us, which I thought was very interesting.


Eloise - It was interesting to analyse our lives living in London and compare it to what their lives are like.

Saoirse - It was fun getting to know the group and to start thinking of the sessions ahead and what we'd get out of them. it was also very interesting hearing everybody's thoughts on what its like to live in the UK and discussing the comparisons between here and Palestine.

Emma - It was fun getting to know everyone that we would be working with the next coming weeks. The things we discussed brought things into perspective with just how privileged we are and in comparison with Palestine, from what I know, their life is very different to ours. It was great listening to what people hoped to get out of this experience and I look forward to working with everyone from here and Palestine. 

The group in discussion

Ryan Soraghan 

Visiting England: the answers

Sofia in LSU school learning to go next week to Palestine

Nadine exposition 

Hello everyone!

In response to your questions:
- Keep your personal belongings at the place you're staying at incase you misplace them
- British people are generally quite polite and really welcoming!!!!
- The weather is expected to be very sunny, however bring a raincoat because English weather can be unpredictable at times
- We'll make sure you all have fun!

We're really happy you are all excited for your trip to the UK, we're looking forward to meeting you all.

Anna, Ryan and Sorcha

Drama sessions

On Monday,Dunia and I attended a Drama session with seven students from LSU school and Maria Fedelis school.
We started at 5:30 pm , and Jo and Tamsin ran the sessions.
we started by introducing ourselves and giving two facts about ourselves ,then we played the poker face game, we said three things about ourselves, two of which were correct and one that was wrong and the other students have to guess which one is the wrong one.
After that, we played the clap game, then we prepared a list for what we should talk about and what issues we should discuss regarding the student visit next month .
I think these kind of games are very useful as a way to relax , it is a great way to relieve stress, especially for the students because they have exams in a few weeks.

Nadeen Burkan

Visiting England: Questions and Ideas from Abu Dis