St. Peters Students Visit Crooked Tree School.

After Crooked Tree we then drove the students to Belize City where they boarded a boat that took them to Half Moon Caye for the start of a 6 day trip. Unfortunately, this time I had to stay behind but I knew I would be returning to Lighthouse soon.

When the game was over everyone gathered together to say their goodbyes and everyone agreed it had been an unforgettable experience. One of the greatest aspects of life in Belize is the friendly people that you meet everyday and the pupils at Crooked Tree proved once again that Belizeans are some of the friendliest people you will find in the world.

After the show the Crooked Tree pupils (and a three Belizean Guides) accepted a challenge by the St.Peters Students to a friendly, though spirited, Football game. Someone perhaps should have pointed out to the St. Peters students that Football is a huge sport in Belize, something they found out the hard way!! Though they had a considerable size advantage, the St. Peters students lost the game 2-1. Every one though had a great time and it was fun to watch the interaction between the Canadians and Belizeans.

For the finale the Crooked Tree pupils sang the Belizean National Anthem. I then made the St. Peters students get on stage and single the Canadian National Anthem, yes they all really loved me for that:) I have to say that the Belizean pupils did the better job, but you could not fault either group for their effort and enthusiasm.

After our tour of the classrooms we were invited into the main school hall where some of the pupils put on a special show for their guests. This show included some creole poetry, dancing and music, all very impressive. The pupils were a little nervous but the St. Peters students gave them plenty of encouragement.

The students were then escorted to several classrooms where they got to speak to the pupils and answer questions.

The students from St. Peters had brought a gifts for the primary school children and in the above picture the gifts were being presented to the children.

Here the students are being welcomed by the head teacher of Crooked Tree Primary School, who was explaining that her pupils were all very excited about this visit.

During my final month in Belize I did a lot of travelling to and from Dangriga and Belize City. One such trip saw me accompanying a group of students and their teachers from St. Peters to Crooked Tree School.