Our Chinese Visitors

Padiham Green were very excited to welcome 8 teachers and 8 children from Qingdao a couple of weeks ago ...and what fun we had!

It was a pleasure to get to know these lovely people and have them stay in the homes of our children here in Padiham. During the week there were many opportunities for our friends to get stuck in with English family life and experience some truly British days out - including a day in Blackpool complete with fish & chips at Harry Ramsden's!

Having taken part in a variety of art, science, PE and maths lessons, our Chinese friends then performed some traditional dances and art skills of their own. We heard Mrs Ding play a very special Chinese instrument and the children showed off their calligraphy and martial art skills.

The teachers even met up one evening for a game of ten pin bowling and then went for a meal which was lovely - despite the language barrier there were many laughs and jokes shared!

The end of the week was very special as we had an goodbye assembly. There weren't many dry eyes as we lit a candle and shared our gospel values, explaining to our new friends that we hoped to stay in touch.

 

Before they left, we all signed the 'Qingdao on Tour' banner which they took back with them. Lucky for us, we'll be seeing that banner back in its hometown VERY soon as we are off to China in only 2 days - it's all very exciting!!

 

Mrs Edwards & Mrs Gardiner

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