Apologies for not writing my volunteer diaries for the past two weeks, between work experience, university open days and school I have had very little time to sit down and write. However, that will change in the upcoming summer.
Friday was my last ice skating session until after the summer, but I will be helping out with some of the summer volunteer projects.
The week before was quite a challenging week though. I was to look after a girl aged 11 and to say she was in a bad mood would be an understatement. It was challenging to convince her to skate and interact with the other children, but after a long talk she finally joined in. This week was extremely useful for me as it is in the taxing moments that you learn something new, if the voluntary work was easy every week I wouldn't gain anything from it. I can certainly say my communication skills have been improved as a result from that week.
I am sad that I will not have anymore sessions until September as I have made some great friendships with the children, and I love going each week. However, as previously mentioned I will be completing voluntary work in the summer so expect some more in depth posts about that.
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