Classes today. I had Art classes for grades 3 and 4 with Jackie and Lisa. We made jewelery with gum leaves and nuts from the many Eucalypt trees around the area. The children loved it and so did we. Then I went to join Ray and Stefan for computer class where we got the kids to draw the Peruvian flag with Paint.
In the afternoon we had Spanish classes again.
There are lots Eucalypt trees here. They make good use of them in their buildings.
The houses are made of mud bricks but they use the long straight Eucalypt saplings for the ceiling beams. They allow the tree to grow to the required height then they cut it off at the bottom without killing the tree and this allows a quick regrowth for the next sapling. They can keep doing this and get quite a few saplings from the one tree base.
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