This morning I conducted the feeding tour and I had help from Esther, one of our new first years. She is very different from the rest of the bursary students in the way that she has much more confidence to ask questions and reflect on what she has learn’t.
We then cleaned up the clinic and had spot checks done before I had a class with them on animal care. I conducted the class with them and went through their workbooks with them so they could ask questions and so they could make sure they understand the terms and theory. Our class was cut short because there was an OHS meeting scheduled in the class room so we then carried on with the milk feeds and meat feeds for the afternoon.
After lunch we had what we call a bonus function where we get to have some fun as a family and we get to see the praise the managers give to their staff members. We broke up into color coded teams and had to create a song and war cry to present and perform to the rest of the staff and students. We had a lot of fun laughing and making mistakes but I think that is what the goal is with this activity. To let your staff know that you need to work together to make things happen and to have some fun every once in a while.
This helps ease up tension and it makes you think out of the box when you are put on the spot like that. Earlier this year we had a similar exercise but we had a sports day where everyone had a color shirt and could take part in some sport activities. This showed me that there are a lot of people with way more talents then the ones they use to perform a job in the workplace. To have fun and laugh together brings us closer and strengthens the bond that we need to make Sondela a better place.
The teams that did the best war cry, the best song and had the most culture won some cold drinks just before we could all have some complimentary food that the kitchen provided us.
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