Following an intensive sixth week, it was agreed with the two schools that a sports week would be staged during week seven.

This proposal was welcomed by the schools due to end-of-term exams making more formal lessons difficult to schedule. In order to deliver quality sports teaching to some fifty children per session, we called upon the help of our colleagues from the Undergraduate group in nearby Gadarawatte. Involvement at this point also facilitated a handover to these individuals to ensure that school holiday activities could be conducted once we had left Sri Lanka. These activities would also include a performance of the play, The Ugly Duckling, that Giulia has been teaching.

The Undergraduates were asked to arrive bright and early at 8AM in Ahangama, and indeed they did, with their punctuality granting them a sit-down on one of the beautiful nearby stretches of beach before we met them in the centre of the village. Our ensemble was well-prepared, with a bag full of kit and individuals with a range of sporting experience, most notably at County Cricket level. During Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we coached smaller groups of students in Touch Rugby, Volleyball and Cricket, as well as individual activities for those who preferred not to play team sports. Unfortunately, Wednesday proved to be very stormy, with the sports ground turning into a muddy swamp. However, a game of Volleyball and Touch Rugby was organised in the school hall. Thursday and Friday were spent with slightly larger groups of children, with Volleyball and Cricket being favourites amongst the students.

At the end of our official teaching time at the two schools, we were invited to a leaving ceremony and were very heartened to receive positive feedback. We also took advantage of the ceremony to express our own gratitude at the opportunity to experience a different culture and hopefully have made a positive impact.

Our week was rounded off with a day-trip to Galle to bask in the sun and watch International Cricket, in the form of the all crucial play against India. On Sunday, we organised a farewell tea party at our house for teaching staff, local people and other individuals that we had got to know. This seemed to go down very well, with our choice of food going down a treat. Unfortunately, without the convenience of tea bags, we made the tea with significant potency, although few seemed to mind!