STUDENTS have been putting into practice, this new school term, lessons learnt from a volunteering trip.

A total of 24 students are back at the Costello School after a summer volunteering trip to Ghana, which followed a similar visit by 15 students from the Crossborough Hill school.

The students' main destination was the village of Woe but arriving, they stayed in the capital city of Accra and spent a weekend visiting a fort where prisoners were kept before being shipped off to America as slaves, eating at a crocodile restaurant and walking along tree-top hanging bridges

In Woe, a fishing village, the students stayed at a volunteer house and got involved in a wide array of activities.

This included playing volleyball and football with local children, teaching and small-scale construction projects.

Writing in the school's newsletter, Ljiljana Jones, subject leader for modern foreign languages and strategic lead for English at the school, said: "Despite having no access to technology, Costello students really enjoyed their stay and voluntary work in Woe and said the worst thing about the trip was saying goodbye to the children. The children in Woe were also sorry to see our students leave, as were the staff of the volunteer organisation."