26/02/2009
Volunteering 81, NR5 back after half-term holiday, mood very strange. Bradley has not returned - excluded for violent behaviour
DL was in his disruptive outsider role
DY was quite and disturbed - he did confide an emotional cause, which might explain his disturbed behaviour: no action was needed. (No risk suspected), R was reluctant and refusing at first, but with some one-to-one was able to volunteer to help S and N building the path (they are the experts)). Later R voluntarily helped me by putting all the tools back on the truck
P and G helped Russell with some tree clearing, and I was called to help when they had a 35foot dead tree hung in the branches of a nearby live tree. I picked up a helmet from the ground and had just put is on to help with a lever when a dead limb fell and glanced my helmet and cheek. Accident book was notified.
After NR5 left, joined YMCA Training, to see and document progress. Some of last week's new recruits had not returned, others were very keen
Two girls who had learnt to light fires safely and use a storm kettle, but had otherwise not wanted to join in, had not come back.