Charly has come back to visit us at Olng’arua School and football training has already begun. He brought with him several new friends (watch this space for more news about them) and some training shirts for football practice. He is fantastic with the kids and has a great energy and commitment to their football training …
The photograph is of a well equipped classroom in one of the best government schools in northern Kenya. Every time I visit such a school I always wonder why it is that everybody accepts such ridiculously low standards for education here. Or indeed in most countries across the African continent. The prevailing ideology of development …
We are very excited to be building a new kitchen with the help of the Primrose Trust. Our old kitchen was a big improvement on the tree that we started cooking under, and it has served us well, but we have wanted and needed some more serious kitchen facilities for years. Good food is such …
Today the Leopard group are in the dinning hall, a lovely cool space, to tackle some math problems.
Even the toilets at Olng’arua School are photogenic!
There was a lovely sunset over the school this evening. For 9 months of the year we hardly ever see a cloud, something that many of my friends in Scotland would envy, but just a few of them seem to add to the the beauty of the sky.
Science, espcially at primary level, has to be a practical subject or it quickly becomes meaningless. Thinking of simple, hands-on, ways to help children discover the wonder of science is great fun. Today we explored the different physical states of water and, before it all escaped as a gas, made a pot of tea. The …
Every afternoon, before we attend the closing meeting, the children spend half an hour doing jobs around the school. They sweep and tidy their classrooms and help put away materials used during the day. The older children also help with other jobs such as watering the fruit trees and cleaning the toilets. Today the children’s committee …
I found three of the Leopard group studying English today. They looked very serious and intent on their work. However, evidence that at least one of them had recently been out rolling in the dust of the local red soil is evident on Moijo’s head. Work hard play hard!