The Grade 9 results are out and The Kings School students have a 91% pass. The school has been granted its registration as an exam centre for the Grade 9 exams this year so the students won't have to "camp out" at a school 25 kms away.
The builders are back and the glass is being put into all the windows in the new school building.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Good News !!
With no new cases of cholera for a while now the schools in the area have been allowed to open this week. It looks like the danger has passed.
With people living very close together in the rural towns it is difficult to build proper toilet pits and with lots of rain the water table rises and it's easy to get contaminated. When Sue lived in Nampundwe, one very rainy season the concrete floor of her loo collapsed into the pit!
Living in Mukobela they depend on boreholes for water - they are very deep so the water comes "ready filtered" and it's clear and sweet to drink.
With people living very close together in the rural towns it is difficult to build proper toilet pits and with lots of rain the water table rises and it's easy to get contaminated. When Sue lived in Nampundwe, one very rainy season the concrete floor of her loo collapsed into the pit!
Living in Mukobela they depend on boreholes for water - they are very deep so the water comes "ready filtered" and it's clear and sweet to drink.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
January 09
Please Pray !!!
There is cholera in Nampundwe - only 14 km away.
As some of our students come from there - we are forbidden to open the school.
The clinic at Nampundwe has become a cholera centre so I had to take a lady from the village several kms further to the next clinic to have her baby.
There is cholera in Nampundwe - only 14 km away.
As some of our students come from there - we are forbidden to open the school.
The clinic at Nampundwe has become a cholera centre so I had to take a lady from the village several kms further to the next clinic to have her baby.
14 November 2008
It is very hot indeed – still 26C at 2200 hrs. The rains are on their way – the humidity is rising.
We had a grand leaving celebration for all those who have finished their GCSE’s and are going out into the big wide world. It was very sad to see them go.
They have to wait until March to get their results so they can’t start University until January 2010 ! Many of them will choose to do that – taking a foundation course to bring them up to “A” level standard before starting the degree course.
We had a grand leaving celebration for all those who have finished their GCSE’s and are going out into the big wide world. It was very sad to see them go.
They have to wait until March to get their results so they can’t start University until January 2010 ! Many of them will choose to do that – taking a foundation course to bring them up to “A” level standard before starting the degree course.
15 October 2008
GCSEs begin !!! I took the students to Nampundwe each day to sit their exams – they were singing in the back of the truck roughly translated it was “We’re off to Uni !!!” They are all very confident about exam-taking and they all came out feeling that is was fair and they had done OK.
At the same time the Grade 6’s are at Mukombwe taking the public exams to get into Grade 7 (starting senior school). Because of the election and the schools being used for polling stations, the exams have to be re-scheduled.
At the same time the Grade 6’s are at Mukombwe taking the public exams to get into Grade 7 (starting senior school). Because of the election and the schools being used for polling stations, the exams have to be re-scheduled.
17 September 2008
A whirlwind has lifted the roof off the new building !!
Some of us were inside but there was no time to get out – we all got a little dusty but no injuries. Fortunately the wind dumped the roof down again – just not exactly in the right place! It was supposed to be tied to the ring beam ! We got all the older students together and with some planks and working together we managed to shift the roof back into place. The builders need to come back to tie the roof down properly and make good along the edge where it’s been damaged.
The inspectors from Kabwe arrived unexpectedly and gave us all a grilling! We have to register the schools each year – filling in forms in quadruplicate and then I had to take them to Kabwe (100 miles) – wait there for a letter which I had to take to Headquarters in Lusaka before we can even begin the registration process.
Some of us were inside but there was no time to get out – we all got a little dusty but no injuries. Fortunately the wind dumped the roof down again – just not exactly in the right place! It was supposed to be tied to the ring beam ! We got all the older students together and with some planks and working together we managed to shift the roof back into place. The builders need to come back to tie the roof down properly and make good along the edge where it’s been damaged.
The inspectors from Kabwe arrived unexpectedly and gave us all a grilling! We have to register the schools each year – filling in forms in quadruplicate and then I had to take them to Kabwe (100 miles) – wait there for a letter which I had to take to Headquarters in Lusaka before we can even begin the registration process.
8 September 2008
We are making use of the new classrooms by starting an Academic Production Unit (APU) for Grade 8 and Grade 10 students. They can pay for extra lessons to help prepare them for exams.
Obert is teaching Art to the students in years 10 and 11 – they are all enjoying it immensely as a break from concentrated academic work. This painting on the end of the school building was done by Obert.
Obert is teaching Art to the students in years 10 and 11 – they are all enjoying it immensely as a break from concentrated academic work. This painting on the end of the school building was done by Obert.
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