The School Term Ends
Submitted by Jessica Hughes
UPEI Pre-Service Teacher
April 13th, 2006
This past week flew by like whilwind. Our trip is quickly coming to an end and we all have mixed emotions. Yesterday was the last day of school for Mwati and Kihute, with Gathukimundu finishing today. We all found it hard to say good-bye to our students. These people have been in our lives for the past five weeks and it is sad to leave them. The memories we have will be with us forever. Kihute finished with a ceremony where they presented the students with award for the higest averages in each form (grade) and all the students cleaned up the school, closing with a prayer, song and well wishes from all the teachers. Mwati closed with a small ceremony, presenting Meredith and Jessica H. with small tokens of appreciation and all staff and students said their good-byes. A prize ceremony will be held this Saturday, April 15th, for the students at Gathukimundu and all of us will be attending. We have all completed our assignments and will be coming home with Kenyan questionnairs, video documntaries of both students and teachers and of course, letters for the students in Prince Edward Island.
On Tuesday, Meredith, Shauna and Jessica H. completed a documentary of the day in the life of a Kenyan Teacher, videotaping and questioning the Headmistress of Gathukimundu, Lucy. Tuesday also marked the end of our football practices with the girls at Kihuti. We arrived to start practice, but the torrential seasonal rain kept us from actually going on the field. Instead we resorted to sitting in a classroom for 1 1/2 hours. This provided us with a good opportunity to talk with the team members and present them with Canadian Tattoos we brought with us.
On Saturday night, we spent the the night at Green Hills Hotel in Nyeri, compliments of Farmers Helping Farmers. We had a day of relaxation and a night of fun at the disco located below the hotel. It was a welcome addition to our usual weekend activities. We still have a lot more to do before we leave Kenya on April 23rd. We have the prize giving ceremony at Gathukimundu on Saturday. On Sunday, to celebrate Easter, we have arranged to go to Nakuru, to go on another Safari at Lake Nakuru National Park. We hear they have flamingoes. We will be staying Sunday and Monday nights. We arrive back to Mukurweini on Tusday, when we will be starting some work at the Dairy, including going on a milk collection run! We will be very busy!Our time here is flying by, but please keep checking for updates on our latest adventure!
UPEI Pre-Service Teacher
April 13th, 2006
This past week flew by like whilwind. Our trip is quickly coming to an end and we all have mixed emotions. Yesterday was the last day of school for Mwati and Kihute, with Gathukimundu finishing today. We all found it hard to say good-bye to our students. These people have been in our lives for the past five weeks and it is sad to leave them. The memories we have will be with us forever. Kihute finished with a ceremony where they presented the students with award for the higest averages in each form (grade) and all the students cleaned up the school, closing with a prayer, song and well wishes from all the teachers. Mwati closed with a small ceremony, presenting Meredith and Jessica H. with small tokens of appreciation and all staff and students said their good-byes. A prize ceremony will be held this Saturday, April 15th, for the students at Gathukimundu and all of us will be attending. We have all completed our assignments and will be coming home with Kenyan questionnairs, video documntaries of both students and teachers and of course, letters for the students in Prince Edward Island.
On Tuesday, Meredith, Shauna and Jessica H. completed a documentary of the day in the life of a Kenyan Teacher, videotaping and questioning the Headmistress of Gathukimundu, Lucy. Tuesday also marked the end of our football practices with the girls at Kihuti. We arrived to start practice, but the torrential seasonal rain kept us from actually going on the field. Instead we resorted to sitting in a classroom for 1 1/2 hours. This provided us with a good opportunity to talk with the team members and present them with Canadian Tattoos we brought with us.
On Saturday night, we spent the the night at Green Hills Hotel in Nyeri, compliments of Farmers Helping Farmers. We had a day of relaxation and a night of fun at the disco located below the hotel. It was a welcome addition to our usual weekend activities. We still have a lot more to do before we leave Kenya on April 23rd. We have the prize giving ceremony at Gathukimundu on Saturday. On Sunday, to celebrate Easter, we have arranged to go to Nakuru, to go on another Safari at Lake Nakuru National Park. We hear they have flamingoes. We will be staying Sunday and Monday nights. We arrive back to Mukurweini on Tusday, when we will be starting some work at the Dairy, including going on a milk collection run! We will be very busy!Our time here is flying by, but please keep checking for updates on our latest adventure!
posted by Admin at 8:34 AM
1 Comments:
Wooiooh i remember that day driving u all very busy morning
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