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Kenya Trip – Day 1
We finally arrived at Chogoria 21 hours after leaving Weymouth. Roadside mango stall The journey from Nairobi to Chogoria was extremely hairy. Some of the worst drivers I have ever seen!! Half way...
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Kenya Trip – Day 2
After a night under mosquito nets we had breakfast and then went for a mini tour. We visited Baruga health centre where we saw the building of the children’s health centre which children at Southill...
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Kenya Trip – Day 3
The message came through late last night the strike was off, so we can go to Kalewa School. The trip took about 40 minutes on extremely rough roads, felt like a rollercoaster ride that went on...
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Kalewa School
Kalewa School Our link with Kalewa School began in 2011 when Mrs Boyce and Mrs Aitken successfully secured funding from the British Council to subsidise teacher exchange visits. The aims of the link...
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Kenya Trip – Day 4
We spoke to Mr Bundi on the Monday re: the £500 the school has raised and what he would like it spent on. He requested we spent the money on new desks and chairs. So on Tuesday morning on the way to...
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Kenya Trip – Day 5
Wednesday dawned bright and sunny again, another hot day. At school today we taught some more maths, read some picture books and taught some songs, eg. ‘You are a star’ and ‘We all need encouragement.’...
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Kenya Trip – Day 6
Thursday morning we only taught for the first sessions. We taught the songs to the other year 6 class. What was lovely was when they finished, the year 6 class next door were singing ‘You are a star’...
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Kenya Trip – Sadly our last day
Where has the week gone? Today is our last day at Kalewa school. First of all, we used the parachute with Mrs Bundi’s class. The children were very excitable, but soon got the hang of it. The ‘Cat and...
View Article‘Raising the Roof!’
On Friday 7th June, a concert has been organised to raise funds for Barugu Health Centre, Chogoria, Kenya. This is the health centre the school supported successfully last year with ‘Sponsor a Stone.’...
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Baragu Children’s Health Centre – Sponsor a Splat
During February half term Mrs Hazell and I will be visiting Kalewa School, our link school in Kenya. Over the course of the year we have raised £800 for Kalewa School. This money will be spent buying...
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In just 12 days you raised £152.50 – thank you!
In just 12 days – you raised a massive £152.50 in Sponsor a Splat for Kenya WOW! – A big thank you to everyone
View ArticleLet’s Light Up Baragu
Let’s Light Up Baragu – Friday 6th June 2014 – Westfield Sports Hall at 6.30pm Entry free- donations on the way out! Last year, Chesil Education Partnership schools put on a fantastic concert to...
View ArticleTraditional Tales – Kalewa School
On 13th February, we will be leaving for a visit to our link school in Kenya, Kalewa Primary School. Whilst there, we will be teaching traditional tales, songs and drama from our culture. Also, we...
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Mrs Hazell and Mrs Hill visit Kenya!
Southill School is linked to Kalewa Primary School on Mount Kenya in the Meru region of Kenya and this year, we were lucky enough to visit the school and the local area. On Friday 13th February, we...
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Mrs Njue’s Visit to Class Two
Class Two were very lucky today because Mrs Njue, a teacher from Kalewa School (our link school in Kenya), came to visit us. She told us a traditional Kenyan story, she taught us how to count to 20 in...
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