UK teachers hold cluster meeting

On Thursday, UK teachers met at Liss Junior School for the first time this year. The main throust of the meeting was to get a full report on Miss Duncan and Mr Davies’ trip to Uganda during the summer as well as hearing the latest news on the process to get Stephen and Shakilah, the headteachers of Kafuro Primary School and Rihamu Junior School, over to the UK by the beginning of March. There was also an opportunity for schools to share what they have been doing as well as outlining expectations for the year.

UK teachers meeting at Liss Junior School

Rihamu Junior School in a Community Clean – Up Exercise

Greetings Everyone!!

Community Clean up exercises are top on the list of our School Social activities. During these exercises, we clean community areas, parks, markets, bus stations and the elders homes in the community. We use local brooms, polythene bags, hoes and spades. The exercise is usually fun where children learn about giving back to the community, sanitation and hygiene, making friends in the community and we also teach the people in the community various topics concerning sanitation and hygiene.

We do this exercise once every term.

The communities where we go are usually much cleaner after the exercise.

Do schools in the UK clean their communities? We would like to learn how schools in the UK go about this exercise.

Thank you all

Shakilah
Head Teacher – Rihamu Junior School

Rihamu Junior School Pupil looked at the National Parks in Uganda and the UK

There are 10 National Parks in Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park is the largest National Park in Uganda and is the most visited!

Queen Elizabeth National Park is the second largest National Park in Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the home of Mountain Gorillas in Uganda.

Kibale Forest National Park is the home of Chimpanzees

Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest National Park in Uganda.

Kidepo Valley National Park, which has Ostriches and Cheetahs.

Semuliki National Park,

Mt Elgon National Park,

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Rwenzori National Park

Rihamu Pupils were able to learn about all the National Parks in the UK

Lake District (England)

Snowdonia (Wales), and the area around it has long been the pride of princes and kings.

Peak District (England),

Dartmoor (England), with plenty of history hidden under the surface. 6000 years of human history have been traced here!

Yorkshire Dales (England), dotted with mill towns, castles, and sweet landscapes and is the official home of Wensleydale Cheese at the Wensleydale Creamery.

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs (Scotland), famous for its tall mountains, where you can take a hike or climb mountains.

Pembrokeshire Coast (Wales), with its dramatic sights to see along a beautiful sea, with the stone structure built towards the end of the 1100s.

Exmoor (England), Moors, forests, coast and rivers make up Somerset and Devon’s Exmoor National Park

Northumberland (England), with its many historic and natural trails and heritage spots.
North York Moors (England), with its huge expanses of heather moorland.

Brecon Beacons (Wales) a designated International Dark Sky Reserve.

The Broads National Park (England), the ‘Venice of the east’, with plenty of room to fish, and plenty of pretty towns.

New Forest National Park (England), best horse riding, with good gardens, museums, leisure parks and wildlife parks.

South Downs National Park (England), Nice for great walks with great views, and the chance to check in with a wealth of local wildlife.

Cairngorms National Park (Scotland), good for cycling through the Pine Forest. With wildcats, capercailzies and mountain hares.

With the help of the Geography teachers, the pupils at Rihamu Junior School leant a lot about all the National Parks in the UK and really appreciated the beauty of these National Parks. All pictures and photos were made available on the Head teacher’s phone who kept on showing the photos of each National Park in both UK and Uganda.

We how other schools benefit from this article.

Shakila Huda
Rihamu Junior School – H/Teacher
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First PLE Sitting for Rihamu Junior School

Hello from Rihamu Junior School

Today, we are happy and excited to have our very first Primary Seven sit for the Primary Leaving Exams. It’s been a very long journey. Having started with P.1 to P.3 classes. We kept on adding a class every year. The five years down the road has been full of determination, zeal and hard work. We have been able to wither all the challenges along the way.

I am proud to report that all the teacher have put in their very best. Spending sleepless nights to make sure that our pupils are ready for the National Exams. Indeed they are ready and excited about the Exams. As I write this, they are now doing an English Paper and in the evening they will be doing their final PLE Science paper.

Security is extremely tight at all PLE centers, its silence all over and brains at work.

Shakila

Head Teacher – Rihamu Junior School

 

PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION

To all our Linked Schools

With all the hard work and good preparations your teachers have done,

The power of the Almighty God is ready to bless you with SUCCESS in your Primary Leaving Examinations to be done tomorrow Monday and Tuesday.

Best of our lovely wishes to you you all and we know you are very ready and bright to make it.

Bless you all with Success.

 

Harvest Festival & Food Waste

Hi Everyone,

The children and teachers at Rihamu Junior School are surprised to read about a lot of food waste in UK and look forward to share their views on ways the children in UK can use to avoid food waste.

Here in Africa the word food waste is not common and food is actually not enough since some families go hungry. We are going discuss and record a video when the children are discussing alternative ways to avoid food waste.

Shakilah Huda

Head Teacher
Rihamu Junior School

Rihamu Junior School Greets you All !!!!!

Dear everyone,

Greetings from all the children at Rihamu Junior School. Hope all the pupils at Hambledon are fine. The link between Hambledon and Rihamu Junior School has been a journey of many interesting things ranging from cultural understanding to exchanging, exchanging gifts to sharing and writing friendly letters. We are in fact expecting to receive letters from Hambledon through our local post office.

For all the pupils at Rihamu Junior School, this is going to be a new experience when they receive their letters. These pupils have never received personal letters through the post office.
Thanks to Mr. Paul Davies, the head teacher and Katie Foster and all the teachers at Hambledon School.

The pupils at Rihamu just can’t wait to receive their letters from Hambledon School!!!!!

Shakilah Huda
Head Teacher – Rihamu Junior School