2016: What a year it’s been!

2016: What a year it’s been!

2016 was a year that saw an abundance in people, activity and developments. In between starting our own Football team and participating in our first inter-school match, to inaugurating a new campus and achieving considerable construction of 2 additional school...
Making ABCs fun with Jolly Phonics

Making ABCs fun with Jolly Phonics

What’s so jolly about phonics?  A lot.  Where was jolly phonics when I was in Nursery.  One of our past teachers introduced Jolly phonics to the students approximately two years ago.  For those of you who have not heard of Jolly phonics, it is a multi-sensory...

10 Excuses for being late to school, Rural edition

10 Excuses for being late to school.  Village version When you live in a village and your school is not more than ten to fifteen minutes walk away, excuses for lateness are pretty limited.  The usual, “teacher the bus was late” or “there was a lot of traffic” and...

The village

We are back after a long hiatus. The sun is shining, the sea is a beautiful turquoise blue and the sand is brilliantly white, just another day in Matemwe. A new volunteer, fresh faced students, eager teachers, hardworking staff and we are good to go, but I’d like to...