Hello to our partner schools

Its been great connecting with you and we hope that this partnership will continue.
We are aware that you will soon be closing for long break. Schools in Kenya close by the end of July and open early September for our final term.
We shall be sending a video soon before we close so be on the look out.
It is so exciting because one of the Rafiki Link teachers madam Anita Hayhoe will be visiting us on July 14th and we cant wait to hear from her about Albion Heights in Toronto.
Keep posted to know how the visit was.

We love you all.
From: Ngeya Primary Rafiki Students

Rafiki Link Debate - LIVE on Skype!

Students at Bannockburn School and Ngeya Primary School made history this month. They've engaged in the first successful LIVE Skype debates between North America and Kenya. The debate topic was:

"The United States of America will take a position of global neutrality

in all conflict not directly involving America."

 

Bannockburn students presented arguments PRO and CON this bill, with Ngeya Primary students asking questions via Skype.

Stay tuned for highlights from the next debate!

Introduction to Kenya, by Kenyan students

Ngeya Primary School students have created their first ever PowerPoint presentation. Check it out!
NGEYA PRIMARY POWERPOINT

Albion Heights Video

The students in the Future Leaders' Club have created a video all about our school. We worked with Mr. Pak to make this video, using a digital camera. We hope you enjoy it, learn about our school and maybe even make a video of your own to share!

Albion Heights video

Going on with Rafiki

Rafiki is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to us here at Ngeya.
Last week we had an amazing skype debate with Bannockburn discussing on Global neutrality.
Bannockburn was presenting their speeches while we were asking some questions.

Through this motion we learnt much about the pros and cons if US became globally neutral.and for the first time we were able to see our friends through skype video. We also saw snow(quite amazing) because our area is very dusty and windy.

Thank you David and Sine for the presentations(we hope we have the names right). It was nice meeting you all.Lets keep Rafiki going.

 that's us right there before the skype debate with Miss Martha




 and here we are again with  Miss Rebecca!

Long story about us this tuesday!

THE POST OF THE WEEK WITH MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH YOUR HOST MR.LEE AND COSTARS MAKAYLA SEABORN, SALMA HERNANDEZ,CLAUDIA DELA FUENTE,YULISSA MURO,AND ALEXIS SEABORN! let me get to the basics with the club. Right now Mr.lee is crating a warm up for his 1st period class.Salma is creating a bracelet for the fundraiser for you guys because we are gonna send you guys stuff for your school which is in Ngeya Primary School in Kenya which is in Maai Mahiu. Claudia is doing making a power point for us to send to you guys and she is taking pictures so you guys can see what we look like.Makayla is also making bracelets for you guys.Yulissa is too. To make it all simple Makayla,yulissa, and Salma are making bracelets. Claudia is making a power point for you guys and I'm posting a blog so you guys get it.Sorry this is so long,but now the longness ends I'm Alexis Seaborn singing off Bye!

Rafiki Link in Kenya..introductory videos!

Rafiki link in Kenya has started again and we have new students from Ngeya Primary.

Below are their introductory videos hoping that you will enjoy.

 

We're back

Hey we've been back for 3 weeks and this is our first time back together as Rafiki and we are having a nice time so far. Hope you post soon Claudia, Makayla, Salma say hi

Snow in Chicago!

Hello!

We are very sorry that we have not blogged for a while. We have been really busy this new year. Happy New Years! In school we are having a Valentines Day celebration. Valentines day is a day full of love where people give each other notes that tell them you care about them. Right now there is snow on the ground and it is very cold. Our seasons are opposite of yours, so you are probably experiencing very hot weather. We will blog again soon!

-Bannockburn School 8th grade Student Council

Celebrating Rafiki Link in Kenya - videos from this term!

As we come toward the end of the year, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the young people we've gotten to know in Kenya.

Enjoy this video compilation - all these videos were taken in the last month at Ngeya Primary School in Maai Mahiu, Kenya!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from America!
Here in the United States we just finished celebrating Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a celebration where families get together and celebrate the many reasons we have to be thankful. We eat a large feast consisting of roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie, cranberries, apple pie, and much more. It is delicious! Do you have any special day where you celebrate with your families?

-The Bannockburn School 8th grade student council members

Tongue twisters vidoes

Reasons why we liked Rafiki Link!!!

These students have been Rafiki link members and as we are winding up the year they are also graduating from standard 8 below are videos giving highlights of what they have liked about Rafiki link.

Enjoy!!!

Americana Food

Hey pepoles up in Kenya!!! This is the kinda food we have here in the United States of Amarica!:) What kinda food do you guys have?
Ya'll should send us some pictures of the kinda food ya'll guys eat over there in Kenya! Adios(See ya:))

Kayla

Questions?

What are your names? Our names are Yulissa, Makayla, Alexis, Claudia and Salma. Yulissa and Claudia are in 7th grade. Makayla and Salma are in 8th grade. Alexis is in 6th. What grades are you guys in?

Martin Middle - Chalk for Peace

Here is some of the art work we did in front of our school. I hope you like it! What do you guys think? The picture at the top is Alexis writing in the blog. She'll be contacting you guys with this blog. I miss you all and hope all is well! Keep in touch.... Sam Lee

Go CTC's Soccer Team!!

KENYA WEEK is coming to Albion Heights the week of November 15 - 18! We're looking forward to learning more about Kenya!

Hello from Ausitn!!

Hey everyone! What we just did was do the CHALK FOR PEACE!!! It is so Amazing we'll be sending you the pictures very soon. A couple of kids from Martin [three kids] helped us finish it up so me and Yulissa could come and type up this blog.Alexis and I had help from our good friends Mark and Diana. Mark was in the library reading a book and Diana was just coming out because she was in a giving mood. TYPE to y'all later!:D





Alexis Seaborn and Yulissa Muro

Chalk for Peace Toronto

Some students from Ms. Hayhoe's class at Albion Heights participated in Chalk for Peace.

This is Martin Middle School

Hi we're so excited to be talking to yall. Good job on yall's video because..... I LIKE YOUR HAT!!!
You guys are really Awesome!:)
I hope that you guys are doing good because we are!

News update

Hi this is the eighth grade student council. It was so nice to hear from you! The weather here is getting colder. This Friday is our first school dance of the year. We are all so excited! Halloween is just around the corner, and we are all preparing our costumes. Do you celebrate Halloween in Kenya? Some seventh graders are dressing up as pop stars in a band that they made up. Our class is going on a field trip tomorrow to a nature museum to study ecosystems. In social studies, we are going to start watching Roots. Until next week!

Hello from Martin Middle School!

Hi everybody. I'm looking forward to connecting with everyone again! I hope everyone is doing well and can't wait for my students to meet and connect with everyone at Ngeya.

RAFIKI DAY

On that day,we had alot of fun.The ceremony was held at MaaiMahiu secondary school.We met with other students whom we had never met with before.We interacted and learnt songs and so on.At lunch we took a delicious meal.It will be a day to recall. Ngeya students.

Chalk For Peace Pictures

Here are some photographs from our Chalk For Peace day.

Hi,
This is the 8th Grade Student Council at Bannockburn School! We will be blogging you over the course of this year! We are very excited to find out more about you and your school. There are four of us, Ari, Alex Jenn and, Sarah. Ari and, Alex have been here at this school for nine years. Jenn has been here for eight, and Sarah has been here for five. There are currently twenty-one students in our class, but as of next week there will be 22.
Peace Be With You! Hope you enjoy our Chalk for Peace photographs!

Bannockburn

CHALK FOR PEACE PHOTOS.

Chalk for peace video

ENVIRONMENT CLUB

In our friendly club environment ,they plant various crops. Examples are kales,cabbages,onions and spinach.They also help in cleaning our school compound. Also hey make our school compound look neat by planting trees and digging the school garden.We are proud of our school environment club.

Greetings from Bannockburn School!

We're excited to get to know you!

Here's a little bit about who we are...

Bannockburn School District 106 was established in 1930 in Lake County, Illinois. The District boundaries take in the Village of Bannockburn including Trinity International University, the easternmost section of Riverwoods, Del Mar Woods, unincorporated areas of West Deerfield and Vernon Townships, and the western edge of Highland Park. Although the District is small in size, it educates a diverse student population.

Today, Bannockburn School houses less than 200 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Our students typically achieve top statewide scores on all measures. In addition to customary regular and special education programs, the school provides the following enhancements:

• Foreign language instruction to students from kindergarten through eighth grade
• Algebra for most students during their eighth grade year
• Science taught in a laboratory setting beginning in the first grade
• Students use a variety of technological tools in their studies across curricular areas. The ration of students to computers is approximately 1:1.

Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of extra curricular activities. We offer band, orchestra, choir, interscholastic boys' and girls' basketball and volleyball, a professionally directed school play, and a variety of after-school enrichment activities.

We are the 6th, 7th and 8th graders of Bannockburn School!

School opens for a new term

Students here are very happy getting back to school after a one month holiday especially when it comes to Rafiki link activities where they have opportunity to use computers unlike at home where they completely don't use computers simply because its difficult to afford them for home use.
Its very interesting and encouraging that the students were able to check out the new changes that have been made to their blog and they were very happy to see that their partner school's blog has been merged to theirs and they can now be able to share their ideas on the same page.

Rafiki link patron is also very happy to receive a digital camera that will be used for Rafiki activities in the school and good news that Rafiki link will offer an opportunity to her to attend internet classes, this is a very good start for Rafiki link this term.

New look - and newsletter from Ngeya Primary School

Welcome to the re-designed Ngeya Primary blog! We hope you enjoy our 'new look' and the new features we will be adding over the next few months. We want to create friendships and connections - a community - with students and groups at Ngeya Primary School. therefore, from now on Ngeya blog posts and the posts of partners will be put together onto this Ngeya Primary School blog.

We'd also excited to share with you a newsletter, made by the students of Ngeya Primary School in Maai Mahiu. This newsletter was made without the benefit of electricity; students cooperated to share 2 laptops, brought in by Rafiki Link staff Paul Mwaniki and used twice per week until the batteries ran out. Congratulations to the students of Ngeya Primary School on finishing this newsletter - we hope you enjoy reading it.

Ngeya Newsletter 2010

Some pictures from Fun Day