Welcome to Ngeya Primary School
Currently the population stands at 1700 students with 300 desks, 18 classrooms (most unfinished), and 12 teachers. The school has a lunch feeding program provided by Kenya Kids Can. The classrooms have no electricity, and currently there are no computers at the school. This blog is updated from Kenya by Ngeya Primary students working on two donated laptops which are brough into the school twice per week by CTC Rafiki Link educators.
On this blog you will find posts from Ngeya Primary school and partners from around the world. Read and enjoy!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Our school has a fun new project and we would love you to be a part of it. The whole school is going to work on a math problem together. Every month our school will have a different problem.
For December, we have a problem about proportional reasoning. Of course, it will be simplified a bit for the younger students, but we thought you'd find the harder version of the problem a fun challenge. The problem originally involved turkey because it is almost Christmas and it is very traditional to eat turkey at Christmas in Canada. However, we've changed it to lamb to make it more appropriate to Kenya.
Here's what we'd like you to do: 1) work on the problem together on a chalkboard. 2) solve the problem on the chalkboard, showing all your work 3) Take a digital picture of your solution 4) post the picture of your solution, maybe with a written explanation of how you solved it, on the blog
We will take some pictures of some of the solutions that Albion Students came up with and post them on the blog.
We hope you enjoy this challenge and we look forward to seeing your solutions.
Albion Heights
DECEMBER PROBLEM OF THE MONTH:
The chef at a hotel is cooking a Christmas dinner for the guests. He wants to roast a lamb in the large hotel oven. The lamb weighs 19.75 kilograms. It takes 20 minutes to cook 500g of this lamb. Based on this information, how many minutes does it take to cook the whole lamb?
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
In the last two weeks we have celebrated Halloween and Remembrance Day. On October 31, we celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes and going to different houses asking for candy. When we say; "Trick or Treat!" the people in the house should give us candy. We also carve faces into pumpkins and light candles inside of them. Then we display these pumpkins outside our houses when it is night. Halloween is a lot of fun for kids.
On November 11, we celebrated Remembrance Day. That is a day when we remember the Canadian soldiers who have fought and died in wars around the world. It is also a day to think about peace and how we can work to have more peace in our world, and less war. Everyone wears red poppy flowers. We had a special assembly where some classes presented songs and poems. Each class also created wreaths to commemorate the soldiers.
Now that it is November, it is dark and cold here in Toronto. It starts to get dark at 5:00pm now, and doesn't get light until 8:00am in the morning. It has not snowed yet, but it is cold. Today's high was 7 degrees Celsius. What is the weather like in Maai Mahiu?
Our school dance is happening next week. We're looking forward to posting and telling you about it.
Albion Heights Junior Middle School
Monday, October 10, 2011
what's up our friends
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Hello to our partner schools
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
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Rafiki Link Debate - LIVE on Skype!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Introduction to Kenya, by Kenyan students
NGEYA PRIMARY POWERPOINT
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Albion Heights Video
Monday, February 14, 2011
Going on with Rafiki
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!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Long story about us this tuesday!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Rafiki Link in Kenya..introductory videos!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
We're back
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Snow in Chicago!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Celebrating Rafiki Link in Kenya - videos from this term!
Enjoy this video compilation - all these videos were taken in the last month at Ngeya Primary School in Maai Mahiu, Kenya!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Reasons why we liked Rafiki Link!!!
Enjoy!!!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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?
Monday, November 8, 2010
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
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Hello from Ausitn!!
Alexis Seaborn and Yulissa Muro
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Chalk for Peace Toronto
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
This is Martin Middle School
You guys are really Awesome!:)
I hope that you guys are doing good because we are!
News update
Monday, October 18, 2010
Hello from Martin Middle School!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
RAFIKI DAY
Friday, October 8, 2010
Chalk For Peace Pictures
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
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
CHALK FOR PEACE PHOTOS.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Chalk for peace video
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
ENVIRONMENT CLUB
Monday, September 13, 2010
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!
Friday, September 10, 2010
School opens for a new term
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.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
New look - and newsletter from Ngeya Primary School
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