Rafiki Link

Rafiki link in our school has been doing great and we have been able to learn how to use computers which we never did before. We learnt how to transfer photos from digital cameras to computers and also how to use microsoft office word where we even went ahead and put it into practice where we made a school newsletter which is shown below. we thank our Rafiki Link co-ordinator for training us.
He usually comes with two laptops and two modems on every Monday and Thursday of the week. the laptops that he carries to our school are not enough because we are ten students, we work in two groups where we have five students on each group and we also we do not have power source in the school for the two laptops so we use them and when they are out of charge we go home. Before we closed the school Mwaniki created email addresses for us where he taught us how to send and receive emails which was really exciting doing it amongst ourselves, we now hope to be communicating a lot with students in Canada next year when we get back to school.

NGEYA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Pupils here come in school at 7am in the morning and leave at 4:30pm, they usually eat lunch in school which is a mixture of maize and beans and we call it “Githeri” in our language. Ngeya has a population of about 1,800 pupils and its a government/ public school. There have been some improvements that have been made in the school and they include; a new hall has been built. Our teachers staff room that looked very bad has been newly painted, we have also been competing in games with a polytechnic that is just next to our school. We are also very happy because of Rafiki Link being introduced to our school and we thank Albion heights for being our partner school. In Rafiki Link club, we have some members who really love playing basketball but we do not have a field for such a game, we only have football, volleyball and netball fields in the school. We also learn how to use computers and how to post on school blog on every Monday and Thursday of the week, Mr. Mwaniki teaches us on the use of computers after classes, we really love these teachings because we are heading in a world of technology which we have a chance of learning in our school. There have been no many public primary schools that are lucky to learn computers, but we are very lucky to have our teacher who teaches us about computers.

ENVIRONMENT

Environment club in our school has been a successful club. This club has many activities in the school .It has been making our school compound look neat by planting trees in our compound .This club has introduced many ways on how they can change the school compound to become an attractive place for many people from outside country, making Ngeya primary school a place that is going to be known everywhere because of tree planting .These changes are that they have introduced vegetable garden that is providing food supplement in our diet .In the garden, they grow crops like; cabbages, kales and onions.

The school is now trying to find out ways on how this club can develop itself and Its also helping to make the environment club to be the most shinning environment club in Longonot zone .The environment members have been watering the trees which they have planted even when the school goes on a holiday, they still come to school to take care of the trees that they planted. These trees are growing very well and they are so healthy and beautiful.

We hope that when those trees grow tall we are going to have very nice learning environment unlike the condition that we learn in is very hot and dry.

Olympic News at Albion Heights!

The Olympic torch will be carried by one of the teachers from our school! On Friday, November 27, Ms. McCormack will run with the Olympic torch through her hometown of Blackville, New Brunswick. Ms. McCormack was chosen as a torch runner because she is a former Olympian, playing with the silver medal Canadian women's hockey team at the Nagano Olympics in 1998! Go Ms. McCormack!
For more information, check out this link: http://tdsbweb/MediaRoom/tdsbwebRoom.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&enableNav=true&self=22386

News from Albion Heights

Volume 1 Number 1 News for our partner school: Ngeya Primary October 2009



† All About Albion Heights
† Albion Heights School Sports
† Student Agenda Information
† Homework
† Reading At Home
† Important Dates





All About Albion Heights Junior Middle School

We are going to talk about Albion Heights J.M.S. First, we want to talk about how teachers, staff and our visiting teachers have been treating us. They all treat us equally and fairly. Sometimes, they are strict for our silliness or bad behavior. Some students here in Canada think that punishment for bad behavior is unfair. Albion Heights is committed to caring and equal education to all students. The staff is committed to establishing programs that will help students with their school work.
We have about 500 students in our school and about 30 teachers. All of our teachers are committed to providing attention to each student in our school.

Albion Heights
School Sports

Our school has a lot of different sports. We have a soccer team, hockey team, basketball team, volley ball team, and a cross-county running team.
The cross-county team had a meet on October 5th 2009. The cross-county team went to a very famous park named Centennial Park. All the schools in the G.T.A. (Greater Toronto Area) came there and participated in a run. There were about 900 students from across Toronto who participated in the cross-country meet. From our school, about 50 of us students went. Grades 4-8 participated in a run that was about 2 km long (2000 meters). The grades 7-8 had to run 3 km (3000 m). The people who made it to the top 30 got to go to the city semi-finals. There were 3 students in our school who made it to the top 30. After the top 30, they had to make it to the top 10 in order to make it to the finals. Unfortunately, no one in our school made it to the city finals.
We also have a basketball team and a volley ball team every year. Every other year, we have a soccer and hockey team. Last year, we had a chess team. The chess team competed with other schools. The Albion Heights chess team won the championship trophy. The basketball team didn’t make it to the finals, but they still tried hard and won some games.

Special events

On October 13, we had our annual Terry Fox Walk. The whole school participated and we walked around the neighbourhood. Most of the students donated $2.00 to Terry Fox Foundation. Terry Fox was a famous Canadian, who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research, even though his leg had been amputated after he had been diagnosed with bone cancer.
On October 26, we had our school clean-up. The whole school participated in making our community look beautiful, we each had one rubber glove to pick up the garbage in our assigned areas.
On October 30, the day before Halloween the primary and junior students had a Halloween parade inside the school. Each of the kids dressed up in their costumes and walked around the whole school to show off their costumes. It was fun and exciting to see and watch the different types of costumes that each student wore.
Another event that happened on October 31 was Halloween. Halloween is a traditional holiday that happens once a year. It's a day for young people to go outside at evening and trick or treat. Kids dress up in costumes and collect treats. Adults stay at home and hand out treats to children who come to their door.

Me to We Day

Going to the Me To We Day event was the best experience ever! all started that Monday morning. We were suppose to be at school for 7 A.M! It was very early for most of us, because most of us wake up at seven.
We were going downtown to be part of an event that would help us learn more about taking action, getting involved and working to make the world a better place.
Everyone was excited but tired because we had to wake up so early. We waked into the bus and noticed two other schools were coming with us. The bus ride was long, but once we got there it was so loud and crazy!
As we walked in the Air Canada Centre (Where the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team plays) we saw so many people and lots of different school. We got more excited and wondered what will happen next. As we walked in the auditorium we heard that Justin Bieber was in the house. Also there was loud and good music playing, as people danced. We saw lots of famous music groups like the Jonas brother, and Hedley. We also saw lots of famous people like Jessie from MTV, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Elie Wiesel who won the Nobel Peace Prize and other important people from across the world. We also learned a lot about how we can work together with others in our community, our country and around the world, which helps us as people to make the world a better place!

Written by: Krishauna, Bhavneet, Maha, and Darla, Harpreet, Zarnain, Ruby, Jessica, Zahra, Teran, & Harman.
Edited by: Hima & Sunny

Our solution to the math challenge

We continued this chart until the 10th term. We found out a expression which is: n (n) + n = x
(n = open lockers)
(x = closed lockers)
But the question says to find how many lockers are open after the 1000th student enters the school.

We can't seem to find the correct answer with this expression. The closest we got was when n=31
Do you have another formula to solve this problem?

Winter hiking!!!!!

Hello Negya

These are some pictures we took when we were hiking! The grade 5's went on a hike to look at nature in winter. We learned a lot, including how to make a fire to keep us warm.

Math challenge for standard 7 & 8

At our school, some of our top math students are invited to participate in a Math Olympics. We are challenging some of your students to solve this math puzzle. Our Math Olympics students will post their solutions. Can you post a solution first?


At a Secondary School, there are 1000 students and 1000 lockers (cupboards for students to store their books). The caretaker has made sure that all the lockers are shut for the beginning of school. The students decided to play a practical joke on the principal. The first student that enters the school opens every locker. The second student that enters closes every other locker. The third student opens or closes every third locker, the fourth student will open or close every fourth locker and so on... After every student has entered the building, how many lockers will remain open? How can you represent your answer algebraically?

This is a picture of the Toronto. The tall tower is called the CN tower. It is the highest freestanding structure in the world.

Hi! We want to answer your questions about Canada. We have some facts for you and pictures as
well. Every week we will tell you some information and can you please tell use some facts about Kenya? Here are some facts about Canada: Our population is 32,040,292 people. Did you know we used to be ruled by England?! Our area is 9,984,670 square kilometers. Did you know that Canada is the second largest country in the world? That's all for today. Bye :)

These are some loons. A loon is on our 1 dollar coin.

Canada is very multicultural.

UP DATES

Last week we have been doing exams.We have even been playing games like football,netball,vallyball and cricket.We have finished our exams today on monday.

request

we are pupils from ngeya primary school.we request you to tell us about canada.us too we will tell you about kenya.

photo test

All About Albion Heights

Our school is called Albion Heights. We have over 500 kids going to our school. Mr. Abdi (principal) and Mrs. Lyons (vice Principal) are the head leaders of our school. Our school is in Toronto, Canada and Ontario. Our school starts at kindergarten and ends at grade 8.
Hi! My name is Ruby. I am 11 years old. Here at Albion Heights I made many friends. Everyone is treated equally. My hobbies are dancing, hanging with my friends and drawing.
Hi! My name is Marwan. I am 10 years old. My hobbies are playing with my guitar, learning about animals and reading.
Hi! My name is Chantea. I am 12 years old. My hobbies are dancing and skate boarding. My favorite subject is art because I love to draw about my feelings.
We are writing because we are reporters for our blog at Albion Heights. We will tell you about our school and other things.

I am Tabitha Njeri Wanjiru, I am 12 years old and I live in Maai-Mahiu which is in Naivasha district. I am a bright girl who performs well in school.
My hobbies are; making friends and watching movies. One of my friends is Phyllis Wambui, she is also a bright girl.
My favorite food is rice, meat and chapati
My ambition is to become a doctor in future.
I thank my teachers Mrs. Ndegwa and Mwaniki for teaching us computer and also make friends with students in Canada. May God bless you.

My name is Eliud Njuguna, I am seventeen years old. I was born in Limuru District, I didn’t join school at the respective age: I was a bit late but now I am in class eight and this is my final year in Primary school.
In this final year, God has helped our school because our school friend by the name Mwaniki introduced the club Rafiki Link and I am one of the members and am happy because I am learning new skills on computers.
As I am learning computer, it will even be easy for me to fulfill my careers. I have four careers in life; to be a pilot, president , air force policeman and becoming a musician. I also like cracking jokes and imitating people like presidents or any other person.
I am proud of myself.

My name is Joseph Gikonyo.
Am in class eight in Ngeya primary school which is in Maai-Mahiu .
I am fifteen years old.
I am a member of Rafiki Link club.
I like swimming.

My name is Teddy Mureithi, I am in class six in Ngeya Primary school which is resided in Maai-Mahiu town. My hobby is joking, which make my classmate very happy, when I am joking I like looking for pupils who like joking.
When I grow up, I would like to be an international footballer so that I play for the world cup of nation.

My name is John Njonge, I come from Maai-Mahiu Kenya. I am 12 years old. I am a bright boy and I learn in Ngeya Primary school. I am in standard seven, my favorite subjects are science, English and social studies. I have one sister only.
I would like to be a doctor when I grow up.
My hobbies are playing with dogs and cats. Dogs are very friendly, they guard our homes. Cats are very useful in our homes because they keep rats away , I also like playing football and drawing. My favorite foods are Ugali mixed with fish and rice with chicken. I thank you Mwaniki for teaching us computer and be blessed and may God bless our teacher Mrs. Ndegwa for choosing us among all the pupils in our school.

My name is Mary Wambui, I am fifteen years old.
I am in class eight in Ngeya primary school which is in Maai-Mahiu town. In our school we wear blue and white stripped uniform.
In school I like participating in clubs, am in bible class and also in Rafiki Link club, I like reading and praying.
Am also good in netball and volleyball. At home I like playing with dogs, I have six dogs that on weekends I go to slaughter house and buy blood which I cook and give to my dogs, and my dogs are very fat.
In class I like making funs and joking, I also like friends.

My name is Martha Wanjiku, I live in Maai-Mahiu and learn in Ngeya Primary school.
I am thirteen years and am in class eight. My hobbies are reading story books and making funs. I enjoy reading and typing.

Eliud

Iam really enjoying of having a computer lessonin our school.

Learning internet

Students enjoy learning internet and basic computer skills which they had not done before.

The Weather in Toronto, Canada

Ms. Berkal's kindergarten class has been tracking the weather this winter and making a graph. Check out their graph in these pictures. You can see we have had many snowy days. Can you see how excited the children are to share their graph with you? We were wondering - what is the weather like in Maai Mahiu in February?

Desks delivery at Ngeya

Here are the photos of the desks that were taken to Ngeya Primary School in Maai-Mahiu, bought by Albion Heights School in Canada through Comfort The Children International Maai-Mahiu. The desks were given to class one pupils since this is the class that was in worst condition.




Loading the truck with desks













Arrival at Ngeya

Offloading taking place at Ngeya

Mwaniki & Rocky near the CTC car after offloading the desks from the truck

pupils sitting on the floor during their lessons

Pupils carrying the new desks to the class that had none

the class before desks were brought in, there was none and the kids sitting on the earth floor

Mwaniki and Rocky shows the pupils how to arrange desks in the room
















pupils enjoy to see the amazing new class

the whole of class one pupils were now all sitting on the new desks

Pupils enjoyed sitting on the new desks and the only thing you could see was smiles and the kids saying 'God bless you'

Some pictures from Ngeya School, July 2008

These pictures are of Ngeya, the partner school of Albion Heights Junior Middle School. They were taken by Noble Kelly and Konrad Glogowski, part of the Teachers Without Borders team that was in Maai Mahiu last summer.