Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Today we visited St. Theresa's Primary School in Entebbe. It was a great experience being able to see a variety of grades and subjects. Both staff and students were very welcoming allowing us into their classrooms - often disrupting the lessons! It is funny how similar yet different these classes were to ours at home. They had anchor charts, student exemplars and plenty of writing lessons. Most classes had on average 50+ students, I told Aidan (our JGI contact) that I would never again complain about my class size of 23!!! The students are so well behaved and respectful. They had a great Roots and Shoots project going on where they were germinating and growing mushrooms to sell. A fundraiser for the school as well as a great Science lesson for the students. We got back to JGI headquarters around 1ish, just in time for our tasty local lunch. I have really enjoyed these lunches!
The rest of this week is dedicated to organizing our workshops as well as get ready for our upcomming adventures!
Stay tuned for more to come!
I suddenly remembered my old elementary days. i do hope that young kids nowadays are given some sort of environmental training (I wish i had that kind of education back in the days) as our young ones can really help out with our environment too.
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