I think we will try and post maybe once a month to update everyone on what we are doing.
The presentation to staff on Friday 11th November (inservice day) was very successful and it was worth the five hours we spent making it the Sunday before as lots of teachers said how good it was.
Upcoming presentations include assemblies to all year groups and the twinned primary schools in Dundee as well as a talk to Abertay Rotary in January.
It is just under 9 months until the Kenyans come to Grove. We are thinking about possible things to do with them while they are here.
We have had some contact with Meru School- Mrs Kerr has been in touch with some teachers and we sent Christmas cards to the school and to Elijah and Priscilla.
Also please take a look if you can at the photo wall in the Geography department outside Mrs Kerr's room. There's some really good photos there.
We are still really missing Kenya. It is great to tell everyone about it but I'm sure we all think of it every day.
Ta ta for the noo
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Telling the world of our experiences
Long time no blog! We are back! That doesn't mean we haven't been doing anything though. It has been hard to re-adjust from the sedate life in Kenya back to the rush of home!
We had an official meeting last Tuesday evening to discuss with parents our experiences, share photos, and decide what to do during the reciprocal visit. It went on for quite a while!
This week we have been preparing a presentation for the staff talk we will be doing on one of the inservice days next week. We have brainstormed our thoughts and gut feelings and are nearly at the stage of making up a slideshow of sorts.
Soon we will also get the chance to speak at assemblies. We will speak to S1-S4 but will target the seniors as we feel they are the most important group to feed back to.
Additionally we are preparing articles for various things like the Guide and Gazette.
Upon returning we have felt a huge interest in our experiences, and some of us even gave short talks or held discussions in our classes! There is so much to tell everyone.
Looking back now it feels strange to think that just three weeks ago we were in Kenya. We are all missing the sun, the people, the happiness and the warmth that we got to know while we were in Africa.
Please continue following the blog. The exchange programme is not over- it is only beginning! With the reciprocal visit blog (http://merugrovevisit.blogspot.com) the contact can continue. We are all really excited about the prospect of the visit- hopefully time will fly!
Kwaheri
We had an official meeting last Tuesday evening to discuss with parents our experiences, share photos, and decide what to do during the reciprocal visit. It went on for quite a while!
This week we have been preparing a presentation for the staff talk we will be doing on one of the inservice days next week. We have brainstormed our thoughts and gut feelings and are nearly at the stage of making up a slideshow of sorts.
Soon we will also get the chance to speak at assemblies. We will speak to S1-S4 but will target the seniors as we feel they are the most important group to feed back to.
Additionally we are preparing articles for various things like the Guide and Gazette.
Upon returning we have felt a huge interest in our experiences, and some of us even gave short talks or held discussions in our classes! There is so much to tell everyone.
Looking back now it feels strange to think that just three weeks ago we were in Kenya. We are all missing the sun, the people, the happiness and the warmth that we got to know while we were in Africa.
Please continue following the blog. The exchange programme is not over- it is only beginning! With the reciprocal visit blog (http://merugrovevisit.blogspot.com) the contact can continue. We are all really excited about the prospect of the visit- hopefully time will fly!
Kwaheri
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