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Rosie’s Ugandan Trip
We were very proud to find out that Rosie (and a couple of teachers by the name of Plews and Moore!) had been selected by South Gloucestershire to take part in a Teacher’s International Professional Development visit.
DAY 1. Saturday 23rd May
“I’m getting very excited. Mrs Moore has packed our cases and we are ready to go. Look, I have my passport!” (1)
DAY 2. Sunday 24th May
“Into the backpack with my sunglasses. I don’t want to get left behind! I hope Mrs Moore remembers to take the backpack as we are leaving at 3 o’clock in the morning when Miss Plews picks us up.” (2)
“It is time for coffee at Bristol Airport. I think we need it to stay awake. We are all very excited about going on our adventure.” (3 & 4)
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“Here we go, onto the aircraft. I’m so excited! Look at me! (5). I’m now ready to board. Mrs Moore gives me a helping hand (6). Amsterdam here we come!”
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“Here I am in Amsterdam. We are at Schiphol Airport (7). That’s our plane there. It is very big. It is called an Airbus A330.” (8)
“Our first night in Africa (9). We are staying at Fairways Hotel in Kampala. Kampala is the capital of Uganda. Mrs Moore and I had to sleep under a mosquito net to stop being bitten by mosquitoes.” (10)
DAY 3. Monday 25th May
“We left Kampala at 9 o’clock in the morning to drive to Masinda. There were lots of different things to see (11). It was a very long drive, about 4 hours, with lots of small villages on the way (12). There were people selling fruit (13) on the side of the road. I liked the mangoes and tomatoes the best.” (14)
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“On the way we saw some Ancoli cattle. They have huge horns growing out of the top of their heads (15). This boy is carrying a big bag on his head. He has walked a long way.” (16)
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“When we arrived in Masindi we had some food, then went to visit a Masindi Primary School. The children sang a song and clapped for us (17). Their classrooms are different to ours. The children sit on long benches (18) and they have a blackboard.” (19)
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“When we were at the school it started to rain. It was very noisy in the classrooms. There are about 80 children in each class and only one teacher. The children were very well behaved.”
The British Council fund these visits to help schools make international links and learn about education across the world. They visited lots of different schools around the town of Masindi, Uganda during the May half-term.
After the teachers had gone to bed, I stayed up a bit longer to write in my ‘Ugandan Diary’. Read on as I tell you all about our most wonderful trip.
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