“Today I have had a very busy day. We visited four different schools. I only looked through the windows to start with (20). Then I joined everybody for the assembly at Matunda Secondary School (21). Everybody was very welcoming and they were pleased to see us.”
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“After visiting a few other schools, we went to Karumba Falls in the evening. The view was beautiful (23). The noise of the water fall was really loud! Mrs Moore & Miss Plews had their picture taken. I was happily flying around making new friends.” (24)
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DAY 5. Wednesday 27th May
“Today we went to visit some more schools. The children here were doing P.E. Just like we do. This is just one class! (25). They played a game a bit like ‘tug of war’ but they used their feet instead of a rope.”
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“This class had a ‘Home Corner’ just like Reception (28). This is some of the food they eat. There is cassava, sweet potatoes, peas, beans and mangoes.” (29)
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“I had my picture taken with some children. This boy is studying hard. He wants to become a pilot.” (22)
“These children are having an English lesson. Their teacher is in the middle of the room (26). Some children bring lunch boxes to school.” (27)
“This is Mrs Moore helping the children with some writing (30). Mrs Moore gave a bag of our gifts to the Head teacher of one of the schools we visited. He was very pleased.” (31)
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“This is where we stayed. It’s the Court View Hotel.” (32)
“This was our room. It is different from other hotels, can you see why? (33). There were lots of bushes and flowers for me to explore. I liked this bush because the flowers were a lovely blue. I saw lots of butterflies too.” (34)
“Today all the teachers were given a talk from a local doctor and then went to visit a hospital. That sounded more like work to me so I decided to go off and play with all my new friends! I had lots of great fun.”
DAY 6. Thursday 28th May
“This lady is the Head teacher of Bowke Primary School. Her name is Beatrice Katwesige (35). There are 940 children in her school in 7 different classes. In Class P2 (which is our Year 1) there were 178 children and they all learn in one classroom with one teacher. They were very squashed! Most of the children sat on the floor to do their learning as there are no tables or chairs.”
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“Ugandan people travel a long way on foot or on bicycle. They carry lots of things on their bicycles. This man has his shop on his bike (38). Their shops are on the side of the road (39). People stop to buy their food here.”
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“This was the teachers toilet! Have you ever seen a toilet like this before? (36). Just like us the children love to wave their hands and play games. They were very friendly.” (37)