Our lovely friends in Tanzania write to Year 2!

Some children at Makole Primary School wrote to the children in Year 2. Our Year 2 friends each got their own envelope with a letter inside. It was very exciting!

I wonder what our Year 2 friends will write back? I cannot wait to see their letters!

Tanzania!

Hello everyone.

I am now back from Tanzania and had such a fantastic experience. I am really looking forward to sharing all my photos, videos and experiences with you all. The children and staff are very excited about working with Woodmansterne. 

This is the tree that was planted when Mr Robinson first visited Makole Primary School to begin our link. 

The children are lining up to go into school at 7.30am. They start earlier than us and finish at 1.40pm.

 Meet the chairman and vice chairmen of school council! We had a fantastic meeting and shared our 10 rights,10 responsibilities and 10 things about us.

Miss Newman teaches in Tanzania! I taught a class Literacy. It was different to teaching at Woodmansterne as I often use an interactive white board when I am teaching, but I did enjoy using a blackboard for a change!

This is a a year 4 class. The classes are a lot bigger than at Woodmansterne, there are about 90 children in each class. They are all very behaved and work really hard.

 I taught an art lesson at Makole, and after we had learnt how to mix colours, we made a poster to show that Makole and Woodmansterne are united and are going to work together.

The teachers even got involved too!

These are just some of my photos, lots more to come! I love reading your comments so keep them coming!

Off I go!

Heading off to Heathrow airport to catch my plane!

I am very excited.

Has anyone got any ideas of what the weather will be like? Perhaps you could look it up.

I wonder what kind of food there will be to eat in Tanzania?

I would love to hear your suggestions.

Map of Africa

Can you find Tanzania on the map? 

Where in Africa do you think it is? North, East, South, West?

Only 4 days until I go!

On Thursday the 18th of October, I will be leaving for Tanzania! I will be there for 10 days where I will be spending time at Makole Primary School, in Dodoma. I am very excited to see how Woodmansterne can link with Makole to enable both schools to learn new things.

Last summer term, we were very lucky to be visited by Hamis, the headteacher at Makole, along with some other headteachers from Dodoma. I am very much looking forward to seeing them again, and meeting all the staff and children out there!

On this blog, I will keep you updated with my visit. There will also be lots of opportunities for you to comment and contribute - I cannot wait to hear your thoughts and ideas!

Miss Newman (RN)