Kenya 2011: School Times!

This week I have been going to every class in the primary school :) They all start at 7am:| Not a fan of the early mornings!! The kids have such a long day; they are in 7am-4pm! And usually at 4 they go to homework club to do their homework until 5-5.30pm!! :o It's crazy! But they seem to love it! ha-ha they can’t get enough of school!! The kids start school at 3 years old here! And I’m amazed at what they can do so young! They all come speaking different languages coz their mother tongue is usually their tribe language! So they start getting taught in English at 3 so they have a common language.

I feel so respected here!! By both the kids and the teachers! They appreciate me being there so much its lovely!! I am known as "teacher Catherine". When I walk into a classroom the kids all say simultaneously "good morning teacher Catherine." Then I say “Good morning, how are you?” and they say "We are fine thank you and how are you?" It is the cutest thing!!!! :P Don't think many kids get much of an opinion here though, they all seem to be equal as in they are the students there to learn what the teacher tells them. What she says goes.

During my week there were 3 children that got called to leave class in the middle of a lesson coz they hadn’t paid their school fees :(

One of the classes had computing, and they were 6 years old, I don't know how good kids are at home, but they were all left to create their own menu in a table format, with no help whatsoever! I was amazed they could even find the right programme! :P

I went swimming today at a water park and then 2moro me and my friend are taking 2 older girls from the orphanage ice skating :D:D:D