Hi everyone,
Well this has been a much quieter week, with work happening in three main places. This was the two main schools and the circuit office where I was working with eighteen Principals from the Elim and Etayi cicrcits.
On Monday, Penny O’brien and I had put a training session together for Cluster Centre Principals. This was trying to explain how a Cluster Centre could improve Teaching and Learning and Management Development, both in the school and the Cluster. This training went extremely well with eighteen Principals, and I was very pleased with the quality of the discussions and the positive way that the Principals approached the training.
Tuesday found me back in Oshikuku and opening the door in the morning I found a number of Donkeys standing outside my door (Picture below). It is always interesting to find out what is in my garden when I wake up each morning, as I have had, Goats, Cows, A Bull, Dogs, Chickens, Donkeys and a Chipmunk type Mouse. I worked from home for the whole of the day preparing for some forthcoming training and meetings.
On Wednesday, I was at one of my schools at 6.30 in the morning, ready to issue the whole of the School Staff with their Certificates of Attendance from the previous Workshops. I did drop into Mupewa Junior School, where I was presented with a young girl who was obviously very sad. She had a school bag, which was stuffed full of rubbish and I spent an hour talking to her and asking her why she collected the rubbish. I include her picture below, and I am sure colleagues in Parkside will recognise a child who needs a lot of time from someone to be spent with her. I gave the school some advice on how to build this girls confidence and self-esteem and promised I would visit her again. The rest of the day was spent preparing for another training session with the Cluster Principals on the forthcoming Friday.
On Thursday I had a development meeting with Nuuyoma Secondary School’s Senior Management Team. We agreed a very simple Development Plan to improve the Professional standards of Teachers, the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, Improvement of Lesson Planning and the Development of Subject Policies.
On Friday I woke up to find another one of those big flat spiders in my room. This time I took a picture of it, which I include below. It is about 4 to 5 cm across and can move extremely very quickly. I am told that they are harmless, but I think that depends on you point of view! The day was mostly training the Cluster Centre Principals, which was very successful again and the evaluation returns were very pleasing.
The weekend was also quite quiet, but Penny was pleased to see one of her plants come out in flower for the first time. It is called a ‘Bird of Paradise’ flower and it has taken three years to produce its first flower. I know that Vicky will be particularly interested in this, so I took a picture of it and included it in this Blog.
As I complete this Blog I realise that I have just one more to write before I head for home. Again I have mixed feelings about this part of my life coming to an end, but I do know that I will never forget this experience. I feel that, as so often with Africa, it puts your own life into perspective, and makes you appreciate what you have back in the UK. However, it may make me a little less tolerant of those people who are always moaning about their lot!!
Take care until next week.
Love to all.
Barry
Well this has been a much quieter week, with work happening in three main places. This was the two main schools and the circuit office where I was working with eighteen Principals from the Elim and Etayi cicrcits.
On Monday, Penny O’brien and I had put a training session together for Cluster Centre Principals. This was trying to explain how a Cluster Centre could improve Teaching and Learning and Management Development, both in the school and the Cluster. This training went extremely well with eighteen Principals, and I was very pleased with the quality of the discussions and the positive way that the Principals approached the training.
Tuesday found me back in Oshikuku and opening the door in the morning I found a number of Donkeys standing outside my door (Picture below). It is always interesting to find out what is in my garden when I wake up each morning, as I have had, Goats, Cows, A Bull, Dogs, Chickens, Donkeys and a Chipmunk type Mouse. I worked from home for the whole of the day preparing for some forthcoming training and meetings.
On Wednesday, I was at one of my schools at 6.30 in the morning, ready to issue the whole of the School Staff with their Certificates of Attendance from the previous Workshops. I did drop into Mupewa Junior School, where I was presented with a young girl who was obviously very sad. She had a school bag, which was stuffed full of rubbish and I spent an hour talking to her and asking her why she collected the rubbish. I include her picture below, and I am sure colleagues in Parkside will recognise a child who needs a lot of time from someone to be spent with her. I gave the school some advice on how to build this girls confidence and self-esteem and promised I would visit her again. The rest of the day was spent preparing for another training session with the Cluster Principals on the forthcoming Friday.
On Thursday I had a development meeting with Nuuyoma Secondary School’s Senior Management Team. We agreed a very simple Development Plan to improve the Professional standards of Teachers, the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, Improvement of Lesson Planning and the Development of Subject Policies.
On Friday I woke up to find another one of those big flat spiders in my room. This time I took a picture of it, which I include below. It is about 4 to 5 cm across and can move extremely very quickly. I am told that they are harmless, but I think that depends on you point of view! The day was mostly training the Cluster Centre Principals, which was very successful again and the evaluation returns were very pleasing.
The weekend was also quite quiet, but Penny was pleased to see one of her plants come out in flower for the first time. It is called a ‘Bird of Paradise’ flower and it has taken three years to produce its first flower. I know that Vicky will be particularly interested in this, so I took a picture of it and included it in this Blog.
As I complete this Blog I realise that I have just one more to write before I head for home. Again I have mixed feelings about this part of my life coming to an end, but I do know that I will never forget this experience. I feel that, as so often with Africa, it puts your own life into perspective, and makes you appreciate what you have back in the UK. However, it may make me a little less tolerant of those people who are always moaning about their lot!!
Take care until next week.
Love to all.
Barry
1 comment:
We will be happy to have you home bro but I envy you, the sights and experiences you have had. Our imaginations can never paint the true picture
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