I planned this blog approximately 5 weeks ago when we had
been given the go ahead to open school. Time has flown by since then and Corona
shut down seems like a dim and distant memory. We are open with smaller
classes, children only in for a limited amount of time every day and everyone
wearing face masks and washing their hands regularly. To add to the chaos we
also bought the grade 5 and 6 children who had been learning elsewhere back on
site for the rest of this term.
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| First Assembly after Corona |
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| Temperature Checks
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It works a little something like this:
206 children.
Each grade is split into 2 groups.
Baby class to grade 4 are in for 2 hours of learning a
day. Group 1 starting at 8am and group 2 starting at 10.30am.
Grade 5 and 6 are in for 3 hours of learning a day with
group 1 starting at 8am and group 2 starting at 11.30am
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It feels like we have children coming and going all the time
and should install a revolving gate but over the last 5 weeks we have got a
pretty good system in place. Teachers are teaching the same lessons to two separate
groups. It means less learning time but also much more focused work with
teachers able to support the children in more meaningful ways.
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| Grade 1 |
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| Grade 4 measuring each other |
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When we opened school 15 children did not come back. We
expected to have lost a few children as parents lost jobs and have moved away
but it was very sad especially as a couple of them had been with me for a
long time.
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Overall the official figures for Corona virus in Zambia are very encouraging with low transmission rates and relatively low number of
infections. We thank God for this and pray it will continue.
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| Patricia washing and combing hair |
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