Head Teacher's report
HEAD TEACHER'S TERM TWO OPENING REPORT
The school opened on Monday 7th May 2012 and most of the children were present
Expected send term closure will be on Friday 10th August 2012.
TERMLY EVENTS
ACADEMIC
1. Baby class to class 6 will do three exams before the end of term two.
2. Class 7 and 8 will sit for four exams and this will also include District mock examinations.
SPORTS AND MUSIC
1. Athletics -to start immediately as we wait for the competition dates for this term.
2. Music- practice to begin as we expect the competition calendar of events to be out anytime.
Secondary School Sponsorship
The Project has always focused on providing education up to the end of junior school. The cost of educating children to secondary level are significantly greater and outside of the capabilities of the Shonda Project at this time.
However one of our pupils, Ronald Mwasi, achieved over 400 out of a possible 500 marks in his final exams. Ronald was invited to attend Kabarnet School,one of the National Schools, which is a day's bus journey away. This was a great honour for Ronald and the teachers and staff of St John's.
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Ronald and his mother with letter of invitation from Kabarnet school
Gastro Catering support Feeding Programme
Gastro Catering provide catering and event management services across the South East of England. Not only do they have a passion for bringing restaurant quality food to private and corporate events across the south east but they also want to make a difference to those less fortunate. We are delighted that Gastro Catering and supporting the Feeding Programme at the school. Aaron and Olivia visited the school in February and are working closely with Joseph, The School Manager, to improve the cooking facilities.
You can visit the Gastro Catering website here
Pinewood School funds running water!
Pinewood School have raised money for Shonda in many ways including donations received at the Christmas carol concert and more recently the school play. This has enabled the buying and installation of an electric pump to take water out of the well and feed tanks in the school. In June the installation of the pump, tank, pipes and wiring was undertaken to provide running water at the school for the first time. The water is also sold to local residents to cover electricity costs to pump the water.
A big thank you to the children, parent and staff at Pinewood School for making this happen.
The following photographs tell the story of the project ...
Pinewood School support Shonda
The Shonda Project is delighted to have developed a link with Pinewood School
The Pinewood School Carol Concert raised £1009.59 for the people of Shonda. Simply brilliant, thank you!
We look forward to sharing with you how the school and Shonda community benefited from the money raised.
From your computer ...
You are able to donate to the people of Shonda using the following link
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/shonda
Note we take very little money out for administration which means about 99% of what you donate goes to the people in Shonda.
Thank you for your donation
From your mobile phone ...
To donate to Shonda using your mobile phone simply text the message SHON32 and the amount to 70070
For example if you wanted to donate £10 you would enter the following text message:
SHON32 £10
and send it to 70070
Thank you Vodafone for providing this free service.
Note we take very little money out for administration which means about 99% of what you donate goes to the people in Shonda.
Thank you for your donation
Shonda newsletter 2012
Here is the newsletter produced in December 2012 ...
Click here to download the latest newsletter
The Newsletter is in Adobe PDF format, you probably have it already but if not you can get it for free here ..
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Planning 2012
Good planning is essential to the smooth running and expansion of the school. Theo, the Shonda UK representative in Kenya, and Joseph the school manager work closely with the governing Caretaker Board to develop and implement school plans. Here they are in action! ....
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Nursery children love their new mats!
All nursery children love to play on the floor - unfortunately the concrete floor in the school is always dusty and children and toys soon get dirty. Following a gift the school was able to buy some rush mats ... here's the result ...
