Teaching @ the Modern Primary School

The alternative to building at the school project was teaching. There was usually about half the team on each option, with people changing around day to day depending on what they had planned or wanted to do!

Poetry
A school in England, associated with a couple of the team members, had written poems about what it was like to attend schools in England; what subjects they did, which were favourites, school lunches, discipline, etc… these were read out to a class here in Uganda. The students then wrote poems about Ugandan schools and what it was to attend a school here. The poems produced were amazing! They have been taken back to England to read out to the class that produced the first poems. I thought it was such a great idea!

Art
We had an artist on the first team! He brought with him an array of pens, pencils and crayons and got the kids drawing animals typical of Uganda, Hippos, Giraffes, Lions etc then animals typical of England, Rabbits, Dogs, Horses… I don’t think the children have had much opportunity for art lessons in this way and loved it! They all proudly showed us what they had done!

Music
There was a group of about 6-8 students who were taught piano lessons. There was only one keyboard and using this depended on availability of electricity, but during these times the students were taught music theory. They are now going to teach their fellow students what they have learnt.