From Philip's Desk

After a week-long break from classes, schools re-opened this week. It is still raining cats and dogs and the mud is now up to ankle high while other places are experiencing floods but still, we are doing well and the kids are geared up for this semester of classes. This month, we were reviewing the progress report of the kids for the past term and also presenting the kids report cards. We were quite pleased with their progress for this term and we hope that this will continue through this term.

Beginner’ class:-

Moses Ndungu

Dennis Amufa

They have not yet caught up with the classroom atmosphere but are slowly getting used to it. They were only tested on three examinable tests i.e. Mathematics, English and Bible. This time we had Moses Ndungu and Dennis Amufa topping the class and are showing tremendous improvement in their progress. Most of the other kids were performing averagely while a few of them are still trailing, but we have added more classes during farm time so that they catch up with the rest. We are happy with Michelle Saumu and Paul Njane who, when they came in were very low in their English levels but with both Hellens’ help, they are slowly coming up.

Eugene Kariuki

Intermediate class:-

This time round, young Eugene is the one turning heads. He has only been in this class for a few months and he worked his way to the second position. With his great progress, we think that in the coming termly exams, he might just top the class. This time round, their progress was average as compared to last year where they did so well by covering the class two and part of the class three curriculum in just one year. We decided to combine the beginner’s and intermediate classes together so as to have more healthy competition in the class. The new class will have nineteen students.

Middle class:-

Paul Njane

Peter Simala is still working wonders in this class by getting an average of 80% which is a clean ‘A’. This progress is so good that we decided to move him to the advanced class. We also had Joseph Mbugua, Alex Mwangi, Ian Thiga, Eunice and the new Rehema Mishi improving their grades from last time.  Rehema is new in the class and she is really doing well even though when she came in, she was really shy.

Advanced class:-

This time round, Jane Wanjiru improved with 17% in her average mark, from 54% to 71%. This is a great improvement from last year. The whole class is doing very well with only one two student getting below average mark and for one of them, Fauzia Hama, it was because she was coming to terms with the death of her father. For Brenda, it might be because she is new in the class. With this kind of progress, we think that they might be ready to be registered for the national exam next year.

Fast track:-

The class is still having a slow progress. Now we have twelve kids in the class with five of them from the advanced literacy class and the rest from the skills program. The kids will be registered for their national exam next year, so we still have time before next year. This class has Caleb Nthiwa topping this class and also the advanced class. He is one of the student who is both in advanced and fast track class. Catherine, who is new in the program is also doing very well in this class and was the second student in this class.

That is just what I happening this term and the progress of the students in class.