Written by Teacher Margaret
We hope you are all doing well. We at happy day are doing well especially now that four of us have started training for the new curriculum of education. We feel charged up for the task ahead of us. We have now learnt how to go about with the new system of education and we are most grateful to those who have enabled us to get this very important knowledge. Be blessed.
We will start updating on our wall the kids progress as per the system so that you and us can help the kids to grow wholely. The new system is all about identification of talents and abilities in our kids especially on life skills so that they can learn on issues that concern their field of interest. We have been taught how to create a portfolio for each kid so that we can start monitoring their likes and dislikes. We hope to continue giving them the best that we can. The new system requires lots of tangible material because its not about writing, its more of mind development. Each child needs to have a personal file, manilla papers, a pair of scissors, stick glue, a ruler , a pencil and a maker pen. We have asked the parents to buy the items for their children but unfortunately most of them haven't bought. We will also need modelling clay and water colours. We hope to get this items so that we can teach what we have been taught. We will always give progress reports of every child to their parents through grading ( no more numbers). We have been giving numbers according to the marks gained. From the highest to the lowest
Our kids need lots of exposure outside the walls of happy day junior school so that they can have real life experience of what they will learn in class. This will enable them to expand their minds on what they want to do when they grow up. All of our happy day kids are from financially unstable families and they haven't been away from their informal neighborhood except those who have gone for school tour at happy day. We wish to take them for an educational tour once more by next term.
Teacher Kellis is still away for maternity leave and we wish her and the newborn baby all the best. She will be back in three months time
Our June/July budget is as follows
Salaries......... 75000
Chai...............21000
Food...............25000
Gas..................2400
Insurance...... 14000
Water...............3000
Stationary....... 5000
TOTAL........... 145,400
Thanks once more and have a blessed new month.
Lots of love from Happy Day junior school administration, staff , children and parents. Be blessed
