On Thursday September 4th we received the news that Fabian Mwansa (grade two) was killed in a car accident. Fabian had only been at Sakeji for a short time but has left a hole in our Sakeji family. He is missed in the dorm by his dorm brothers and in class by his fellow classmates. Fabian was known for his trademark smile and laugh often heard across the playground.

Fabian (back) seen here with a fellow classmate, covered with evidence of that mornings handwork class,  displaying his trademark smile. (Photo Term 2 2014)

Although some time has passed since news reached us our thoughts and prayers are still with the family in their loss during this hard time.

On Thursday oct 2nd, grades 7, 8 and 9 students travelled to Chingola for a sports tour with some of the schools in the Copperbelt.  A great time was had by all and very big thanks to our hosts for the various events.

Scores:

Here are some creative writing from the grade 4/5 class.

Premise: – What if you woke up in another country one day and no one could understand you?  What would you do?

…If I woke up in another country and no one could understand my language, I would freak out.  I would try in every possible way to get them to understand me.  But if they still wouldn’t understand me, I would try to learn their language.  If I failed to learn their language I guess I would be all by myself.  I would have to play all by myself.  I would have no one to teach me, I would have to try and teach myself, do each and every single thing by myself.  But if I woke the next morning and found that I was dreaming I would pray!                    Kangwa

…If I were to wake up one morning and be in a different country and no one spoke English… I would learn sign language and find someone deaf who knew sign language and how to write.  Then they could teach me their language.  If that didn’t work I would teach people sign language and then I would be able to communicate with them.  If that didn’t work I would get a plane back here and continue on with my wonderful fun-filled math life here?                            Melissa

Grade Two and Three students have been working hard since half-term. One class we used to conduct a Science Olympics. Student groups were given 20 mini-marshmallows and 20 toothpicks. They had to construct a tower. The winning group made a tower just over 10 centimeters tall. Another activity was bridge building. Groups received 6 pieces of paper, some cello tape and scissors. They had to try to build a bridge that would span the longest distance. One group’s bridge spanned nearly 50 centimeters! We are looking forward to Birthday Party next week with a Jungle theme.

If you receive a letter from one of the Grade 2 + 3 students, don’t be surprised if it mentions something about penguins.  These strange ‘birds’ are found all over the world, but mostly in cold climates.  We’ve been reading a funny book about a funny man; Mr. Popper and Mr. Popper’s Penguins.

Also, there have been many fun facts we’ve discovered as well, such as penguins are birds, but really can’t fly, female penguins lay a single egg at a time, and the largest penguins are the emperor penguins!  What fun facts do you know about penguins?

The grade ones are beginning to settle into the classroom routines and expectations. We are working on learning the alphabet and numbers one to twenty. Additionally we are learning about our fives senses.

Ms Sheach. – Grade One Teacher