Education Program Update - First Week at the Academy

The Kanzi Academy branch of our Education Program had been busy last week with the beginning of a new term! Head Teacher Sarah shares some stories and photos with us!

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Jambo! What a great, busy, and very exciting first week we have had!

Class 2 watching as a helicopter arrives at Campi ya Kanzi

We have begun all our work and topics in earnest and had much fun along the way. Our measuring, volume, and capacity unit has begun in Maths, with the children really getting involved... and getting wet while estimating how many cups of water fill a sufuria, which really cooled us down! We also got to grips practically with fractions, using everything from cutting and sticking, to dissecting apples! We started and finished our handprint lion head too! Class 2 really enjoyed this.

Estimating volume with water!

We also encountered some unplanned experiences this week.. from finding a tortoise in a bush, to watching a helicopter land in our football field! Life here at the Academy and in the bush is always wild and varied, and we like it like that!

Class 2 found a turtle!

We also went on countless nature walks, one which saw us collecting 16 different types of grass! Phillip has started looking at weather in his teaching, so we have enjoyed making weather charts and exercising daily observations of the weather!

Grasses found on a nature walk

And with a view just behind the school of Mount Kilimanjaro, what a completely splendid environment to learn in!

More news, photos, and updates to come next week!

Karibu tena, Sarah!