Willersey C of E Primary   International Link

I have recently returned from a very interesting and educationally rewarding trip to Kenya to meet the staff and children of our partner school Shamenei Primary School.  The welcome was extremely warm and I was treated to a wonderful experience of working in the school.  It is a mixture of wooden and concrete block buildings with some 450 children aged between 2 and 14. 

The Kenyan government has recently brought in free compulsory education for all primary aged children although they have not invested in adequate teacher training.  As a result classes tend to be large (I was in one with 87 children).

Whilst there, we were able to reach a partnership agreement and we have set up several projects between the two schools covering a range of subjects such as, favourite tales, our homes, trees, global warming and different recipes books.

As these links develop, I shall look forward to sharing some of the children’s work with the local community.

The links were developed through the Global Dimension Trust www.globaldimensiontrust.org

Andrew Ferguson   Headteacher