Dear
Parents and Guardians,
Students
of the Week
The
Students of the Week ending 9th February 2007 were: Emma McLelland
& Joy Mugo (Play Group), Anna Maina (Nursery), Alix Keates (Reception),
Joanna Dyer (Y1), Jamie Jennings (y2), Jackson Brown (Y3), Dominic
Blanchet (Y4), Fergus Leckie (Y5) and Careen Pradhan (Y6). Well
done, everyone!
First
House Point Certificate
The children were informed at the beginning of term that those who
reached 25 house points in one term would receive a special certificate
of merit. Our first pupils to reach this commendable target are
Hawa Karega and Natasha Neylan in Y1 and Stanley Nokes in Y5. Well
done, those three! We hope that others will soon follow their example.
U11
Boys' Hockey
The boys' under 11 hockey team played Aga Khan at home on Thursday
8th February and drew 2-2. Well done, boys!
The results of the under 10 girls' friendly hockey match against
Aga Khan (away) yesterday will be reported in next week's newsletter.
Braeburn
MIS Hockey Tournament
Next Saturday (3rd March) we will be hosting our Hockey Tournament
here. The students involved will be taking letters for their parents
if they are involved.
Braeburn
Nairobi Invitational Gala
A large number of Primary children will be attending this gala in
Nairobi on Monday. They will be travelling up by train on Sunday
night and arriving back in Mombasa by train on Tuesday morning.
Parents are asked to deliver them to the station on Sunday
evening but they will be collected by the school on Tuesday morning
and brought back here (probably between 10.00 and 11.00 am). If
parents wish to take them home when they arrive, please pick them
up from the school.
Monday's
After School Swimming Activity
Because Mr. Farid will not be here on Monday, his Swimming Activities
after school will be cancelled. The children affected should go
home on the early bus.
Assemblies
We hope you enjoyed our Open Day today and Year 4's assembly. Thank
you, Ms. Andrews and Y4. Next week is Year 3's assembly.
Fun
Day
Fun Day will take place on Friday 9th March at 3.00 pm until 6.00
pm. THERE WILL BE NO LATE BUS. Children staying must go home with
their parents or arrangements should be made for them to go home
with someone else and the school informed. From 6.00 - 8.00 pm there
will be an International Food Festival in which parents are kindly
asked to bring a national dish. Vouchers will be sold at Ksh.100
for a plate of food and the bar will be open. We are also looking
for raffle prizes such as a bottle of wine, whiskey etc. Please
be generous in support of the PTA which provides the school with
so many extras for the benefit of the children.
Change of Boarding Mistress
Sadly, I have to announce that Ms. Kimutai is leaving the Boarding
House to spend more time with her family. She has loved the Braeburn
"family" but her own must come first and it was a very
difficult decision for her to make. The boarders will miss her but
her replacement, Ms. Oloo from the Secondary School, will be taking
over in April and the boarding children will very quickly warm to
her. Ms. Oloo has lead numerous residential trips for the President's
Award Scheme and is ideally suited to the position. We wish her
every happiness in her new responsibility.
Exam
Week
Exam week begins on Monday 5th March. A lot of homework will be
revision. Please encourage your child to revise if that is what
they have been asked to do.
Tennis
Activity
Next term we have a professional tennis coach coming to offer tennis
as an activity. Interested children MUST have their own tennis racquets
and the cost for the activity will be Ksh1,500 per term. He is also
offering individual tennis coaching at Ksh.500 per hour. This will
take place after activities from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm. If your child
would like to take up tennis next term, please make sure they have
a labeled racquet.
Drums
for Peace
The Primary School children have been writing poems for an International
Poetry Competition on a theme of peace and non-violence. This is
an initiative from Belgium and their poems have been sent to the
Mombasa Municipal Education Office where they will be adjudicated.
On Wednesday 21st March all the schools involved will beat drums
in their compounds during the morning as a show of unity for peace
in the world. We are going to make this our "Book Day"
and sponsored read for A.C.T.S.
Polio
Immunisation
The Ministry of Health has advised all schools that the World Health
Organisation (WHO) had recently detected and confirmed a wild polio
virus case in Dadaab Refugee Camp in Wajir District of North Eastern
Province. To protect children in Kenya the Ministry has been conducting
an immunization programme for children under 5 years of age. The
Early Years children whose parents had consented were vaccinated
on Wednesday and will have their second vaccination between 17th
and 21st March.
Have
a good weekend.
Yours
sincerely
Allen
Corbet
Head of Primary
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