Dear parents, guardians and friends of Braeside Primary,

It is yet again that time when we get to look back on what has been in the term.

This has been a fulfilling term-short yet full of activity.

The parents' reviews in the last 3 weeks have been quite insightful. I am sure having attended these; you now know your child's strengths, weaknesses and the way forward. I salute all the children and teachers for the steadfast work that has ensured progression and improvement in the learning circle.

The year group trips have continued this half of the term. The children derive a great deal of pleasure not to mention exposure for them as highlighted below.

Crèche trip to Children's World and Aquapet

The two year old faces glowed with curiosity at the sight of the well lit aquariums and this is what they had to say.

Lisa: I saw a big fish and got a balloon.

Melvin: I had so much fun playing with the balls and sliding

Samuel: I went on a red slide

Nursery Trip to Animal Orphanage and Safari Walk

Teacher: Where did we go for our trip?"
Tiffany: Orphanage animal ……… animal orphanage!
Teacher: "What did we see?
Monyo: Hippo! …….. Hippopotamus!
James: A Daddy monkey and a baby one!
Muskan: A tortoise near the ostrich!
Lenah: I liked the monkey because it was jumping and it can't bite.
Samantha: I saw the hyena, it came to the fence and I was just a little scared, not much!
Nduta: The warthog was drinking a lot of water.
Anisa: The monkey was swinging and playing.

Reception Trip to Flower Farm and Giraffe Centre

'On Friday we went to the Flower Farm and saw roses. We went to the green house and saw orange roses. Then we saw pipes carrying medicine to the plants. Ikechukwu Alexander

'I saw flowers and a cold room. It was very cold inside. The people were arranging the roses and I also saw baby plants.' Mariam Kimutai

'The people were making the roses using the pegs. We cleaned our shoes before going inside. We saw a big dam with water.' Abigail Wanjiru

'At the giraffe centre there was Baringo giraffe, Masai giraffe and Kikuyu giraffe. We gave the giraffes biscuits. I had fun.' Margaret Wairimu

'We all fed the giraffes biscuits. The giraffe removed a black tongue to eat the biscuit. Then I washed my hands and ate chips.' Rousinaar Awiti

'I fed the giraffe and ate lunch. Then I saw a warthog.' Hawi Deya

'The giraffe licked my hand when I was feeding it. Then I had juice and chips.' Adnan Sheikh

'At the rose farm, I saw orange roses in a green house and there were pipes of water and medicine for the roses to grow.' Amani Okundi

'I went to the rose farm and I saw a lot of roses of many colours. I went in the cold room where the roses are kept like a fridge and it was very cold inside there.' Michelle Gatonye

'In the rose farm, I saw baby rose plants and when they were being watered, the water also poured on me! That was fun ……..'Taara Adami

'We ate chips for lunch at the Giraffe Centre then I fed the Giraffes 2 biscuits.' Suhani Patel
'At the Giraffe centre I saw 3 giraffes and 1 warthog; he was sleeping because he was tired.' Melchim Roothaert

'At the Giraffe Centre, I fed the Giraffe and then washed my hands. When we were coming back to school, I was tired and went to sleep in the bus.' Simani Sangale

EARLY YEAR'S FUN DAY

The Early Years' Fun Day on 24th march 2007 was a blast!!
Adults and children alike had a great time. We all had a chance of going down the 'fun lane' and doing activities that we have long forgotten about.

All the children, teachers and parents managed to strike a balance between competition and team work, energetic activities and relaxation.

This is what our young ones perceived of the whole event……
I enjoyed face painting and I ate many Ice-creams. My medal was beautiful. Aziza Rana
I am going to pick only one ball and run. Rene I can run very fast'Danah
The slide on the jumping castle was a lot of fun Edward Balnaves
I was hopping very fast, so I got a medal. The clown was very funny. I ate a hot dog too!David Halonyere
I was jumping on the jumping castle and it was fun. There was face painting and a tall man carried me. Zuviel Tantuo
Mummies were walking around the chair then they sat down. They burst their balloons and I laughed. I ate a doughnut and ribena. Rousaar Awiti I watched my dad bursting so many balloons and my mum played musical chairs. It was fun.
Breanna Hillgartner
"I saw a man with big legs!" (Describing the clown on stilts)
"There was a bouncing castle! And it had balls! It was so fun! …. Much fun."
"The balloons ! The mummies and daddies were bursting balloons of each other!
They were running very fast and laughing!" Nursery Children

The children were running. There was a jumping castle and balls. Then I saw mummies and daddies. Vallery Akinyi

Year 6 Camp

Yeah!
Year 6 camp in school was fun; I really had a great time, just staying there for one night. I was glad to change into my home clothing after school and go to the events. The boys were playing football and the girls were decorating their tents for the fashion show.

After that it was dinnertime, everyone ate sausages, rice and mashed potatoes. Then we went back to the field to have more fun. As always boys were playing football. The girls went to start the fashion show. We had different categories, we had beach categories, normal categories and the last was the weird category. Soon it was time to change into our pajamas and sleep but some of the girls in the tent stayed up until 2.00 p.m. playing balloon games. In the morning everyone was tired and we had to shower in cold, chilling water. During breakfast we had sausage, egg and cereals after which everyone went swimming.

After that Ms. Odhiambo took all the girls too Crèche area. All the girls were wondering what was going to happen. Then the nurse came and talked to us about our changes in our bodies. After the long talk, everyone got to do their own things. Some people played basketball, others went swimming and some were just playing football until their parents came.
I really had a great time there with my friends getting to bring whatever we want, then after an exciting Friday and Saturday I went home and slept, because I didn't have enough sleep at the camp. Brenda Vitisya

'First we came to school with our bags and had our lessons as normal School. At 4 o'clock, we started to change into our home clothes and we chose our tents.
We went out to play football about 7 o'clock in the evening after which we wore our sweaters and went for dinner. For dinner, we had potatoes and hot dogs. For Breakfast we had eggs, sausages, bread and cocoa.

Before we went to swim we learnt about human changes as they grow.
Finally, after swimming our parents came to pick us up.' Olle

'The camp was held on 2nd March 2007. We came in school uniform and learned as usual. At 3.30 p.m. we went to the library and afterwards to the field some people played football and others watched. Later we were told to go and change into home clothes and set up our tents. We started putting our sleeping bags. Romana and I put balloons into Mr. Atongas and Mrs. Odhiambo's tents. At night we had a funny fashion show after having our dinner.

The next day I woke up at 5.00 a.m to go and shower. We had breakfast, played a little then Mrs. Odhiambo called the girls to have a girl talk and the boys went with Mr. Atonga to have their own talk. Afterwards, we went swimming. We had our lunch and after some people went back to swimming. At 4.00 p.m. we went back home.

My Opinion
I liked the camp because it was fun and educational. We learned a lot from the talk' Lydia

Music
On the Musical scene, this has been an exciting term. Apart from the time tabled Music lessons, various children have continued to have their instrumental lessons from an array of 7 choices. It is in this respect that we shall be having intensive training from 2nd-4th April 2007 for the 13 children registered for the ABRSM Examinations coming up in June. The choir took part in the Braeburn Music Festival. They presented a choral piece based on an African arrangement titled Teena and an ensemble Malaika by Fadhili Williams. They also took part in the wind in the willows Concert held in honour of celebrating the 100th Birthday celebration of Nairobi Arboretum. They performed the song Magildi Magilda.

Next term the department is organizing a tea time concert where most of the 93 children taking instruments will perform to the parents.

Acknowledgement on earning house points

On the House Points platform, the children have continued to work hard. below is the standing at the time closing. The following children get the acknowledgement for earning a lot of points for their houses.

Gold award
Mwenda, Miguel

Silver award
Annie Kimanga, Cheikh, Roy, Malaika, Gabriella, Francesco, Jimmy Gatheru, Melanie, Latifa, Chelsea, Jimmy Gituku

Bronze award
Sakinah, Andrea Njoroge, Uzoamaka, Bill, Maina Wanjigi, Nthemba, Charlene, Cindy

scouts
The scouts have kept busy as well. The membership has now grown to over 60 children. Some of the scouts were able to take part in a 2 nights' camp in school which culminated with a colourful ceremony where 15 members were invested.

Sports' wise, this has been a fruitful term for us. Our children have set and maintained a good spirit of sportsmanship across the board. I wish to thank moms and dads who have turned up faithfully to cheer and support the teams. Your presence goes a long way in boosting the children's morale.
We are already gearing up for next term's Rugby and Netball sessions. Do take note that we shall be hosting Inter Schools Netball and Football tournaments next term.

Below are comments on various matches and tournaments that have taken place in the term.

Rusinga Basketball U12 Tournament

'The Rusinga tournament was fun even though we lost in some of the matches. The people in our team were Bryan M, Stelio, Victor Lionel, Moses, Andrew and Leon. I think Rusinga won the tournament.' Olle Lyung.

Hillcrest Tournament

'At the hillcrest tournament the schools that participated were Braeburn, Hillcrest, Braeside, Peponi, Greensteds, Pembroke, Banda and Kenton. Braeside was in the same group as Pembroke, Braeburn and Hillcrest. In the group Braeside became number 2 with 5 points. 'Fathullah Ibisomi

Braeside vs. Nairobi Academy

'We won in this enjoyable match. I enjoyed this match because it was very competitive and fast. I played in both the 1st and 2nd half. I got very tired in the 2nd half.
We won 1:0 in the second extra time and we really celebrated.' Stelio Florencio

U11 Hockey vs. Premier (finals in the league)

'The finals were the toughest and the first we had lost throughout the season. Our match was against Premier Academy. They scored two goals while we scored one later on in the game. The score was 2:1. Even though we lost, our teachers were very proud of us for doing our best. But next year when I am in the U11 team I will have a second chance to win.' Mwai Nyamu

U 11 Girls football tournament at Braeburn

'It was held on Tuesday, 27th March 2007. Altogether, we played four matches against Banda, Peponi, Braeburn and Kenton. Our first match was against Banda. It was a big challenge to us. They had lots of skills but so did we. We emerged the winners. The score was 2:0-thanks to Brenda our scorer.

The second match was against Peponi. It was a little hard to score. I fell down a number of times. The scores were satisfying and were 3:2. I scored a goal and Brenda scored 2. We were given a 10minute break so we could gain energy for the next match.

The third match was the easiest. They had a couple of chances to score but our defender, Muthoni wouldn't let it happen. None of us scored, so I was nil nil for both of us.

The last match would now determine weather we were the winners. We were playing against Kenton and by watching them play with other schools it seemed easy to beat them. Unfortunately we were wrong…..they were tough. But I guess it is because most of us were exhausted. Our coaches were very helpful and encouraging to us. The score was 2:0.After the last match the results were announced and we ranked a strong 2nd.We were so happy with the results but next time we will try harder.' Cindy

Sport's Fixtures

U9s Fixtures

The young side has shown lots of potential and has a fighting spirit. Both teams are worth watching.

U9 Hillcrest tournament
The boys had a good day out and only lost one match of the four games played. The team emerged fourth out of 9 schools. Well done!
The boys held an unbeaten run in all their matches-an exceptional performance! Both boys and girls teams have matured remarkably in their play.

Fixtures Results

Under 11 Hockey League

We had a fantastic season, probably the best in hockey with both the U11 girls and boys teams trouncing their opponents with impressive wins.

Both teams were unbeaten in all the preliminary matches. The girl's team lost narrowly in the semi-finals to Waldorf. The boy's team won Nairobi Academy 1:0 in the semi-finals after 2 extra times in probably the toughest match of the season. It was a last minute goal, quite unbelievable.
Later the boy's team lost painfully 2:1 to Premier Academy in the finals.

We are proud of you Under 11's!

U 11 Boys' League results

U7 Football Tournament At Aga Khan Junior Academy

Our Under 7 development side played very well and was sensational in all their League Round Robin matches. They managed to come 3rd position out of nine schools after a tough 3rd and 4th plays of match. Kudos boys!

Swimming Gala

Our swimming team has put in quite an amount of time in training. We have been represented in the NASA Gala, Braeburn Schools Swimming Gala and Nairobi Academy Swimming Gala.

The climax has been our own Inter-house swimming Gala held on 29th March 2007. I commend all the children who participated with a lot of enthusiasm and determination. As always your turning up in support of your child and the respective house is appreciated.

At the close of the day, the standing in the various houses is as below

The following trophies were awarded to various houses and participants:

What a delightful term this has been! I look forward to 17th April 2007 when we shall resume for the last leg of 2006-2007 academic year.

As I pen off, join me in congratulating Mrs. Bongo for the arrival of a bouncing baby boy.

Happy Easter every one!
Gladys Wahinya

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