Proof of the pudding

I have taught my last lesson and my Algebra 2 students have spent most of the week revising for their final end-of-year exam, which covers topics from throughout the year. This week we have a short lesson on Monday morning (I will use it to give them exam tips). Then on Tuesday morning I will…

Friday evening was the music concert. The choir sang: The concert band blew: The wind ensemble blew some more: There were duets from Singing in the Rain and the Sound of Music. There were three movements from the Planets, by Gustav Holst, a rendition of Amazing Grace and music from Henry Mancini. There was a…

After the tragic flooding in April, the rain continued into May. The first three days of May had as much rainfall as is normal for the whole month. However, since then there has been some sun, and today, apart from some light showers around 6.30am, there has been no rain all day, after 20 continuous…

Last year Kenya was plagued with drought. There was no rain for months, the ground was rock hard, crops were failing and RVA even ended up supplying the local hospital with five tankers of water per day because the hospital bore hole had dried up. This year it is the opposite. April saw 600 mm…

It is the eve of Term 3. All the students are back on campus (apart from those whose flights were cancelled) and lessons start again tomorrow morning. From 07.45 tomorrow morning (and for the rest of the term) in addition to my three Algebra 2 classes I will be teaching two Advanced Calculus classes, standing…

We have finished Term 2, except for finalisation of the marks for the term, which has to be completed by next Wednesday morning. Most of my time in the classroom has been spent preparing to teach Calculus next term, including preparing an Easter holiday revision pack for the 31 calculus students, who take their big…

I discover it is six weeks since I last wrote a blog post…. Things have a habit of getting busy around here. Here are some of the things which we have been getting up to. Robotics Competition February 3rd saw the 10 man robotics team, plus two mentors and two coaches, take the 90 minute…

Just a quick post today – we are firmly into Term 2 now, with the mid-term break coming up in a couple of weeks, but still plenty going on. Apart from classes, and regular weekly commitments of dorm cover and library duty, a couple of weeks ago I also ran another Wizard tournament with 20…

The Christmas Holidays are over, the start of the New Year has been celebrated and all the students have returned to school. Arrival day was 3rd January, and classes started on Thursday 4th January. It was actually quite nice only having two days of school before having a weekend break – enough time to remind…

Just a quick post to let you know that Lesley has already flown back to Germany for a few days, and I fly tomorrow to the UK to stay with my father. Lesley and the children will be joining me in early December for a long weekend of family festivities, including a trip to the…