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International Women's Day

17/3/2021

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Women know how wonderful they are.
A good education teaches the rest of the world.
Celebrating International Women's Day 2021

#IWD2021 #Roko20Academy #ChooseToChallenge


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Elderly ladies seed distribution

15/3/2021

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Today marked Roko 20 Academy's first seed/crop donation of 2021
This event involves the school donating seeds to the elderly ladies in the community who farm their land to grow produce - Maize and Beans.
The elderlies then donate a percentage of their crop back to the school in order to help feed the children their school meals.

These events take place thanks to the generosity of one of our oldest and most generous supporters who is a huge advocate of this community benefit.
Pictured amongst the elders is 100 year old Betha Njeri.
A great day for the community and the school.
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Day 12 of janRUNary

12/1/2021

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Thanks everyone for participating in this sponsored run for Roko  20.
It’s getting tougher as the days go by.
JanRUNary is a 256 mile endurance challenge set up by Jonny Mzungu Sutton and Bryan Hughes to raise funds for Roko 20 whilst also encouraging people
to get out in the New Year and get fit / maintain their fitness.
If you would like to support this team please go to
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/janrunary
Thank you!
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Song for Kikuyu

22/12/2020

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We'd like to share with you this lovely inspirational Kikuyu song written and performed by the mother of one of our Grade 1 pupils. 
The video was filmed on location at Roko 20 Academy, Murang'a and
​Milford Haven in Wales.     
 
This is an inspirational song drawing upon the challenges and life experiences of the singer and sung in the traditional popular style of the Kikuyu tribe. 
​Kikuyus are predominant in our area and the largest ethnic group in Kenya. 
 
Some of you may recognise our pupils and
​Uncle Job makes a terrific guest star appearance...
 
Enjoy!  
 (Please do leave a 'like' so we can promote this parent. Thank you!)
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GLOBALGIVING PROJECT REPORT -TEACHER TRAINING

20/12/2020

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We were absolutely delighted with the success of July’s GlobalGiving fundraising campaign to raise money for the Teacher Training project. 
Thanks to your generosity we raised a total of 
£3,090 out of a £4,605 goal.
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Newly extended Classroom
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We are pleased to present our report on the activities at school and the training programme so far.
 
Last month President Uhuru ordered a partial reopening of schools despite COVID-19 fears.  The second week of October saw Grades 4 and 8 and secondary school learners re-joining school and they will continue with their studies uninterrupted as the remaining classes wait for admission next January 2021.
 
Strict statutory rules were imposed on schools to keep children safe and before any school could reopen government inspections were carried out to ensure schools adhered to these rules.   Sticking to the rule of keeping pupils two meters apart in the classroom gave us a choice of either extending the classrooms (with the obvious cost implications) or reducing class sizes.  
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Although, we could reduce the number of children we educate, we didn’t want to do that because the school specifically targets children who otherwise could not afford to go to school.  Reducing numbers would therefore mean that in all likelihood these children would stop their schooling.  Therefore the trustees made the decision to meet the cost of classroom expansion from the reserves we hold and from part of the money raised from the GlobalGiving Campaign.
 
This does not mean we abandoned our planned teacher training programme.  Instead we are delivering an internal Continuous Development Training Progamme in a low cost way.   This training programme, conducted by a respected local Government Teacher and supported by one of our Board Members (who specialises in teacher training, both in the UK and in Africa) Training started last Thursday and during this session the trainer concentrated on the foundations of the new Competency Based Curriculum, learning outcomes and improving the preparation of work schemes and lesson plans.

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Previous Offices turned into the Kitchen
Each of the 5 five days will be followed-up with another five days of monitoring by the trainer to ensure that teachers have understood and are implementing the training.  At the end of the course teachers will receive an assessment and a Completion Certificate.
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We have confidence in the trainer to deliver the programme effectively and we are keen to retain his professional expertise so that we can offer our teachers continuous professional development throughout 2021.  

 
Rest assured teacher training will remain the forefront of our plans to improve learning at Roko 20 Academy next year so in addition to our ongoing local training we will be returning to our original plan with a 3 week intensive workshop training programme. ​
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Previous Dining hall turned into Grade 5 Classroom
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We are pleased to report that reconstruction of the classes is complete and we are pleased with the work carried out.  Cautious not to overspend on the budget we had to be creative in our classroom expansion.  Six of our classrooms needed expanding and the most cost effective way of doing this was to remove adjoining walls to create 4 classrooms.  The remaining 2 were created by converting the dining hall and the kitchen into classrooms.  Fortunately for us one of the Ministry of Education’s requirements is that lunch now has to be eaten in class so being without a dining hall is not going to be a problem. 
 

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​We are getting ready for the year 2021.  Following the teacher training and development program teachers will return with a competence and a new confidence in their ability to teach our pupils putting into practice their learning.  

 
Our vision has been and always will be to provide our pupils with the best education. 
 
Thanks to you and your continued support and generosity we can achieve this.
 
Thank you from all of us at Roko 20 Academy.

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ERIC KAMAU UPDATE

7/11/2020

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Eric lives with his mother and sister on the outskirts of Murang’a.  Eric and his sister are sponsored by Roko 20 to a primary school education.  He is in Grade 2.
 
During the Covid-19 pandemic Eric and his sister spent their days collecting scrap metal from rubbish tips in and around the town of Murang’a.  They would then sell the scraps of metal to a recycling site.  This money helped their mother to buy food.
 
Eric was not keen on this job and told his mother that it was too ‘dirty’.  He started saving some of the money he earned and bought a few watermelons and pineapples.  He set up a small roadside stall and started selling the fruit close to the local market of Mukuyu. 
 
With some of the income received he managed to buy himself a pair of school shorts, a shirt and a pair of shoes.  In addition he also bought his sister a bucket which she uses for selling melons. 
 
Eric is just 8 years old.  He is now smart and keeps himself tidy and clean.
His mother is proud of him.

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Back to school after 7 months

12/10/2020

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After closing school for 7 months since 15 March due to the pandemic we reopened today with Grade 4.
As per the Ministry of Education directive Grades 4 and 8 are the first grades to return with the others joining us soon.
Pupils were delighted to be back in school.
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helping our community during this crisis

4/6/2020

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Big thanks to Peter who is growing vegetables on our school land to help our families during this crisis. He reports that kale and thoroko (cowpea) are growing well. The cowpea will be ready in just two weeks, or if left unharvested can grow to be beans, which is nice with rice or UGALI.

Cowpea (also known as a black-eyed pea) is grown mainly for its edible beans, but what many people don’t know is that the crop can be grown as a vegetable. Its tender leaves and young pods are also edible and can be used to make delicious and nutritious vegetable dishes. They are a good source of vitamins and antioxidants, and like other greens, the leaves have a high fiber content.

We continue to support our families each month with a distribution of food such as rice, beans, maize, oil, salt and soap.


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