First days in school

On Wednesday the Kenyans walked to school in the rain as all pupils returned after their summer holidays. The day consisted of the boys taking part in different classes- for example, Victor Kiambi, Brian and Samuel attended French and Victor Kimathi attended German during Period 1.
The Kenyans repeated their presentation to the S3 pupils during period 3. We all had lunch in the dinner hall before the boys spent the afternoon shadowing S3 pupils throughout the school.
After tea, Miss Glover took the Kenyans to the DSMT production 'CATS' at the Rep Theatre in Dundee for an evening of entertainment.

The schedule on Thursday was similar to that on Wednesday. The visitors had assembly during tutor time, for S4, before the boys went to Drama, then Woodwork/Graphics and English (with the S4 penpals). At lunchtime the Bead Group convened and the boys got to meet the pupils in Grove who sell the beads. Victor Kiambi (the chairman) was obviously very happy to meet them. In the afternoon the boys went to Music before Amalia held a chapati making class in HE so that we Scots could learn how to make the Kenyan speciality. After school the Grove pupils helped to set up the assembly hall for the Kenya ceilidh.
At 7.00pm the ceilidh kicked off. There was a fantastic turnout of around 150 pupils, parents, friends of the school, staff and of course the Kenyans! It was a great evening of fun that will be remembered as the best ceilidh in the school's recent memory. The Bead Group alone made £100 from sales during the evening- a brilliant amount that will go directly to help those in need of school scholarships back in Meru. Thank you to everyone who came to support the ceilidh as it is such a worthy cause, as well as those who gave performances, namely Angus Nicoll and the children of Ms Etheridge.

On Friday morning the Kenyans gave two excellent presentations again, to S5 and S6, which were becoming more and more emotional. The boys attended classes during the morning, including Art and Design, before going to Scripture Union at lunch. In the afternoon, Mrs Holligan took the Kenyans to speak to the children at St Mary's Primary School in Lochee, which has the link with Limbine Primary School in Kenya. Afterwards the boys took part in a pupils v teachers volleyball tournament which was great fun for everyone.
In the evening Dani hosted a 'social event' which consisted of a get-together of about 50 S6 pupils who were willing to give up their evening to socialise with the Kenyans. It was a great evening which we are sure the Kenyans won't forget in a hurry!