Dear Julia, It's been so lovely and imformative reading your blog. The experiences you are having sound quite amazing and I love to hear about the individual children and what you are teaching.I can see explaining a mulberry bush is an interesting problem. Life has been so busy here I'm sorry I haven't written before. Settling Bertie into the senior school, making sure Freddie is on track and helping Matilda.My day as you know starts again at pick up time and I still have Freddie up doing homework at 9;30.The day never seems to end. I know how very lucky I am however I wish I wasn't soo tired! I am sure you hear all about school from many people. It is all going well- we do really miss you,I miss our early morning chats and good friendship. Everyone is working very hard. The new teachers are very nice.I know you're coming over in December so you'll see it for yourself. Bertie has his Bar Mitzvah in a month and we have to do lots of work at home for that. I am doing a small party for family and a few friends coming to 50 for dinner-ahhh!My mind is just dwelling on how to do it mid- nov. without your lovely warm evenings. It's getting dark and cold here. I'll write soon but send you lots of love . janet xx
Ah Mum, that's so fantastic you saw the tree lions! What an amazing experience, safari-ing in such a remote corner of the globe.
I love the photo of the kids in their uniforms. I was reading some research recently about the impact of uniforms on school attendance in developing countries and the huge costs it can represent to families. But also I know it's a symbol of pride and the children love wearing them. I will share some reading with you at Christmas!
Diana and Robert sound so inspiring and real agents of change. Maybe we can start a teacher-sponsoring scheme! At this very moment I am writing a briefing paper about reaching universal primary education by 2015 (the goal the world has set itself). Staggeringly it is estimated that 18 million new teachers are needed between now and 2015 if each classroom is to have a qualified teacher. And given that currently in some countries (e.g. South Africa) teachers are dying from AIDS faster than they can be replaced, meeting this target is a momumental challenge.
Although on the up-side $4.5 billion was pledged towards the education target at the UN a few weeks ago. Let's just hope the financial crisis doesn't undo the world's good intentions!
Miss you lots and keep the good work up. Lots of love, Chloe X
I never thought that reading someone's blog could be anything but banal but I have now been proved wrong! I have also stopped complaining about our radio which is not quite as clear as I would like. It has been an interesting family read and has inspired Alexander to sell his books outside our house for your school. We raised £45.30 and this will find out how to send out this money! Good luck with your endeavours and we look forward to hearing more.
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Dear Julia,
It's been so lovely and imformative reading your blog. The experiences you are having sound quite amazing and I love to hear about the individual children and what you are teaching.I can see explaining a mulberry bush is an interesting problem.
Life has been so busy here I'm sorry I haven't written before. Settling Bertie into the senior school, making sure Freddie is on track and helping Matilda.My day as you know starts again at pick up time and I still have Freddie up doing homework at 9;30.The day never seems to end. I know how very lucky I am however I wish I wasn't soo tired!
I am sure you hear all about school from many people. It is all going well- we do really miss you,I miss our early morning chats and good friendship.
Everyone is working very hard. The new teachers are very nice.I know you're coming over in December so you'll see it for yourself.
Bertie has his Bar Mitzvah in a month and we have to do lots of work at home for that. I am doing a small party for family and a few friends coming to 50 for dinner-ahhh!My mind is just dwelling on how to do it mid- nov. without your lovely warm evenings. It's getting dark and cold here.
I'll write soon but send you lots of love .
janet xx
Ah Mum, that's so fantastic you saw the tree lions! What an amazing experience, safari-ing in such a remote corner of the globe.
I love the photo of the kids in their uniforms. I was reading some research recently about the impact of uniforms on school attendance in developing countries and the huge costs it can represent to families. But also I know it's a symbol of pride and the children love wearing them. I will share some reading with you at Christmas!
Diana and Robert sound so inspiring and real agents of change. Maybe we can start a teacher-sponsoring scheme! At this very moment I am writing a briefing paper about reaching universal primary education by 2015 (the goal the world has set itself). Staggeringly it is estimated that 18 million new teachers are needed between now and 2015 if each classroom is to have a qualified teacher. And given that currently in some countries (e.g. South Africa) teachers are dying from AIDS faster than they can be replaced, meeting this target is a momumental challenge.
Although on the up-side $4.5 billion was pledged towards the education target at the UN a few weeks ago. Let's just hope the financial crisis doesn't undo the world's good intentions!
Miss you lots and keep the good work up. Lots of love, Chloe X
I never thought that reading someone's blog could be anything but banal but I have now been proved wrong! I have also stopped complaining about our radio which is not quite as clear as I would like.
It has been an interesting family read and has inspired Alexander to sell his books outside our house for your school. We raised £45.30 and this will find out how to send out this money!
Good luck with your endeavours and we look forward to hearing more.
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