Latest news from the school – update for November 2024 to January 2025
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What’s happening at the school
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Change of name for the school
The name of the school has changed As you’ll know, the school was formerly called Bombolulu Secondary School. The name was agreed and registered with the Kenyan Department of Education according to the rules in place at the time when…
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What’s happening at the school – August to October 2024
There’s lots going on The very short answer to what has been going on at the school is loads! There have been several developments around the building and as a sneaky preview we can tell you it’s two new floors…
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What’s happening at the school? – May to July 2024 update
Super news about fundraising success and progress for school buildings But first, if you’d like an extensive look at what’s been happening at the school you can read the full update that goes out to all our supporters. And now …
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What’s happening at the school? – March/April 2024 update
There’s lots of good progress for the kids and the teachers There’s lots been happening, it’s all good, and we’ve given you a short overview here, or you can download the full update and read all the news in detail.…
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What’s happening at the school? Jan/Feb 2024 update
First off, a new intake The start of the year has been dominated by the new intake of year 6 children. As it’s only our second year that means the school is doubling in size, so that’s kept the school…
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Our 2024 new class intake has just started
New year, our second year’s intake, full of hope and ambition for the future It’s the second year at Bombolulu Educational Centre and the new class has been in for their very first day. We’re super excited and so were…
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Our first year as a secondary school – success and progress with some challenges
Bombolulu Educational Centre – A very successful first year It’s been a very successful first year operating as a lower secondary school (we were called Bombolulu Secondary School back then). Here’s the quick highlights of what’s happened and what’s been…
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We had to have a playground so we could open the school
Government regulations now mean we must have a playground and the rented land we used immediately behind the school was no longer available for rent. The cost to buy the land was £32,000. This seems high but it’s just the going rate and we had no other alternatives.
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Science is a key part of secondary education – and we have a new science laboratory
For the new integrated science curriculum for lower secondary schools in Kenya, we had to have a science laboratory so the children can learn through hands on experience.
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The children learn a vital life skill – swimming
Shereen Ajumal, a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Sleaford, met up with her four sponsored children recently via Zoom. During that meeting, one of them mentioned that she liked swimming. Interesting! It turns out that none of the children in the school have ever been to a swimming pool.
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Learning all about agriculture and promoting self-sustainability
Agriculture is part of the compulsory syllabus in Kenyan lower secondary school. It encourages the children to learn how to plants seeds, grow on crops and then harvest them. They can then use their own produce to learn domestic science and self-sustainability.
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Chickens
Now some subjects don’t need text books and blackboards. They need hands on experience and the materials that go with the subject.
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