Yes, I am riding an elephant. In April, I was lucky enough to be visited by mom and sister. One of the first things we did was drive to the nearest game park that would allow us on top of these gentle giants. The ride was nice but the best part was getting to feed and interact with the elephants afterwards. It was difficult to see mom and sis leave after their 10-day adventure here but it would have been even more difficult if I didn’t get to see them at all.
Following their departure things got back to normal around here. April marked the beginning of term 2 in the schools and with it the beginning of my involvement next door at the senior school, Ntalantala. I am now team teaching grade 12 Life Science with Ms Dlamine. I will be in the classroom with her 3-4 times a week, helping to plan lessons and sharing different classroom management strategies. It is very exciting for me to be immersed in the world of biology again. So far we have covered human evolution and are finishing up the nervous system in anticipation for mid-year exams in June.
I am still actively working in the computer lab at the Ncepheni. At the moment I am reorganizing my efforts towards working with the educators and selecting a core group of learners to pilot a computer skills package I am putting together.
Some of the more exciting news to come about recently is the selection of Ntalantala for a new rammed-earth building! For a great overview on the type of building that will be built, search on youtube for “Skills Transfer Project.” The building showcased there is just a couple valleys over at Buhlebamangwe Primary. I am very excited, as are the rest of the educators, at the prospect of the new building. Even more exciting is that the building will afford the school room to install a computer resource center. In anticipation for this I am identifying educators to begin training so that we can hit the ground running once the computers arrive.
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