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Bakoteh Nursery School |
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Teacher
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Expansion?
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Originally
established by our sister charity in The Gambia this project is now totally
funded by and under the banner of GETSuk. The building was derelict
when the charity first became involved. Having established that the community
owned the site and the existing building, an agreement was drawn up that
the charity would provide the funding for the materials to rebuild the
school and the community would provide the labour.
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Work
in progress
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A
school committee was established to supervise the building, decorating
and furnishing of the school and once completed took on the task of
appointing teachers and a head teacher. It was a great joint achievement
but the standard of teaching and educational achievement of the pupils
is not remotely comparable to the equivalent of schools in the UK. A
situation which is very common all over the Gambia but GETSuk
is determined to change this in Bakoteh.
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Open
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Nfamara Jarju
Headmaster |
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However, the building is not ideal and has no proper
playing area for the children. If the school has to be abandoned and
a new site found the current Bakoteh staff could well become the foundation
of the Nursery section of the NEW school.
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Nfamara's
visit to the UK
July 2008
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If
you are in UK Education and think your school could be linked with GETSuk to
help fund our educational projects please contact us. We
are very happy to help your children in any way we can to develop their
perceptions about all aspects of West Africa.
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Teachers
from Bakoteh and a neighbouring school were introduced to both fun and
learning games with a Giant Parachute in February 2008 The parachute, a gift
from an early years teacher in the UK was brought over to use
mainly with the girls at Bakoteh school to allow them to have
their own special sport and recreation activities. The parachute
provided new and exciting ways for the 'girls' to get involved in
their own sport while the 'boys' continued to develop their
football skills during sport and recreation lessons.
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The
games included understanding the concept of up and down as the
children threw the parachute in the air then brought it down to
the ground forming a mushroom effect. Other games included
dividing the children into 'colour teams' and instructing the yellow
teams to change places with the blues, and instructing the children
to grasp the parachute with their right or left hand and walk
round in a circle, but the most enjoyable one to date was a
team game competition with the neighbouring school with the two
schools taking hold of one side each, then a ball was
placed in the centre of the parachute with the aim of
bouncing it to the opposing side and over the edge to score!
It
was all great fun and kept the children, teachers and visiting
parents amused for a long time!
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