School Bells

Term 1
The term started off slow then seemed to disappear (the term ends May 3rd [but the kids are sent home around April 27 so the teachers can grade]). The school got their act together and I started classes. P1 and P2 Literacy classes have gone well. P1 is making progress with their alphabet and P2 is starting to put the sounds together. We made up fun new motions to the alphabet song involving a motion for each letter that represents an Acholi word that starts with that letter. The kids are enjoying it! The attendance has fluctuated a bit but that only makes the class more manageable for playing games with them. We split P1 and P2 so that they are on different days. Yay no more 200 kids jammed in one classroom! I was also thrilled to catch a phonics lesson on the chalkboard from during the day.
P7 has been a little less promising as it has had nothing but delays. For one reason or another class was cancelled - P7 behavior meeting, emergency meeting, no school, students are away, transportation failure, long weekend. At this point, I'm just hoping for better next term.
Unschooled Kids Class has been really fun. It is challenging having so many young students and having so many coming and going. They are making progress and it has been such fun working with them!
Pece Bible Club is going well. We have a pretty regular group of kids that come.
Saturday tutoring has been really encouraging. The sponsored kids class is much further along than the other classes. They are reading!!!! And they love books! I often bring the stack of the Acholi books I have managed to find and let the kids at them. They quickly gather into small groups around a book and read in a chorus. Even the older kids are happy to get a book and read together. YAY!!!