St. Peter's Primary

St. Peter’s Primary has had links with St. Mary’s Primary for several years now.  St. Peter’s has so many pupils (around 1, 800 pupils) that it operates a 2 shift system – shift a and shift b. Each shift has its own head and depute, however Mr Ghambi is overall head of the school ie. both shifts. Pupils and staff attend school mornings only one week then next week afternoons.  Classes are very crowded and it becomes extremely hot in the afternoons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff and pupils have welcomed our visits.  They particularly enjoyed it when Tom allowed them to try on his kilt.  Now every pupil is sitting end of term exams in every subject, even Standard One.  Paul and I have been assisting Mr Ghambi and the head of shifts in setting up email accounts and training them in creating and sending emails. Several training sessions are planned.  There is an ICT club in the school which is commendable however, you will be amazed when I tell you that only 2 school laptops (previously gifted by St. Mary’s) are able to cope with the internet and the club is using to obsolete desktop computers.  Staff members are keen to be trained in ICT as they wish to assist learners in this area.  Despite the lack of resources, there is certainly a strong commitment from staff and pupils to learn and to develop.  It is also good to see the school library which was a development involving all of St. Mary's community is still the hub of the school.

 

 

 

 

On one of our visits student nurses were carry out school medicals; weighing and checking the children's appearance.  They will make referrals to the hospital if required.  I could not help thinking how fortunate we are to have access to our school nurses to assist in a variety of ways.