Monday was the first day back to school for all Zambian schools and as usual the children spent the first day cleaning out all the classrooms and getting them ready for the week ahead.
It’s great to go in and see them happily sweeping the floors, wiping the desks and picking up the rubbish outside. It’s all part of going to school here in Zambia. With all the dirt and the wind the classrooms get very dusty during the schools holiday and the first day after every holiday is spent having a good ‘spring’ clean.
Here are some of the children at Janna working away…
Teachers were also busy taking down old displays, putting up some new ones and of course catching up on all the latest news. We have recently had 2 new staff babies during the holidays. So congratulations’ are due to Barbra and Katherine who both had baby boys.
Zambians are big on relationships and the 1st day back is a great day to witness this in action - children are chatting and playing as they clean, teachers are chatting and catching up as they wait for meetings and prepare for lessons and the kitchen staff are also catching up and discussing the food for the week.
Although there is hardship in this community, when you enter the walls of Janna community school on the 1st day of term it is relaxed, it is fun and it is happy and it all makes for a joyful and safe learning environment right in the hub of the community.
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