It is a rare and wonderful thing to have all of our school
directors, head teachers and senior teachers together in one place.
At the start of this term we came together for a senior
leadership meeting on ‘Developing a School Improvement plan’ and a great day
was had by all. We learnt from each
other – sharing thoughts, ideas and little pearls of wisdom about helping
children achieve their best and the future of our schools.
Our friends, who run a private school that uses UK teachers
to team-teach and train Zambian teachers, had very kindly offered to host us
for the day. So we spent the day there
with our staff, seeing this school in action; which then paved the way for lots
of constructive discussion.
Everybody got to spend some time watching good phonics
lessons, seeing children “learning through play”, discussing what makes a
successful lesson and consequently what makes a successful school.
The photos below give you a small snapshot of the day’s
activities…
1. Here
the headteachers and senior teachers are watching Fatima (a local teacher)
teaching phonics to a group of Grade 2 children.
2. ‘Silly
Soup’ games with Fatima showing how to teach phonics in a fun way.
3. Headteacher
Mary (Kawama) with senior teachers Ireen (Janna) and Maureen (Greater Joy)
discussing the first phonics lesson they watched. Later they shared their thoughts with
the group telling us exactly why they thought the lesson was a success.
4. Emily
getting some lessons on how to run a school in Zambia!
We all left that day feeling excited and ready to start the
3rd term.
It has been great going into the schools after the training
and seeing the head teachers sharing the school improvement plan with the rest
of the staff; motivating and challenging them to be the best teachers they can
be and supporting them in getting the best from the children they teach.
As we say in Zambia – “It has been a good exposure!”
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