The morning walk to school. There is no school bus. No mum’s blocking the road in their 4×4’s. It you have normal schedule, classes start at 7am. If you have extra tuition is starts at 6am. School hours are 7-11am and 1-5pm.
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This a dormitory where we live during term time. Although there looks plenty of room, it is school holidays and most of the beds are empty. We have to wash our own clothes and cook for ourselves. In the evenings we are doing homework – and meant to be quiet. One of the teachers lives
Keen students at extra English class during school holidays. An English teacher from Thailand had come to the school to give us a different perspective on teaching English. For the students he ran a class in his style one morning, then spent time with individual students the following day. He also spent time with the
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Saturday morning during school holidays. There was an extra geography lesson elsewhere in a classroom. They come in for extra lessons. These girls were in their dormitory a little shy, but happy to chat.
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Every year exams! Grade 10, 11 and 12. School exams and National exams. Always a difficult time at a school. If students don’t pass they may have to repeat the year. School exams are in July, National exams are in August.
Inspecting the damage the following morning.. Just 30 hours before their final exams of the year. The dormitory was unusable over the summer holiday while it was repaired.
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At 2am during a large storm, this tree fell on a girls dormitory. Three girls were injured and taken to hospital, one was detained overnight. Teachers were called and help move the remaining girls to another dormitory or put them up in the houses. Teachers have more than just teaching to do at our schools.
