School Concert

In the last week of school we put on a school play. We also celebrated student successes by presenting awards to the top achieving students.

Our play was called 'Finding Home'. It was about some kangaroos, birds, sheep and lions who had become lost and had to help each other find their homes.

Some of the standard 2 and 3 students dressed as kangaroos and lions.

Off on the adventure to find home

First the kangaroos found their home in Australia.The prep students, with some help from Doris and Salama J in standard 1, did a dance to an Australian song called 'Wawirri'. They welcomed the kangaroos home.

Next all the animals flew on the birds backs to China where they found the birds' home. The standard 1 students made bird costumes and did a dance with ribbons.

Then the sheep found their way home and the whole school sang a song called 'Juicy, Juicy Green Grass'. It was fun making the sheep noises.

Finally the lions found their home in Tanzania and the standard 2 and 3 students showed off their Taekwondo skills.

After all the animals had found home, our narrators Salama R and Regina finished the play. Then everyone sang a song together called 'Dansi na Kuimba'. The song was in English and Swahili. There were three parts to the song. The standard 2 and 3 boys sang one part, the standard 2 and 3 girls sang another part and the prep and standard 1 students sang the third part. It was a difficult song to learn but we did not make a mistake on the day!

We were very proud of our concert and the parents enjoyed it too. It was great to show our parents the songs, dances and lines we had been working on for most of the year.

We can't wait for next years show!

Questions:
1. What were the animals in our play?
2. What country do you think the sheep could have come from? Why?
3. If you could choose, which animal would you choose to be out of a kangaroo, a bird, a sheep or a lion? Why?
4. Have you ever been in a school play or seen a school play? Write a paragraph about it and post it below for us to read.

Kunde (That's Cowpeas in English!)

We have tried to grow lots of different vegetables at school. One day Asha and Maimuna brought some kunde (cowpeas) to school. We planted them and they grew really quickly.

The prep students planting the kunde

You can eat the leaves of cowpeas (they taste best when they are small) and you can eat the actual cowpeas.

 We harvested some of the leaves and some of us took them home to cook. Some students cooked them with coconut milk and onion and others cooked the leaves with tomato and carrot. There are lots of different ways to cook kunde leaves.

 The kids at the Baobab Children's Home which shares the farm with the school cooked the kunde leaves with onion, carrot, tomato and some soy sauce.

When the cowpeas are dried out and brown you can plant them and grow more.

The prep (kinder) students used the cowpeas as counters in maths and when we were reading a book about a garden. We learnt the difference between a bean and a pea.

Questions:
1. What are some other types of beans and peas?
2. What colour do the cowpeas need to be before planting them?
3. What parts of the cowpea plant can you eat?
4. What are cowpeas called in Swahili?
5. Draw a picture of a garden. Label all the plants you have drawn.