Mrs Copeland’s mum kindly joined us today to share her experiences of living in Zambia. We are partnered with Mulola Primary School in Zambia as part of our British Council for a climate change project.
Mulola is near the Kafue National Park in Zambia. The school has a total of 594 learners of which 294 are girls and 290 boys. Their learner’s ages range from between 7 and 16y ears old.
Mulola primary school became the 100th school to be supported by the British council’s climate connection program aimed enabling school going children to take action against climate change issues.
Our children have shared images of storms in Portpatrick with our partner school. They are going to do the same to allow for discussion on the What, Where, Why and How of the issue.
We have also written pen pal letters to share insights into our lives here. Class teacher Bernadette Mupela plans to have her class write back to us very soon.
We can see how arid and dry it is in the Mulola school grounds photographs that Ms Mupela has shared with us.
Mrs Siwo brought traditional Zambian clothing and artefacts with her for the children to explore. The garments were beautifully decorated with bright African print. She talked about her life there, the climate, the languages, culture and people.
The boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed Mrs Siwo’s visit and learned so much about this part of the world.
UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 29 Aims of Education
