Countess Gytha / Mufulira Basic School Partnership

 

 

  Pupils after sweeping the grounds at the school.

One child with their home made football.

  

 

 

 

Information about our partnership:

 

 

Duration - established 1995 - now one of the longest running primary partnerships in the country

 

Pupils involved at any time – all at Countess Gytha, 300 of the 1100 pupils at Mufulira

 

Teacher exchanges - 23  

 

Funding – through the generosity of the school community in response to ongoing fund raising projects

 

Lives enriched by the partnership – too many to count!

 

 

2008 - the latest exchange between our two schools involved the pupils in:

 

·        My World Through the Eyes of a Child - living in Queen Camel and Mufulira as recorded in photos taken by the pupils of each school

 

·        Learning songs from each others culture

 

 

   Pupils in Mufulira Basic School have fun

learning “I Am the Music Man”

 

 

 

·        Learning about day to day life in each others country

 

 

Mrs Mbao helps reception children at Queen Camel

sieve maize flour for cooking nshima.

 

 

The future?

 

Fundraising continues for the next exchange in 2010. The focus of the exchange is to be decided.