Final Day at St Mulumba

Today was my final day to St Mulumba Special School.  It was spent in some of the Hearing Impaired Classrooms.  After classes finished, the staff put on a Morning Tea to say thank you to everyone at Marymount for their support.  They really are so appreciative of everything you have all done to assist them in helping to make their dreams come true. I promised that I would pass this message on so please spread the word.

Here are some photos of my time spent in the classrooms.

 

  5th Grade - Learning literacy.  6th Grade and 7th Grade were also in the same room.

 

Sign Language can vary from country to country whereas Braille is standard.  Students use signs mostly to represent words and don't always sign every word in a sentence. You can often guess what they mean too which really helps when trying to communicate with the children.

7th Grade - Preparing for the national testing period.

 

 6th Grade - Students were taught about health and taken to school's nurse to learn about health cards...

 and the sorts of things you may be asked to do when visiting the nurse.

The classrooms were full of posters of work students had completed during class time.

1st Grade - The classroom was full of color and the teacher Mrs Makukisi was full of energy. She had a large class and managed the keep all of the students interested and excited about learning.

Mrs Makukisi teaching the students (and myself) plurals.  Boy and boys are signed in the same way but you just need to add the 's' sign onto the end of the word.

Tomorrow I will be joining Sister Coltridah on a journey out to Chivona where St Josephs Boarding School is located.  I will be spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday at this all-girls secondary school. It is in a remote location so there may or may not be access to internet.  If there is, you will definitely be hearing from me upon arrival.

Speak to you soon!
Prue.