IB Diploma Programme

IBDP Outdoor Education - Murchison Falls National Park 

From Monday 13th - Friday 17th November, the majority of our IBDP students took part in their CAS Project in Murchison Falls National Park. For the CAS project our students volunteered at Paraa Primary School, a government school within the national park. All of our DP students had fundraised for a month before the trip in order to raise money and renovate the school.  During the trip, we were incredibly pleased with the students engagement and efforts! This trip not only gave back to our wider community yet it developed our students' social and collaborative skills. 

Below is a trip review from Karen Ssozi and Yolann Mwesigye in DP2: 

Student review:

For our DP2 Outdoor Education trip, we visited Murchison Falls National Park. This trip accounted for our CAS project. A CAS Project requires at least one month of preparation before an event/activity. During the month prior to the trip, we held several fundraisers ranging from tuckshops, trivia nights, the annual mudfest and a basketball shootout. All of these fundraising events were essential in order to purchase supplies that would need. For our CAS Project, we decided to support Paraa Primary School inside Murchison Falls National Park. The classrooms of the school needed to be renovated, which entailed purchasing plywood to fix the interconnecting walls and paint.

During our time on the trip, we were fortunate enough to introduce ourselves to the children, learn about their school and how they operate. We started off by playing various games with them to kind of break the ice. The children had shown a lot of enthusiasm when we interacted with them and their thirst for knowledge was refreshing. Over the two days that we spent at the school, we taught them several lessons from English, Maths and PE. Whilst our classmates found the teaching difficult, the students were fully engaged and wanted to learn.

During our time at the school, we successfully managed to repair and paint three classrooms. The school carpenter, Justin Drazira accompanied us on the trip in order to fix the interconnecting walls. Before leaving the school, we donated some clothes, shoes, bags, blankets and even drinks to the school leaving the children elated. Overall, this school trip was an eye-opening experience which allowed us to be immersed in the students’ lives.

Written by Karen Ssozi & Yolann Mwesigye (DP2)

Punctuality and our uniform policy 

Uniform Policy: 

Since the start of the academic year, we have been very pleased with our IBDP students' appearances. However, over the last two weeks we have noticed that students have started to wear non-school uniform items. If a student comes to school dressed in the incorrect uniform, their form tutor will issue a demerit and explain which part of the uniform is incorrect. If a student returns to school the following day with the incorrect uniform, Ms Jolly will call parents/guardians and you will be asked to collect your son/daughter. They will be allowed to return to school as soon as they are wearing the correct uniform.

Lateness: 

We acknowledge that morning traffic can be unpredictable and the occasional lateness may be unavoidable. Nonetheless, consistent lateness significantly affects student achievement. Consequently, if a student arrives late three times in a week, an immediate after-school detention will be assigned for the following week.