WElcome to TERM 3!
Discovery Kids Olympics - Saturday, 7th May 2022
Our annual Olympics inspired sports event will take place on in the morning on Saturday the 7th of May. Our venue will be the RedCross campus in Kacyiru. Please make sure your child has the 2021/22 Discovery Tshirt and a pair of all black shorts or leggings. In honor of Mothers' Day, all Fathers and children will celebrate mothers and mother figures in a special way during our sports event.
Dates to remember
2nd May 2022 - Public Holiday in Honor of Labour Day
3rd May 2022 - Tentative Public Holiday (Eid al-Fitr)
7th May 2022 - Discovery Sports Event with Discovery T-Shirts
14th May 2022 - Open House for prospective families who could join Discovery
25th and 26th May 2022 - We will have classes as usual, school will no longer be closed for staff training
17th June 2022 - Last day of classes
18th June 2022 - Saturday End of Year event with all parents and students
27th, 28th and 29th June 2022 - Parent-Teacher Meetings
8th-23rd August 2022 - Pre-opening training and preparation for all staff
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 - The next academic year begins for students aged 5 and above
Wednesday 24th August 2022 - The next academic year begins for students aged 4 and below
Mandatory Hygiene supplies
Every teacher is collecting each child's hygiene supplies, if you have not, please pack them in your child's school bag or in a clearly labelled paper bag, they will be taken straight to the child's class
500mls to 1L of hand sanitizer for every student
3 packs of tissues boxes for every student
3 packs of wet wipes for ages 4 and below
OUR continent & culture: in the 4's
In this update we wanted to spotlight some of the engaging learning that happens in our early years section!
In both the English and French 4's classes they have been learning all about Africa. It's countries, cultures, foods and heritage! They ended their learning with a shared picnic in the playground with the children (and teachers!) in their finest traditional clothes.
#celebrateafricanculture
#respectyourroots
l'afrique!!!
Nous avons appris que l'Afrique est un continent et non un pays. Les enfants ont decouvert la diversité de l'Afrique sur le plan culinaire, linguistique et écologique.
Imiter les cris des animaux a été une activité amusante car chaque élève imitait son animal favori (le lion, le crocodile, le léopard, le chameau..)!
Un des enfants a apporté des livres sur les contes d’afrique dont il a partagé avec la classe.
Enfin les élèves ont appris beaucoup sur la culture rwandaise: les vêtements traditionnels, la danse et la nourriture.
Each child with African lineage shared which part of Africa they come from and a little bit about their culture, their traditional clothes, their dance and food. The class now understands that Africa is a continent not a country, and that countries live on continents. We extended the learning with African songs including "bayi bayi ngona" and "kyekye kule".
We learnt how to greet each other in our class dialects including: "Mhoro" (chiShona a Zimbabwean dialect), "Amakuru" ( kinyarwanda/kirundi), "Jambo" (swahili) and "Wo ho te sen" (Asante Twi, a Ghanaian dialect). We even played a Rwandan traditional game "ku mazi ku nkombe". This is where children stand in a circle and pretend the centre is a pond. You jump in when you hear "ku mazi" (into the water) and jump out when you hear " ku nkombe" (out of the water).
colourful teachers!
Even our Teachers participated, with a variety of continent-wide, traditional outfits and beautiful Kitenge!
View the rest of the album here.
Book your child's place for the next academic year
Please confirm your child's place for the next academic year by completing this form; tools.discoveryrwanda.org
Please enter the email address that Discovery has on file to access your child’s data. The next academic year starts this year in August 2022.