Date: Tuesday, 4th of February 2025
Make sure your child has a fitting house tshirt and black shorts
Order the uniforms on tools.discoveryrwanda.org, put in your orders this week!
On Tuesday all primary students must report to school in full house uniform and sporty shoes!
National Heroes' day
Date: Friday, 7th of February 2025
Venue: Pele Stadium Nyamirambo
Time: 12:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Ages 6 and above
Dress code: House Tshirt and Uniform Shorts
Students will be dropped off at school as usual,
and buses will transport them to the stadium before 1:00 pm.
1:00 - 3:00: Lower Primary Competition
CP, CE1, Year 2 and Year 3
2:30 - 4:45 : Middle/Upper Primary Competition
Year 4, 5, 6, 7, CE2, CM1, CM2, 6E
4:45 - 5:00: Break/Tallying/Parents races
Tallying/Parents' races
5:00 Closing
Awards Ceremony
Term 2 Additional service payment: It is now time to make some term 2 payments. These include clubs, DELF exams, field trips, student photos, and house uniforms for primary sports' day, please scroll down to read more about each service and to find our payment channels.
Clubs: Clubs are now in session. Let us know if you would like your child to start new activities like traditional dance, ballet, piano, saxophone, football, or basketball. Go to tools.discoveryrwanda.org to register your child in a new club or make changes. Please make your payments to (182*8*1*040894). For membership changes go to tools.discoveryrwanda.org
Primary Sports' Day: Friday 7th February 2025 at Pele Staidum Nyamirambo, remember to check the tentative agenda.
Next Academic Year: The 2025-2026 academic year starts on Monday, August 25th, 2025, and term 1 ends on December 12th, 2025, the next academic year will end on June 30th, 2026.
Tuition and fee payment by February 4th, 2025: The finance department is verifying tuition payments, please settle all dues and send proof of term 2 payments to (0781111002 or send to finance@discoveryrwanda.org and copy info@discoveryrwanda.org.
Tuition payment verification
Parents with unsettled accounts will be asked to keep their children at home
Parents are reminded to please settle all outstanding fees for terms 1 and 2, this allows Discovery to sustainably meet our obligations and maintain quality provision
Other payments due in term 2
Primary Sports Day Uniform Prices
House Tshirt with shorts - RWF 22,500
House Tshirt Only, no shorts - RWF 13,000
House Shorts Only, no Tshirt - RWF 14,000
House uniform is different from the standard blue Discovery Tshirt
All students need their house (colour) t-shirt and a pair of plain black shorts for Sports' Day
Order for house uniform and tshirts on tools.discoveryrwanda.org
Adult/Parent Tshirts - Rwf 20,000
Field trips
Rwf 25,000 for ages 3 - 5
Rwf 30,000 for ages 6+
Quick library visits and visits further out of Kigali, if any, may have a different fee.
Annual portraits/student photos (17th-21st February)
Rwf 25,000 - 8 by 10 panel, single child
Package A Individual on wood(8x10), Class photo on paper(8x10), wallet-size (4)
`Rwf 18,000 - 6 by 8 panel, single child
Package B Individual on wood(6x8), Class photo on paper(6x8), wallet-size (4)
Rwf 38000 Siblings from one family - two children (8 by 12 wood panel)
Package C - two children (one family) on wood(8x12)
Each child also gets: 1 Class photo on paper(8x10), Wallet Size (4)
Rwf 45,000 Siblings from one family - three children (8 by 12 wood panel)
Package D - three children (one family) on wood (8x12)
Each child also gets: 1 Class photo on paper(8x10), Wallet Size (4)
A form will be sent home for you to complete.
Forms must be completed and submitted to your child's class teacher, as a hard copy or on whatsapp by Friday, 14th February 2025.
Orders will not be considered if forms are not returned by this date.
DELF French Language Certifications
These exams delivered and marked externally by Institut Français
Rwf 50,000
Classes concerned
CE1, CE2, 6e - all students
CM1, CM2 students who have not done A2 level
Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 - all students
MTN Mobile Money 182*8*1*040894
Urwego Bank: Account name is : DISCAL LTD
RWF 1116293050122
USD 1116293050114
I & M Bank: Account name is : DISCAL LTD
RWF 20097706001
USD 20097706002
Please send proof of payment to info@discoveryrwanda.org, and copy finance@discoveryrwanda.org.
Always specify the child(ren's) names on the bank slips or transfer memos
Make separate transfers or deposits for children, services, and different fees, where possible, always include the children's full names in the email, that you send to the school.
To contact our finance department, please send an email to finance@discoveryrwanda.org
In case you missed the previous newsletter follow this link 19th January 2025 Discovery Update
Monday 3rd February - School closed- National Heroes' day
3rd - 7th February - Sports, Health and Fitness Week"
Friday 7th February - Sports Day & the last day before half term break
10th to 14th February: Mid-Term Holidays
Monday, 17th February - Classes resume after midterm break.
17 - 21st February - official portraits and class photos
8th March: Women's Day
March: Early Years' 'Book Month'
1st March EY Club demonstrations/ EY Soccer Demonstrations (TBC)
17th - 21st March - Term 2 Evaluations
24th to 28th March Francophonie/ Celebration of Learning Week
(Parents will come to school)"
1st to 4th April - Theme Days
Wednesday 2nd April - Last day of term 2 classes
"3rd and 4th April: Parent-Teacher Meetings (Optional for Primary Classes)
7th to 21st April : Term 2 Holidays
Staff Professional Development - April 8th to 10th
Friday 18th April - Public Holiday
22nd April - Term 3 Opening Day
15th - 19th April - End of Primary Cambridge Assessments