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Daily News article about Maori Primary School
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Maori Primary School Update
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This rural school serves 150 families living in the six surrounding villages. Current enrolment is 350 at boy to girl ratio of 45:55. The families served by this school are subsistence farmers and farm workers who rely on farm produce income to survive.
Construction of the third classroom block has enabled accommodation of all students at the new site. Through staggered time scheduling the nine classes, which includes pre-schoolers, are now able to share the six classrooms.
Maize purchase for Nyachuru Secondary School
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Unfortunately, there was severe drought this year at Nyachuru Secondary School which resulted in a very poor harvest and insufficient maize for the lunch program. ZimKids responded to the school’s request for additional assistance by purchasing and arranging delivery of maize meal.
New Books for the Maori School Library
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Maori Primary School students celebrated the arrival of boxes of new books for their library this month. This generous donation was made by Canadians Scott Wilkie and Denise Quick, to mark Denise’s retirement from a career spent as a librarian. Rural primary schools in Zimbabwe rarely have the resources to purchase library books so this donation was received with great excitement. The book selection was made by the teaching staff at Maori Primary School and the organization SchoolBooks4Africa. Scott and Denise have been donors to ZimKids for a number of different projects at the school in recent years. Thank you Scott and Denise. You are making a real difference in the lives of these children.
Maori Primary School registered by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Education
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Maori Primary School in Mashonaland Central has now been registered by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Education. Two furnished classroom blocks, teacher accommodation, toilets for staff and students and a drilled well and bush pump have already been completed. In addition two of the storage rooms have been converted into a library and resource centre and text books have been purchased.
The main focus for ZimKids in 2017 will be to raise funds for the third and final classroom block so that all students can attend school in a safe learning environment. This much needed school facility will serve 350 children and their families for generations to come. It will be a hub for the entire community.
Maori Primary School video
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Check out our updated video on progress at Maori Primary School. With thanks to David Brazier for the images and Scott Cisco for putting together the video.
Maori School sign
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Maori Primary School has just finished painting their new sign. The school motto is Education, Character and Unity. Nyasha Kharari, ZimKids project manager in Zimbabwe, also reported that the new bush pump was successfully installed on the drilled well last week
Teachers Accommodations – March 15, 2016
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Fran Fearnley, one of ZimKids board members visited Maori several times on her recent visit to Zimbabwe. These comments are from her report to fellow board members.
“The new School Development Committee is pursuing registration for the school and has been successful at the regional level. It is now with the head office of the Ministry of Education in Harare. An interim School Head has already been appointed and a final appointment will be made once registration is complete. There has been great progress on the site in the past few months. All of the buildings have been painted. The teachers’ house and their toilet facilities are now complete.”
Maori classrooms – March 10, 2016
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The classrooms have been transformed into vibrant learning environments. The donation of school furniture by Stuart and Victoria Lazier, has made a huge difference to the way teachers and students are able to use the space. Thomas Kavhai, a Head of Nyachuru Secondary School, one of the schools Maori students attend for their secondary education, noted that this year’s intake from Maori showed that students had good marks and were much more prepared for secondary school compared with previous years.
Soccer – March 5, 2016
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The community is very keen to clear land for a soccer pitch adjacent to the classrooms. In the meantime the students enjoy active play during break times. Informal soccer games, high jump and skipping are favourite recreational activities.