n w

baner
You are here:   Home News Updates
large small default
Weekly Rainbow Issue 392 - Monday 30th August 2010 PDF Print

Welcome back to an enlarged Rainbow!

Rainbow International School is the largest it has ever been.  As far as the buildings are concerned we had a massive extension during the holiday when a hall was built on top of the new science block in secondary school. This should ease many of our problems of space when it comes to exams, parent teacher consultations and maybe even productions.  There have been several other improvements around the school, notably extra safety railings, covered walkways, tiered stone pitching at the side of the big field, tiling throughout the school and plenty of new furniture.  The relocation of the Principal to an office next to the library has necessitated the building of a new library storeroom.  Perhaps the most significant development during this holiday was the refurbishment and upgrade of the secondary school IT lab.  In terms of population the school has mushroomed over the past decade and we now have around 850 pupils on roll.  We have many new pupils this term and primary school is virtually full with spaces in just Year 1 and Year 5.  It requires many teachers to teach all these children and we have several new members of staff to tell you about: -

Read more...
 
Secondary Newsletter - June 2010 PDF Print
The term began on a very positive note with a visit from David Anstead, who leads the UK school inspection organisation OFSTED on ICT. Although Mr Anstead was visiting Uganda on holiday, he kindly spent three days of his vacation at Rainbow, giving valuable advice and guidance to teachers and senior management on ways to further develop the school and providing teachers and assistants with a highly instructive training session on how teachers can help their students to improve their learning skills and revise more effectively.     
Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) at IGCSE and A level very much dominated the secondary programme during most of the third term. We had to deal with some much tighter regulations introduced by CIE this year. Because of our time-zone, exams in Uganda start much earlier than those, for example, in the UK, and the new rules dictate that students taking an exam must remain under strict supervision until midday if the exam is scheduled for the morning, and 4pm for afternoon exams.
Read more...
 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>

Page 1 of 44