Dear Summer,
It is Deborah, a Ugandan friend. Our
teachers have decided to we form groups in which we read stories each morning
and late evening so that we can become better at reading and understanding the
context in passages. We are now using the books that you and Mrs. Cindy sent
us. They are so good and we are learning a lot from them. The computer is also
doing us a lot of good.
yours, Deborah.
Dear Aubrey,
Your name is so good!! I
hope you are so well now at school. I am doing fine here at Great Valley. We
good a lot of presents from your side and we were so happy. I am learning how
to write better on a computer though I am still slow, but at least trying to be
accurate.
Every morning, before
the normal learning lessons begin, we also get in groups of five, get the story
books we got from USA at your school and read them. In the next morning, we are
also asked questions and meaning of certain vocabularies. We have learned a lot of things
since we began writing to each other. I pray that God makes us meet each other
one day. I was so happy to see the visitors that came to our school last
January. You talked about National Geographic and out teacher says that he will
go on it and tells us about it. I love to dance and when Mrs. Susan came to our
school, she found us training in dances. I wish you also come and see the
dances. I am in primary six now. I am
enjoying the mathematics and playing netball.
From Nulu, your Ugandan
friend.
Hi Andrew,
This is your friend,
Ronald,
I am so glad that I have
learned typing on a computer. It is really very interesting to write on a
computer. Thanks to you all that made us made. We decided that every morning
and then in the evening, we read the books that you people gave us, there are
very interesting stories and they are helping us learn new vocabularies. At
school we use only English because it is the official language in Uganda. Let
me tell you a little about Uganda. Uganda is found in East African part of
Africa. It is a small country but very beautiful. Many years back, Uganda was
colonized by England and this is why we speak English. And because Uganda has
many tribes, there is no national language yet so English is widely used in
Uganda.
Do you have many tribes
in USA and is there any other language that you speak other than English?
Yours,
Ronald.
Hello
Kendall,
I
am so glad that we are now sharing through the computer that we got. It is so
amazing using a computer. I must say thank you so much for the generous hearts
you have given us. I am so glad indeed. How are you doing at school? At our
school, we are learning reading in the morning, and then after that we do the
normal lessons. During the day, we study many other things. In mathematics, we
are learning about application of fractions. They are really very tricky questions
but I am getting used to them. My mathematics teacher is called Mr. Bawalagga
Yaledi, sometimes we call him Tom John. He is the best teacher I have ever got.
He is so funny and friendly.
Dear
friends at McKay Creek Elementary School. This school sounds so cool. We are
happy to be writing to each other. My name is Sarah and I am a slender girl. I
like to go to Great Valley because I have many friends there. My teachers are
so great and very loving. We read in the morning and then study after. We are
studying mathematics, Science, writing, English and social studies. I love
mathematics and writing. My math teacher is Mr. Bawalagga Yaledi and my writing
teacher is teacher Robert.
Thank
you a lot for being such great friends.
By
Daphne.
Dear Ashley,
Thank you so much for
telling us a story about Bradley and Mrs. Ebble. I am learning a lot out of
this story. We also read books, and I am very happy that you and Mrs. Cindy
sent us books to read. I am so excited that I am part of the children writing
on our shared blog. I also read a story sometime back; this story was about two
girls, one who was well disciplined and another was not. The disciplined
girl(named Kyomuhendo) had lost her mother and then was staying with a step
mum. The step mum never wanted her real daughter (Cinderella) to do even a
single piece of work at home. Kyomuhendo grew up being over worked but while
learning do different work. She was so well behaved however. One day she went
to collect water from the well and there she found a very old woman. The old
woman asked her(Kyomuhendo) to give her some water to drink. What happened?
Kyomuhendo did not have a cup to put in water so she picked a leaf of a yam and
gave the old woman water. The old woman appreciated so much and said to the
young girl; you will get all that you will ask for in your life. Whenever the
girl fell hungry, she could only speak, "I want food "and food was
there. I want a cake, and a cake was there. I want soda, and soda was there.
Then her step mum told her real daughter, Cinderella, also go to the well and
get blessings from the old woman. She ran down the well. at the well was an old
woman. Give me some water, the old woman said. There was no cup however, so the
young girl was only splashing the water onto the old woman. The old woman
became very angry and said to the girl. "You will only get opposite of
what you ask for. So whenever a girl could ask for water, blood could come, ask
for food, soil could come. So the mother was so bitter about what had happened
and stopped mistreating Kyomuhendo. What do I learn from this story? I learn to
respect old people, I also learn to help people in need, I learn not to
mistreat other friends and also to love one another.
This book is very
interesting to me and I love to read it so much. I also like reading other
books but they are in local language.
I will tell you another
story when I read more.
Your friends,
Resty and Rose.
Hi friends,
My mane is Denise and i am a girl. How are you doing over there. We have
been practicing reading comprehensions in our class. We read many passages also and then we are
asked questions. We also study mathematics and English. My favorite subject is
mathematics and science. I have just done beginning of term examination and got
89% in mathematics. It was my best done subject. I like others still. My
friends are good and they are: Rose, Aisha, Nivea, Eva and Rogers.
They send you greetings. Thank you so much for writing to us. Also thank
you for sending for us gifts. We liked them so much. The computer we got is so
good and we are enjoying typing on it. I am hoping to become great at computer
because it is so interesting. I am learning how to change colors of the words
on the computer.
In mathematics, we are learning fractions and in science, we learn about
human skeleton. What are you learning about in your class?
Yours,
Denise.
Hello my friend, Mitchel, your name is so good. My name is Nakazzi Nulu, I
am a small girl. I am in Primary six now. My school is called Great Valley
Children's Center. I was so happy to get a visitor from your school. I know one
day you will also come and we meet each other. At school, I like to study
mathematics, English, science and social studies. Reading is very interesting
to me and I always read the books you gave us. Thank you so much for those
beautiful gifts. In the evening, we train in netball and music. I am in both
music and netball. We have won many trophies of netball.
