Four years ago I started the home school with my 3 boys, one in year 4 and the twins year 1. I didn't choose to do home school, I started because in Chipata the International School closed down. So, what to do? Move from here after so many years? We've been in Africa already 13 years, the children grow up here, we like here.
We are from Italy and we arrived in Zambia in 1998 to work in a Catholic Mission like volunteers, and we are still here, in the mean time we moved from the bush were we stayed, in a little town for sending the first born at the International School until they closed the school.
Now we are still here, Giuseppe, the first born, is now in a boarding school but myself I'm still doing home school with the twins. Happy to do that! Even if it was hard, being a teacher and mother at the same time, and a big challenge for me, teaching English when at thet time i didn't know well English!! With my husband we decided to follow the English curriculum. the one that we chose is excellent and really is helping me a lot, I had a tutor in England so the work of the boys are assessed every 4 weeks, and my work as well!! I'm really thankful doing home school, I'm spending so much time with my children, I'm learning with them, day by day. Day by day my English is improving together with them English. I never thought to be able to this!
by Simo
Well done Simonetta! You're still goin'on there against all difficulties you found on your way...and now you're also a web blogger :-)
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Go on this way....you're a great family!
Sandro
Dear Simo, Enrico, Filippo and Damiano,
ReplyDeletewe visited your school and we really enjoyed it! It's great:) Damiano and Filippo are very lucky because they are learning a lot of different things...and their teachers are very good and patient isn't it?? Continue like this:)
Maria and Daniela
I am coming to work in Chipata. Will you teach my children?
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