During October 16 Lower Sixth students visited Kenya for an educational and sports development trip. The students volunteered at Gogar Primary School near Rongai in Kenya. It was an action-packed week which saw the redecoration of four classrooms, the school hall, and the main school gates. Further to this students enjoyed the experience of teaching lessons and delivering sport sessions to the children.

Outside of volunteering the group had a brilliant time at giraffe sanctuary, going on safari in Lake Nakuru National Park, as well as visiting Alive and Kicking, a football manufacturer in Nairobi, where students were presented with a College football. Other highlights included a trip to the equator where Miss Frances Buist taught an impromptu physics lessons about gravitational pulls.

The children must also be congratulated for their terrific fundraising efforts which, combined with match funding from Cheltenham College Charitable Trust, allowed for the building of a new school room, The Edward Wilson Innovation Classroom for Early Learners. Further to this the students enjoyed socialising with the wider Cheltonian network in Nairobi at an event organised in collaboration with the Cheltonian Society. It was great to hear Mr Nick Nelson and Mr Harry Johnson speak about the links between College and Kenya and to connect with so many Kenyan based Cheltonians. Miss Rebecca Norval is hopeful of running another Kenya expedition in the future.

Mr Harry Johnson