As mentioned in previous newsletters we had visitors this week from CIS and MSA our accreditation bodies. They toured both campuses and talked with staff, students and parents to get a full picture of the school. This along with documents we shared with them helps guide our self-improvement process through the next few years. This process will have us select a few initiatives aligned with our school mission and values to work through in a system of continuous improvement. The two visitors, Steve and Rick, shared some initial thoughts with us on Friday as well as some of the things shared with them throughout their conversations. Overwhelmingly they were impressed by everyone they talked with and shared some things they thought were strengths of the school.

These included that the school mission and values were fully lived in daily school life; that we have deep and impactful experiential and service learning; there is a strong sense of community; and there is consistent and effective high-quality learning and teaching across the school. They also shared some ideas on ways we can continue to improve. We will be using their suggestions, along with our strategic plan and existing plans to craft the initiatives mentioned above over the next month. In about 18 months another set of visitors will come to work with us to evaluate our progress on these initiatives. Thank you to everyone who took the time to talk with Rick and Steve to share their impressions of the school.

Now, looking to next week, our MYP students will be off on their Week-Without-Walls trips at the same time our D1 students will be on Project Week. This will leave a much quieter campus for the D2 to focus on certain academic projects as well as university plans. The PYP will have the MAP test sessions in P4 to P6.

PYP parents, you should have received an invite to sign up for conferences on October 6th. Please check your email for the link and the directions. Secondary parents, your conferences will be after the October break and the invite will come out later.

Bob Cofer – Head of Campus

The sun came out this week and we had lots of lessons outside.

The D1 Spanish Ab Initio students sat outside putting together puzzles. The puzzles revealed a photo which they had to discuss in Spanish, linking to one of the topics.

Art students are working on portraits, taking inspiration from other well-known artists and trying to adapt their techniques. Biology classes continued working on understanding the different parts of DNA and Language and Literature students started the study of Grace Nichols’ poetry.

I had the opportunity to visit many of these classes this week with CIS and MSA accreditation team members and they repeatedly commented on the maturity and warmth of our students.

D1s are looking forward to Project Week. Ms Faiza will be their points person if they need anything.

The D2s will stay on campus this week for Catch-Up week. Many of them are feeling the pressure of Diploma so this is a good moment to pause and reflect. I will be away this week, visiting a school in Lusaka but Adnan and Elizabeth Elger will remain on campus to support the D2s.

Catherine Dowie – Head of Diploma

Our mathletes delivered a fantastic performance at the SAMTC math competition on Saturday, with three teams representing the school against strong competition. In this team competition, you needed multiple schools to compete, so the Moshi students were joined by those from Arusha campus and SCIS.

The Junior Team finished 23rd out of 69 teams, while Senior Team 1 placed an impressive 12th out of 67. Senior Team 2 also held their own, finishing 35th out of 67. Congratulations to every student who took part, and a big thank you to Ms Anna Dieter and the Math Department for their guidance, coordination and support, and for capturing the day in the photos below.
George (D1)

There is a particular kind of energy on campus when everyone knows Week Without Walls is just around the corner. Bags are being planned, last-minute questions are appearing, and the countdown has very definitely begun.

But before we swap classrooms for the adventures ahead, there was still plenty happening across the MYP this week. Here are a few snapshots from our final week on campus before WWW takes over!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Next stop: Week Without Walls!

MYP Week Without Walls
It’s finally here! We are excited to send our MYP students off for a week of adventure, learning, challenge and plenty of memories!
Students have been informed of the Sunday packing schedule. To help us depart on time on Monday, students should be on campus at:

M1: 6:00 am | M2: 6:30 am | M3: 7:30 am | M4: 7:30 am | M5: 7:30 am

A reminder that day students need to bring a packed lunch for the first day.

Throughout the week, I will send families a daily email update at around 6:00 pm. If you need anything in the meantime, please feel free to email me.

We’re ready! Wishing all our students and staff a fantastic Week Without Walls!

M3 Design
M3 Design students have been exploring logos, branding and what makes a visual identity effective and memorable. Working through the Design Cycle, they are investigating existing brands, developing ideas and beginning to turn their own names into unique brands.

Their ideas are moving from early concepts and sketches towards designed outcomes, including their own branded stickers. A great example of the Design Cycle in action: investigate, develop, create and refine.

M4 Music
M4 Music students are getting into the Blues, working in groups to compose and perform their own pieces. They are developing lyrics, melodies and rhythm while thinking carefully about dynamics, timing and how each member contributes to the overall performance.
We were also treated to a fantastic ukulele performance of “Hound Dog” and “Tutti Frutti”, definitely a highlight of the week!

Now we’re looking forward to hearing the students’ own Blues compositions take the stage.

M4 Theatre
Our M4 Theatre students are working towards their monologue performances, using research into their chosen character, play and context to shape their interpretation.

This week, we had the chance to see their work in progress, and the development was already clear. Students are moving beyond simply delivering their lines and beginning to make purposeful choices about voice, movement, space, pace and characterisation. Through rehearsal, experimentation and feedback, they are learning to recognise what works, adjust their choices and build increasingly confident and convincing performances.

We look forward to seeing how these performances continue to develop!

M1 Creative Process
Sometimes the best part of creating is not knowing exactly where you’ll end up. Our M1 students have been exploring colour, pattern, shape and composition, experimenting with ideas and watching their work develop piece by piece.

The creative process is about trying, adjusting, making decisions and discovering what happens along the way and judging by the results, there is plenty of creativity happening in M1!

MYP Dates to Remember

• September 28th to October 2nd – MYP Week Without Walls
• October 7th – Last Day of Q1
• October 8th to 18th – October Break (Inclusive)
• October 19th – First Day of Q2

Have a beautiful week ahead!
Farah Fawaz – Head of MYP

Thank you to P1/2 for a lovely gathering on Friday morning. It was great to see the children performing so confidently onstage.

Last week, we sent a team of athletes to Kennedy House. Congratulations to all of the participants for the effort they made. The results of this friendly competition have now been shared, with special mentions for Aarefa (1st in discus), Asahi (2nd in long jump), Ewan (1st in 300m), MacKenzie (2nd in high jump), Noah (1st in shot put) and Noah (1st in 300m). Well done to everyone who took part.

Looking ahead to next week:

On Monday, 28th September, Ms. Mboka and the Student Voice have organised a Buddies Playtime, where children from different year groups will be paired up for an opportunity to play together.

Also starting on Monday, P4–P6 children will take their online MAP Growth assessments in Reading, Language and Maths. These adaptive assessments adjust to each child’s learning level and help us track progress and plan appropriate next steps. The assessments are not timed, and no special preparation is needed – just a good night’s sleep, a nutritious breakfast and a healthy snack. Results will be shared with parents on Life at a later date.

Next week is also the last week of Quarter 1 clubs. Sign-up information for Quarter 2 clubs will be shared during the first week back after the break. If you are interested in offering a club for the Primary children on a day of your choice, Monday–Thursday from 2:00–3:00pm, please let me know. I saw some very happy children on Thursday who had been working on Lego bajajis with Ms. Katie (Mama Zayn)! Thank you to everyone who has helped with PYP clubs this quarter. It is thanks to the support of parents, community members and Diploma students that we are able to offer such a varied after-school programme.

On Tuesday, 29th September, we are sending a team of swimmers to Kennedy House. The bus will leave our campus promptly at 7:30am, and pick-up will be from outside the music rooms near Rafiki Hall at 4:30pm.

On Friday, 2nd October, the P3/4 class will present at the Primary Gathering at 7:40am in Rafiki Hall. You are warmly invited to attend.

The following week, we will have our three-way Goal Setting Conferences on Tuesday, 6th October, followed by a House Challenge and Friendship Picnic on Wednesday, 7th October. You should have received information about both of these events by email. Please contact me if you have any questions.

The photos show some EC children interviewing staff about healthy habits and the P3/4 class explaining their cave building to Mr. Kotanen, one of the accreditation visitors.

Deborah Mills – Head of PYP

This week, we began inquiring into healthy habits. We shared our ideas, brainstormed together, and explored different resources to create our own list of healthy habits. We discovered ways to take care of our bodies and checked our lunchboxes to make sure we were making healthy food choices. We also decided to take regular water breaks to help us stay hydrated.

As part of our learning about asking questions, we interviewed members of our school community to find out how they take care of their bodies. We then put our learning into practice through imaginative play. We bathed babies, changed their clothes, and prepared healthy snacks for them. It was so much fun learning through play!

In phonics, we inquired into the /t/ sound and discovered that tomato, tacos,  teeth, toothpaste, and toothbrush all begin with /t/.

We also explored horizontal lines and discovered that being able to form and draw lines helps us develop the skills needed for drawing and early writing.

Manal El Dahwish

Thank you to all who came to our primary gathering. The children were very pleased with their performance.

We are now officially done with our first unit. We have already started with our second unit, but I would like to share the summary with you.

Transdisciplinary Theme: Who We Are
Central Idea: Parts of the body work together to help you live and grow.
Lines of Inquiry:

• Body Parts and Systems
• How they work together
• How they help us live and grow

In Monday’s home learning, you will receive the goal-setting sheet for your child. Please fill it in and return it to me within the week. We will use this sheet during the goal-setting conferences on the 6th of October.

Mboka Mwasongwe

It has been a very exciting week in P3/4. On Monday we had a visit from Mr Goodluck Laizer, who showed us how to make fire with sticks. The children’s really enjoyed the experience and hearing about Maasai culture. We have finished our unit on Who we are and will be looking into human migration for our next topic. We will be performing in primary gathering on the 2nd of October, we look forward to seeing you there!

Sarah Vrontamitis

The P5 children are coming to the end of their inquiry into forces and simple machines. This week, they have been working on posters to show what they have learned about the different simple machines, how they work and how they make work easier.

We have also spent some time preparing for next week’s MAP assessments. In Language, we have been exploring different types of nouns, including compound words, collective nouns, concrete nouns and abstract nouns. In Maths, we have moved on to different addition strategies and have been practising choosing efficient ways to solve addition problems.

Next week we will start our new unit of inquiry:

Central Idea:

Organisations help protect people’s rights and encourage responsible action.

Lines of inquiry:

• The challenges and risks faced by individuals.
• How organisations support rights
• How organisational systems manage resources and support people

Deborah Mills

This week, P6 explored centimetres, metres and other measurement units, choosing sensible units for different contexts. We also compared linear, square and cubic units and finished our work on the volume of prisms.

Our family stories are well underway, with students typing them up for their summative assessment. We’re excited to share them with you! In Reading, we learnt about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. Next week, we’ll tackle Icarus—hopefully without flying too close to the sun.

Our Art projects are looking fantastic; check out Hanyah’s teaser! Remember, next week is our final full week before the end of Q1, with no P6 swimming on Tuesday.

Elisha Jaffer

Another Week, Another Adventure!

Another week of adventures! All students returned safely from our recent Reefs trip, with a full write-up coming next week. In the meantime, please enjoy a few photos below.

This week, the OP Store has been buzzing with activity as equipment returns from Reefs, gets cleaned, checked and then heads straight back out again for Week Without Walls. It’s certainly getting a lot of mileage!

Please make sure you check the timings for packing on Sunday, as communicated by Ms Farah above.

During WWW, the OP Store gets completely emptied, and it is a huge logistical operation to make sure every student collects the gear they need, every tent finds a home, and nothing gets left behind!

And just when you thought things might slow down, we’ve also got a Kilimanjaro training day on Saturday. Let’s just say the OP team has been keeping busy and there’s no summit of activity in sight!

It’s been non-stop, but the OP team wouldn’t have it any other way. We love seeing our students take their learning outdoors and into the incredible Tanzanian landscape, where the classroom has no walls.

While visiting other schools is a great learning opportunity and I always bring something back to think about, it is really great to be back on our campus this week. It was nice to be able to wander back through our classrooms and other spaces and see the learning going on.

Outside of the classes, on Thursday afternoon and evening I visited the different sports practices, play rehearsals, 24-hr run planning and “coffee and politics” groups. The variety of contexts and opportunities for students to work together, while enjoying what they were doing, reflected exactly what we want to achieve as a school. The evening political debate really showcased what we stand for as a UWC, with students feeling confident enough to share their opinions and perspectives while also listening to and acknowledging views that differed from their own.

This week we will be sharing all that we do with the visiting CIS team as they start us on the re-accreditation journey. Through this process we will be picking some goals that fit our context and will help us to grow as a school. They will come back in about 18 months to work with us to review our progress.

Bob Cofer – Head of Campus

I am not the only thing back on campus this week. The lorry which has been a part of the Moshi campus since the 1980s is back on campus. Fresh off its newest facelift, and with considerable work on the major systems, we expect this icon of campus to be taking students on OP trips for at least the next decade. Its first trip out after being back will be taking the M1 students to Lake Eyasi for WWW.

A friendly reminder, Steve Kotanen and Rick Spradling arrive for the accreditation visit next week. We are excited to share our school community with them. They are meeting with parents virtually and in person. The virtual option is on Monday 21 September from 13:45-14:45 EAT. The on-campus option will be on Thursday 24 September from 7:45-8:45 EAT. Please email shealydominick@uwcea.org to confirm your attendance.

Shealy Dominick – Accreditation Lead on Moshi campus

This coming Monday, September 21st we are celebrating UWC Day. This year’s theme is Action for Peace, People, and Planet, and celebrations will run from 10:30am to 12:30pm.

The day begins as a whole school in K-Hall at 10:30am, where we’ll explain the significance of UWC Day and International Peace Day, followed by a whole-school photo. Afterwards we will be screening a documentary and having some powerful testimonials from some of our students. Our PYP students will be working on an art project that we cannot wait to see.

Parents and UJAs are welcome to join us on this day for the documentary, discussions, and speakers. We are encouraging everyone to wear white, green, or blue and bring their country flags for the gathering.

Our annual community event, 24 Hour Run, is fast approaching. We have started the preparations with a group of enthusiastic students.

Mark the date in your calendars, January, 15-16, 2027, and start building your team to run for an amazing purpose!

Over the last two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to visit quite a few DP classes. This week was a great reminder of our UWCEA value of holistic, diverse learning!

In D1 Biology, students were getting hands-on with DNA, cutting out strands and working out how the pieces fit together to understand the structure and pairing of DNA. In D2 Kiswahili, students shared their knowledge through plays and presentations — accompanied by plenty of laughter! In Chemistry, the D1s conducted experiments to investigate concentration, while both D1 and D2 Maths students worked on assessments and D1s learnt how to use their calculators!

In English, the D1s connected their study of “The Arrival” to the UWC values, reflecting on their own experiences of arriving at UWCEA and considering how those experiences have shaped their sense of belonging and community.

We also had the opportunity to welcome Dr Howlett, who spoke to students about infectious diseases found in Tanzania and the wider region, including HIV, Ebola and mpox. Students heard where these diseases came from, what we have learned from them, and most importantly, how we can make informed choices to keep ourselves and others safe. A big thank you to Dr Marieke and Dr Howlett for sharing their knowledge and helping our students better understand the world around them.

Project Week is coming!

Next week, our D1 students head off on Project Week. A reminder to parents that permission must be given through LIFE before students can participate.

Project Week is designed to be student-driven. Students have the opportunity to take responsibility for planning, problem-solving and working together, with supervisors available to support them along the way. This week, we will also be placing a strong emphasis on the things that make Project Week successful: good decision-making, looking after one another, responsible behaviour and exemplifying the UWC values.

While the D1s are out exploring, our D2 students will be taking part in Catch Up Week. The focus will be on catching up with outstanding work, making progress on the Extended Essay, and working on university applications.

From lab experiments, performances, assessments, and planning their week away, this week has been a great example of what holistic, diverse learning looks like at UWCEA.

Catherine Dowie – Head of Diploma

Dear UWCEA,

It has been a full two weeks on campus, the kind where the calendar fills up faster than anyone can read it. Politics and Coffee returned, proving once again that our students can disagree passionately, thoughtfully, and still share the last cup of coffee. And our first Cultural Night and Open Mic of the year reminded us how much courage it takes to stand in front of your community and offer something of yourself, and how generously this community receives it.

We closed the week with Compliment Day, when students and staff pin pegs on one another carrying small messages of affirmation. It is a simple tradition, and every year it does something quietly remarkable: people walk a little taller, linger in doorways a little longer, and check their sleeves more often than usual. Few things change the air on campus quite like being told, in writing, that you matter.

This Sunday, continuing the events, join us at 7:00 pm in Makutano for Norwegian Cultural Night. Come curious and come hungry.
Finally, a reminder, please take a look at the travel survey and fill it in by October 1, 2026:

As a reminder, these are the travel dates:

• October Break: 8/10/2026 – 18/10/2026
• Last day of classes: 07/10/2026
• Student Departures: afternoon of 07-08/10/2026
• Dorms Open: 18/10/2026 at 7:00 am
• Student Arrivals: 18/10/2026
• Classes start: 19/10/2026

● MYP students will need to leave the campus.
● DP students will have the option of staying on campus.

Asante sana,
Adnan Mackovic – Head of Student Life

I am beginning to suspect that MYP weeks operate on a different measurement of time… because how is it Friday again, and how did we manage to fit all of that in?

There has been plenty of learning, creating, questioning, presenting, researching and figuring things-out-as-we-go happening around campus this week. Some things worked beautifully, some probably required a second attempt, and somewhere along the way we all learned something new which sounds about right! Here are just a few little snapshots from our week in the MYP. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. We’ve earned it!

M1 Integrated Sciences
Before our M1 scientists can get properly stuck into experiments, there is one rather important requirement: knowing how to work safely in a science lab!

This week, students put their understanding of laboratory safety, hazards and responsible scientific behaviour to the test by designing their own lab safety posters. Rather than simply memorising a list of rules, they had to think carefully about which rules matter, why they matter, and how to communicate them clearly to someone entering a science lab. Students considered everything from appropriate protective equipment and handling materials safely to moving responsibly around the lab, responding to accidents and understanding why particular precautions are necessary.

The result? A collection of informative and creative posters and, hopefully, a group of students who now know that “but I didn’t know!” is no longer going to work in the science lab!

M5 Integrated Humanities
On the 16th and 18th of September, M5 Individuals & Societies students presented group-designed posters exploring major civil rights events from the past.

Throughout the unit, we have been learning about different civil and human rights, how they developed and the events that shaped them. For our summative, each group had the opportunity to research a particular event, work collaboratively to create an informative poster, and then share what we had learned with other groups.

Overall, it was a great activity because we were able to learn about many different civil rights events while also researching, presenting and working collaboratively with one another.”

Asha & Karen, M5

M4 Visual Arts
Andy Warhol had Campbell’s Soup. M4 has Chilli Sauce! After investigating how Warhol transformed familiar, everyday objects and popular imagery into iconic Pop Art, M4 students are now putting those ideas into practice. They have selected objects and images recognizable within Tanzania and are experimenting with stencils, repetition, bold colour, contrast and simplification to give the everyday a Pop Art transformation.

The challenge is simple: take something we see all the time and make us look at it differently.

We have a feeling Warhol would approve.

MYP Organization
During MYP Organization, we get to learn about a variety of things. Recently, we’ve been learning about research, and we even got to start our own research project about AI.

Our research questions were: “How can students use AI responsibly and appropriately?” and “When does AI become harmful?” We are using what we have learned about research to investigate these questions and find out more about how AI should and shouldn’t be used by students. This is a controversial topic, but we are enjoying learning about this as we don’t really know what we think we know! 

Leila and Grady, M2

MYP Dates to Remember

• September 21st – UWC Day (Remember to wear blue, green, or white and bring your country flag if you have it!)
• September 21st to 25th – CIS Visit
• September 28th to October 2nd – MYP Week Without Walls
• October 7th – Last Day of Q1 After School
• October 8th to 18th – October Break (Inclusive)
• October 19th – First Day of Q2

Have a beautiful week ahead!
Farah Fawaz – Head of MYP

Last Tuesday, 36 of our primary school children took part in the Kennedy House Athletics Meet. The children had a lovely time, and we would like to thank the many parents who accompanied us as chaperones: Daniella R, Katie L, David M, Dorothy D and Julieth S, as well as all the other parents who came along to cheer! Thank you also to the teachers and EAs who made the long drive to Kennedy House and helped to make the day such a success (see photos).

Last weekend, some of our upper PYP students were invited to play alongside MYP students in the U13 football tournament. They have now been invited to join future training sessions and matches the first of which will take place at SCIS on 26th September. Invitations have been issued through Life.

We are very pleased to welcome Ms. Maurine Kileo to the Primary team. She will be working in Ms. Manal’s classroom. Karibu, Maurine!

UWC Day – Monday, 21st September

On Monday, we will celebrate UWC Day. Children are invited to wear blue, white and/or green clothes to school. There will be a whole-school assembly in Karibu Hall at 10:30am, where the meaning of UWC Day will be explained, followed by a whole school photo. The PYP children will then return to their classes and take part in a communal art activity on the theme Action for Peace, Planet and People.

Wednesday to Friday – CIS and MSA Accreditation Visit

From Wednesday to Friday, we will welcome two visitors, Steve Kotanen (CIS) and Rick Spradling (MSA), who will be on campus as part of the CIS and MSA accreditation process. They will meet with staff and some parents, visit classrooms, and talk to some of the children about their experiences in the PYP.

Friday, 25th September – P1/2 Primary Gathering

The P1/2 Primary Gathering will take place in Rafiki Hall at 7:40am. You are warmly invited to attend.

Dates for your diary

Tuesday, 29th September – Swim Meet at Kennedy House

Invitations have been shared through Life. Participants have been selected by Coaches Collin and Patrick based on their performances in swimming classes. Unfortunately, it is not possible for everyone to attend this event, but we will hold our own PYP Swim Gala later in the year, when all children will have the opportunity to participate.

PYP Goal Setting Conferences

All PYP parents have been sent an email regarding the date of the PYP Goal Setting Conferences. Thank you for your patience and understanding whilst the Primary team work on confirming the details of this event. I will have the information ready to share on Monday.

Deborah Mills – Head of PYP

This week, we paused to reflect on our last week’s learning journey and revisited the ideas shared by members of our community about what it means to be safe. Inspired by their perspectives and our safety song, the children collaboratively constructed their own definition of safety. Through meaningful conversations, role-play, and real-life scenarios, they shared their ideas, listened to one another, and explored how thoughtful choices can help keep ourselves and others safe in different environments, in the classroom, at home, in the pool and garden, on the roads, and in our everyday lives.

Our phonemic awareness inquiry continued as we investigated the /a/ sound. The children became sound detectives, listening carefully for the sound, sharing words that begin with /a/, and co-constructing a collaborative mind map. They searched for the sound in books, experimented with forming the letter using loose parts and play dough, and represented their thinking and learning on mini whiteboards.

We also revisited The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and explored the dot-inspired artwork of Yayoi Kusama. Inspired by her use of dots, patterns, and repetition, the learners created their own unique masterpieces. Through this process, they experimented with different artistic possibilities, made intentional choices, and expressed their ideas and creativity through art.

Manal El Dahwish

We used this past week to start planning for our primary gathering. Together we have come up with a fun, short skit to share with you this coming Friday. Please join us. The children are excited to share the play with you. They will continue to practise and make some props for the play in the coming week.

We completed our illustration writing unit. The children worked hard to draw pictures that told stories. Once our books are bound, we will share them with you. Next week, we will begin working on writing list books. 

About three weeks ago, we had many black caterpillars outside of our classroom and around school. They crawled all over our shoes, and some of them made cocoons near our classroom. It was no surprise when one day, Tilly found a butterfly holding on to its cocoon, drying its wings before flying off. I have shared the picture of what we observed.

Mboka Mwasongwe

P3 and 4 have had a busy and exciting week! We enjoyed a trip to Kennedy House for the Athletics Meet, where I was really impressed by the class’s resilience and positive attitude. Everyone gave their best effort in every event and supported one another throughout the day.

In the classroom, we have been working as mathematical investigators to solve the mystery of the missing classroom chocolate! The children worked in teams to solve a series of maths clues and use their problem-solving skills to uncover who took the chocolate.

We have also been hard at work planning a Friendship Picnic for all of our Primary students. Keep an eye on your emails for a letter explaining the day, as well as special invitations from the students themselves.

Next week will be our final week exploring how our experiences, cultures and environments shape the way we grow. We will bring together everything we have learned so far by creating shelters decorated with personal timelines, portraits and details about ourselves.

We will also be presenting our learning during Primary Gathering on 2 October. The children will receive their speaking lines next week so they have time to practise and feel confident before the presentation.

Sarah Vrontamitis

The P5 children have had a busy week of construction, building catapults, buggies and pulleys as part of our inquiry into simple machines. Next week will see the culmination of this unit as the children create posters to demonstrate and share their learning from the past few weeks. In Swahili, the children have also been exploring devices that make work easier (see photos).

In Maths, we have been working on doubling and halving. Next week, we will move on to exploring different addition strategies. In Language, the children have practised correcting run-on sentences by using conjunctions to join ideas correctly. We will continue to develop this skill next week.

Deborah Mills

This week, P6 applied their understanding of volume to scenarios involving multiplication and division. We also continued developing our skills in multiplying multi-digit numbers.

In our Unit of Inquiry, students explored Māori history and how language can change the way stories are told. Our family stories are taking shape, with students drafting the beginnings and middles of their narratives. We are also preparing for our summative task and learning to use Google Docs and video tools. In Art, students have begun creating their final pieces.

Monday is UWC Day—students may wear green, white and blue, or just one or two of these colours. The Kennedy House Swim Gala is on 29 September, so please look out for invitations.

Elisha Jaffer

PYP Games is a service led by the UWCEA MYP 1, 2 & 3 students. Every week student service teams plan and deliver games and crafts activities to entertain the PYP students during their PYP club time. This past two weeks students organized a creative art experience, where students found cardboard trash and recycled the trash into an artwork. Students had a great time expressing themselves with the materials we found and gluing cardboard in an abstract way onto a large piece of cardboard. The week after we took acrylic paint and splashed colours to complete the piece of art. You can find the artwork displayed in the PYP breezeway.

On 8th and 9th September, we held First Aid Workshops for our D1 students, together with doctors from KCMC Hospital.

The workshops focused on practical, essential first-aid skills, including how to respond in an emergency and what to expect when dealing with medical situations. Workshops also included cases specific to Tanzania. D1s had the opportunity to learn directly from medical professionals and gain a better understanding of how first aid and emergency care work in the local context.

The sessions combined hands-on learning with presentations from experienced doctors, helping to build confidence and develop skills that can be valuable both at school and in everyday life.

KCMC and First Aid Service Leaders

Adventure Never Takes a Week Off

On Friday, 30 students from both Moshi and Arusha set off for the coast to undertake Reefs: Exploration at Fish Eagle Point. On this trip, students will have the opportunity to take part in a range of activities, including beach clean-ups, urchin removal (fish feeding), forest walks, mangrove climbs, mangrove canal snorkelling, open-water snorkelling, kayaking, paddleboarding and tubing.
Along the way, students will learn the fundamentals of snorkelling and practise underwater communication, while developing their confidence and awareness in the marine environment.

Our first Rides trip of the year
Last Sunday also saw our first Rides trip of the year. This day trip incorporated a new route to the Kahe Pump Track, with students cycling over 30 km to reach their destination. Once there, they were rewarded with time to explore and cycle around the pump track before making their way back to school.

The iconic yellow lorry gets a makeover!
As noted above the lorry first saw service in the 1980s and has transported generations of ISM and, more recently, UWCEA students to all four corners of Tanzania over the years. As one student put it, “You haven’t really done an OP trip until you’ve travelled on the lorry.”

We hope the makeover will allow the lorry to continue supporting many more adventures for years to come. And what better time for a makeover than just before Week Without Walls!

Student Trip Review
Two weeks ago, Nazrin had the opportunity to join the Plains: Discovery trip to Makuyuni. Please read her review below.

Makuyuni OP trip was a great opportunity to immerse myself in Tanzania’s wildlife and natural landscapes. Throughout the trip, we experienced peaceful landscapes, exciting walks, and wildlife that turned this trip into a small adventure.

On the first day of the OP, we walked to the campsite, enjoying the surrounding nature. After reaching the campsite, we had the chance to settle in, relax, and watch a lovely sunset. Being surrounded by the peace of nature was especially enjoyable.

The second day started early in the morning, as we set off towards Lake Manyara. The walk was beautiful, with changing landscapes and opportunities to observe the wildlife. When we finally reached the lake, a breathtaking view awaited us. The scenery was very picturesque, and it was one of those moments when you simply want to stop and appreciate where you are.

Along the way, we saw zebras, donkeys, and other animals in their natural surroundings. Seeing them so close to such beautiful landscapes made the experience feel very special. The walk was not only beautiful, but also gave me valuable time for self-reflection.

Overall, the Makuyuni OP trip was an amazing opportunity not only to explore the wildlife, beautiful landscapes, and hiking paths, but also to take time to appreciate the beauty of nature. It was a chance to just slow down and create memories with the people around me. I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone who loves discovering the beauty of Tanzania.

This weekend we hosted volleyball, netball and ultimate frisbee! Here is the volleyball tournament in full flow managed by Mr Kevin

Our U16s took on our U19s at Ultimate Frisbee

Our U19 netballers were weary after a long day of matches but still managed a jump for the camera!

Putting together the newsletter the last 2 days and reading through what I see here and reflecting on what I have seen on campus reminded me of our values and one value in particular.

• A holistic and diverse portfolio of learning experiences.

It is very fashionable to talk about holistic education, but the implementation can be more challenging while also thinking about curriculum and student academic achievement. The balance is not easy and from week to week may not always be apparent. However, in addition to what you can see below, I also heard about preparations for Week without Walls, Project Week, theater productions, collaborative math competitions, cooking, mental health, conservation, first aid, and philanthropy as just an example. These involved students from PYP up through D2.

While this is intrinsically important to us as a school, on Friday we had three visiting UWC Davis Scholar university partners talk to students. In this they also highlighted that they were not only looking for academic achievement, but what else a student may bring to the university in terms of a diverse set of experiences.

As this newsletter is already long, let me pause there and make a few quick notes before you read on. Please note you may need to open this in a browser to see the full email.

Thank you to the parents that joined us on Tuesday in person and Wednesday online for our first Coffee Mornings of the year. We had over 70 families join us in these two meetings. I would also like to thank you for your suggestions and questions as we always look to improve.

A quick reminder that I am away from school acting as a CIS evaluator for another school and so we will not have a full newsletter next weekend.

Bob Cofer – Head of Campus

Dear UWCEA Moshi,

As we begin to settle into the school year, the Culture and Campus Committee would like to warmly invite you to our FIRST Cultural Night of the 2026/2027 year!

If you haven’t already heard, Cultural Nights are evenings where members from our school community represent and share their culture and traditions with other students and staff members on campus to come together to celebrate and learn about our surrounding diversity. At each Cultural Night, a few members from a region or country share their traditions, food, music, games, and stories.

Our next blood drive is happening on 23rd October, and we are hoping to make it even bigger than the last one! If you are eligible to donate, please consider taking part. One donation can make a real difference to someone else’s life, and the process itself is a small commitment with a potentially massive impact.

So, if you’ve ever thought, “I want to help, but I don’t really know how,” this is your chance. Come through, donate if you’re eligible, encourage your friends to join you, and let’s see if we can beat our previous 87 donations. Every single one counts.

Our D2 students took part in an EE Lockdown last weekend — a dedicated block of quiet time, snacks and focused writing to help them get their Extended Essay drafts over the line. And before anyone worries about the photograph accompanying this newsletter… we promise we didn’t lock them in the cupboard! The lockdown gave students the opportunity to put distractions aside and take responsibility for making progress with their own work. They have now submitted their drafts and are waiting for feedback from their supervisors — an important part of the process of developing their ideas, refining their arguments and improving their work.

This week I’ve been thinking about one of our UWCEA values: demonstrating initiative and leadership. Our D1 students are really putting initiative and leadership into practice as they prepare for Project Week. The projects are wonderfully varied, with students planning experiences such as visiting an animal shelter in Dar es Salaam, working at our local hospital, visiting a national park, and exploring tourism and hospitality at BruBru Lodge in Moshi, amongst others. Project Week is much more than the trip itself. It is an opportunity for students to develop the independence, organisation and problem-solving skills needed to plan and manage a project from beginning to end. They have to make decisions, communicate with others, organise logistics, anticipate challenges and take responsibility for making their project happen. It is their project, and that means taking ownership of the process from the initial idea through to the final experience.

A letter with more information about Project Week was sent to all D1 parents this week. Please ask your children about their project and what they have planned! Some projects will involve costs, while others are free, so the experience will look slightly different for each group.

In TOK, students explored the question “What makes something art?” by creating their own artworks using only coloured paper, scissors and glue. They titled their pieces and developed an intention before putting their ideas to the test through debates, questioning whether their creations were truly art, whether they communicated a message, and who gets to decide what counts as art.

Across the DP, we want students to become increasingly confident in taking ownership of their learning. Initiative and leadership are not only about leading others; they are also about having the confidence to take the first step, develop an idea, make decisions, ask questions and take responsibility for the outcome. From completing an Extended Essay draft, to planning an independent Project Week experience to defending an idea in a TOK debate, our students are being encouraged to take the lead in their own learning.

Catherine Dowie – Head of Diploma

Dear UWCEA,

We are almost halfway through the quarter. Time flies! This means it’s time to start planning for October break. Please take a look at the travel survey and fill it in by October 1, 2026:

As a reminder, these are the travel dates:

• October Break: 8/10/2026 – 18/10/2026
• Last day of classes: 07/10/2026
• Student Departures: afternoon of 07-08/10/2026
• Dorms Open: 18/10/2026 at 7:00 am
• Student Arrivals: 18/10/2026
• Classes start: 19/10/2026

MYP students will need to leave the campus.
DP students will have the option of staying on campus.

Asante sana!
Adnan Mackovic – Head of Student Life

Another week has somehow flown by, and there has been plenty happening across the MYP classrooms! This week’s newsletter has a little more student voice than usual, which I absolutely love. A number of the updates below have come directly from our students, sharing what they have been learning, what they have enjoyed and even what they have found challenging along the way. These entries somehow become so much more meaningful when they come from the students themselves. As I read them, I get a small glimpse into what is actually sticking with them: the activities they remember, the ideas that made something click, the moments they enjoyed and the things they are still figuring out. And that is really what learning should look like. Not simply what was taught this week, but what our students noticed, understood, questioned and took away from it. So, this week, I will let them do a little more of the talking!

MYP Design
MYP 3 Design is exploring the world of branding, typeface and typography. The students have taken a deep dive, inquiring into communication, messaging and text development both digital and traditional “analogue” techniques. We are asking questions like “How do corporations communicate a message to a particular audience? And for what purpose?” This week we walked around campus and explored the different quote-murals around campus and wondered how the designer and stakeholders collaborated towards achieving the goal for the murals and signage around campus.

M4 Visual Arts
This week in M4 Visual Arts, we explored the work and style of famous Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. We used some of his techniques, such as bold outlines, bright colours, comic-style images and speech bubbles, to create our own artworks around the theme “School Mornings Are Impossible!” It was fun to take an everyday experience that we can all relate to and turn it into something dramatic and creative. We also had to think about how our choices of colour, expression and composition could communicate a message to the viewer. Grace – M4

M3 Mathematics
In Maths, we have been learning about the laws of exponents and how to simplify indices and powers. At first, remembering which rule to use can be a little challenging, especially when there are lots of powers in one question. But once you understand the patterns, it starts to make more sense! I like seeing how a complicated expression can become much simpler in just a few steps. Ambreen – M3

M1 Individuals and Societies
In our I&S class, we have been learning about maps. We learned about longitude, latitude, how to find the coordinates of a specific place, and to be able to spot different features and their meanings on a map. One of the things that we have done to boost our knowledge on maps, is a scavenger hunt. First, we were given partners, then we were given clues of where to go, for example, “My Friends’ Hall” which is Rafiki Hall. Once you get to the correct destination, you will find a piece of paper that has a place, its coordinates, the definition, the feature that best describes that place, and an image of the place. At the end of the lesson, Mr. Riley asked us about any new features that we learned. I think that a lot of people learned new things from this exercise and gained more knowledge about maps.  Alyssa – M1

M5 Individuals and Societies
M5 students have recently started a new unit on Civil Rights, where they will be exploring the American Civil Rights movement as well as the Apartheid movement in South Africa.

As an introduction to the unit, students explored the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and, in class this week, had a guest talk from Mr Racim Draou entitled ‘Introduction to International Human Rights Law’.  Mr Draou is an international migration and displacement specialist who has been active in the humanitarian field since 2018, working with various international organisations and entities. He specialises in international refugee law, international humanitarian law and human rights. He has worked with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Tunisia and the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, Italy), focusing on international protection for refugees and other displaced populations.

The talk provided an insightful look into the history of the Declaration, its uniqueness, and a reminder that rights are inherent to all human beings. Mr Draou spoke about his current work, including both the positives and frustrations of working in the humanitarian field, and students had the opportunity to ask a range of questions.

Questions included: ‘What are the challenges refugees face when they arrive in a country?’ and ‘Based on state sovereignty, when and how does the UN decide when to intervene when human rights are clearly being violated?’

Thank you to Mr Riley for setting up this fantastic opportunity for our students! 

Mr Andy

MYP Dates to Remember

• September 28th to October 2nd – MYP Week Without Walls
• October 7th – Last Day of Q1 After School
• October 8th to 18th – October Break (Inclusive)
• October 19th – First Day of Q2

Have a beautiful week ahead!
Farah Fawaz – Head of MYP

Ultimate Frisbee club is off to a great start, as the 2025 Sports Weekend, u19 Frisbee Champions, UWCEA will be looking to defend their title this year. This year our ultimate frisbee team will be building a new team with our existing u16 squad. Despite having lost many graduating Diploma 2’s in June, our UWCEA Ultimate team will need to refocus and rebuild with our returning-experienced players, our new players that have joined the ultimate frisbee club for the first time and with Coaches Mr Matt and Mr Ingram. We look forward to a super well-spirited athletic season ahead. This weekend our team will play some warm-up matches in Arusha. Good luck to the players.

Mr Dowie Frisbee Coach

Contact Rugby at UWCEA is always focused on development and exposing new players to the joy of contact rugby. Our school has developed a relationship with the Tanzanian Rugby Federation and continues to build skills, knowledge and toughness as we compete in a local league against two local Moshi Rugby teams, The Bulls and Team Kilimanjaro. We look forward to the upcoming season.

Thank you to everyone who came to the P5 Primary Gathering. The children really enjoyed sharing their learning about forces with you. Next Friday, 11th September, it will be the turn of our P6 children to present at the Primary Gathering.

At each Primary Gathering, children who have demonstrated one of the IB Learner Profile attributes may be awarded a leaf. Their leaf is then added to our Learner Profile Tree on the breezeway. We currently have posters in English and Kiswahili explaining the ten Learner Profile attributes: Reflective, Inquirer, Caring, Open-minded, Knowledgeable, Thinker, Risk-taker, Principled, Communicator and Balanced.

Many of our children speak a language at home that is different from the languages they use in the classroom, and we want the linguistic diversity of our school community to be visible and celebrated. As part of our ongoing commitment to this, we are in the process of creating and displaying Learner Profile posters in the different mother tongues spoken by our families. A big thank you to the adults who have helped translate the posters into French, German, Spanish, Tamil, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin and Mauritian Creole. These will begin appearing around the Primary School in the coming weeks, and we hope to add more languages soon.

There is an athletics meet on Tuesday, 15th September at Kennedy House. Invitations will be issued through Life this weekend. Please approve your child’s participation or remove him/her from the trip by Monday so that the place can be offered to someone else.

Deborah Mills – Head of PYP

This week, our little explorers began their exciting learning journey into our new Who We Are unit of inquiry, exploring the central idea: “Our choices can keep us safe and healthy.”

We started with a gallery walk around the classroom, where the children observed, explored, and interacted with different learning experiences alongside their friends. They shared their observations and discussed what they noticed.

Later, we gathered together on the carpet to reflect on our discoveries using the Visible Thinking Routine (VTR): See, Think, Wonder. The children were encouraged to carefully observe, share their thoughts, and ask questions, developing their curiosity, communication, and thinking skills.

To end our wonderful week, we extended our learning beyond the classroom by exploring the school premises and enjoying a lovely picnic on the big pitch. It was a wonderful opportunity for our little explorers to connect with nature, enjoy being active, and learn together through meaningful experiences and play!

Manal El Dahwish

The children have been diligently learning how to complete their math fluency (or mental math) activities. We begin math lessons with these 5-minute activities, and their intense focus has amazed us. Most have moved smoothly from adding 0, 1, and 2 to one-digit numbers below 10. They will continue progressing until they reach the addition of 5, after which we will switch to adding to 2-digit numbers. Thank you to everyone who has been helping with the math fluency homework as well. The practice at home is really helping.

Well done, Sam, William and Ella, for earning your leaves this week. Well done, Rowan and Yara, for earning the ‘Golden Trophy’ student of the week award the past two weeks. This week, the award went to Zavier.

We had a team challenge activity this week where we looked for the team with the tallest tower. The picture shared is of one team trying to create support for their tower. All team members concluded that it was sometimes ‘fun’ and sometimes ‘hard’ to work in a team because you couldn’t always get other team members to do what you want.

Mboka Mwasongwe

Over the past few weeks, our class has been busy exploring what life was like for people in the past. We have been learning about prehistoric tools and investigating how different tools helped people to survive and meet their needs during different time periods. The students have enjoyed thinking about how tools changed over time and how these developments made everyday life easier.

We have also started exploring homes and shelters from different eras, looking at how and why the places people lived changed over time. We have been thinking about the materials that were available, the environment people lived in, and what their homes can tell us about their way of life.

A big thank you to all our families who sent in photographs and information for the children’s personal timelines. The students have really enjoyed sharing these with the class and making connections between their own lives and our learning about the past.

Sarah Vrontamitis

We did a lot of work this week on fair testing. The children designed their own investigations to test which surface created the most friction when they dragged a brick across it. They considered all of the different variables and decided which ones to change and which ones to keep the same. We also worked with different measurement tools this week. As part of their investigations the children used rulers, stopwatches and force meters. Next week we will move onto learning about simple machines and how we use them to make our lives easier. In maths next week we will look at how we use negative numbers and will learn strategies for doubling and halving numbers.

Deborah Mills

This week, P6 continued exploring volume, area, and perimeter in maths. In Language, we investigated different forms of punctuation and how they help make our writing clearer.

As part of our Unit of Inquiry, students examined images of the Chagga caves in Marangu and developed theories about how and why they may have been used. We were also fortunate to welcome Mr Joseph Mselle, who taught us more about the history and culture of the Chagga people. Thank you to Mr Mselle for sharing his knowledge, and an even bigger thank you to Ms Mkunde Marealle for arranging his visit!

A reminder that P6 will host next Friday’s Primary Gathering. We look forward to seeing you there!

Elisha Jaffer

Service is an integral part of the UWCEA community. This year we have an impressive 25 service programs across our campus. UWCEA has committed student service teams collaborating to fill a need within our community inside the school gates and outside the school gates. Our service programs cover a range of service categories such as environmental, community care and sustainable maintenance of the relationships forged with our partners. Having these various categories helps students to explore their personal interests with regards to serving. Every Wednesday students help build within themselves, to be well rounded individuals that recognises their own unique position at UWCEA and endevours to support others, reflecting on their own privileged positions as UWCEA Students and how they can use their position to support others.

Baden Dowie – Service Coordinator

Service Workshop
This week the students helped re-organise the Design Workshop to prepare for the upcoming projects. Our Workshop Service positions its student service teams as technical support to the school community and to other services, if you have a fabrication need that our workshop service can support, please reach out to the Workshop Service team.

KCMC Service Group

Our KCMC Service is all about turning the time and energy we have as students into something that can genuinely help our community. Working alongside Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, we support patients, families and staff through a range of activities that go beyond simply showing up at the hospital. From organising blood drives and delivering food to patients and families, to running dance clinics within the oncology ward, donating supplies and helping with practical projects around the hospital, every activity gives us a chance to contribute in a different way.

What makes KCMC Service especially meaningful is the opportunity to see the impact of our work first-hand. Whether it is seeing a child smile during a dance clinic, knowing a family received a meal when they needed it, or watching people line up to donate blood, these moments remind us that small actions can have a much bigger impact than we sometimes realise. Last year, our blood drive collected 87 donations, and this year we are hoping to build on that momentum while continuing to find new ways to support the KCMC community.

– Ethan, Cara and Martyna

This last Sunday a group of students led the Hash on a historical tour of Moshi looking at the different aspects of the city through the last 100 years. Thank you to all those that attended and to those that planned and researched the walk.

Last weekend, we had another two trips off campus: our Peaks Discovery to North Pare and our Plains Discovery to Makuyuni. Both trips were a great success, and students had a brilliant time. Please read Freja’s review of the North Pare trip below. Next week, we will have a write-up of the Plains trip.

That makes three weekends in a row for the OP team, and we have been kept very busy cleaning and maintaining all our kit. Mr Isaac, Mr Salimu and our intern, Ms Mercy, are certainly being kept on their toes!

As we continue through the quarter, there are many more trips to look forward to. Coming up soon is a Rides day trip to Kahe Pump Track, which will take us along a new route to a new destination. We also have our Reefs Exploration trip to Fish Eagle Point, which is proving very popular. Training has already begun, and Friday afternoons on campus are well and truly OP time!

Hello there, it’s Freja (D2) signing on for another OP review!

Last weekend a large group of DP and MYP students came together from Moshi and Arusha campuses to venture into the Northern Pare mountains. This trip consisted of one day up, one day down, and the night spent atop the summit of Kindoroko peak.

We began the first day with a stroll into the surrounding area, carrying most supplies on our back (although thank you to the porters who carried necessities like water). This was a great opportunity to learn about rural communities while also getting to take in the forested surroundings. As the hike progressed, so did the steepness, and we soon found ourselves slowly, but steadily, scrambling up the mountain.

Upon reaching the summit, I felt a brisk wind nip my ears and couldn’t see my surroundings much further than 100 m away. We were in a cloud! After setting up the camp, the clouds cleared in a majestic way so that the rays beamed heat onto our shoulders. This may have been my favourite part of the trip because we were all chatting, building cross-campus connections, while the smell of dinner wafted our way and the sun sank onto the horizon. The rest of the night included a free-style rap circle, laughs, and maybe one too many photoshoots

On descent day we took a slightly different hike, stretching our previous 6 km route to 8 km as we braved the steep rainforest. The view was ethereal with fog sweeping the ground, and birds chirping all around – the perfect opportunity to fall into deep conversation with your hiking buddies.

North Pare was the perfect trip to kick off the OP year ahead, and I certainly hope to carry this positive energy into the rest of the semester. Thank you to everyone who made our expedition possible. See you on the next mountain!

Over and out – Freja

Saturday the 22nd of August the committee was lucky enough to visit Simon Farm in Mweka. Three of the committee members went for the whole day, and although some of us got quite a sunburn, it was totally worth it!

The drive was an hour on bumpy roads up towards Kilimanjaro, but seeing the view of Moshi when arriving it was already worth it. Simon and his dogs welcomed us and gave us a tour of the farm. We saw a lot of animals and did practical work such as planting and trimming. We also learnt about sustainable ways to do farming without chemicals such as using compost to fertilise the soil, this is also something we got to be involved in when planting kale.

The trip was great and was just the very start of our collaboration with the farm. We are already looking forward to everything we will learn and experience there on future trips. Thank you to Simon Farm for welcoming us!

Ingrid, with Seb and Lamine

As we come to the end of August almost all students are on campus now and our routines are coming back fully despite a holiday break on Tuesday. Clubs in PYP started this week and our secondary Service and Activities programs are starting up as well.

Outdoor Pursuits is off this weekend on two trips, A plains walk at Makuyuni, and a Peaks trip to North Pare. Next Saturday the plan is for our Volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee teams to travel to Arusha Campus to play. As we move further into the semester you will see more sports, activities and Outdoor Pursuits on the calendar.

Last Tuesday, the campus leadership from both campuses met online with the members of the CIS (Council of International Schools) team that will be visiting the school on September 21st to 25th. This online meeting was the most recent step in our reaccreditation process. We will be sharing more about their visit in upcoming newsletters. CIS as an organization uses teachers and administrators from member schools as part of the reaccreditation process. Several members of staff across our campuses participate in this process and in early September I will be visiting another school in India and Ms Dowie will be visiting one in early October.

This Tuesday, September 1st at 7:45am we will have a Coffee Morning to welcome parents to the new school year. All parents are welcome and local parents should have also received an invitation emailed to them. On Wednesday September 2nd at 4pm EAT we will be having a similar event for our many parents who cannot attend on campus. All parents of residential students should have received an invite with the Zoom link earlier in the week. If you do not see the link in your inbox or spam filter please email me.

Parents of secondary students please remember that through our “Life” portal you can interact with many aspects of your child’s education, including seeing their schedule, assignments, assessment marks and contacting teachers and residential parents. This is one of the best ways to keep track of their “Life” here at school.

Bob Cofer – Head of Campus

The work on our K-Hall floor was completed yesterday and the students wasted little time before trying it out. The durable coating should ensure many years of use by our teams.

In a special edition of the hash, the 607th edition will start at Moshi train station, at 3pm on August 30th and explore the history of Moshi. This hash is a collaboration of our students with longstanding members of the community.

If you missed the signup and are keen to get involved please direct any questions to Liz Elger via email at ujaprogram@uwcea.org.

There is some information about expectations . Our first event will be Tuesday, September 15.

This week, I’ve been thinking about  the UWCEA value of Personal Challenge. Across the Diploma Programme, students are being encouraged to step outside their comfort zones, ask difficult questions, and take responsibility for their own learning.

For our D1 students, the first weeks of DP are already bringing new challenges. Students have begun diagnostic assessments in some subjects, giving teachers and students a clearer picture of where they are starting from and where they may need to focus their efforts. In Theatre, students have been exploring Verbatim Theatre, using real voices and experiences as a starting point for some big questions about life, death and what might come after. It has been a thought-provoking way to begin their DP Theatre journey.

For our D2 students, this week marks an important milestone as they submit their Extended Essays. This is a significant piece of independent work that requires sustained effort, organisation and perseverance. Students who do not meet the submission deadline on Friday will attend Lockdown on Saturday. Lockdown is not a punishment; rather, it is an opportunity to remove distractions, focus their attention and make meaningful progress towards completing their work. Thanks to Mr Matt, Ms Grace and Mr Finn for helping support at lockdown. It is another example of personal challenge in action: recognising what needs to be done and taking responsibility for getting it done.

Across both year groups, we are seeing students learning that challenge is not something to avoid. It is often through tackling difficult questions, unfamiliar tasks and demanding deadlines that meaningful learning takes place.

Catherine Dowie – Head of Diploma

Dear UWCEA Community,

The first weeks of a year always feel like they will last forever, and then they don’t. Routines have now settled. Friendships that were tentative in week one now come with in-jokes. The new students who arrived looking slightly overwhelmed are now the ones giving directions. The year is off to a good start.

WHAT OUR TEACHERS WERE DOING LAST FRIDAY

While the students enjoyed a sleep-in last Friday, our teachers were attending different workshops. Some of our teachers were in a workshop on trauma-informed classrooms, pastoral and advisory care, led by Lina Paumgarten, a counseling psychologist, coach, and consultant focused on emotional wellbeing and international education.

It was the kind of session that changes how you listen. Lina walked us through what it actually means to sit with a student who is carrying something heavy; how to notice it, how not to rush past it, and how to respond in a way that steadies rather than startles. Much of it was practical: what to say in an advisory meeting, what to ask, and, just as importantly, when to stop asking and simply be present. We are grateful to her for giving us both the framework and the language.

AND ON A SATURDAY

The residential team returned the following morning for a workshop on suicide awareness and prevention.

This is not an easy subject, and we did not treat it as one. But it is precisely because our team lives alongside our students, sees them at breakfast, at bedtime, on the good days and the difficult ones, that they need to be equipped to recognise when a young person is struggling, to ask directly and without fear, and to connect them quickly with the right support.

We share this openly because we think you should know how seriously we take it. Our residential parents gave up their Saturday for training that we hope they rarely have to use, and are ready to use if they ever must.

As always, if you are ever worried about a student, your own child or someone else’s, please tell us. We would far rather hear about a false alarm than miss a real one.

SIP, PAINT, REPEAT

On a much lighter note: Student Government has officially opened the dorm activities season, and they began with a sip and paint.

Coffee, hot chocolate, tea, a stack of blank canvases, and rather more paint than strictly needed ended up on those canvases. Students drifted in from across the dorms, claimed a spot, and spent the evening talking, laughing, and producing artwork of genuinely varied quality. Some of it was lovely. Some of it was ambitious. All of it was better than the alternative of a quiet evening spent scrolling alone.

That is really the point of these evenings, not the painting, but the mixing. Students who might otherwise pass each other for a whole term ended up sharing a table and a paintbrush. Our thanks to Student Government for organising it, and for setting the tone for the term ahead.

Best,
Adnan Mackovic – Head of Student Life

House captains: Thank you to the P5 and P6 children who stood as house captains on Friday. All of the candidates demonstrated risk taking behaviour by making a speech. The photo shows the Primary school house captains for the school year 2026 -2027.

• Kibo: Ewan and Gianna
• Mawenzi: Hanyah and Noah
• Meru: Kenaelle and Adrian

Clubs: Clubs have started smoothly. Ms. Mboka and the new Student Voice (see photo) are already making plans for playground buddies later this quarter.

Swimming: Swimming will start for P1–P6 next week. Please send your child with a swim kit even if the morning is chilly because by the time of the lesson, the weather has often warmed up. If your child feels cold, they will not be expected to stay in the pool. Coaches Patrick and Collin will always allow a child to leave the pool and have a warm shower if they are feeling cold. All children are expected to swim unless they have a note from home. EC swimming will not begin until after the October break.

Athletics: The P1 – P6 children are working on athletics in their PE lessons this quarter. There is an athletics event at Kennedy House on Tuesday, 15th September. Coach T will invite children to attend through Life. We are only permitted to enter two athletes per gender in each event, so unfortunately, not everyone will be able to participate. However, we have our own PYP athletics day on Wednesday, 28th October, and the children will be able to choose a selection of track and field events to participate in on that occasion.

Babygroup: For those with little ones, you are welcome to attend the UWC Baby Group on Wednesday mornings from 8-10am. For ages 0-3 years, baby group provides a relaxed, welcoming environment for kids to play, explore, and learn freely. There will be plenty of age-appropriate toys, books and activities to encourage learning and connection. A parent or caregiver must attend the class with their child. The first meet up will be Wednesday, September 2nd in the small gym and outside area near the primary playground. For more information, please reach out to Katie Lesyna (ktlesyna@gmail.com).

Primary Gathering: On Friday, 5th September, the P5 class will present in the primary gathering. This will take place at 7:40am in Rafiki Hall. You are warmly invited to attend.

Deborah Mills – Head of PYP

Our students had an exciting and joyful learning experience through mud, water, and mud kitchen play. They explored the textures of mud and water, mixed imaginative recipes, and experimented with natural materials. With great enthusiasm, they added grass, leaves, and sticks to their creations, transforming simple materials into wonderful dishes. The children poured, scooped, mixed, and splashed, developing creativity, sensory awareness, communication, and collaboration while having fun, getting messy, and connecting meaningfully with nature.

Next week, we will begin our first unit, Who We Are, exploring the central idea: “Our choices can keep us safe and healthy.” We will inquire into safe and unsafe choices, healthy habits, and how we can take care of our bodies and feelings. Through play, stories, discussions, and hands-on experiences, the children will explore how the choices they make can help them feel safe, healthy, and happy.

Manal El Dahwish

This was an interesting week with a holiday in the middle, but we managed to fill it up with interesting activities. Thank you to all who helped the children bring in their ‘application forms’ for class jobs. If they have not done so, they will be randomly assigned a job. In the coming week, we will be continuing with our team-building activities. We will explore the word ‘goal’ and how having one helps the team make a plan before working on an activity. The activities planned include making a tower and a bridge. It should be a fun week.

This week, Ms Miriam joined us for art class. I have shared a photo of her working with the children. We are very excited to have her in the class and look forward to all the art lessons.

Mboka Mwasongwe

P3/4 have been busy exploring timelines; they have been hard at work thinking about their personal timelines and how they have grown and changed. The children will continue to have an opportunity to present their personal artefacts to their class next week. In Math we have been revising skip counting by 2’s, 3’s (P4) and 10’s. This will be in our home learning next week.

Sarah Vrontamitis

This week the children have investigated air resistance. They predicted whether a parachute with a large surface area would fall more quickly or slowly than a parachute with a smaller surface area. This activity involved measuring, timing and fair testing. Next week we will continue to work with fair testing and will get ready for our primary gathering (4th September) where the children will share the work that they have done so far on forces. Yesterday, the children cooked alphabet pasta vegetable soup as a follow up to our reading the book, “Martha Blah Blah”. Thank you to Ms. Miriam for helping us with cooking and reading.

Deborah Mills

This week, P6 became historians, investigating different sources and learning how evidence and perspective shape stories about the past. Next week, we will explore oral history and how interviews, memories and stories passed through generations help us understand past events.

In Art, students are exploring Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits before creating their own portraits using colours, objects and symbols to share something about themselves.

A reminder that P6 will be MCing next week’s Primary Gathering. We will also host and present at the PYP Gathering on 11 September. We look forward to sharing our learning with you!

Elisha Jaffer

If last week was about settling in, this week has been about getting down to business… the good kind! The questions are getting bigger, the thinking is getting deeper, projects are beginning to take shape, and students are already being asked to explain, defend, create, investigate and occasionally rethink what they thought they knew. Across the MYP, things are well and truly in motion. Students are moving between scientific investigations, novels and language activities, mathematical problem-solving and diagnostic challenges, artistic experimentation, music explorations, research, presentations and plenty of opportunities to question, discuss and create. Beyond the classroom, Service is kicking into gear, clubs are getting underway, Personal Projects are beginning to take shape, and students are learning to juggle the many opportunities and responsibilities that come with MYP life.

We are also reaching that point in the year when “I’m still new” is becoming slightly less convincing as an excuse. Routines are settling, expectations are clearer, and students are beginning to take greater ownership of their learning, their time and, hopefully, the whereabouts of all their belongings! There is plenty more to come! The year is no longer warming up. We are in it!

M1 Integrated Sciences
Who says scientists have to feel like people from another world? This week, our M1 students set out to find a “Scientist Like Me”, researching a scientist they could make a personal connection with. Perhaps they share a nationality or language, were born in the same month, have similar interests, or simply have a story that sparked their curiosity.

Along the way, students explored what scientists actually do, the kinds of questions they ask when investigating the world around them, and some of the research skills they will need as they begin their MYP science journey. They researched their chosen scientist’s background, education, scientific work and achievements before bringing their findings together in their own carefully designed posters. A lovely way to begin Integrated Sciences, discovering that science is not just about facts and experiments, but about curious people asking good questions… and that scientists might have more in common with us than we think! We might have a new scientist in the making! Keep a lookout for their journey!

M3 Integrated Sciences
Our M3 scientists have been busy exploring the incredible systems that keep the human body working. Working in small groups, students are investigating different body systems, researching their functions, main organs and how those organs work together. Importantly, they are also looking beyond each system in isolation and investigating how body systems interact and depend on one another to keep us functioning. Their research is being brought together through group presentations, developing not only their scientific understanding but also their research, referencing, communication and presentation skills.

Students completed a visual note-taking activity, capturing key information and making connections between what they have discovered so far. Turns out, keeping a human being up and running requires some impressive teamwork!

M5 Language and Literature English
This week, M5 students were pushed beyond the familiar territory of identifying techniques and explaining their effects. Their challenge was more complex: to consider meaning as something deliberately constructed through the relationship between writer, perspective, audience and context. They began with a deceptively simple choice: Which is more powerful: “I belong here” or “We belong here”? There was no correct answer to find. Instead, students had to build and defend an interpretation, then test whether it still held when the speaker, audience or circumstances changed. The words barely changed, but suddenly, the meaning did.

Students then applied this thinking to Langston Hughes’ I, Too, examining how shifts in voice, structure, tone, position and power allow the poem to enact change rather than simply describe it. Moving to an extract from Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream, the analytical lens shifted again: not simply “How does this text construct meaning?” to “How does a speaker construct a response?” Students considered how language can be deliberately shaped to make an audience remember, feel, agree, imagine, hope and potentially act.

Finally, students brought the texts into conversation, comparing how perspective, purpose, voice, structure and audience operate differently while searching for the larger conceptual connections beneath those differences. The expectation is becoming clear: analysis is not about finding the “right” answer or collecting literary devices. It is about noticing, interpreting, questioning, connecting and ultimately constructing an argument that can be defended. I think I can safely say that M5 Language & Literature is proving that challenge and fun can absolutely belong in the same classroom!

M5 Personal Project
The M5 Personal Project journey is officially underway, and at this stage the possibilities are wonderfully wide open! Students are brainstorming, questioning, researching and exploring ideas connected to their own interests, and some of the ideas emerging already are seriously cool.
Importantly, students are learning that the Personal Project is not about magically arriving at the perfect idea. Changing direction, rejecting an idea, discovering something unexpected and starting again are all part of the process and all of it belongs in their Process Journal.

With their first checkpoint due on September 1st, students are now beginning to work towards Criterion A, turning those initial sparks into clearer learning and product goals and thinking carefully about what they genuinely want to learn, create or achieve.
And then comes the fun part…

Shark Tank: Personal Project Edition! Students will soon prepare short pitch videos designed to convince prospective supervisors that their project is the one worth choosing. They will need to sell the idea, communicate their enthusiasm and make a pretty convincing case for why a supervisor should want to join them on the journey.

The ideas are brewing. The pitches are coming. Supervisors, you have been warned!

MYP Dates to Remember

• September 28th to October 2nd – MYP Week Without Walls
• October 7th – Last Day of Q1 After School
• October 8th to 18th – October Break (Inclusive)
• October 19th – First Day of Q2

Have a beautiful week ahead!
Farah Fawaz – Head of MYP

Last week we highlighted this award in the newsletter. For those that would like to know more please use and you can see a picture of all the recipients, including Dimitrios here.

Everyone is learning at UWC. Friday our teachers from both campuses were involved in one of three workshops looking at peace building, pastoral care and concept-based instruction. Training for some teachers continued into today with a focus on pastoral support. In a few weeks our coaches will be having additional training in sports specific first aid.

With Outdoor Pursuits happening, the Activities Fair and clubs sign up it seems we are well into the new year. You will also start to see items like the KMC presentations, Market Days, Blood Drive and other items showing up on the community calendar. This is one way we can help you see what is happening on campus.

Last weekend we took the D1 students from both campuses on the first OP trip experience, and you can see some pictures below. The students really enjoyed the opportunity to mingle with their cohort from the other campus. Starting today there is a similar event for younger students on Moshi campus so they can learn about the OP program.

Thank you to those PYP parents that joined us on Thursday evening, it was a great opportunity for you to learn more about your child’s class this year. For the broader community of parents, we will be having both an in person and virtual “coffee morning” coming soon. We will email out the specific details.

Please note that Tuesday is the official national holiday of Maulid and so we will not have classes that day. We will have classes on Monday.

Bob Cofer – Head of Campus

The word “Ujafamily” comes from the Swahili word Ujamaa, meaning “family-hood”. It is a big part of the UWC movement and connections made between students and Ujafamilies sometimes last for a lifetime. An Ujafamily is a family in the local community who can provide “a sense of home” for students who are away from home. The way it works varies from family to family but might be a shared meal at home, going out for a coffee, meeting up on campus for a chat, or, in some cases, a day trip or excursion. The most important thing, however, is that students have the opportunity to interact with members of the wider community and benefit from time spent away from the demands of academic life.

Please complete by Thursday, August 27, 2026 by 21:00 EAT.

There is some information about expectations .

Our first event will be Tuesday, September 15. Please direct any questions to Liz Elger via email at ujaprogram@uwcea.org.

Dimitrios (DP2) is this year’s Greek winner of the Young Courage Award, an international award commemorating the humanitarian deeds and moral courage of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg during the final years of WWII.

Dimitrios was recognised for ReSeed, a drone-based reforestation system he co-developed in response to devastating wildfires near his home in Greece. He demonstrates that moral courage can come from young people who refuse to accept that meaningful change is impossible.

Next week, Dimitrios will travel to Sweden to participate in workshops and represent Greece at the official award ceremony. His ingenuity, integrity and unwavering commitment to environmental recovery make him a highly deserving recipient of the Young Courage Award 2026.

The hash club is a space for students in our school to get out into nature, practice orientation skills and explore the wilds of Moshi, as well as to meet and engage with many members of the wider community. For nature enthusiasts, hash runs can grant you the opportunity to see some wildlife around Moshi. Due to our school’s longtime engagement with the hash club, UWCEA students can attend hash runs free of charge.

This past weekend, the 606th Kilimanjaro Dirt Road Hash was held in Namalok Nature Reserve near TPC. A number of students and community members gathered in the reserve to undertake a 6km trek through the savannah, coming wonderfully close to wildebeest and baboons, as well as a herd of zebras and their foals which crossed the path between the main group of hashers and some stragglers at one stage. Special thanks to Judith for setting this hash, it was truly a spectacular occasion.

On August 30th, our school will help to set a history hash through downtown Moshi, covering such sights as Gilman’s Grave in the War Cemetery, the gallows, the Orthodox Church, the old buildings of Mawenzi hospital and the Moshi freemason temple. This hash will look decidedly more urban than usual but will provide a fabulous opportunity for new and returning students to learn more about the history of the town they call home and become initiated in the joys of the hash.

Hope to see many of you there. On-on!
-Cara and the UWCEA hash club

A few Saturdays ago, eight 91ÖĆĆŹł§ Diploma students attended the Tanzanian Math Olympiad (TAMO) for the first time in UWCEA’s history. TAMO is the foremost national competition for mathematics and is part of the selection process for the team that will represent Tanzania at the International Math Olympiad 2027. The competition was held in 16 regions as well as in Zanzibar making it the biggest year in the event’s history, our students took the exam out of Moshi Technical Secondary School along with about a hundred other students from the Kilimanjaro region. We hope to have larger participation in the exam held in January and best wishes for the result of the competition. Many thanks to Mr. Agrey (head coach of Tanzanian math team) for facilitating our participation in the event.

The Math team hopes to be able to participate in many more similar competitions throughout the course of the year.

Joshua (D1)

Our teachers are always learning, too!

On Friday this week, students had no classes to give teachers time for training.

I attended a workshop led by Ms Farah on concept based learning – an approach that helps students move beyond simply remembering facts to understanding the big ideas that connect their learning across subjects and into the real world. We’re continually developing our teaching so that students don’t just know what they are learning, but understand why it matters and how they can use it.

We had our service fair on Wednesday where students learnt about service opportunities here on Moshi campus. Our service program kickstarts this Wednesday. Mr Baden reminded us all that service is about giving our time, ours talents and our treasure – which at UWCEA means bringing a good attitude! DP students are involved in service every Wednesday from 3.15 to 4.30.  

The D1s should be settling into their subject choices. Subject changes now require a form and application.

The D2s have their draft EE due this week Friday. Those who miss the deadline must attend lock-down on Saturday between 9am and 10pm to finish their drafts.

This week is another short week with Tuesday declared a public holiday.

Catherine Dowie – Head of Diploma

It is slightly hard to believe that we have only just started… somehow it already feels as though we have packed several weeks into one! Between new classes, new routines, new faces, lockers, activities, questions, forgotten schedules, found schedules and everything else that comes with the beginning of a school year, the MYP is very much up and running.

There is already plenty happening in and beyond our classrooms, and it has been lovely to see students settling in, finding their people, asking questions, trying new things and getting back into the rhythm of learning. And with that, the students have definitely earned their first longer weekend! Enjoy the extra time, rest, recharge and do absolutely nothing productive for at least a little while.

We’ll see everyone next week (also a shorter one!), ready to do it all over again!

M1s are Officially Middle Schoolers!
Our M1s have officially stepped into their new roles as Middle School students — and they are taking it very seriously! There may still be moments when they can be spotted following Mr. Riley around like a very enthusiastic line of ducklings, but each day they are becoming a little more independent. They have been finding their way between classes, meeting new teachers, signing up for lockers, keeping track of schedules and belongings, and discovering that MYP comes with a whole new level of responsibility. It has been wonderful to watch them begin to find their feet, ask questions, help one another and embrace their growing independence. From remembering where they are supposed to be to figuring out what on earth they are supposed to bring with them, they are learning that MYP is about much more than moving up a grade.

The ducklings are finding their wings and Mr. Riley and all their teachers are nearby for support!

M4 Visual Arts
This week, M4 Visual Arts students began an inquiry into the bold and colourful world of Pop Art. Students explored how artists take images, objects and ideas from everyday life and transform them into works that make us look again at the familiar.

Through investigating Pop Art, students are beginning to consider questions around popular culture, consumerism, identity and communication, while examining how choices in colour, repetition, scale, composition and imagery can create meaning.

The inquiry challenges students to move beyond simply asking, “What do I see?” and begin asking, “Why did the artist choose to show it this way, and what might they be trying to say?”

As the unit develops, students will use these ideas to inform their own creative thinking and artistic choices… and that’s how we learn to look beyond the ordinary!

M5 Language and Literature English
This week, M5s began exploring a deceptively simple question: How do writers construct meaning? Students are looking beyond what a text says to consider how and why it says it. Through short texts and close-reading activities, they are beginning to examine how writers make deliberate choices with language, structure, imagery, tone and perspective and how those choices shape the way an audience thinks, feels and responds.

As we move forward, students will consider an even bigger idea: writing does not simply communicate meaning; it can influence perspectives, challenge assumptions and give voice to ideas that matter. For now, we are keeping where this inquiry will take us under wraps… but M5 has started asking exactly the right questions.

M2 Integrated Sciences
Our MYP 2 Science students stepped back in time and explored how early humans measured distances before standard units were developed. Using parts of their own bodies, such as footsteps and arm lengths, they measured a long distance around the school. The activity helped students understand the importance of standard units, while making measurement fun, practical, and memorable.

MYP Dates to Remember

• August 22nd to 23rd – M1 to M3 Campcraft
• August 25th – Maulid Holiday
• August 27th – MYP High School Musical Auditions (4:00-5:15 pm)
• October 7th – Last Day of Q1 After School
• October 8th to 18th – October Break (Inclusive)
• October 19th – First Day of Q2

Have a beautiful week ahead!
Farah Fawaz – Head of MYP

Along with some of the other work on campus, K-Hall has had a face lift, or more accurately a floor lift. The floor has been stripped, sanded, relined and will have a new poly acrylic sports layer that is designed for long lasting use. The picture to the side is of the work in progress and we expect the hall to reopen by the middle of this week.

Our outdoor pitches are also looking good with the time off from use and are ready for the start of the new year.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Meet the Teacher evening on Thursday. I hope you found the experience informative and enjoyed catching up with fellow parents and learning about the year ahead from the PYP teachers.

By the time you read this, hopefully everyone has managed to sign their child/children up for after school clubs. The sign up is now closed. If you missed the deadline, please email me on deborahmills@uwcea.org. Clubs will start on Monday, 24th August.

Saturday football for P3 – 6 children takes place on the pitch 9:30 – 11:00am with Coach T.

Details of private music lessons for drums (P3+) with Mr. Evance and guitar, piano and ukulele (all P1+) with Mr. Swai have been shared by email. Lessons cost 30,000 Tshillings per 30 minute lesson. There is a sign up sheet outside the music room. The photos show our two private music teachers.

Please note that Tuesday, 25th August, is a public holiday and there will be no classes on that day

Upcoming primary gatherings:

• Friday 4th September – P5 class presenting
• Friday, 11th September – P6 class presenting
• Friday, 25th September – P1/2 class presenting
• Friday, 2nd October – P3/4 class presenting
• Friday, 30th October – EC1/2 presenting
• Friday, 13th November – Swahili classes presenting
• Friday, 4th December – Daycare Centre graduation rehearsal
• Friday, 11th December – End of semester gathering

Deborah Mills – Head of PYP

Making Choices, Solving Mysteries & Growing Together!

This week was filled with curiosity, reflection, collaboration, and meaningful learning. We began by reading No, David! and reflecting on David’s choices. The children shared thoughtful messages about making good choices, using gentle hands, listening, and being respectful. This inspired us to reflect on our own classroom and create our Essential Agreements, sharing ideas about how we can care for ourselves, others, and our learning environment.

Our inquiry continued when we returned from a walk to discover a mysterious mess! The children took action, tidied the classroom, and became detectives with clipboards. They explored the school, asked teachers questions, and gathered clues. Through this investigation, they developed their communication, thinking, research, and social skills.

We ended the week by making fruit salad and celebrating our courage, independence, friendships, and wonderful second week of settling into school!

Manal El Dahwish

Thank you to all who came to the Meet the Teacher Night. It was good to see you all and share the vision of the class for this school year. For those who missed the meeting. I will share the handouts with you on Monday.

As shared in the meeting, our essential agreements are as follows:

• We listen to each other.
• We use kind words and actions.
• We take care of people and things.
• We share and take turns.
• We help each other learn.

Almost all are universal, and they can be worked on at home as well.

On Thursday, the classroom jobs that the children listed were sent home, including the sheet where they can choose which one they wish to do. Please send these back on Monday, as we will be carrying out ‘interviews’.

The picture shared is of a group of students sorting different representations of numbers 11 to 20.

Mboka Mwasongwe

In P3/4 we have been exploring building numbers and number sense. We have been playing number games in different teams and playing teacher vs student games. We are well on the way to diving into our unit, Who we are. We have been exploring what we were like when we were smaller and comparing to what we can do now.  We will continue exploring this through next week.

Sarah Vrontamitis

This week the children have been exploring gravity and friction through playing with stomp rockets, spinners and air pucks. In the coming week they will inquire into air resistance and buoyancy whilst making parachutes and boats. In maths they will round numbers. We will also do some cooking using pushes and pulls to show that forces can be put to good use with a delicious outcome.

Deborah Mills

P6 is beginning to settle into a routine! In maths, we have started exploring factors, multiples and volume. We also began our new Unit of Inquiry by investigating how stories can teach us about the past. Students examined different sources, piecing together information and considering how perspective can shape the way events are told.

Thank you to all the parents who joined us for Parent Evening. I hope everyone enjoys a relaxing long weekend—please remember that there is no school next Tuesday.

Looking ahead, P6 will MC the Primary Gathering on 4 September and host our own PYP Gathering on 11 September. Clubs start on Monday. House Captain elections will take place on Friday, 28 August. If you received an email from me, please help your child prepare for their speech!

Elisha Jaffer

D1 Campcraft
165 students, 16 teachers, 8 members of the OP team, 8 drivers and 8 local Maasai guides – D1 Campcraft was a great success!

Organising a camp trip for so many people, while introducing students to the fundamental pillars of the Outdoor Pursuits programme across four separate walking groups, is never an easy task. However, last weekend was a great success. Students were enthusiastic, enjoyed being off campus and embraced the opportunity to develop their outdoor skills.

Please see some of the pictures below.

MYP Campcraft
There is no rest for the OP team, and the next Campcraft trip for MYP students is taking place this weekend!

This is an opportunity for new students in M1–M3 to try out activities across all four of our programmes. Students will hike, snorkel and ride while also learning essential campcraft skills, such as erecting their tents and cooking their own meals.

We look forward to another great weekend!

OP Trip Communication
Please also note that the OP team has identified a communication error on the LIFE platform. At present, students who have signed up for trips have not received the trip letter containing important details, including trip costs.

We are addressing this in stages to avoid overwhelming the system or parents’ inboxes.

MYP Campcraft: Communication has already been sent to parents.

North Pare and Makuyuni: Students who have signed up for these trips will have received the trip communication, including full trip details and costs.

In the meantime, details of all OP trips, excluding costs, are available on the website by accessing the relevant trip catalogues.

Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to resolve this issue.