More progress at the School

Fran showing the Principal and staff the new laptops

Frances, a colleague of Gav's, has been out in Sri Lanka for just over a week now and has been helping out at the Village School.  Her primary job has been to set up three laptops which were donated by Cleeve School near Cheltenham in the newly created computer room, funded in part by the Dragon School in Oxford and their Dragon Sale in 2011.

Pupils getting to grips with technology

The school now has three laptops, internet connectivity (anyone fancy sponsoring the ongoing monthly commitment to pay for the dongles? - £10 a month would do it!), and web cams, and we are now paying for a part-time IT tutor. The pupils now have the best chance of studying for IT exams and of course, improve their English skills at the same time, which is a major step forward in terms of the kids' education and their future career opportunities.

We also hope the connectivity will improve regular communications from the school which has been understandable difficult being 6,00 miles away.

Fran has also spent a lot of holding conversational English classes with children as well as introducing them to IT and from what we hear, the kids adore her.

Learning is fun!

In her first email, the Principal said "This is my new e-mail address, I am so happy to have the opportunity to create an e-mail account, with the help of Frances. We are so happy about her visit, and the children are so happy with the new computers. Today the children have worked together with her happily."

So, as ever, thanks to all those who have helped make this remarkable achievement happen.