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Here is the world. Can you see Africa?

Hallo and w elcome to Bakoteh Annex Lower Basic School in the Gambia, West Africa . We are so glad we are going to be friends. Let us show you where The Gambia is. Here is the world. Can you see Africa?. The Gambia is the smallest main land country in Africa. It’s on the west coast.

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Here is the world. Can you see Africa?

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  1. Hallo and welcome to Bakoteh Annex Lower Basic School in the Gambia, West Africa . We are so glad we are going to be friends. Let us show you where The Gambia is.

  2. Here is the world. Can you see Africa?

  3. The Gambia is the smallest main land country in Africa. It’s on the west coast. It is shown with a red arrow. It’s the shape of a worm.

  4. It is a long thin country 40 miles north and south of the river Gambia. It’s about the size of Cornwall and Devon and has 1.8 million people. Bakoteh is south of the river about ten miles from the capital, Banjul. It is here the red arrow is pointing. Bakoteh

  5. There are over 2630 pupils in our school aged 7 to 13. We come from many different ethnic groups or tribes, like Mandinkas or Wolloffs. There are not enough classes for everyone so the school operates two shifts with some children coming in the morning and the others in the afternoon.

  6. Our school is divided into four kundas or houses - for sports purposes. They are Red Kunda, Blue Kunda, white Kunda and Green Kunda. It’s always an interesting competition between the kundas when we are doing the sports activities.

  7. Hello, We are happy to be your friends. The Head Teacher told us that we are now twinned with you. We are so excited about it.

  8. This is our classroom. We are 45 pupils and we sit three to a desk.

  9. We have lessons in maths, English, Social and Environmental Studies today. We are looking forward to becoming friends and writing to each other.

  10. In grade three we do the following subjects: English, Maths, Science, Social and Environmental Studies (S.E.S) as our core subjects. We also do Quantitave and Verbal Aptitude, Islamic Studies, Arts and Craft and Population and family Life Education. My favourite is (S.E.S)

  11. Although we first learn to speak in our tribal languages, like mandinka and Wollof we learn in English and practice reading it out aloud

  12. This is our tap. We have two in the school. We use the water for drinking and also for washing our hands before and after eating .

  13. We have six toilet blocks in our school. Two are for the boys ,two for the girls and two for the teachers.

  14. Here are the vendors who sell food to us at break and lunch time.

  15. Hello friends, This is a banana tree growing in our school grounds. We water it everyday. Would you like us to sent you some bananas?

  16. We have two seasons here – the rainy season and the dry season. And the sun rises and sets about 7am and 7pm every day all year round. How is it with you in England?

  17. We hope you have enjoyed learning about our school. We wonder how it is with you. Do you have a school inform? What lessons do you have. Please write and tell us – now we are friends we want to know you better. Bye for now.

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