Brikama Upper Basic School

Ellen's school (Lord Williams, Thame) raises money to help support Brikama Upper Basic School in The Gambia. As the school is located not too far away from where we were staying, we thought it would be silly not to pay them a visit. We were made very welcome by the staff (even though we gave them no notice that we were coming) & were given a very thorough tour of the school. The hall shown towards the end of this set of photos was built using funds provided by Lord Williams.

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Ellen outside the school                  Ellen with a photo of Lord Williams that the school has in it's oiffice

 

Handing over some pencils & pens to the head teacher.                  Signing the visitors book.

 

The number of pupils & staff in the last school year.                  Pupils at break time

 

Technical drawing classroom                  Metalwork classroom

 

Chatting with the staff                  Pupils at break time

 

Pupils at break time                  etalwork classroom

 

Metalwork classroom                  Woodwork classroom

 

Woodwork classroom                  A collection of art projects

 

Man Chester United (note the registered trade mark!)                  Old people sometimes have difficulty hearing! What? Eh?

 

Pupils at break time                  Going into the library

 

Rules of the library                  In the library, learning about malaria

 

Pupils at break time                  Donkey!

 

Award from 2003                  Outside the home economics room

 

Your having a laugh!                  Ellen listening intently!

 

CCooking lessons take place outside                  Deputy head

 

Home economics classroom                  Tasking some of the food

 

Spicy!                  School yard

 

Science classroom                  Sports/assembly hall

 

Ellen in the sports/assembly hall                  Sports/assembly hall

 

Discussing the new floor which is being layed soon, courtesy of Lord Williams                  Litty, Ellen, & Isobel at the lectern.

 

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