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Pageant News 22 December 2004
Our visit to Sinchu Baliya [MAP] began with a
presentation by the now flourishing Science Club. Several individual
children gave us short, spoken passages on each of the five senses
and then a group sang us a delightful song on the same subject. We
presented prizes and certificates for the 'Fascinated by Birds'
competition that had been run in co-operation with Schools Across
the World (SAW) earlier in the year. None of the Gambian children
who entered had won the SAW prizes, but we thought that their
standard was worthy of Pageant awards. As well as the children's
individual prizes we presented a pair of binoculars to Omar Janneh,
the Science Club Co-ordinator, for use by the whole club. These were
to be called the 'Malick Barry' binoculars in recognition of the
exceptional entry by the winner of the younger age group (12 and
under).
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Pippa presenting Malick
with his certificate & prize |
drawing of a termite |
Many of the children had completed competition entries for drawing
leaves, termites and parts of a cockroach as seen through their
microscopes. We brought these home with us for judging at our
leisure, as there were too many of them to be assessed properly
while we were at the school. Certificates and prizes for the winners
will be presented in February - one of the winning entries is shown
above.
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