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The Headmaster’s Address Speech delivered to the School on 28th October 2019 ome years ago I listened to a documentary on religious fundementalism. One of the interviewees was the former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Lord Sacks, who had just then published a compelling book entitled: The Dignity of Difference. His words have remained with me for many years – he said:
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“Fundamentalism is the attempt to impose a single truth on a plural world. And what really lies behind it is fear. Fear – a feeling that you have when you meet someone who’s not like you or who doesn’t agree with you, that that challenges your very being. This can lead to anger and aggression. Aggression is often a sign of insecurity.” Now this mindset isn’t the exclusive preserve of the religious outlook. Many is the time in these heady, octane-fuelled weeks of political dispute that we are witnessing in the United Kingdom and the United States – their worlds seems to be fractured – so much so that the Archbishop of Canterbury warned British politicians of their language. It is through the past months that Lord Sack’s words have hovered in my mind. He wasn’t by any means the first to warn about fractious division and reducing your opponents to two dimensional cardboard cutouts. St Paul in his letter to the Galatians, warned against this tendency to demonise and dehumanize. St Paul said in Chapter 5 of Galatians “If you bite and devour each other,” he said, “watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other.”
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December Any person who does not stop to ponder how the world must look from the vantage point of another lacks empathy. There is a saying in the English language that goes “a self-made man, yes, and one who certainly worships his creator.” It has been used many times by many people and towards many people. It can be suggested that somebody who lacks empathy is a “self made creature who worships his creator” – that is they worship themselves with little or any thought of those others in their world. At the moment – in a world divided across political, economic and, at times, religious ideas, we are in a dangerous mind set where people believe that they have the truth and the others have none. I am right and damn the rest of you. Occasionally I see – even here – attitudes that suggest that not only am I right but how dare you question my faith, my understanding, my view or my position. It can quickly become a world that is reduced to my vain and self-serving outlook. It is a world, as the poet W.B Yeats said in his famous poem The Second Coming, “The best can lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Yeats is describing a world on the brink of demanding change – a revelation – he is describing a world where the good lack any sense of direction whilst the bad are angrily arguing their point and ignoring those around them. Let us work towards, here in our community, a better sense of purpose. Let us have tongues and voices that practise the discourse of love and respect; and that, when needed, choose the precious gift of silence that listens.
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Safeguarding Children from Bullying
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Whether it is name-calling, teasing or directing t the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day rude and mean remarks at their targets, this kind of November this year, as happens every of taunting constitutes verbal bullying. Whichever year, communities gathered to commemorate form it takes ranging from inappropriate sexual Remembrance Day in honour of the servicemen comments to taking or breaking another’s items, and women who lost their lives in wars and or embarrassing someone in public, or making military conflicts around the world. While setting rude hand gestures, bullying can have a lasting aside this date and time to recognise and honour negative impact on the victim’s confidence and these heroes and heroines for their gallant fight self-esteem. Whether it takes the form of physical for justice and peace, the next four days went bullying where the victim is roughed up, kicked, unnoticed. The global community marked the antihit, slapped, or pinched, the psychological impact bullying week between Monday 11th and Friday is no different. All those actions which include 15th November to raise awareness on the issue of threatening to cause bullying among children harm, spreading rumours, and young people, especially those in school. Careful observation reveals the physically or verbally attacking another person or multipronged nature of bullying – even deliberately excluding Throughout history, the unwanted aggressive behaviour them from a group, peace and conflict have existed as the inextricable towards others, anchored on real or constitute bullying and are just as devastating whether two sides of the same perceived power imbalance. conducted online or offcoin, each deftly eluding line. the other, even with the best of intentions to Mounting evidence, from research findings, create a safer and more peaceful world. Which highlights the detrimental effects of being bullied begs the question: who should take the lead in on a young person’s mind, health and behaviour. efforts to create a fairer society? Is it the men and While being bullied makes young people incredibly women in uniform whose treaties often quickly insecure and undermines their long-term wellprecipitate further conflict and crisis, or do we being, it leaves permanent scars of self-doubt look elsewhere? Recognising that peace is made on the mind of the bully himself/herself. By by people and not by the armies that negotiate supporting young people and providing an open treaties, merit is beginning to emerge in the platform for them to talk about any issues they argument to consider leveraging school systems might have regarding bullying, we as parents, to educate for a just and peaceful world. A firm carers and teachers can catalyse the critical change beginning point is early identification of the mindneeded to prevent bullying. set of bullies and find ways of supporting them to overcome their lack of empathy which drives We can make some headway by providing an thoughtless actions with little remorse, guilt, shame enabling environment where young people can feel or hesitation. valued and are able to come forward to talk about their feelings, worries, challenges and problems, Careful observation reveals the multipronged without the fear of being criticised, judged or nature of bullying – the unwanted aggressive condemned. behaviour towards others, anchored on real or perceived power imbalance. It typically manifests Collins Kaunda as the unacceptable mistreatment of those seen Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) as more vulnerable because they are different, ckaunda@peponischool.org smaller, younger or, most commonly, less powerful than the bullies.
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Upper VIth Geography Trip to Watamu
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n 24th October, a group of 10 UVI students eagerly waited in the JKIA terminal to board the plane to take them to Watamu. Everyone was extremely excited and happy to arrive at the Watamu Turtle Bay Resort. With the midday sun blaring, we made our way to the Watamu Marine Association where we learned about recycling plastics and how the company collects all the waste from the surrounding hotels to minimize the amount of dumping of single use plastics in the area. The second day we visited the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, the Mida Creek and the Local Ocean Trust, where we were educated on conserving and protecting our local environments through sustainable means. This was extremely beneficial as we learned how all three organizations are related and intertwined in some way and their impact on conserving the environment, although it seems small, it still makes a huge difference. On our third day, we had an early morning to visit the Watamu Marine Park where we had the opportunity to snorkel and see the vast species of fish and coral that lie within the
ocean. After an enjoyable morning of swimming and learning about the various types of marine life. During the afternoon, we visited Papa Remos beach, a privately owned beach which we had the honour of using for our beach profiling tasks. The beach profiling included noting down the types and sizes of sediment along the beach, the wave count of waves approaching the shore, and the measuring the angle of slope of the beach at different points along the coastline. We then returned back to the hotel and had some time to swim and enjoy our last final day in Watamu, and in the evening we had our final prep session where we compiled all our data which we obtained during the day and discussed what we saw and experienced at the marine park. On our final day, we packed our bags in the morning and checked out of the hotel at 10am. We then begun our 2 hour drive to the Mombasa train station, at which point we boarded the SGR and made our journey back to Nairobi and arrived at around 8pm. We would like to thank Ms. Meruh and Ms. Litoro for organizing this enjoyable and productive trip. Nyakio Wainaina & Maria Blunsum Upper VIth Form
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Upper VIth Geography Trip to Watamu Cont..
When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. Dalai Lama
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LVth Spanish Trip to Mercado Restaurant
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n 25th October, The Lower V students taking IGCSE Spanish, taught by Mr Nyangweso, went to Mercado Mexican Kitchen and Bar located in Kenrail Towers. We had been studying the topic of food and drinks in our lessons. We came up with the idea of having a field trip where we can experience different types of Spanish food and learn how to use Spanish vocabulary in ordering our meals and interacting with each other. We had three menu options with all three courses which we had pre-ordered from a few days in advance. There was one vegetarian option and two meat options.
We really enjoyed the idea of going out of school to try improve our Spanish socializing skills and our knowledge of Spanish foods. We are currently working on a project about what we learned from this experience By Tanaya Patel and Neha Shah Lower Vth
“El éxito no es la clave de la felicidad. La felicidad es la clave del éxito. Si amas lo que haces, tendrás éxito”. Albert Schweitzer “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”. Albert Schweitzer
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Honours & Awards Science Faculty English Faculty The English department is delighted to award the following pupils for ecxcellent essays: 1. Samar Ahmed LV essay on a “Separate Piece”
The faculty resolved to award Commendation certificates to the following pupils 1. Candy N. Ndayizeye LVI for amazing skills in practical microscopy.
2. Hanna Anjarwalla UV essay on ‘Macbeth’ 3. Lakhia Hulsmann UV essay on ‘Macbeth’ 4. Abigael Nyamweya UV for an excellent persuasive writing piece 5. Ashley Kogo LVI for developing an engaging discussion on Frost’s poem ‘The Sound of Trees’ 6. Diya Srivastava LVI for developing an engaging discussion on Frost’s poem ‘The Sound of Trees’ Mathematics Faculty The Mathematics department is pleased to award Commendations to pupils who scored an A grade of 84% in A level P2 Mathematics Examination while in Upper Vth. 1. Reyan Rohin Vora
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2. Rhea Snehar Shah
87%
3. Savannah Maria Tawk
80%
4. Sean Koome
90%
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5. Simran Umeshkumar Raikundalia 80% and also those who scored a grade 9(A*) of 91% in IGCSE Mathematics Examination while in Lower Vth.
An excellent image of mitosis in an onion root tip sqaush prepared and photographed by Candy Ndayizeye LVI on 08-11-2019.
2. Millie Raffman LV a Physics Commendation certificate for excellent research in Physics. Humanities Faculty Business Studies Department The Business department has awarded Commendation certificates to 1. Josiah Mbao UVI for an excellent research article on how Disruptive Technology has changed the Car Industry. 2. Aziz Ogeto UVI for an exemplary article on the Impact of the Corporate Social Responsibility on the profitability of a business Sociology Department
1. Pascha Schmidt- Hulsmann
The Sociology department is pleased to award:
2. Kian Mitesh Patel
1. Veer Chauhan UVI for an excellent research on how theoretical viewpoints affect research methods 2. Henna Upadhyay UVI for fantastic essay on Secularisation in Modern Society
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Honours & Awards 5. Maya Oluoch-Olunya UV 6. Imani Ager UVI
Vocational Facullty Art and Design Department The Art and design department is delighted to award the following pupils in Shell Commendation certificates for brilliant work in pencil, pastels, paint and ink in Art and Design during the first half of the term. 1. Carlo Blunsum
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2. Fatma Jeilan
9SKR
3. Kashi Bid
9SKR
4. Rani Sumaria
9MWW
5. Ria Shah
9CGK
for outstanding contribution to musical events and concerts in November.
Physical Education Department The P.E department is delighted to award Commendation certificates to 1. Rayana Oyando LVI for a superbly detailed and creative poster presentation on the circulatory system. 2. Nikola Stancelova LVI for a superbly detailed and creative poster presentation on the circulatory system.
Music Department ABRSM RESULTS – OCTOBER 2019
President’s Award
Well done to the following pupils (and staff!) for their success in the above examinations:
The PA office is delighted that following pupils have completed the:
1. Tara Vora
Bronze PA
Shell
2. Dia Khimasia 3. Imani Ager
LV UVI
Grade 6 Piano
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Grade 8 Alto Saxophone Pass ARSM Cello
Distinction
4. Maya Oluoch-Olunya UV Grade 8 Piano
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Merit
Grade 7 Violin
5. Maansi Ruparel Shell Grade 6 Singing 6. James Laight
Grade 3 Clarinet
1. Jahzara Mulira 2. Harsh Pokhariyal 3. Savannah Tawk 4. Anastasia Danilkina 5. Reyan Vora 6. Nyamu Karani
Merit
Distinction
The departmet is also delighted to award Commendations certificates to: 1. Rayana Oyando LVI 2. Rhea Shah LVI 3. Simran Raikundalia LVI for rehearsal and participation in the 10th anniversary concert for The Art of Music at Karura Forest.
Silver PA 1. Simran Raikundalia 2. Anya Shah 3. Riani Shah 4. Reyan Vora 5. Neha Shah
4. Tiya Singh UV
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Honours & Awards Art & Design Department
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he Shell pupils have settled in well to the course and have produced some brilliant pieces of work using various media and processes taught during the first half of the term. They have used chalk pastels, graphite pencils, biro pens, charcoal sticks and the stippling method of rendering with pens. The following pupils have an obvious flair in the subject and are commended for their great attitude, passion and excellent work during lessons. 1. Carlo Blunsum 2. Fatma Jeilan 3. Ria Shah In addition, many thanks to Carlo Blunsum, Saahir Dewani and Ria Shah for supporting Pasha Haria’s exhibition. Pasha is a pupil at Peponi House Preparatory School; proceeds from her exhibition were to assist St. Peter’s School for the mentally challenged.
Carlo Blunsum: Chalk & Charcoal
Ria Shah: Pointillism using a sharpie
Mrs. Betty Wakhu Head of Art and Design Deaprtment
Fatma Jeilan: Pointillism using a sharpie Carlo Blunsum: Chalk Pastels
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski Carlo Blunsum: Pencil
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Honours & Awards
Sports Department
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he sports department has been quite active and is delighted to award Commendation certificates to the following pupils for their excellent performance and participation during sports training and tournaments. Junior Category Rounders 1. Ria Shah 2. Celina Patel 3. Tana Simkin 4. Priyanka Shah Basketball. 1. Maansi Ruparel 2. Rianna Shah 3. Edith Barratt 4. Millie Raffman 5. Miranda Kansiime 6. Palvi Shah 7. Natasha Njoroge Swimming 1. Alexandra Kontos 2. Deron Kajubi 3. Anaya Jessa Cross Country 1. Samuel Karau 2. Heeray Shah 3. Ngina Muhoho Kenyatta 4. Rianna Shah
5. Muthoni Githinji 6. Tana Simkin 7. Ria Shah 8. Mischa Mulira Cricket 1. Saavir Karania 2. Ryan Gontier 3. Ronav Vora 4. Aditya Saini 5. Daniel Tilstone 6. Rohaan Maini Tennis 1. Ronav Vora 2. Joshua D’souza Football 1. Samuel Karau 2. Senthwale Muya 3. Khaya Kimani 4. Mischa Mulira 5. Bradley Munene 6. Carlton Kahinga 7. Elijah Baingana
Athletics
4. Muhammad Qadir
1. Tana Simkin
5. Gaana Bukumunhe
2. Muthoni Githinji
Girls’ Rounders
3. Jiya Shah
1. Dasha Mulira
4. Palvi Shah
2. Maria Blunsum
5. Tara Vora
3. Esha Galaiya
6. Angel Kittony
4. Nyakio Koome
7. Austin Omondi
5. Zuena Kanja
8. Mischa Mulira
Girls’ Basketball
9. Vince Schrier
1. Abigael Nyamweya 2. Carla Byarugaba
Senior Category
3. Joy Mugo
Swimming.
4. Maya OluochOlunya
1. Zuena Kanja Boys’ Football 1. Zion Ogola 2. Elias Schlesinger 3. Joel Ouya 4. Mathew Namisamo 5. Anders Rame 6. Kongo Gethi 7. Pranav Sumaria Tennis
5. Nicole Asiimwe 6. Rayana Oyando Cricket 1. Rahul Shah 2. Meer Gudka 3. Michael Sang Cross Country 1. Stuart Gitau 2. Mathew Namisano
1. Niah Shah 2. Anaay Vora 3. Ahmed Sohail Athletics 1. Siana Devani 2. Shrey Haria 3. Zion Ogola
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University Entries Peponi School congratulates our leavers of the class of 2018-2019. We wish them all the best as they embark on their future careers. Name 1. Alex MOI 2. Arnav SHAH 3. Arshi SHAH 4. Baraka SCHWEITER 5. Bhuvana MANDADI 6. Brij SHAH 7. Chantal CIERA 8. Christian RINGLER 9. Christopher TAWK 10. Edward MAPUNDA 11. Erwin MARO 12. Evans TUMWESIGYE 13. Faith ARINA 14. Georgia FERNANDES 15. Holly TROULAN 16. Isha PATEL 17. Ivy MUTHOMI 18. Janice MBUGUA 19. Jason KARIUKI 20. Jean NGUGI 21. Jeremiah AYELLA 22. Jerome BYABAGAMBI 23. Joy KAUNDA 24. Karen OKAO 25. Karishma SUCHAK 26. Katrina-Sarah SSANGALYAMBOGO 27. Kenny MAHORO 28. Kieran DARLINGTON 29. Kurtis KIAI 30. Lance OKEYO 31. Lisa ODULA 32. Lisa MAEMA 33. Luciana ADAN 34. Max WIJENJE 35. Meha SHAH 36. Melanie NJUHIGU 37. Melat KANJA
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University Course University of Portsmouth Sports Management University of Bristol (UK) Aerospace Engineering University College London (UK) Environmental Geoscience Select Aviation College (Canada) Aviation UCLAN University (UK) Medicine University of Warwick (UK) Law University of Melbourne (AUS) Forensic Psychology Berkeley University of Califonia Molecular & Cellular Biology University College of London(UK) Engineering Brunel University London (UK) Business Economics University of Hull (UK) Law with Business Management University of Sussex Law with Business & Management McGill University (Canada) Commerce Syracuse University(USA) Architecture University of Bath Criminology Loughborough University(UK) Finance & Management University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Media and Culture University of Nottingham (UK) Environmental Science Kingston University(UK) Business Management Keele University (UK) Biomedical Science Ryerson University(Canada) Business Management Loughborough Univesity (UK) Civil Engineering University of Nairobi Engineering UBC (Canada) Political Science Nottingham University (UK) Business Nottingham University (UK) Select Aviation College(Canada) Stirling University Scotland Worcester Polytechnic Institution (USA) Loughborough University University of Nairobi Coventry University Brunel University (UK) Arizona State University (USA) SCAD (USA) Leicester University Williams College (USA)
International Management Aviation Philosophy Computer Science International Business Media Studies Life Science Computer Engineering Interior Design Law PPE
University Entries 38. Mia JOOSTE University of Bath Pharmacology 39. Michelle NGARUIYA Macquarie University (Australia) Public Relations 40. Naeemah BASHIR Kingston University (UK) Psychology with Criminology 41. Ndiritu KARIUKI Manchester University (UK) Chemical Engineering 42. Neer RAIKUNDALIA Loughborough University (UK) Business Economics & Finance 43. Nicole MATIMÛ Cheshire Academy (USA) 44. Nikita ACHARYA Univesristy of Bristol (UK) Psychology 45. Nzamba MUSAU Nottingham University Business 46. Olivia KAIRU University of Toronto (Canada) Commerce 47. Philipp ACHAMMER Austrian Military Military 48. Rania PETERS Amsterdam University (Netherlands) Sociology 49. Rushab Rajen SHAH Manchester University (UK) Biotechnology 50. Rushabh SHAH UC Berkeley Material Science & Engineering 51. Rushil MALDE Bristol University (UK) Economics & Finance 52. Saahil . MANJI McMaster (Canada) Business 53. Saman PATEL Bristol University (UK) Mathematics 54. Samson BYAKIKA Sheffield University (UK) Engineering 55. Savanna THETHY UCLA (USA) Economics 56. Sharmila ESTHER Keele University (UK) Law 57. Shayan NATHWANI Select Aviation College(Canada) Aviation 58. Shiv MALDE Imperial University (UK) Mechanical Engineering 59. Sonia MURIU SCAD (USA) Interior Design 60. Tasha MANN University of Newcastle Journalism 61. Vendela LANGBJENNE Bristol University (UK) Biology 62. Vir SHAH City University of London(UK) Mathematics 63. Wairimu KIMAMO Loughborough University (UK) Finance & Management 64. Wanjiku BUBI McGill University (Canada) Anthropology 65. Wanjiku WACHIRA Strathmore University (Kenya) Commerce 66. Waruguru KIBUGA Yale University (USA) Literature 67. Zara VORLEY University of Edinburgh (UK) Biological Sciences 68. Zisha BID University of Nottingham (UK) International Business
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Mufti day Themed “Halloween�
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n the 30th of October, Jipe hosted a Halloween themed mufti day. The money collected from this mufti day went towards supporting our school charities. Everyone was enthusiastic about the day and there was an array of costumes, from witches to clowns and even skeletons. At lunch time Jipe organised a fashion show where we had a number students participating a long with Mrs. Eysele. At the end of the fashion show the top 3 most creative runway models were announced and prizes were won. 1st Place - Alisha Chelal 2nd Place - Dasha Mulira, Matikudza Chiromo and Nyakio Wainaina 3rd Place - Joy Mugo and Tenda Kiggundu Overall the mufti day and fashion show were both successful and Jipe hope to continue finding creative ways to raise money for charity. Dasha Mulira UVIth Form
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VIthForm Maasai Mara Trip
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n the 8th of November 2019, a group of Upper and Lower Sixth students started their Journey to the Mara. Most of the children did not seem excited to go on this trip not knowing what was waiting for them ahead. The trip was a very comfortable 4-5 hours, considering the fact that the cars were really good and the services where even better. On our way to our lovely hotel we saw so many beautiful animals, we were even lucky enough to see the big five live in action (well not hunting of course, but living their daily lives). When we got to our hotel the people who were serving us were very polite and welcoming, they gave us a briefing on what was going to happen and the different rules of the hotel.
There were many highlights of our trip, from eeing the big five to monkeys chasing us for our snacks, but nothing could or will ever top up the experience we had at the Maasai Village. When we got to the village in the morning the people of that community welcomed us with a traditional dance that was performed every time one of the men got a kill and another by the women that was performed when a child was born. It was an amazing experience as some of our school members joined in the dancing with the Maasai. Our main aims and goals were to find out how family life in the Maasai community is changing. The amount of information that we gathered in
just one day was insane, firstly because we were quite worried that the language barriers would affect our communication with the Maasai but we came to find out that 60% of our school members could speak Swahili and most of the men from the Maasai community were able to speak English sufficiently. The chief, a 94 year old man was one of the most interesting of our visit because a lot of us were overwhelmed by the fact that he was very old ands still standing and serving the people of his community. Most of us got a good few minutes with the chief, he is a very humbled man who, although did not know English or much Swahili, was able to talk about his community with so much happiness.
The community had a small Maasai market of their own where we were able to buy the most beautiful and colourful pieces of jewellery. The items that we saw were quite pricey but they were so pretty that most of us could not resist but just buy them. Furthermore when we were leaving the village the little children had become friends with us and didn’t seem like they wanted
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VIthForm Maasai Mara Trip Cont.. us to leave. One other thing that put big smiles on our faces before leaving the village was when we gave the children our apples and they were the most grateful little souls. One lesson learnt from the community is that to always be happy and appreciate everything you have and getting no matter how big or how small the object or gesture is. To conclude our trip, it was a very amazing 2 nights 3 days of learning about a new culture that most of us either never knew about or didn’t know much about. At the beginning of this journey only one person was excited for the trip, but I can tell you that by the end of it all every
single person wanted to stay one or two more nights just to see the Maasai’s again. Personally, I feel that it was one of the best experiences I have had because I knew about the culture but just basic stuff, but when I went to the village I got to learn a-lot more about them that I didn’t think I ever needed to know. All in all it was an amazing journey hopefully the next group that goes on this trip has as much fun as we did, and hopefully we get to go again in the future. Trizah Stokes. LVIthForm
Pictures by Gaana Bukuhmune LVIthForm
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Music Events Thursday 7th November: Joint Peponi Schools’ Concert
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group of over 50 pupils and staff travelled to Peponi House Prep School to perform in the annual Joint Peponi Schools’ Concert. Most of the school ensembles took part with one of the showpieces being a combined orchestra from both schools of around 50 instrumentalists! Our own combined orchestra (featuring the Junior and Senior orchestras) performed renditions of My Way and Jurassic Park. As for the singers, our School Choir performed J. S. Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, whilst the Senior Choir entertained us with a choreographed version of Mamma Mia! Our instrumental ensembles also got in on the act with the Senior Strings tackling Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees and Puccini’s Nessun Dorma and our Saxophone Trio (Rhea Shah, Ria Patel & Anya Shah) performing a funky version of Blowing the Blues. Curiously enough, all of our soloists were from Jipe with the singing talents of Miranda Kansiime, Triza Stokes and Kisakye Kajubi on display as well as instrumental performances from Maya Oluoch-Olunya (Piano) and Neha Shah (Violin). Well done to everybody involved for a wonderfully varied evening of musical entertainment.
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th November For the first time that I can remember, we had not one, not two, but THREE Peponi pupils involved in the Nairobi Orchestra concerts at Braeburn Theatre over the weekend of Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November. The programme featured Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Well done indeed to Maya Oluoch-Olunya (playing viola) and Tiya Singh (playing violin) but especially to Imani Ager for performing a solo, Fauré’s Elégie for cello and orchestra (as winner of the 2019 Young Musician’s Competition). An outstanding effort Monday 11th November For the first time, the Remembrance Service was held in the School Hall. Well done to the School Choir who performed After the War and Ukuthula. We also heard a rendition of O Danny Boy by Maya Oluoch-Olunya and Tiya Singh for violin duet, Saavir Karanja was our trumpeter in The Last Post and Nyakio Wainaina and Imani Ager finished off the service with a performance of No Need to Argue. Congratulations to all of our singers and instrumentalists for adding to the poignancy of the event. Mr. James Laight Director of Music
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School Council Meetings
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller
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UVth Biology Trip to Brookside Dairy
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n Monday 18th November 2019, Upper V Biology class visited Brookside Dairy to learn about milk processing and yoghurt formation. The main objective of the visit was to support the classroom learning of the topic “Food Production-Uses of Microorganisms”, which is a key topic in the Edexcel IGCSE (9-1) Biology specification. As with the previous years, the pupils were given a very educative talk on the history of Brookside Dairy by the very amiable Production Manager, Mr Michael Sigei. His presentation was rich in business concepts such as Marketing Strategies, Branding, Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships. This was quite useful to pupils who take Business Studies. The talk by Ms Faith Karoki provided good insights into the biological and technological aspects of milk processing and yoghurt production. On the tour of the factory, pupils were shown the key stages of milk processing and yoghurt production, lab testing, types of fermenters, sterilisation procedures and other vital processes.
All these are vital learning requirements in Edexcel IGCSE Biology. According to one of the pupils, Javier Marshall, “the trip to Brookside Dairy was very interesting as it helped us to learn how this interesting field of Biology is combined with technology and other disciplines in an industrial set up. We learnt not only about fermentation but also about the different advertising techniques used by Brookside. We are very grateful for the knowledge we obtained”. Another pupil, Nyakio Koome, was more precise. According to her “The trip helped us to understand the processes of a typical Dairy, which we enjoyed very much. The experience is valued by all of us” Our profound gratitude goes to the Operations Director Mr John Gethi and Ms Bilha Nyongaa for facilitating such the visit. Dr. Eliud Mulanda Head of Faculty- Science
Some of the Upper Vth Biology Pupils
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Art & Design Workshop with Patrick Mukabi
“I thought that the workshop was really useful I learnt how to work with charcoal...” Neha Shah UVI
“.. it was really fun and exciting.. it taught me how to be confident using different media..” Risha Raikundalia LVI
“..I learnt different techniques that I can use in my Coursework. My favourite media was charcoal because the effect was very unique.” Michael Sang UV
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Modern Foreign Language Poetry Competition at Nairobi Academy
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n Saturday 23rd November, a group of pupils took part in the Modern Foreign Languages Poetry competition at Nairobi Academy in Nairobi. The competition was divided into Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 categories for French, German and Swahili. There was also a category to accommodate native French speakers. All the pupils volunteered and were good if not excellent ambassadors of Peponi School. The standards were very high as the vast majority of the contestants turned up fully prepared. Although she did not win the Under 16 Swahili competition, Faith Kaunda needs is commended for her very convincing performance and her score of 90%. Cheryl Joy Karanja who was among our youngest competitors achieved a
very pleasing score of 80% in the Under 14 Swahili competition, so did Gabriella Stolarow in the Under 14 French competition. Two pupils were particularly successful this year: Alexandra Kontos and Charles Smith. Alexandra won the Under 14 German competition and Charles won the Under 14 French competition for native speakers. I would like to congratulate those pupils on taking the competition seriously and showing full commitment to represent Peponi School and the Modern Foreign Languages Faculty. Well done to all of them! Mr Yohann Henry Head of Modern Foreign Languages Faculty
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain
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World Scholar’s Tournament of Champions Yale 2019
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he much awaited tournament of Champions at Yale was all that it promised to be and more. After a long flight and a two hour bus ride from JFK airport to New Haven Connecticut, the team finally got to their destination exhausted, hungry but looking forward to the event despite the extremely chilly weather. The opening ceremony at the Woolsey Hall which was packed to the rafters was full of pomp and colour as over 60 countries from the 6 global rounds came together for the battle of the titans. This was followed by a not so popular scavenger hunt due to the freezing weather conditions which ranged between -2 to -7 degrees during the week of the tournament. Despite the unfriendly weather, the scholars were raring to go with all teams putting up a good fight in the debate sessions as well as in team activities. Competition was stiff so the teams were glad to win one to two debates out of three.
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The top team in the Junior category was made up of Deron Kajubi, Muthoni Githinji and Zenzele Oluoch Olunya while the best team in the Senior category was made up of Prisha Haria, Anaya Jessa and Louise Nesbitt. Deron was in the top 100 debaters while Inaaya Khawaja was in the top 50 debaters, a formidable achievement considering that over 2000 scholars participated in the tournament of champions. Congratulations to all the teams for an impressive performance and special accolades to Deron Kajubi and Prisha Haria for their outstanding performance. Visiting the iconic and historical sites in New York was a befitting way to bring to an end the grand competition and visit to Yale. Mrs. Lilian Ayatta WorldScholar’s Coordinator
Conservation & Preservation Talk
The future of wildlife and the habitat that they depend on is being destroyed. It is time to make nature and all the beauty living within it our priority. Paul Oxton
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Sixth Form Speeches
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ood morning school, after today’s speech I don’t want to motivate you, I don’t want to inspire, I just want to empower you. I want to help you make use of something you all have and help you turn that switch on. We all have that switch, it’s in all of us and you could achieve greater things if you can switch it on yourself. That switch is our MINDSET.
the lion, but no that’s not the truth, you just need to stay ahead of the slowest gazelle, that’s it.
So every single day when you wake up, whatever it is you do, students and members of the common room, whatever it is you do professionally, whether it be on the sports field or in the class room or whatever it is you have a passion for outside of school, you must make I was in the gym the other day, leg day…not really sure that you’re not at the back of the pack and a fan of it. However, you better make sure that I came across this You’ve got to ask yourself you’re close upfront, if not man who Is a frequent upfront, as possible. Because what’s your WHY, member at the gym, every single day when the and we engage in a lion wakes up there is only what motivates YOU, conversation. He asked one thing on that lion’s mind. what pushes YOU, me an interesting And that is catching the what drives YOU question “So what do gazelle that cannot keep up. you think the strongest part of your body. I looked at him for a few Now even if you are a lion, and you have the seconds, confused at what a random question advantage; that when the sun comes up, you it was, then answered, “I would say it is my still have to get running and start chasing that pectoralis (chest) or probably my bicep as well”. gazelle, no matter if you are a lion, a gazelle will The man digested my answer and then shook his not come up to you and say here “just eat me”. head a few seconds later. He pointed to his head I don’t care how “deep you are” as a lion, cause and told me that “…this is the strongest part when you wake up nobody is going give you of your body”. Throughout our conversation anything, nobody is going to hand you your goals he went on and said the following, which really or aspirations on a silver platter. moved me. Most of us by now should know that already, that we cannot expect to produce flying grades Every day, here in the African Planes a lion wakes without putting in the immense work, neither can up, and Every single day a gazelle wakes up. It you expect to win sports colours without driving says that if you wake up and you are a gazelle, you yourself tirelessly out there on the sports field. realise that if you are going to survive as a Gazelle The daily phrase that goes around, achieving you must outrun the slowest gazelle. In your mind that “summer body”, to have raging six Pac abs, you’re probably thinking that you need to outrun or your desired physique. It doesn’t come easy,
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especially if there is no proper dedication and time spent in the gym and fixing your nutrition day in and day out, it just doesn’t work like that. Here is the challenge though, when I heard that story, I said to myself, “that’s what’s on the surface….” So, I started to ask myself, “Meer what’s the difference between the gazelle and the difference between the lion?”. I know that they’re wired different, but what I discovered is that the gazelle, the gazelle is running from something. So long as the lion is chasing the gazelle, the gazelle is running. But as soon as the lion stops chasing the gazelle, it stops.
but the lion is running to eat. You’ve got to ask yourself what’s your WHY, what motivates YOU, what pushes YOU, what drives YOU. If that thing is internal, if you change your mindset and turn on that switch, if nobody has to call you, if nobody has to push you, If nobody has to reward you, if nobody has to give you anything and if you’re self-motivated… Trust me, you can have it, you can be it and you can do it! But another excuse that is quite common and I know I’m going to hear after this is “Oh I don’t have the time” “I wish I could do what it is I desire to do, but it’s just the time”.
That’s a lot of you in this circus today, include myself. You will do what you’re supposed to do as long as you’re getting pushed, as long as you’re getting motivated, as long as somebody is encouraging you, as long as somebody is coaching you, as long as somebody is pushing you, as long as somebody is spotting you…you’re doing what you’re supposed to do. As long as somebody is giving you rewards, you’re moving, but as soon as that stop, You Stop!
Time management, this is one skill I would like to point out especially to my year as we prepare for university, and going out there in the real world. There are 24 hours in a day, of which on average 7 hours we sleep and 8 hours are gone into the school routine excluding lunch breaks. So, what do we do with the 9 hours we get, 9 whole hours? I’ll leave you guys to think about that. So, “Don’t make excuses make time…” Thank You Very Much.
I then asked myself the question about the lion and I said the lion is not running to be rewarded
Mihir Pattni Upper VIth
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. Stephen R. Covey
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Sports Update Football Tournaments
Lisle Shaw Memorial Golf Tournament, Royal Club- 23rd October 2019
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Main Competion Winners
2nd Place Subsidiary
3rd Place Subsidiary
Peponi Golf Team
Sports Update St Andrews Turi X- Cross country 15th November
Stuart Gitau and Sean Koome sprint to the finish line as the Open Boys’ cemented their 2nd position at St. Andrew’s Turi 2019 competition.
Mischa shows focus as he tackles the ‘killer hill’ at St. Andrew’s Turi.
Savannah Tawk smiles as she received her 2nd place medal and certificate
Savannah poses with the Open Girls’ X-country team before her outstanding 2nd place finish
The Boys’ Colts team was all smiles at St. Andrew’s Turi Horeja Ndow catching her breath back after her X- Country event.
U15 Colt’s Girls’ Team for the St. Andrew’s Turi 2019 Edition
The Open Boys’ Team finished 2nd Overall
Sports teach us the value of facing yourself and others honestly. You can only grow if you let go of denial and embrace what is real and true. Corey Irwin
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Sports Update Braeburn Athletics 22nd November
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he annual Braeburn Athletics championship took place on Friday 23rd November at Moi International sports center, Kasarani and 16 schools took part. Peponi School had a team of 50 athletes in various events and emerged 3rd overall with some remarkable performances. The medalists: 1. Julian Colville Bronze in Javelin 1. Ngina Muhoho Kenyatta Bronze in 400M 2. Inaaya Khawaja Bronze in 100M 3. Austin Omondi Bronze in Long Jump 4. Princess Wani Silver in shot Put 5. The Open girls 4x400 relay team of Horeja Ndow, Candy Ndayizeye, Savannah Tawk and Nikola Stancelova won silver. 6. The U15 Girls 4x100 Relay team of Aarna Malde, Angel Kittony, Tara Vora and Inaaya Khawaja won Gold. 7. The Senior Girls 4x100 Relay team of Candy Ndayizeye, Rayana Oyando, Siana Devani and Inaaya Khawaja won Gold. 8. Horeja Ndow won Gold in 400M and Silver in Triple jump. 9. Savannah Tawk won Gold in 1500M 10. James Stokes won Gold in Shot Put. 11. Nikola Stancelova won 3 more Gold medals in Long jump, 200M and 100M Hurdles. Nikola Stancelova was voted the Best Open Girl athlete for the 2019 Braeburn Athletics Champions. In the day proceedings she won 4 Gold medals and 1 silver and also set a championship record in the 100M Hurdles and Long jump.
It was all Smiles as the Open Girls’ 4x100M Relay team won Gold
Austin Omondi in action in the 200M race
Allan Mbugua in acton in the 400M event
Tana Simkin was focussed as she tackled the 800M race
Vince Schrier in action in the Boys’ 100M Hurdles
Horeja Ndow in the lead as she won Gold in Nikola Powering her way to record breaking the 400M race sprint in the 100M Girls’ Hurdles Sprint
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Open Boys 4x100M Relay team in action
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Week 15B
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Formal Testing for End of Term Upper V (Year 11) Examinations for & VI Form Shell (Year 9) & Lower V (Year 10) Ends Formal Testing for Upper V (Year 11) & VI Form
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4 Special Timetable (Examinations/ Collections Review) Heads’ of Year Meeting 1:40pm End of Term Concert
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4th Collections/ End of Term Examinations Tutor Report Entered 5:15pm
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Nairobi Music Society Concerts at All Saints Cathedral
Nairobi Music Society Concerts at All Saints Cathedral
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4th Collections/ End of Term Examinations Tutor Report Emailed to Parents
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2020 HILARY Thursday 2
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Term Starts IGCSE Mock Examinations Begins Common Room Meeting 4:15pm
IGCSE 4MA0 Mathematics 1H 11:00am Heads’ of Faculty Meeting 1:40pm Housemasters’ Meeting 4:15pm
WMA11 Pure Mathematics 1 9:00am Shell PE, Business Studies and Drama Taster Lessons
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KAIS Inset (English) at Hillcrest School 8:00am
WFM01 Further Pure Maths 1 12:00 noon Heads’ of Year Meeting 1:30pm Shell Parents and Pupils Meeting (IGCSE Choices)
WMA02 Core Mathematics 34 9:00am WMA12 Pure Mathematics 2 9:00am IGCSE 4MA0 Mathematics 2H 11:00am
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10 GCSE Art Personal InvestigationCoursework Sumission
16 Colts B Girls’ Hockey v Nairobi Academy (H) 3:00pm Colts B Boys’ Hockey v Nairobi Academy (H) 3:00pm Pastoral Council Meeting 4:15pm
17 IGCSE Mock Examinations Ends
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Sunday 5 Peponi Scholarship Weekend Boarders Return By 7:00pm 12
BGR U15 Boys’ & Girls’ 7 a-side Hockey Warm Up Tournament (A) 9:00am
18 Hog Charge Registration Hall BGE U19 Girls’ David Anderson Football Tournament 9:00am Colts A Girls’ Hockey v RVA (H) 10:00am Colts Girls’ Football v RVA (H) 10:00am Colts Boys’ Basketball v RVA (H) 10:00am
19 Hog Charge
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Contacts
Should you need to contact the School, please email both the Head of Year and your child’s Housemaster/mistress, using the following addresses: For all academic matters please contact the: Head of Sixth Form Mr David Kimani For all Sixth Form matters ho6@peponischool.org Head of Fifth Form Mrs Claire Nightingale For all Fifth Form matters HoY10&11@peponischool.org Head of Year Ms Mercy Wambugu For all pupils in Shell HoY9@peponischool.org
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