Here are replies to all your super comments:

Tom B: Glad you like the pics. That’s a very good suggestion,. I’ll see what Mr Moses thinks of it.

OK, Sam, I’ll keep working on my jokes if you promise to keep working on your French. Deal?

Hi, 5E girls! I thought you had forgotten me! Yes, you did spot a Downside teeshirt and it must have come over with a previous consignment. I enjoy weetabix with fresh milk and banana most days, but I had to dip into my cornflakes last week when I ran out.

Vlad, Ross, Jasper and Joe! Great to hear from you! Read my latest blog. I was promised lions but only heard them in the night, I’m afraid. But seeing the family of cheetahs was fantastic! You can just make one out in my picture complete with reflection.

Mrs Colgan and 6C: Have a look at some of the later comments..Mrs Bradley knows the answer!

Harry Hoult: Can you ride a zebra?

I expect someone has at some point, but I think they’ need a lot more breaking in than a horse, even though they look like horses (apart from the stripes, of course).

Rupert: Have you seen a herd of elephants?

Yes, Rupert! Just this morning about 20 came to the water hole at IlNgwesi. An awesome sight, particularly when they are so quiet (except when they burp!)

Harry G: do you have any favourite students?

 Now, Harry, you know that teachers don’t have favourites!!!

Natalie T: how do the children get to school?
They walk, Nats, some of them for a couple of hours over very rough ground, and all in flipflops, most of them.


Jack: Do you eat elephants?
 Never mind what Mr Bird says in his comment, Jack. The sensible answer is “not a whole one”.
Harry Hodges: How big is the school (number of children / classrooms etc)?

There are about 80 children, Harry, and four classrooms with the one we’re going to finish in the pipeline. Even so, the youngest bchildren’s “classroom” is a space under a tree. The school is growing!

Juan: Do the children have a uniform?

sort of, Juan, although there are some children who haven’t got anything blue or crimson, which seem to be the most common colours.

Mrs C: Do the children have to pay to go to school?

No. Mrs C., primary educaton in Kenya is free, but fees are payable for children past 13 years of age or so. 15 March 2011 01:59

Ruth said...

A baby sardine saw her first submarine. She was scared and watched through a peephole. "Oh, come, come,come," said the sardine`s Mum "It`s only a tin full of people"

But don't know why the drive is so stoney in that section...can you tell us?

From Jamie Bradley

Well done, Jamie! The hilly bit of the drive is stoney so that the mud doesn’t get washed away in the rains.

15 March 2011 10:08

Chris Bird said...

Thank you for your comment, Mr Bird. Please see above for the correct answer to the question about eating elephants. I should have expected you to know the right answer, there being so many elephants in Prior Park. (But I expect you only have it when you have hungry visitors, hmm?)

15 March 2011 10:58

No crocs hereabouts, Joe, but there might be some in the swamp on the lower plains. Yes, Joe, after reading some of the things I’ve just written, I think I agree with you that your jokes are better than mine.