Anaïs répond à Whitney...

Dear Whitney,

I am so happy to read your message !
We  are glad that you envoyed the football magazine !
Est-ce qu'il y avait des articles sur le football au Kenya dans le magazine de foot?

I am also sorry about Whitney Houston who died two weeks ago...
She was 49 years old. It's sad to die at this age ! :-(
Maybe she took drugs ? Or maybe she committed suicide?
She was a beautiful star, Why did she do that ?
Do you know what happened?

Now your questions about drugs :
1) Je pense que il n'y a pas beaucoup de drogue dans la campagne mais plus dans les grandes villes en France.
2) Je ne sais pas.
3) Je ne crois pas.
4) Oui ,j 'ai juste goûté du Champagne. Et toi tu as déjà goûté de l'alcool?
Je pense moi aussi que c'est très dangereux de boire de l'alcool et de prendre des drogues.


Bye

 Anaïs.

 

Le lièvre et la tortue !

We re-wrote a famous poem by Jean de La Fontaine (1668) in modern French for you ! It's about a tortoise and a hare...

Le lièvre et la tortue

Cela ne sert a rien de courir, il suffit de partir à temps .

Le lièvre et la tortue en sont un exemple.

Un jour, ils décidèrent de faire une course.

La tortue dit au lièvre qu'il n'arriverait pas avant elle .

"Avant moi ? Es-tu sûr ?" Lui demanda le lièvre.

 "Ma chère tortue, il faut que tu maigrisses et que tu te remettes en forme avant le départ !"

 "Je te parie quand même que je te battrai ! " dit la tortue . 

  "A l'arrivée, une récompense nous attend !"

Le lièvre savait qu'il était très rapide alors il ne se pressa pas .

Il s'arrêta même pour brouter et pour dormir !

Quant à la tortue, elle allait à son rythme tranquille .

Le lièvre pensait qu'il avait tout son temps alors il s'amusa encore .

Tout à coup, il vit la tortue près de l'arrivé et il courut aussi vite que possible mais trop tard !

La tortue était déjà arrivée !

Alors, elle lui dit que sa vitesse ne lui servait à rien et qu'il valait mieux être régulier dans l'effort pour être sûr d'arriver le premier !

Ceci est la morale de l'histoire : cela ne sert à rien de courir, il faut partir au bon moment et avancer à son rythme ! 

Written by Emeline 

Do you understand it ? 

 Here is the Disney version of the story ...

African tales: The tortoise captures the elephant

Once there was a king who had been trying very hard to capture the elephant for his personal collection, but that prize had proved elusive. All the hunters in the kingdom had tried but failed to capture the elephant. So the king promised anyone who could capture the elephant half of his kingdom.

The tortoise heard about this and went to the king to accept the challenge. The king was very amused. “All my hunters have failed to capture the elephant and you think you can succeed where they failed?”, the king asked. The tortoise insisted that he was up to the task and promised to deliver the elephant to the king within 48 hours.

The tortoise then dug a big hole, big enough to hold the elephant along a path leading into the village. Then he covered the hole with sticks and leaves so that it was not visible unless you inspected closely. When this was done, the tortoise went to seek out the elephant.

He told the elephant “You know you are the largest animal in the forest and you should be king”. The elephant had never considered this before but he thought it was not a bad idea. The tortoise told the elephant that the villagers had decided to make the largest animal their king and were all expecting the elephant to come to the village and be crowned as their king. The more the elephant heard, the more excited he became.

The tortoise adorned the elephant with colorful beads and beating a gong, he sang songs praising the elephant while he led the way into the village. Soon they approached the trap and the tortoise being smaller and lighter walked over the trap. The elephant who was following him fell through the sticks and leaves into the deep hole the tortoise had dug. And that was how the tiny tortoise captured the huge elephant and earned half of the king’s kingdom.

By Laurier of Sacho High School

Drugs in our school

Dear Anais,

Hey darling, I am so happy to write to you. Yes I had a wonderful Christmas. Kenya is fine. We received this week a nice sports magazine from your teachers. Thank you very much. Tell your teacher that we have enjoyed reading the football magazine.

Secondly, this week has is very sad for me. I got the news that a pop music star who lives in the USA and who I am named after died. Her name is Whitney Huston.  My parents loved her music and name and so they named me after her.

I am reading that Whitney may have died because of drug abuse.  

That leads me to some questions I wanted to ask you.

I , Do you think drug abuse is a big problem in your area and country?

2. What kind of drugs do young people in your area use or abuse?

3. Do you think there are students in your school who use drugs?

4. Have you ever used an alcoholic drink?

In our school we have had some boys suspended from school for smoking and taking beer. I feel It is dangerous to use drugs.

Please tell me about it and how it affects your area, school and country.

Yours Whitney.

Dear Anais, Hey darling, I am so happy to write to you. Yes I had a wonderful Christmas. Kenya is fine. We received this week a nice sports magazine from your teachers. Thank you very much. Tell your teacher that we have enjoyed reading the football magazine. Secondly, this week has is very sad for me. I got the news that a pop music star who lives in the USA and who I am named after died. Her name is Whitney Huston. My parents loved her music and name and so they named me after her. I am reading that Whitney may have died because of drug abuse. That leads me to some questions I wanted to ask you. I , Do you think drug abuse is a big problem in your area and country? 2. What kind of drugs do young people in your area use or abuse? 3. Do you think there are students in your school who use drugs? 4. Have you ever used an alcoholic drink? In our school we have had some boys suspended from school for smoking and taking beer. I feel It is dangerous to use drugs. Please tell me about it and how it affects your area, school and country. Yours Whitney.

Top 100 Best Secondary / High Schools in Kenya

Hello Laurie, Hello Everyone,

This is Belinda. I am so glad to write to you this new year. We have had a long break from school but we are all back in class. We have been trying to learn French. It is so difficult. We had an exam last week and I got a C in my French exam.

Do you learn French in your school? What is the best way to learn French? Do you have any books that you can post to me that can make me learn French?

I am so happy for the gifts that you posted to us over xmass. Our school has been ranked the best in our country. I got this information from the internet. Please read and enjoy.

Thanks so much.

Have a good time

Belinda

Top 20 Best Secondary / High Schools in Kenya

A survey has been done in our country to find out the best top 100 schools. Our school was named number 16. We are so happy. Our country has about 5 million schools. But our school is top 20. We are so proud of it.
Here is the comprehensive list of top 20 best secondary / high schools in Kenya, Ranking based on the 2010 KCSE results

POS CENTRE ENTRY MEAN

1 ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL 215 11.257

2 PRECIOUS BLOOD SECONDARY SCHOOL RIRUTA 94 11.0106

3 BAHATI GIRLS SEC SCHOOL81 10.7777

4 MARANDA HIGH SCHOOL 243 10.5578

5 ALLIANCE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL 201 10.5326

6 MOI HIGH SCH KABARAK 227 10.4823

7 MOI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL ELDORET 184 10.4728

8 THE KENYA HIGH SCHOOL 213 10.46

9 STAREHE GIRLS CENTRE SCHOOL 78 10.3846

10 STRATHMORE SCHOOL 74 10.3783

11 STAREHE BOYS CENTRE & SCHOOL 201 10.3383

12 SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL-NAYHAN SEC AND TECH 140 10.3214

13 KIANDA SCHOOL 69 10.3043

14 MAASAI HIGH SCHOOL 21 10.238

15 MANGU HIGH SCHOOL 201 10.2189

16 SACHO HIGH SCHOOL 108 10.1203 

17 MARY MOTHER OF GRACE BOYS SEC. SCHOOL 34 10.1176

18 PANGANI GIRLS’ SCHOOL 279 10.0755

19 LORETO HIGH SCHOOL LIMURU 177 10.0508

20 MOI TEA GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL 92 10.0326