Teacher Nompumelelo Mamba from Kambhoke School in Swaziland tells us what caught her eye in her twin school, Rhosymedre Primary, North Wales.

Breakfast Club in the nursery class

""We also have a school feeding programme," says Ms Mamba.  "These tiny children are only two years old and they are in school already.  They are eating bowls of cereal and can use a spoon.  I would like my mothers to know that young children can also learn."

Year Six pupils listen to their teacher

"There are so many teachers here," says Ms Mamba.  "I have forty-five children in my class.  Some teachers have fifty.   I like the way the children make their own rules for the classroom.  We do not usually talk to our children like this."

"The toilets are small and easy for the children to use"

"[They] smell so good," says Ms Mamba.  "We have a pit latrine in school which is more difficult to manage and we are afraid for when it will fill up.  One of my big worries is asking the parents to dig a new one when this is full."

Key Connections offers family learning at the school

"We loved meeting the group of parents," says Ms Mamba.  "We were made to feel very welcome.  We enjoyed talking about child care in Wales compared with Swaziland.  These babies are so beautiful and pink!"

"This would be so good for our parents"

"Your parents are so lucky to have the opportunity to see what their child is doing in school and to learn new things," says Ms Mamba.  "[Our parents] could learn English and get work.  I was so happy to see grandmothers and mothers all learning together.  About half of our children are cared for by grandparents."

"This is really important for us to teach the children"

"We use Handigas for cooking," says Ms Mamba, "and it can be very dangerous.  We do not teach what to do in an emergency."

"I've never seen children do games or PE inside before"

"We liked this game very much," says Ms Mamba, "as we can adapt it to use with the children in our schools."

"My dream is for my school to have electricity"

 
"[Then] we can have computers," says Ms Mamba.  "I loved seeing the interactive whiteboard.

"There are so many new things to see, my mind is spinning.  Roz [Rhosymedre Head Teacher] has a gas fire at the house - it is like the bush in the Bible, it never burns away."

How did they do that?

Kambhoke School in Swaziland twinned with Rhosymedre Community Primary with support from Swazaid. 

The schools received a DFID Global Schools Partnership grant enabling staff to visit one another's schools, and the two communities to develop their educational partnership.

Read Rhosymedre Head teacher's story A Day in the Life of My Twin School: Kambhoke.

Find out more about the Kambhoke Rhosymedre twinning on BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents Swaziland: Kingdom of the Kids. 
 
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