Primary Inter-house Sports

Grade 1 to 3 had fun and made lots of noise competing in Benchball (see link below). This tested the students throwing and catching skill as well as their balance.
Results
3rd Place: Kasompe
2nd Place: Luano
1st Place: Musenga
http://www.urbanrec.ca/vancouver/userfiles/vancouver/file/Multi-Sport/Benchball_Rules.pdf

Grade 4 to 7 played Kwik Cricket where we saw some outstanding batting, bowling and catching throughout the games.

Musenga showed some great catching and fielding skills with Mwata Banda having to run a number of times forward from Cover position to catch balls. Xavier Zythow showed enthusiasm in field and caught a number of balls. Aryella Kaladias was wicket keeper and she caught a ball as her partner Mwayi Bath bowled it and the batter nicked the ball to then be caught.
Luano was captained by Joseph Kirk were we saw his great knowledge and understanding of the game (must come from his father, who is the secondary head at Amano). He captained his team to victory and had to help Ng'onga Chalwe (Grade 3) learn a new sport in a few days. This was proved as Ng'onga hit the most balls in a row then most then anyone else and he stopped a number of balls going passed him.

Kasompe showed power with Ross McCaffrey striking the ball for a number of sixes and scoring the heights number of runs. Kasompe did struggle a few times with their bowling but this was saved with Thoko Lungu getting 2 wickets and Inonge Chitambala getting 3 wickets.
This is only some of the examples of what we saw at this sports event, there is so much more to share with big hits and accurate bowling from all three teams and an excellent overall performance from Jonas Brunner with his batting and bowling skills.

Results:
3rd Place: Musenga 25 points
2nd Place: Kasompe 54 points
1st Place: Luano 55 points

Reported by: Mrs Miles

Baptism

Last term we finished off the course of baptism preparation classes. It was a great time getting to know these students in a smaller group setting.  This group had a different dynamic to it than last year’s group, but I believe they love the Lord and want to continue to grow closer to Him daily.
So on Sunday the 5th of October 2014 it was GREAT to witness 5 students get baptised and give credit to God for what he had and continues to do in their lives.

Mr Jarrett

The students with Mr Jarrett

Some of the worship group

Run-Walk-Cycle

“Fun” is the optimum word for the FUN RUN/ WALK/ CYCLE fundraiser organized by the Amano Christian School PTA held on a warm Saturday morning in September.  Sixty-seven participants including staff, students, and their families and friends made their way through designated paths through the bush by various means on foot, wheels, carried in a chair, or tied up together whilst sporting creative costumes and hair-dos.

Adding the word, “push,” to the list is what Mr. Kirk did to a wheelbarrow which carried his wife.  “It’s not the mode of transport I’d recommend,” said Mrs. Kirk after the 2.5 km trek attempting to sit upright for the duration with no back rest.  She offered to get out for walking a bit but in true valiant chauffeur-style, Mr. Kirk was determined to complete the route as it began…and he did!

A child in a pram finished last but not least on the 5 km route and two bikers finished 15 km around the one-hour mark.  If you want to learn how much money was raised, come to the annual general meeting but don’t forget to watch for other ACS events and activities along the way; there just may be some more PTA planned fund-raisers and we call it, “Fun!”

Mrs Belton

Badminton

On Friday 12th of September Lechwe and Simba brought teams to play badminton. This was the first ever badminton competition held in ISAZ schools. We played doubles matches and each school brought 3 teams. Seed 1-2, Seed 3-4 and Seed 5-6. Our first team was Samuel Kirk and Xavier Zytkow and we won 2 of our 6 games. Our second team was Joseph Kirk and Ross McCaffrey and they won 1 of their 6 games. Our third team was Natalie Grove and Stacy Fergusson and they won 1 of their 6 games. It was a very good afternoon and we all enjoyed it and special thanks should go to Mr and Mrs Grove for setting it all up so well.

By Samuel Kirk.

Stacey and Natalie

The secondary students faced Lechwe boys and girls in a singles and doubles tournament. Players were seeded according to ability and they were: Caleb Ronald, Daniel Weiandt and Edwin Dingwall, Joyce Muteb and Fiona McCaffrey. Caleb was able to convincingly win all three singles games 21-7, 21-8,21-13 and his doubles matches were close losses 21-16 and 21-19. Daniel also played good singles matches with 3 wins: 21-16, 21- 15 and 21-10. Partnering with Edwin they won one of their 2 doubles games 21-13. Edwin was new to the game but still managed 2 wins in singles with scores of 21-16, 20-22 and 21-16. He also enjoyed one success in doubles with Daniel.
The two girls faired better in the doubles matches against similarly balanced competition. Joyce won one and lost one singles: 15-21 and 21-18. Fiona lost twice 12-21 and 12-21 against both of here opponents but in the double match of three games the pair were able to win 2 -1 sets: 21-15, 21-15 and 18-21.
For a first attempt Amano competed very well given that the boys do not get taught the sport and the girls only got 6 lessons. Our opponents, Simba in particular, are club players and were noticeably better at primary level.
It will be good to expand the competition next year and get more competition for the students. Amano is the only ISAZ Copperbelt school that has four courts indoors so it is great to be able to offer something different to the independent schools community and share what we have.
Well done to the students and my thanks to Mrs Miles and some other students who helped the primaries to score.

By Mr Grove

Fiona and Joyce

Edwin and Daniel

Visiting staff

Amano in the community

Grade 9 & 10 have been out and about in our local community.

Incredibly needy people from different church backgrounds were identified by a respected local leader. After a preliminary visit from Mr, Kirk, Mr Pflaum and Mr Crispin our senior maintenance supervisor, the students were split into small groups. Under instruction from our workers team and a few teachers they went off to help some of these people. They repaired some broken/leaky roofs, filled in holes in walls and covered windows with mosquito wire to hopefully reduce the ability of the mosquitoes to enter these people’s homes. One lady had a washroom improved so it is now private, another older couple had a new toilet dug and made, another a new outside kitchen. All in all the students and workers made a massive impact in the lives of these 5 different families.

This project is just the starting point of what Amano hopes to do in the future as it encourages its students to look outside of the school grounds at the local people and see the need that they can so easily meet. Christ came to save and help everyone and gave his people a command to look after those in  desperate need. Perhaps you could help support this aspect of the school’s outreach?  Watch out for more info in the coming weeks.

Mr Kirk

Sports Day

The annual combined primary and secondary Sports Day went well and was expanded slightly from last year, with more races and categories being added for primary students. Juggling the unbalanced numbers of house participants (the result of a moving population in a small school) was tricky for Mrs Miles, but a fair scoring system was found. Some pupils ended up participating in six or more events. Though challenging, they thoroughly enjoyed it all. Skipping, jumping, shuttle relays, a new obstacle course, target throwing, distance throwing, sack race, 50m dash and 100m and 200m sprints meant the primary children (and staff) were kept busy. Musenga came out first, Kasompe second and Luano third.

Upper primary obstacle race

Secondary students compete in a more orthodox athletics programme and this year, for the first time, every age group and gender participated in every discipline. Most students relish the opportunity of trying to break school records, even ones set on rubber tracks, but the records are getting harder to beat now. Only five new school records were made this year: U19, U16, U14 boys and U19 girls high jump; U16 girls 400m,
although a lot of house records were broken.

Mwayi in Shuttle Relay

U14 boys High Jump

Andy and Jean 1500m

The Victor/Victrix Ludorum shields (highest scoring competitor in 5 events: sprint, middle distance, jumps, throws, plus one other) were awarded to:
U 14 Boys: 383pts Musonda Mwansa of Kasompe house
U14 girls: 279 pts Kathleen Kaufman of Luano House
U16 boys: 446pts Ethan Milner of Musenga house
U16 girls: 297 pts Diana Shakwelele of Kasompe house
U19 boys: 409 pts Msanivute Banda of Kasompe house
U19 girls: 309 pts Joyce Muteb of Luano house
Overall victory went to Musenga house (730 pts), who were just ahead of Kasompe (713 pts), so it was a good, tight competition. Luano were third (565 pts) and slightly down on numbers.

Many thanks to all the staff who helped on the day to make it successful, and to Mrs Miles who organised the primary events and Mrs J Grove the secondary.

Report by Mr Grove

Something given, but to whom?

Boarding school can have its tedious moments, but it is also a time that great memories can be made. Having experienced boarding life for 16 years, gr1 to degree, I understand that some things need to be done for the kids now to  enjoy school life.
  But what possessed Mrs Grove to suggest a 70's themed night out at our house for Gr11's, I'll never know, but that she did. Now Mr Grove isn't one for fashion, fancy dress or dancing so the prospect of a 70's night has been daunting for all the passed weeks since it was announced, last term, I think! When it comes to things like this I am lost and way out of my league, for starters, "What do I need to look like?"

Mrs Groves Tutor group

  Turns out Google's pictures of 70's clothes and Chingola High Street market clothing options aren't poles apart though they don't sell such clothes as '70's items' and sellers were very amused that such a "young man" would be looking for bell bottoms! Having obtained a white shirt with patches on the collar and cuffs, check jacket and trousers allowed me a sigh of relief: at least I could be unfashionable enough to be in the 70's.
  Then came my PE lesson, back to reality. Now someone once said, "There is nothing new under the sun" so I think I am safe in assuming that other teachers have been where I was Wednesday afternoon. I had to seriously question myself, "Have I taught these guys anything???" Our high jump lesson was an absolute disaster, so after an hour, 4 broken high jump lathes and a few near death experiences, I went home not a little depressed, but only for an hour because then it was 70's. Can a day get any worse?
  Having collected the students I dressed up feeling strangely at home in my unfashionable nature. I entered the living room in my very tight white shirt (note for next time is try clothes on before buying!) and the Beegees "staying alive" blaring and received rapturous applause for my efforts making me forget all the days woes. Thank you gr11 for giving us a very enjoyable evening and putting effort into your outfits, it made our day having you over!

Playing Dingbats

Contributed by: Mr Grove