At the start of the academic year, in January, we had 570 learners with 60 free places and 20 half-price places – the most we have had thus far.

In February, our head and deputy head were able to move into their new ‘improved living’ homes, and three of our overseas directors visited to see the homes, meet with the local directors and learn about the school.

We held our second poetry competition with King Edwards School, Birmingham, UK, in March. Being treated as the academic equals rather than a poor charity school is a big boost to staff morale.

We’ve struggled with our two buses since  April. Due to their great age and excessive loads, they’ve both broken down repeatedly – and we’ve had to spend heavily on them. We urgently need to find a long-term solution which will improve the reliability and capacity of our school transport service.

In June, we used World Environment Day as the basis for a series of different themed events and activities. Luckily, these coincided with a bumper banana harvest which allowed learners to enjoy the rewards of good agricultural practice.

We held two big sporting events in July. First, our own Sports Day involved all children in a mixture of traditional events; and, then, we hosted the zonal inter-school athletics and ball-sports tournament.

Across 24 events, our learners achieved 7 first, 8 seconds and 3 thirds.  We were especially proud that our Under-17 boys won the zonal 4 x 100 metre relay, and that our Under 15 girls netball tea continued their undefeated run.