Last week, maize from the school farm was harvested and brought to school, to be threshed by a small threshing machine.  Many of the students lent a hand in the process that you see below.

First, sacks were filled with the cobs of maize and carried to the threshing machine.

There, the maize was transferred into buckets so it could be poured into the thresher.

As the threshed maize came out the chute, our school gardener, Gitonga, caught it in sacks which he passed on to the students.

The sacks were topped up until full, and here is the finished result!  We have harvested enough maize for more than a term.

The work was not yet over, however, as the empty cobs had to be collected and wheeled to the firewood store as they can also be used as fuel for our cookers.  And even James joined in with the final sweeping!

Best wishes to our Form Four students who are about to sit for their K.C.S.E. (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education).  In the run-up to the exams there have been a number of activities taking place.  First was a class trip to Kenya Cooperative Creameries and Thomson’s Falls here in Nyahururu – a special chance to relax and enjoy being together as a group.

Then on Friday 9th October we held a special service to pray for and encourage the Form Fours.  Our guest speaker was Bishop Lesuuda from Maralal who spoke from Joshua 1, urging the students to be courageous and to trust in God.  Also present were a number of parents and guardians and some former students who all came to show their support for the Form Four class.

Now with just one day to go, the candidates have been preparing the exam room and cleaning their desks to make sure they have no graffiti that could lead to them being accused of cheating!

If you would like to follow the students’ progress, please see the exam timetable below.  Kisima students do Biology or Physics, History or Christian Religious Education and Agriculture or Business Studies, plus the other five subjects.