trowels and rakes to dig for

anything that could have been

Roman.

The items we found were: a
sword, an old padlock with a
key, a few old keys, a frying
pan, a cup with JC on the
bottom, a terra cotta tile, a
skeleton with a tooth, some
rope and metal pieces. We
had to think about which
ones could be Roman and
which ones were modern
rubbish. We enjoyed the dig
and learned about how ar-
chaeologists work.
Antonio Kipkorir 4M
On Tuesday 9th September,
2014, Year 4 students went
to an archaeological dig on
our school campus, next to
the school tennis courts.

We wanted to discover if
Romans came to Tanzania
and we were also learning
about how an archaeologist
works to uncover ancient
things.

We went to dig for artefacts
in a place where Mrs Ma-
randu and Mrs Gorringe had
al ready surveyed the
area. We collected spades,
and experience it in ways that
demand courage, generos-
ity, imagination, princi-
ple and resolution. The
Round Square approach pro-
motes six IDEALS of learn-
ing:
Internationalism
Democracy
Environment
Adventure
Leadership
Service

Our Round square coordina-
tor is Mr Jeff Schwartje and
he is assisted by Ms Emily
Barry. If you have any ideas,
get in touch at rs@scis.sc.tz .
The whole school community
were delighted last term to
receive the news that, fol-
lowing our application to,
and visit from, the Regional
Director of Round Square,
we have been admitted into
the organisation. St Constan-
tines is the first school in
Tanzania to gain member-
ship. For us it means extend-
ing our existing commitment
of service to others so that it
permeates the entire ethos,
philosophy and curricu-
lum of our school. Situ-
ated as we are, in one of
the most beautiful, bio-
geographically diverse
environments in the
world, and surrounded by
villages where basic edu-
cation is lacking, we see a
need to involve ourselves in
the communities around us.
Membership of the organisa-
tion also opens up the oppor-
tunity for our students to go
on exchanges to schools all
over the world.
We intend to broaden our
curriculum to enable stu-
dents to prepare for life by
having them face it head-on
ROMAN ARTEFACTS DISCOVERED AT SCIS
TERM 1 - FIRST HALF, 2014-2015
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1
DATES TO REMEMBER

Parents Day on Tuesday
28th October (no school that
day for students)
Boys and Girls U14 Basket-
ball and Open Football
Tournament at Braeburn on
Saturday 25th October
ISM Arusha Campus Inter-
School Track and Field Meet
on Saturday 1st November
ISM Moshi Sports Weekend
from Friday 28th November -
Sunday 30th November
School closes for December
Holiday on Friday 5th
December
SCIS Chronicle
The Official Publication of St. Constantines International School, Arusha, Tanzania
The Hellenic Society of Tanganyika
Round Square Membership Begins
TOWN CAMPUS
NEWS
2
CULTURAL HERITGE
TOUR
4
FROM THE WEBSITE
5
WHY FOCUS ON
ENGLISH?
7
GETTING TO KNOW
YOU. . .
8
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
12
PRIMARY IDEALS
13
SCIENCE FAIR
TEASER
14
SPORTS REVIEW
16
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Year 4 Students dig and
discover various Roman
artefacts.
All Upper primary students at
SCIS are preparing special
songs on the theme of "Our
School Values" for their con-
cert to be held on Tuesday,
December 2nd. Students will
be singing, playing, dancing,
and acting out the qualities of
respect, courage, coopera-
tion, integrity, responsibil-
ity, kindness, and motiva-
tion. All parents and family
Upcoming Values Concert
with recount writing, read-
ing, learning about their
senses and becoming number
whizzes.
Our grownups of the
school have taken on the
new role with confidence.
With Ms Jessica, they have
made Ms Aly feel very
welcome in our school. At
this stage they are all very
used to working in small
groups and are quite inde-
pendent and in control of
their learning.
Both Year 1 and Year 2 are
now using the new laptops in
their classes for both Literacy
and Maths groups. It is amaz-
ing to see how confident they
are already.
After half term we will have
our first ever SCTC Student
Council made up of students
from both Year 1 and 2. From
that council, two members
will be chosen to represent
our campus at Main Campus
meetings. We are hoping that
most of these meetings will
be able to be conducted via
Skype.
Our Assemblies are taking on
a Personal Development and
International approach. So
far, we have had assemblies
on New Beginnings, EID,
Helping Hands, Manners and
Julius Nyere.
We all look forward to an
exciting year ahead as we
prepare our little ones for
their future lives!
News from
St. Constantines Town
Campus (SCTC)
PAGE 2 SCIS CHRONICLE
What a great start to the year
we have had out at the Town
Campus! We all cant believe
it is half term already.
Our new little Nursery stu-
dents settled in surprisingly
well. Ms Sushila and Ms Rose
know just how to make the
children feel at ease and moti-
vated. The tears lasted for a
week only.
Last years little ones made a
smooth transition into our
Reception class which is now
full. The children have been
busy learning about them-
selves and are now ready to
learn all about Tanzania. They
were even the first SCTC
class to head out on a school
trip. Ms Christina and Ms
Beatrice are our Reception
stars!
Year 1 who are led by Ms
Maryam and Ms Pauline have
settled into their new class
very well. They are now stay-
ing at school for the whole
day and seem to have made
the transition quite well.
Their days have been filled
members are invited to attend
from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. and en-
joy an uplifting evening.
SCTC students making use of
their new school laptops
Our new Head Girl, Simaloi Sikar, and our new Head Boy,
Happy Mbaleni, pose for a photo after their appointment.
Our school values on display
outside the Primary School
around Arusha. During our
walks around the school
grounds, some of the pupils
have begun to show great
promise as future twitchers.
Sharon in Year 5 has the eyes
of a hawk, letting the group
k n o w
(quietly of
c o u r s e )
when she
has a bird in
her sights.
Ariana in
Year 3 is
always keen
to find the
birds in her
binoculars and happily shares
her bird book with the other
pupils. Devine in Year 3
quotes, bird club is special
because we get to watch
birds, make birds and know
how to help birds.

With the
e x c i t i n g
prospect of a
bird mural
in the sec-
ond half of
Term 1, all
bird watch-
ers should
be on the
look out for
new species
of birds to add to the mural.

One of the challenges that
Bird Club faces is finding ar-
eas where the birds are active
in the heat of the afternoon.
Our recent trip to Shanga was
an attempt to try a new area
where there is a permanent
water source and, as a result,
there may be a permanent
bird population. We were
fortunate to find a new spe-
cies of sunbird for our list,
the Variable Sunbird and a
Bird Club was introduced as a
new initiative this half term to
foster the pupils interest and
knowledge of the wonderful
bird life of East Africa. Our
Friday activities are varied
and fun, from scouring the
school grounds armed with
binoculars, monoculars and
bird books in search of new
species for our ever growing
bird list, to making 3D paper
mch birds while paying
close attention to getting the
shapes of tails, body size and
wings as close to their chosen
bird as possible.

We have been delighted by
the response to bird club
from the pupils who have
embraced the club, finding
any moment of the day to
share their stories of birds
they have seen in their gar-
dens at home and in and
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Blue Monkey in the trees but
we are still on the hunt for
other possible sites near to
school. Please let us know if
you are aware of some good
sites that we can visit in the
coming half term.

Bird List so far:
1. Pied Wagtail
2. Lilac Breasted Roller
3. Pied Crow
4. Black Flycatcher
5. Yellow Billed Kite
6. Silvery Cheeked Hornbill
7. Variable Sunbird
8. Scarlet Chested Sunbird
9. Hadeda Ibis
10. Dark-capped Bulbul
11. African Yellow White-
eye

We look forward to adding to
this list next half term. Keep
twitching in the mean time
birders!
Miss Lucy and Miss Tucker
SCIS has two mountain summit
hiking trips planned. This
month, we will hike Mt.
Meru, and in March we will
hike Mt. Kilimanjaro. The year
nine students take their train-
ing seriously and hike each
Sunday to build endurance and
team bonding.
The pictures above show some
of the practice hikes in action.
We are always open to sugges-
tions for new locations to hike
in please let us know your
ideas! - Emily Barry
St. Constantines International School
P.O. Box 221
Dodoma Road, Burka Estate
Phone: 555-555-5555
Fax: 555-555-5555
SCIS CHRONICLE
Bird Club
Our Eyes are Set to
the Skies
Any content for inclusion in
the next edition of the
SCIS Chronicle should be
submitted to:
michaelmurray@scis.sc.tz
by Monday 1st December
2014.
PAGE 4 SCIS CHRONICLE
In Social Studies the Year 3s have been learning about the history of
farming and discussing the hunter gatherers nomadic lifestyles. Last
week they visited the Cultural Heritage Centre on two separate out-
ings. While viewing the artwork they were encouraged to look for
evidence of the tools that hunter gatherers might have used and some
activities they might have taken part in. In Art, the Year 3s have been
learning about the colourful and unrealistic style of Tinga Tinga art.

We walked around the gallery and viewed the collection of modern
and historical art and crafts from throughout Africa. The students
identified hunters with their spears in a hunting exercise; meanwhile
the women carried calabashes to transport water necessary for differ-
ent household purposes. Upon seeing a range of realistic and abstract
artwork, the students came up with stories. One story was about the
baboon with mumps, one was about how the Maasai got his cool
shades and another about the lost warthog at the Baobab tree. Some
also enjoyed taking pictures by the cross crocodile outside the gal-
lery at the end of the visit.

During the last week the students have been producing some interest-
ing write ups about their trip. Below is an account from Lolo in 3L.

On Tuesday I went to the Cultural Heritage Centre with 3B. First we
went on the bus and we had to wait for others to get on the bus and
then we had to go over the instructions so we could not touch any-
thing. Then we left.

When we arrived at the cultural center we looked for a place to eat
our lunch. After that we got put into three groups. One was with Miss
Bowen another one was with Miss Liz and the last one was with Miss
Lucy.

Then in our three groups we went into the art gallery. In the art gal-
lery my group saw a picture of a Baobab tree, then I saw a picture of a
fabric that was painted over and it looked so beautiful. We went to see
a picture of camouflaged giraffes and it was hard to find the giraffes.
Later we saw Tinga Tinga artwork.
Over the past two weeks, our Years 10,11, 12 and 13 have had
visits to the Pepsi bottling factory in Arusha. The main purpose of
the visits was to see in action the uses of sensors, computer-
controlled motors through actuators, and how robotics and auto-
mation are used in modern companies.
The students enjoyed themselves and, judging by the number of
questions asked at the end, managed to make the most of their
visit. This was topped, of course, by a free sample of the drinks
being made that day. Some of the students even managed to get a
taste of the undiluted syrup before water is added: they all agreed
that water was an essential ingredient to temper the richness!
In addition, Pepsi also kindly donated footballs and a clock to add
to the school's resources. They were all very satisfying trips and
our students behaved immaculately. Many thanks to Mr Lalit
Kumar, of Pepsi, for helping to organize these tours.
Year 3 - Cultural Heritage
The thing I liked most about the Cultural Heritage center is I learnt
new things about art and one day I wish to go back with my family.

Both outings were a big success! The teachers were delighted to
see how well the students experienced what it was like to live as a
hunter and gatherer, and how they responded to the art that was on
display. Miss Lucy was especially pleased that students from Bird
club were able to identify some of the East African birds.
Year 10 13 Pepsi Tours
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On Wednesday 1
st
October, 2014, the Re-
ception classes from Town Campus and
Main Campus went to the Snake Park and
Maasai Museum together. All Year levels
do activities together each term to build
their friendships across town so that they
will be comfortable when the Town Cam-
pus class joins their peers at the Main Cam-
pus for Year 3. Next week Reception
classes will begin a unit on Tanzania, so the
trip allowed the students to preview a Tan-
zanian tribe and some animals found in Tan-
zania. The trip will also be used as a Re-
count activity, which is the current text
type they are working with in English
class. The students will retell the events of
the day using time sequence words and past
tense verbs.
In the Snake Park, the students were de-
lighted when curious snakes came close to
the windows! They were very interested in
the way that snakes are able to move. Upon
seeing the skeleton on display in the lobby,
many students had hypothesized that a snake
has many legs. The teachers enjoyed the
students comments and discoveries. For
many of the students, their favourite activity
was petting a snake!
In the Maasai Museum the students were
surprised to see houses and clothing so dif-
ferent from their own. Many of them said
that their own mothers could build their
houses as well! The students enjoyed dress-
ing and dancing, listening to the rhythmic
sound of the beads and bells as they
moved. They will review these and have
many more exciting experiences with Tan-
zanian culture over the next few weeks!
For more photos please go to our Reception
album on our St. Constantine's International
School - Town Campus Facebook Page.
On September 2
nd
, 2014, the AS Business
Studies and BTEC Business classes went on a
joint excursion to visit the great Shanga
work station and store. For all those whom
are not aware of the Shanga community, let
me brief you; Shanga is a business that deals
with producing different types of jewellery,
accessories, dishes, vases, shawls, and much
more using only recycled material, mainly
glass. The glass material is usually collected,
or donated by large firms, such as hotels.
Not only that, but what else makes Shanga a
special, yet unique place to visit, is the fact
that 55 out of 90 of its employees are dis-
abled individuals. Shanga deals with equal-
ity, and helps provide equal benefits to
those less fortunate in our community - in
this case the disabled. Other than casting
them out, they provide a source of finance,
as well as treat them as equal members of a
work force.
During our visit to the Shanga work shop,
not too far from our school, we saw seven
different sectors. On our arrival, we were
welcomed by two of Shanga's employees,
who also aided us in the sign language to be
used for those whom are of mute and deaf
nature.
We first visited the furnace exhibition. As
fire blazed from all corners of the machines,
we found out that only the best of the best
got to use such equipment due to its risk
quartile. It was extraordinary. We had fi-
nally unveiled the mystery of how glass was
made.
After that, we visited the weaving station.
Over there we learnt how the Shanga com-
rades made casualties such as scarves, table
mats, and shawls, as well as discovering how
they change colors using dye. At the same
area we discovered the talents of a local
artist, who had expertise in tinga-tinga art.
We saw all types of paintings, which were
indeed breath taking.
News from the Web www.scis.sc.tz
Reception Trip to Snake Park
and Maasai Museum
AS / BTEC Trip to Shanga
Two of our reception students in traditional Maasai dress at the Maasai Museum Continued on page 6...
PAGE 6 SCIS CHRONICLE
Further on we visited the iron and sewing
room. Over here we saw women work on
adding the final touches to all the clothes
that had previously been made, as well as
create masterpieces for resale. They were
very friendly and welcoming too. A few of
us tried on some of their garments, includ-
ing kanga hats, and bags. One of the boys
quoted I wish they had boy things for me
too.
Onwards, we went to the beading section.
Over here we met women who specialised
in making fine jewellery and accessories.
We also found out that we had been step-
ping on the same ground as famous actor
George Clooney, who visited earlier this
summer. One of the women who briefed
us, personally explained to us about her
experience with the beloved actor, as well
as how he purchased a necklace from her
bare hands!
We then went on to see the metallic
steel work area. Here, we were wel-
comed by a man who showed us how
the steel was recycled and made into
desirable items like; bracelets, house
decorations, wind chimes, designer
glasses and breath-taking chairs.
On our sixth venture, we visited the
refining section. We saw how the recy-
cled glass was transformed into literal
sand, and converted onto medium sized
beads. We also learnt that the capital goods
were also recycled. The bead-making ma-
chine was made of a recycled bicycle tyre and
a tractor motor!
Last but certainly not least, we visited the
ever so famous Shanga gift shop. Over here
we saw wonders of all kinds. We saw $4000
valued azul tanzanite rings, cool African t-
shirts, kanga attire, Shanga-made chandeliers,
home based wine glasses and vases, and so
many more wonders.
Overall the whole experience was amazing
and we would like to thank Mrs Murray for
taking us. We got to see things we would
have never seen on our own, and best of all,
we got to experience it as a class. As for any-
time you happen to have a wondering glass at
home, be sure to pass it along. Somewhere, it
might just be valuable!
Nellissa Soka (Yr 12)
More news from the Web www.scis.sc.tz
Continued from page 5...
On Wednesday the 24
th
of September the
BTEC Travel and Tourism class went to the
African Walking Company. Located in a
very isolated and extremely private area,
the African Walking Companys headquar-
ters is in Ilboru, Sakina. They rent the land,
which is owned by Mike Metili, who also
owns a lodge nearby.
We embarked on our journey at 8:30 and
got there at 9:00. As we got off the bus, a
kind looking man was smiling at us. His
name was Jon; he was extremely welcom-
ing, and straight away started with a joke, to
set the mood. Jon had some chairs set out
for us, so we sat down and he told us a little
about the company, which is a well re-
spected climbing company. African Walking
specialises in helping tourists climb Kiliman-
jaro. They are the leading mid-priced trek
providers. They also do safaris to national
parks, but thats not what they specialise in.
The company was started by an English man
named Jim Foster, who opened it in 1999,
and their main aim is to provide the best
service possible to customers, and make
sure they get them up and down the moun-
tain safely. The African Walking Company
has received a lot of glowing feedback from
their customers.
Jon then gave us a tour of the premises. The
first thing we saw was all the employees
cleaning the tents, cutlery, chairs etc. The
company does well to maintain their equip-
ment as this is a regular process. Jon then
walked us around to another area, where
we saw a shed where they keep the ordered
equipment that was ready to be taken to the
mountain. We then went inside the building
where we saw some of the faculty, including
Peter whose job was to make tents and fix
any damaged ones. We had
also met the finance depart-
ment, who explained how
they calculate the costs of all
the equipment that they buy
and then rent to customers.
Finally we spoke to Mama K,
or Mama Porter as they refer
to her. She joined in 2006 and
since then she has come up with, and man-
aged, a porter schedule that works excel-
lently. She is also there for her faculty as a
mother figure, and is very important to the
operations at African Walking Company
After teaching us so much, the African
Walking Company was kind enough to
serve us some tea and coffee, where we all
laughed and shared the information we
learnt. We are very grateful for the time
that Jon and his staff gave us and we look
forward to further opportunities to extend
our learning in the workplaces of the many
travel and tourism component industries
that Arusha and the surrounding area has to
offer. Nahdi Kassim, Yr 12
BTEC Travel and Tourism trip
to African Walking Company
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One of the breakthroughs in the evolution of the hu-
man species was the ability to communicate by speech
and writing.
Literacy the ability to communicate using words is
vital to becoming a well-educated person. Literacy
includes the ability to speak audibly and clearly using
appropriate words which can written down with cor-
rect spelling and with handwriting that is legible.
One of my chief academic concerns at St Constan-
tines is the poor standard of literacy among our stu-
dents, particularly in the secondary school. It seems
that whatever good habits were developed in the pri-
mary school, they fall off during the transition
through secondary.
Literacy is a fundamental human right entrenched in
the UN Charter. It is the foundation for life-long
learning. It is fully essential to social and human de-
velopment in its ability to transform lives. For indi-
viduals, families, and societies alike, it is an instru-
ment of empowerment to improve health, ones in-
come and ones relationship with the world.
The uses of literacy for the exchange of knowledge
are constantly evolving, along with advances in tech-
nology. From the Internet to text messaging, the ever
-wider availability of communication makes for
greater social and, as events during the Arab Spring
showed, political participation.
A literate community is a dynamic community, one
that exchanges ideas and engages in debate. Illiteracy,
however, is an obstacle to a better quality of life, and
can even breed isolation and violence.
The metonym, The pen is mightier than the
sword, is a truism. This phrase occurs throughout
literature. Al-
though attribut-
able to Edward
Buller-Lytton, an
English author in
his play, Richelieu;
Or the Conspiracy
in 1839, refer-
ences go back
many centuries.
Greek philoso-
phers make refer-
ence to the power of the spoken and written word. The prophet
Mohammed is attributed with stating,
The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr".
How we wish Islamic terrorists would heed His advice.
Shakespeare too, never to be outdone, makes reference to the
power of the word, as Hamlet proclaims in Act 2; Scene 2,
many wearing swords are afraid of goosequills [pens].
The power of books has transformed our world both for good and
for bad. We think of how many millions of good people have been
killed over the years, inspired, or deluded, by individuals misinter-
preting such books as the Bible; the Koran; Karl Marx, Das Kapi-
tal; Adolf Hitlers, Mein Kampf.
As Staff, we wish for all our students to focus at all times on the
quality of their written and spoken word, not just for the three
days of English Focus, but throughout their time at St Constan-
tines.
Wilf Stout - Headmaster
Why Focus on English?
Ms. Suzanne
Maxtone was
born in Edin-
burgh, Scotland
and is the Secon-
dary English
coordinator at
St. Constan-
tines. Before
coming to Tan-
zania, Ms. Max-
tone taught in four other countries: Scot-
land, England, Lesotho and Egypt. Ms.
Maxtone spent one year in Egypt and
taught the I.B. curriculum when she was
in Lesotho, near South Africa.
When asked about her reasons for coming
to teach in Tanzania, Ms. Maxtone stated
that she wanted to return to the Real
Africa and its people. She has loved her
time so far in Tanzania because she loves
people and she finds the people here to be
very friendly.
As for her feelings about working at St.
Constantines, Ms. Maxtone is very
happy and believes that the current staff
make a great team and is full of intelligent
people who are energetic and always will-
ing to help.
When not teaching, Ms. Maxtone loves
playing sports and trying new foods. She
is a huge rugby fan and loves sailing, kay-
aking, golfing, horseback riding, and ski-
ing. She also loves Indian, Chinese, Ital-
ian, and Scottish foods.
Aamena Taypa & Arisa Hussein

Miss Emily Barry
comes to St. Con-
stantines from Chi-
cago in the United
States. She was
teaching at a school
in Chicago before
she came to our
school to teach
swimming.
when she was able to present a student
of hers, Lucky Yona, an award as the
best student in Tanzania.
Ms. Upendo chose to work in Tanzania
because it is her home country and she
wants to influence the next generation
of Tanzanians.
In her spare time, Ms. Upendo likes to
cook, especially chapati, and likes to
spend time with her family. She has
two pets - a dog and a cat. The cat is
called Shimmie and the dog is called
Packo. Ms. Upendo has a good sense
of fashion but she hates shopping. She
also loves listening to music and coun-
seling.
Tidiane Khan, Elizabeth Naitaka
& Maliha Rizwan

Mr. Geoffrey
Namulala has
been teaching
Art for a long
time now in
Kenya, but
this is his first
time working
and being in
Tanzania.
He moved here with his wife and three
children and is very excited to work in
a different environment. He finds the
locals friendly and humble. When he
isnt teaching hes designing. He would
definitely recommend working in Tan-
zania to his friends, because the envi-
ronment and the people here are nice.
Plus, he says its a beautiful place.
PS: He wants to add a splash of bright
colors around the school and make the
school lively.
Maureen Amon

When asked about her best and worst
experiences since arriving in Tanzania,
Miss Barry really had something to say.
For her best experiences, she said it was
meeting the new staff and making new
friends but for her worst experience
she had a monkey enter into her
kitchen! She had been so excited to see
the monkeys at the school when she
began but having one in her kitchen was
a little too close for comfort.
Miss Barry said that her friends would
describe her as positive and motivated
and that Mr. Stout, the headmaster,
would describe her as a happy person
and a hard-worker. Miss Barry said that
she would definitely recommend work-
ing in Tanzania to her friends back
home in the United States.
Karishma Patalia & Hannah Joshua

Ms. Upendo
Njisya is a
K i s w a h i l i
teacher at St.
Cons t ant ine s
I nt er nat i ona l
School and hails
from Tanzania.
She used to
work here at
SCIS before
leaving, but now has returned. She left
the school to complete her Masters de-
gree at Mount Meru University. Ms.
Upendo first came to SCIS as an under-
graduate from the University of Dar Es
Salaam. When she came to SCIS, she
says she learnt how to interact with
other people.
Ms. Upendo shared both the best and
worst thing that has happened to her
while at SCIS. For her, the worst thing
that happened was when Mr. Njonjo
passed away. Her best memory was
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Getting to know you. Getting to Know you better.
Mr. David Owen
(ICT) is from
P o n t y p r i d d ,
Wales. Apart
from the UK he
has also taught in
Togo, Nigeria,
Malawi, the Car-
ibbean, the Leba-
non and Abu
Dhabi for two years. He previously
worked in the University of Manchester
and chose to work in Africa because he
loves the continent and its culture.
Its his first time to work in Tanzania
and he has been pleased to find such a
friendly group of students. He liked
them when he first came and has liked
them even more the longer he stayed.
Since he came to Tanzania, he has been
to Arusha National Park he loved see-
ing the animals there and climbed 4,000
ft of Mt.Meru.
His hobbies include writing and photog-
raphy. He also plays rugby and has been
on television before.
He is pleased that the school are cur-
rently updating all the software and
hardware and looks forward to making
great progress after the mid-term break.
In ten years time he thinks hes proba-
bly going to be retired, writing novels
and taking photographs.
PS: He owns a red tuktuk, which defi-
nitely deserves a mention.
Maureen Amon

Mr. Andrew
Austin (Music)
is from Lym-
ington, Eng-
land. Its his
first time in
Africa and he
cant wait to
explore the
T a n z a n i a n
game parks and
coasts. He finds the staff and students
very friendly, and the local staff really
nice and welcoming. However, the lan-
mined ,and when he is not teaching he
babysits the kids in the dormitory.
Here are some very interesting things
that happened in his life: I was in the
Brazilian Amazon with 72 students and
we were in the middle of a gold rob-
bery where 5 armed men shot 15 bul-
lets and stole $2 million worth of
gold. He has also competed in the
worlds longest race, for three days
over 120 km, on self-made raft. These
were some of the interesting things
that happened in his life. We are glad
that he came to SCIS.
Zainab & Hamza, Yr 7

Miss Burton
is a lovely
teacher in
our opinion
but we think
every one
thinks shes a
great teacher
too.
Miss Burton
is from Eng-
land, but born in Jamaica . Miss Burton
chose the job to work at SCIS because
she saw an advertisement for the job.
She has taught in Kent, London, Eng-
land, Norwich and Cyprus.
Miss Burton got her Biology job at
SCIS by applying for the job and get-
ting interviewed on the internet. Her
first impression was daunting because
her former school was a catholic
school, much smaller than SCIS.
What surprised her was the paintings
everywhere. The most challenging
thing is that she cant order stuff like in
England. The best thing that has hap-
pened to her was meeting all the stu-
dents with nice smiley faces, and the
worst thing that has happened is that
someone stole her pens .
Some of the people shes met are Mrs
Singh, Mrs Boakes, Mr Austin, and Mr
Kearney. She sees herself as a Head or
guage barrier is a bit of a challenge. He
finds riding motorcycle taxis and being
in tuktuks exciting and he would like
to learn Kiswahili. If he werent a
teacher hed probably be playing in a
band or doing something with geology.
In ten years, hes hoping to be retired,
composing music and teaching piano
back in England.
PS: Hes worked in Malaysia, Dubai,
Spain and England before.
Maureen Amon

We are going
to introduce
you to our
SCIS geogra-
phy teacher
Mr . J e f f
S c h w a r t j e ,
who has re-
cently joined
our school. We
interviewed him and he told us some
interesting things about himself.
Mr. Schwartje is from Toronto, Can-
ada. He has worked before in Peru and
Russia. He chose to work in Tanzania
as there are many opportunities to
carry out field work on his subject ,
and also his goal is to live in every con-
tinent. He got the job at SCIS after
seeing an online advert on a recruiting
website.
His first impression of SCIS were cool
monkeys and large green fields.
He finds ways to improve the results of
his students very challenging. The best
thing that has happened to him is that
he was able to establish round square
(see front page) and he also says he has
met interesting people with interesting
stories and experiences.
Mr. Schwartje said he sees himself in
South East Asia, Peru or South Amer-
ica in ten years time, and he would
also recommend staying in Tanzania.
His friends will describe him as gener-
ous, down to earth and free spirited.
He said that Mr. Stout will describe
him as hardworking and deter-
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coastal city in Africa.
If she was not a teacher, shed probably
be a Chef or Fashion Designer. Cook-
ing and fashion are her two favourite
pastimes.
She thinks Mr. Stout would describe
her as hardworking and brilliant!
Awurafua Afari-Sefa, Anne Nga-
rahsta & Yuki Omori
Mi s s K i m
Tucker (Year
5/6 Science) is
from Johannes-
burg, South
Africa. She pre-
ferred to work
in Tanzania be-
c a u s e s h e
wanted to view
the national parks and all the animals
and much more. She worked in South
Africa for one year and then taught
Science in London for 10 years. She
saw a vacancy advertised on the SCIS
website, applied and attended the
online interview and got the job. Her
first impression of SCIS was of the
stunning nature all around her and the
hard-working students. The things that
surprised her at SCIS were the diver-
sity in the school and the great culture.
She finds some things challenging due
to the unavailability of resources and
the cost of them. The best thing that
has happened to her was meeting the
children and making new friends. The
worst thing that has happened is actu-
ally nothing so that is an advantage for
her. The people she met so far are the
students, staff and all the teachers. She
sees herself in 10 years hanging off the
back of a Landover taking pictures of a
leopard.
She would recommend working in
SCIS to her friends at home. If she
wasnt a teacher she would like to be a
wildlife photographer. Her friends
have worked at many different places so
many ides get shared. She would defi-
nitely recommend working in Tanzania
to other people back home.
If she was not a teacher, she would be a
sports-commentator or a travel photog-
rapher. She also has a passion for im-
proving education
Her friends would describe her as opin-
ionated and motivated, while she thinks
Mr Stout would describe her as naughty
and a team player.
When she isnt teaching, Miss Gray
goes hiking, goes on safari, works out in
the gym and plays with her puppy. She
has a gold award in The Duke of Edin-
burgh, as well as a silver and bronze.
Akshat Chaturvedi and Abraham Girma

Miss Nzinga Eb-
ron (Maths) is
from New York
City, a major city
in the United
States.
She chose to
work in Tanzania
because she has
always wanted to live in Africa and Tan-
zania seemed like such a beautiful and
peaceful place to live in.
She thinks SCIS has such a beautiful,
landscaped campus. The monkeys are
kind of fun too!
She has lived and worked in New York
City, as well as in Tianjin, China, but
has to admit that life in Tanzania is very
difficult to manage when the current
and the internet goes out.
Yet in spite of this, she would recom-
mend living and working in Tanzania to
her friends. There are so many oppor-
tunities available to start a successful
business and to live a good, comfortable
life. I love it here! she exclaims.
In 10 years time, Miss Ebron sees her-
self married with children, living in a
PAGE 10 SCIS CHRONICLE
More getting to know you. Getting to Know you better.
Deputy in future. Miss Burton would
recommend friends back home to work
in Tanzania because there are lots of
monkeys.
She said that if she wasnt a teacher she
would be a research scientist. She said
that maybe her friends would describe
her as calm and easy going. She said that
Mr Stout thinks shes a pain, but we
think she was joking.
Miss Burton looks after her children,
runs, swims, and plays the flute when
shes not teaching.
Ilunga and Doreen, Yr 7

Miss Becky Gray is
from London,
England and is our
Humanities coor-
dinator. She chose
to work in Tanza-
nia because she
finds Africa really
interesting, saw
some awesome
pictures of Tanzania and likes to teach
Tanzanians.
Sha has taught in England and the Baha-
mas, and got the SCIS job after she saw
it advertised on a website in England.
She applied and had an interview with
Mr. Stout (headmaster) on Skype.
When she first arrived at SCIS she no-
ticed that everyone was super friendly
and the school was having work done,
which shows that people care about
their community.
She was pleasantly surprised by the
range of knowledge students have, as
well as their enthusiasm, which is really
good, but she does struggle with the
power cuts and has resource difficulties.
She invites anyone to come and watch
her classes if they disagree about the
students knowledge and enthusiasm.
She thinks the teachers are very nice and
...continued from Page 9
to visit family, friends and when she goes
dancing. She is afraid of bungy jumping.
Ms. Livingstone has three siblings: two
brothers and one sister. It was difficult
living with them when they were small,
but now they are best friends.
Sanita Cunningham, Yr 6

Mme Lynette
Odhiambo is a
very good pri-
mary French
teacher. She
learned French in
school back in
Kenya and en-
joyed learning a
language which
mostly nobody in her country speaks.
She is really kind and shes nice and fair
to each and every student she teaches.
She is really friendly and is targetting to
do her job well and seriously.
Mme Lynette has a husband who is from
Tanzania, so that`s why she decided to
relocate and come to teach in Arusha.
Before she came to Arusha, she used to
teach in Kenya in a school called Chania
Girls.
She got the job at SCIS by replying to an
application on the school website. Her
first impression of SCIS was the high
quality education of International
standards. What suprised her most about
working at SCIS was the rich mixture of
culture.
Her most challenging thing about
working in Tanzania has been peoples
attitudes. The best thing to happen while
teaching at SCIS was seeing Year 3 being
able to speak French. Shes found
friendly and cooperative people while
working at SCIS.
In the next ten years, she would like to
become a Professor. She would
recommend working in Tanzania to her
friends back in Kenya .If she wasnt a
teacher she would be a business woman.
Ian Rugari, Yr 6
would describe her as friendly, outgoing
and honest. Mr. Stout would describe
her as enthusiastic and very sporty. In
her spare time she likes socialising with
friends, taking photographs, bird watch-
ing and reading books.
Jerald Elias, Yr 6

Ms. Livingstone
(Year 6) is from
Scot l and. She
chose to work here
because she has
visited before and
really enjoyed her-
self in Tanzania.
She previously
taught in Sterling
in Scotland. The way she got the job is
that she saw the job on the school web-
site and applied.
She thought SCIS was very green and
beautiful when she first arrived. The
thing that surprised her the most is
when monkeys came into her class-
room. The thing she finds challenging is
when people speak Kiswahili, but she's
learning.
The Best thing about Tanzania is getting
to ride a piki-piki. The worst thing
about Tanzania is getting bitten by red
ants. She's met lots of nice teachers and
students. She said that she still sees her-
self teaching in ten years time, but she
does not know where.
Ms. Livingstone would recommend
working in Tanzania to her friends back
home because she loves the sunshine. If
she wasn't a teacher, she would be rid-
ding a piki-piki. She said her friends
would describe her as fun, silly and a
bit forgetful. Mr. Stout would describe
her as (hopefully) not silly or forgetful.
Ms. Livingstone enjoys reading, watch-
ing movies, and taking walks when she
isn't teaching.
The hardest thing that happened to Ms.
Livingstone when she was small was
she had to move from her city and make
new friends. She is happy when she goes
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Vivienne Hambleton - Director of Admin
Evans Temi - History and Sociology
Olivier Muhoza - ICT
Ciara McCarthy - Girls Boarding / Music
Aly McDonald - Year 2 (Town Campus)
Kevin Gorringe - Year 2
Liz Underwood - Year 3
Victoria Gorringe - Year 4
Jaclyn Pettitt - Year 6
Lucy Glover - Primary Art
In the next issue:
www.twitter.com/scistz
www.facebook.com/scistanz
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stconstantines.towncampus
St Constantines is very pleased to be
offering the BTEC Level 3 Travel and
Tourism course to a very keen group of
Year 12 learners this year. The course is
designed to be vocational in nature and
this provides the students with the op-
portunity to explore the Travel and
Tourism sector in great detail. I am
looking for your support in ena-
bling the students to gain as much
as possible from their learning in
this area and would very much
appreciate it if you could contact
me at beckygray@scis.sc.tz if you
work in the sector and would be
able to provide support for the
course. Many thanks. Miss B Gray.
Request for Support
PAGE 12 SCIS CHRONICLE
The community service team this half
term has been very busy doing service
projects within the community and in
our own very school.
Our first trip was to Samaritan Home,
which is an orphanage located in
Mashono. The orphanage has 150 chil-
dren and caters for children from birth
to 18 years of age, when the children can
fend for themselves as they go to univer-
sity, get a job, etc. The children at the
centre are often abandoned by their par-
ents; some are found in paper bags while
still young, while others are street kids
that have been picked up and brought in.
The community service team was very
touched by their stories and is planning
to organise another trip to the orphanage
so that we can properly help them.
Our second trip was to Pipi House,
which is a prostitution home for young
girls who have been engaging in sexual
acts to get money to support themselves.
Pipi House will provide them with better
living conditions, education, food and
assurance that they will not have to sell
their bodies in order to live. However,
there are some girls at the house who
have come to seek refuge not due to
prostitution, but due to the fact that they
are homeless. The community service
team got a chance to talk to the girls and
get to know them. On our second trip,
we presented them with clothes that had
been donated by students from St. Con-
stantines International School.
The community service team has also
been working in our own school by
cleaning classrooms and corridors, help-
ing out in the kitchen, and helping pre-
pare the boarders dinner and the next
days break snacks. Last, but not least,
we cleaned plastic bottles which were
destined to become part of the Primary
greenhouse this gave us a chance to
interact with the primary students. We
have been very active this half-term and
hope to do more next term with your
continued support.
Community Service
The school's Environmental Council
worked with the Roots and Shoots club
this term and began by prioritizing local
and international initiatives. Students
created a water awareness campaign to
encourage people to use water more
efficiently. They hope the campaign goes
global - you can join in our challenge on
Instagram, Twitter or Facebook by using
the hashtag: #nodrip.
On campus, students began composting
food scraps from lunch, and continue to
plan for a secondary garden.
The primary and secondary school col-
laborate each Wednesday to de-label, de-
cap, rinse, sort, cut, and assemble water
bottle totem poles that will serve as walls
for the school's up-cycled green house.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Secondary Report
SCIS Students visiting Pipi House home for girls
Environmental
Council
Secondary students learn compost-
ing by using food scraps from lunch
#nodrip
craft, shared reading, games and literacy
tasks. Our students have been excited
to meet some other students the same
age from a different school, and have
been happy to share their ideas and time
with the St Gemma students. While
one group has visited St Gemma, the
other groups at school have been in-
volved in looking after
our school environment
by litter picking, sweep-
ing, raking and even
cleaning some teachers
cars! The community
aspect of our
Ideals afternoon
is a great way for
students to think
about helping others,
looking after their sur-
roundings and making
friends with other peo-
ple less fortunate than
themselves. We look
forward to the pro-
gram continuing with
more ideas in the sec-
ond half term.
Miss Cindy and Miss
Victoria's Community
Service Groups found
the time and enthusi-
asm to wash the teach-
e r s c a r s t h i s
week! Without telling
the teachers the ex-
cited pupils rushed
about with buckets, sponges and
soap to surprise their favourite
teachers. Not only was it fun but
everyone felt that they had improved
their environment as well as helped
out. It may have been a little soggy
but there were smiles all round! All
that was left were clean cars with a
message saying 'cleaned by Commu-
nity Service!
Finally, the recycling group have
been collecting used plastic bottles
and are in the process of turning
them into a school greenhouse.
Check back here in the next issue to
see how they get on with this the
sides are just about to go on as this is
written!
PAGE 13 VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1
The children who are in the Community
Club this term have done many things to
assist in our school community and our
wider community. We started a part-
nership with St Gemma Galgani Pre and
Primary school at Mateves last year. This
has continued this term with a group of
SCIS Primary students visiting a class
each week for a 45 minute program on
Wednesday afternoons. Some of the
activities our students have been involved
in are singing, paper plane and paper
Primary School Ideals Afternoon:
Community, Recycling and Teamwork
The Primary Car Wash
SCIS students working with St Gemma students
The Recycling group organized themselves into teams,
decapping, de-labeling, cleaning, rinsing, cutting and
then stacking the plastic bottles factory-style.
PAGE 14 SCIS CHRONICLE
Parents and friends are cordially invited to
THE SCIS 10
th
ANNUAL
SCIENCE FAIR
Date: Thursday 4
th
December 2014
A celebration of Science,
communication and the
Scientific Method

More than 80 original research
projects, carried out by SCIS
students on display
Science themed
refreshments and
entertainment.
Identify a problem.
Research and formulate
a hypothesis.
Conduct experiments.
Communicate results.
Reach a conclusion.
PAGE 15 VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1
Primary Athletics Carnivals
Primary School Buddy Reading
On Friday 10th October, Year 2 6 students got in-
volved in some Buddy Reading. This involved students
from Years 5 and 6 visiting the classes of students from
Years 2 to 4 and listening to them read. The older chil-
dren really enjoyed offering guidance to their younger
counterparts, while the younger students benefitted
from an extra opportunity to read and get to know the
big kids. All in all it was a really successful initiative
and we hope to expand it further in the second half of
term, including some trips to Town Campus for Year 6.
On Friday 26th September, our Lower Pri-
mary Athletics Carnival took place at the
main campus. All of our students from Nursery,
Reception, Year One and Year Two, from both
campuses, took part. It was great fun for all and
everyone had a chance to take part in all of the
events. These included parachute, long jump,
sack race, basketball rolling, obstacle course,
softball, high jump, bean bag race and 50m re-
lay. Refreshments were on hand and many par-
ents turned up to support their little ones as
they moved around the different events. Many
thanks to Mr Kevin for organising the whole
event with such efficiency.





This was followed, on Friday 10th October, by
the Upper Primary Athletics Carnival. All
of our students in Years 3 - 6 took part in this
and, although the spirit of taking part was still
most important, there was a little more compe-
tition among the students. Events included
100m sprint, long-jump, discus, shot-put,
200m sprint and tug-o-war. Students were able
to enjoy juice and fruit as part of their rotations
and each group had a communal basket in which
to carry and store their individual water bottles
between events. Miss Cindy organized another
excellent event and our sincere thanks go to her
for making it all happen.
On October 3
rd
, 2014 the
BTEC sports students, with
the support of the St. Con-
stantines International
School (SCIS) sports depart-
ment, held the annual inter-
house athletics competition.
This competition is a great
way for our students to rep-
resent their houses as well as
the school by competing in
track and field events, and
some goofy games to end the
day.
This year the video scavenger
hunt was introduced as part
of the day, and was a huge
success. Each house was
given a list of about twenty
tasks to complete around the
school and city. They then
had to film as many tasks as
they could complete and edit
them in a creative way to
present to the school. The
videos were then shown to
the whole secondary school
at the beginning of the athlet-
ics sports day. This served as
a great spirit-builder to get
the students competitive
juices flowing for the track
and field events.
The track and field events
this year proved to be great
examples of our SCIS stu-
dents great athleticism. Each
student, in all of the races,
showed great heart and effort
as they competed for the
house title. Other than a
couple of hiccups in the rules
of the relays, the students
abilities shined amid the early
afternoon sun.
The day ended with a BTEC
student-led activities hour.
This hour consisted of fun
games such as an egg toss,
sack race, four legged race,
dizzy race, and a dala dala
challenge, to name a few.
This hour was full of strat-
egy, fun and a lot of laughs.
Of course, it all culminated
with the tug-o-war chal-
lenge, which was won by
Athens. Unfortunately, Ath-
ens then had to face the real
champions, the teachers,
who beat Athens handily in
the final tug-o-war battle.
The day was one of great
fun, competition, and spirit.
All houses showed that they
had pride in their house and
the school. The final stand-
ings after the day were as
follows:
4
th
place- Sparta
3
rd
place- Olympia
2
nd
place- Delphi
1
st
place- Athens
Congratulations to Athens
on their win. They were an
extremely organised team.
The 2014-2015 school year has
gotten off to a great start aca-
demically and also athletically
with secondary sports at St.
Constantines. This year, St.
Constantines (SCIS), Interna-
tional School of Moshi-Moshi
Campus (ISM), International
School of Moshi- Arusha Cam-
pus (ISMAC), Braeburn
School, Orkeeswa Secondary
School, and St. Judes School,
as well as Kennedy House in
primary sports, have joined
together to form the Northern
Tanzanian Athletics Associa-
tion. This conference promises
to ensure a unified league of
healthy and unified competi-
tion, and it has already proven
effective.
Already in the first term SCIS
has participated along with the
SCIS: Founder Members of
the Northern Tanzania
Athletics Association
Secondary School
Athletics Carnival
aforementioned schools in
two super tournaments of
senior football and junior
basketball, as well as an ath-
letics clinic. Scattered
amongst the tournaments
have also been friendly
matches in football, volley-
ball, rounders and t-ball.
The Titans of SCIS have
made the school proud with
some convincing victories,
but have also suffered some
unbearable losses. This is the
joy of sports though, and as
we continue along through-
out the season our athletes
will learn and grow through
friendly and intense compe-
tition amongst their peers at
the other international
schools.
The Northern Tanzania Athletics Association in action