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17-2-2017, New Students Settling In For 2017

As we set off for our third school year at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College, the past 2 weeks has seen students settling in for 2017. We are very excited to have 50 new Senior 1 students joining our Senior 2 and 3 cohort. We wish them well as they begin, not only their secondary schooling, but also their journey through the unique style of education that SSVC offers. Like other classes before them, the Senior 1 class will combine their academic education with learning a variety of vocational skills that can be used as a means to support themselves in future.

The new Senior 1 students are happy to be joining their SSVC peers to start their secondary education.

Although they are yet to receive their uniforms, the Senior 1 students already feel very much a part of SSVC. They are working hard in their academic classes and were happy to be introduced to microscopes, that had recently been delivered from Australia, during their biology class.

But the Senior 1s won't be waiting long for their uniforms - Senior students, who have been learning tailoring and knitting skills as part of their vocational studies in previous years, are currently busy making them. How exciting!

While all three class levels will undertake both academic and vocational studies throughout this year, our Senior 3 students will focus more on their academic subjects as they head towards their 'O' level examinations. Having reached the point where they have had to make subject selections, that will support their chosen career paths, they will need to spend more time studying their books this year.

Academic subjects become more intensive as students move in to Senior 3 level.

We were also thrilled to see our new girls dormitory completed in time for the start of the school year. As we had envisaged, this has enabled students from further away to join SSVC in 2017. We now have students staying in the dorm from villages such as Kyssonko, Kiwangala, Nakawanga and Kinoni. We are especially happy to see one of our Smiling heARTs special needs students, from last years Kakunyu group, now being able to stay in the new dormitory so she too can attend SSVC. How wonderful to realise that through the sale of art pieces, that Namayanja Justine learnt to produce last year, she is now able to pay for her own secondary education!

The addition of the new dormitory, beside the vocational training hall, certainly fits in well with the impressive structures in the SSVC compound .

Head master, Walugembe Robert, (C) and the dormitory matron, Namujju ,(far right) were happy to help the girls settle in to the new dormitory.

The girls busily worked together to set up their mattresses and mosquito nets inside.

The smile on Namayanja Justine's face shows she is very happy to be staying in the dormitory and studying at SSVC. When she first become part of our Smiling heARTs group last year she very rarely smiled. Being involved in the project has very obviously had a profound impact on her.

With even more students indicating they wish to move in to the new dormitory, the senior boys are currently busy making additional bunks during their welding classes.

What a wonderful scenario that the skills senior students have learnt during their previous years of vocational training are now being utilised. Throughout the construction of the dormitory, brick laying and welding students were involved in the actual construction and now we are seeing the tailoring, knitting and welding students also making uniforms and bunks. Previously these jobs would have needed to be outsourced but instead students are now gaining practical real life experience and being paid for their work. This of course not only gives them enormous pride, it will also enable them help pay for their own education. This is a perfect outcome and certainly lives up to the schools motto of a meaningful education!

Our huge thanks goes to everyone that has helped us reach this point; it takes teamwork and hard work from many, many people and we are enormously grateful to each and every one of you. We are sure 2017 is going to be yet another step forward for Suubi Secondary & Vocational College and we look forward to keeping you up to date as we move on.

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3-1-2017, Dorm Nearing Completion In Readiness For School Year To Begin

Even with the Christmas and New Year festivities going on, there has been great progress made on the SSVC dormitory building. The construction team have been going at a cracking pace to ensure that it will be ready in time for the start of the 2017 school year, at the end of January. SSVC brick laying students have been working along side the construction team to see the structure reach the point where the roofing could begin. At the same time the SSVC welding students have been busy making the windows and doors which have now started to be installed.

SSVC bricklaying students, Issac, Jude and Richard, gained great real life experience as the construction reached the level where scaffolding was required. Their trainer, Paul, always close by to oversee and guide them.

As the builders worked to get the structure high enough, other students made the steel ring beam that helps to form the area over the windows and door.

At the same time the welding team worked hard to manufacture the windows and doors.

With the ring beam in place, boxing was made above the window and door openings so that concrete could be poured in.

As this was given time to dry, the poles were formed for the front of the verandah,

which were then filled with concrete so the brickwork could continue above it.

Today the rendering has now began on internal walls

as the poles for the roofing are being put in place outside.

So as you can see, the third structure at SSVC is quickly taking shape; it looks set to be another impressive building to match the classroom and vocational training blocks. The construction of the dormitory is certainly creating a lot of interest from prospective students who live further away from SSVC. This is the time of year, as primary level results are about to be distributed, that families seriously consider where to enrol their children who are about to begin secondary school. With this in mind, the SSVC staff put together a brochure to highlight all the advantages of them choosing to send their child to Suubi Secondary and Vocational College.

How exciting, that before the end of this month, the dormitory will be finished and we will soon have yet another group of senior one students starting out their secondary education at SSVC.

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8-12-2016, New Dormitory Showcased At End Of Year Exhibit

With the reputation of Suubi Secondary & Vocational College's academic and vocational achievements steadily growing in stature throughout this year, we have been receiving an increasing number of inquiries, from villages further away, about the possibility of their students joining SSVC in 2017. Taking this in to account, a decision was recently made to construct a dormitory so that students from distant villages will be able stay on the school compound, enabling them to also be part of SSVC's unique style of education. Seeing the construction actually kicking off on Thursday has created a real buzz about the place, no more so than for the SSVC vocational students who have been studying building and bricklaying - they are now putting their new skills to work on the new structure!

Bricks arriving on site on Thursday signalled to everyone that the dormitory, that had so often been discussed throughout the year, was now becoming a reality.

SSVC students were right on hand as their vocational trainer and builder of all SSVC structures, Paul, guided them through how to mark out the foundations.

They then helped to peg out the next corner,

before getting stuck in to helping to dig the foundations.

On Friday morning, SSVC student, Tiigo Richard, very proudly laid the first brick in place.

Paul watched closely over the boys and guided them as they set the first corner in place and continued on with one side of the foundation.

Today was yet another hugely successful day at SSVC as an exhibition and talents show was held for parents, representatives from our partner primary schools, district officials and the wider community. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the end of the school year and showcase all that had been achieved throughout 2016. Everyone in attendance was throughly impressed with what they saw.

The day began with a talent show that the large crowd thoroughly enjoyed. Students like Alex showed off their diverse talents; everything from singing, dancing, acrobatics....

right through to a fashion parade of clothing made from bark cloth.

With the talent show complete, it was time for everyone to tour the school and most importantly check out the exhibition of vocational items the students made throughout the year.

Headmaster, Walugembe Robert, addressed the large crowd, including the inspector of schools, Mulumba Matius, before setting off to check out the students vocational work.

He and others were suitably impressed when they saw the desks that the metal work and carpentry students had made during this term, in preparation for the next intake of students at the beginning of 2017.

Once inside the vocational training hall the tailoring and knitting students work was put under the spot light. Once again everyone was very impressed by what they saw; even more so when it was explained that this group of students now have the skills required to produce the uniforms and sweaters for next years intake.

Heading out to the building and bricklaying exhibit found a mini structure that the students had been learning on.

But the highlight of the day was definitely seeing that the building students are now part of a real construction team; they are actually putting their skills to work on the new dormitory. The metal work students will also leave their mark on the new structure when they soon begin making the windows and doors.

So as you can see, the vocational skills that the students have learnt throughout this year have already given them the ability to make something truly meaningful and useful. This years group of vocational students will be able to see their work on display for years to come in the future - in the dormitory, windows, doors, classroom desks, uniforms and sweaters. Now that's what we call meaningful education! Well done everyone!

By the end of today the dormitory foundations looked like this. Make sure to check back in regularly because at this pace it will soon be completed!

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24-10-2016, Primary Seven Leavers Party

Last Saturday a hugely successfully primary seven leavers party that was held at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College. All students who are currently in primary seven in Uganda will sit their final exams on November 3rd and 4th so their individual school usually organises a leavers party for them to celebrate completing their primary education. This year, as part of our marketing plan, we decided to invite all of Suubi's partner primary schools to join together for their leavers party at SSVC. This gave us an opportunity to showcase everything that our school has to offer and to highlight the things that set us apart from other secondary schools.

We were thrilled to have 16 primary schools turn up on the day, bringing with them a representative teacher and 262 primary school leavers. Each of these students and teachers were able to see with their own eyes, not only the impressive standard of the buildings but more importantly what the current SSVC students have been able to produce. Each of our five vocational subjects were on display. This certainly inspired everyone; students were talking about wanting to join SSVC in 2017 and teachers were planning to return to their respective schools to tell parents and future leavers about all the positive opportunities on offer at the school.

Our current SSVC students were also excited to be part of the day. They proudly set up displays to show the progress they have made in each of their chosen vocational subjects.

Tailoring students displayed the first items they made from cement bags, right through to shirts, dresses, skirts and gomezi that they are now able to produce.

Knitting students displayed the front, back and sleeves of jumpers, which had lead to them producing whole jumpers and scarves.

The welding team showed different stages of the desks they are currently producing. These will actually be used by 2017 intake on students.

The carpentry boys showed the seats and tops for the desk they have been making and also tables they had produced for the vocational training hall.

SSVC students preparing their displays

While many of the schools that attended were within walking distance, a number of them travelled from quite far away. Teachers from these schools explained that some of their students are very keen to join SSVC but were inquiring when we planned to add a dormitory section for boarding student as it is simply too far for them to walk each day. This certainly solidified our belief that we have made the right decision to be currently fundraising to construct a dormitory as the next phase of construction.

Some students from one of the distant schools arrived for the party in the back of a truck.

The day began with an assembly of schools who attended and the singing of the national anthem.

Proudly singing the Ugandan national anthem

Each school lined up for the assembly to create a colourful sight.

Then all students and teachers from the visiting schools had the opportunity to look at the vocational display. Representatives from each subject manned their respective exhibition and explained to the primary leavers, their teachers and other guests about their work.

The guest filed along the verandah of the main classroom block to check out the vocational display.

SSVC knitting students were happy to show the primary students their work and explain how it is done.

The tailoring group explained they are now capable of producing school uniforms for next years intake of students.

The primary students were impressed with the welding work, especially when SSVC student, Vincent ,showed them how the grinder works.

Teachers and the local chairman were suitable impressed by the items the wood work team were displaying.

As was the case when they visited the bricklaying and construction display.

With the vocational exhibition complete, students headed to the vocational training hall, that had been completely cleared out in preparation for dancing. It was now their time to really celebrate!

Each school lined up and every primary seven student was given a stamp to be allowed to enter.

Once inside each school was presented with a card to say thank you for coming and wishing them luck for their up coming exams.

Then it was time for the real party to begin. The music doomed throughout the afternoon; the primary students were joined by SSVC students - they all had a great time dancing right up until the last note was played!

What a party!

As we mentioned at the beginning, this really was a hugely successful day. It was amazing to see how far the current group of SSVC students have come and it was wonderful to see all of the students having such fun.

I am very sure everyone who attended will be talking positively about SSVC for a long time to come. What perfect word of mouth marketing!

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16-5-2016, SSVC Holiday Vocational Program Expands To Include New Subjects

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9-4-2016, Entebbe Adventure For SSVC Students To Officially Be Sworn In As Scouts

After more than a month of training, under the guidance of Masaka Scout leaders, Mr. Mugagga Andrew, Musoke Stephen and Mawejje Henry Hescom, 59 students from Suubi Secondary & Vocational College were thrilled to successfully graduate today. The culmination of all their hard work was made even more special when Tropical Bank Uganda agreed to support the SSVC students and staff to attend a Harvest Fest at SOS Children's Village in Entebbe. The bank had organised this very special event for SSVC, Oxford primary school Kawempe Kampala and SOS children, in line with their philosophy “We are part of the community that we serve.” This type of support gives worthy schools and organisations, who would otherwise struggle to afford to participate in such activities, exposure to experiences they can learn from, at the same time as for-filling the banks corporate social responsibility to give back to the community. For many of our students this was their very first time to leave the village and travel to the city, so we are enormously grateful to Tropical Bank and their partners for organising such a special day that everyone is sure to remember for years to come.

With the event due to start very early in Entebbe, the decision was made that SSVC students and staff attending the event would stay at the school compound overnight. This was to ensure that everyone would be ready for the necessary 4am start for the long journey.

A campfire was organised at SSVC compound and everyone got in to celebration mode as they played drums and danced the night away as they waited for the buses to leave.

At 4am the students excitedly lined up to board the buses that would take them for their big adventure to the city.

By 8.30am they were arriving at Entebbe in readiness for their big day.

While the main focus of the day was to graduate the SSVC scouts, there were many other activities, including music, dance and games to ensure the students had a fun filled day. The SSVC’s chicken project was also the talk of the day as the idea was shared with the other schools and NGO's in attendance. Many people appreciated the initiative and promised to learn more from the documentary that Mr Idris (Tropical Bank, deputy manager) and his film crew had created in February.

All students who attended were given a T-shirt and sun visor by the bank. They were also provided with food and drinks for the day, thanks to the generosity of the banks partner sponsors, Cafe Javas, Britannia and Lake Victoria Hotel.

Students lined up to participate in one of the first games of the day, the sack race.

Their was lots of laughing but also a very healthy amount of competition.

The wheelbarrow races were also a hit.

As is the case with scouting's many life lessons, a lot of the activities required students to co-oparate with each other to achieve success.

While the students enjoyed the games, many of the attending schools administrators and NGO's, including the KLM group, were keen to learn more about the SSVC chicken project for Suubi Centre director, Ssemwogerere David.

It was soon time to move on to the offical part of the day that was presided by the guest of honour, Mpamire, who is popularly know as Museveni thanks to his remarkable resemblance of the Ugandan President.

SSVC students were presented to the offical party.

SSVC staff members, Robert, Lydia, Shanitah and Israel were then officially inducted as scouting leaders,

before each of the 59 SSVC students were individually presented with a scouting tie from Mpamire to mark their graduation.

Being sworn in as the SSVC scouting group was very proud moment for everyone involved and surly created a memory that will always be treasured.

Our enormous thanks goes Mr. Idris who has been the driving force in getting the SSVC scouting group off the ground. He has been involved with scouting or over 40 years and saw that SSVC's philosophy of enabling our students to help themselves is clearly in line with the scouts principles. This is just the beginning of what we hope will be a long and rewarding association with the scouting movement and the Tropical Bank of Uganda.

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29-2-2016, Classes and Scouting Kicks Off At SSVC

The beginning of the 2016 school year has been a busy time at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College. The lead up to students return to academic classes was preceded with staff meetings to ensure that all necessary planning had been completed. With last years students moving on to Senior 2 and the next intake on Senior 1 students joining them, it was also important to hold a meeting with the parents so everyone clearly understood what was expected throughout the year ahead.

The dedicated SSVC staff put in many hours of preparation before the commencement of students academic classes last Monday.

With the number of students more than doubling, after the intake of our 2016 Senior 1 class, it was very important to make sure that all parents clearly understood their family's responsibilities and the expectations of their children through out the year.

The new Senior 1 students have been enthusiastic and keen to make a good start to their secondary education; they are steadily making the adjustment from life as a primary school student. The Senior 2 students, on the other hand, have quickly settled back in to the routine of their academic classes.

The Senior 1 students are making the transition from primary to secondary education. They are eagerly waiting for their school uniforms to be made by the Suubi ladies and the tailoring facilitator, who are being ably assisted by SSVC students who learnt knitting and tailoring skills throughout 2015.

Senior 2 students are already hard at work and giving the books a good workout.

Headmaster, Walugembe Robert, taking charge of a school assembly for both the 2016 Senior 1 and 2 classes.

All the 2016 students and staff were happy to have a school photo taken. It is very exciting to see the numbers increasing and to know a whole new group of youth will now be exposed to all the wonderful opportunities that are on offer at SSVC.

The beginning of the new school year has also bought excitement with the commencement of Scouting at SSVC. This came about following Mr Idris Elhalafi, Deputy Manager of Tropical Bank across Uganda, recently contacted the school about making a documentary about our home based chicken project; after he had read about its success in the Daily Monitor last year. During conversations Ssemwogerere David (Suubi Centre Director) and Idris had while discussing the documentary, Idris also told of his involvement with Scouting. They both very quickly came to the realisation that Souting would work perfectly at SSVC, as they share many of the same philosophies. Having made the decision to start a Scouting club at SSVC, Idris contacted the Masaka Scouting Group and organised for their trainers to visit the school.

Once at SSVC the trainers very quickly got the students excited about being involved in Scouts and the opportunities it will bring. We now have 68 students and 4 staff members who are taking part in Scouts training 3 times per week. Very exciting!

The Masaka Scouting Group Trainers first meet with all SSVC students and staff to explain more about Scouting.

Students listened intently as the trainer explained what it means to become a Scout.

68 students made the decision that they would like to become a Scouting member and enthusiastically got involved in each of the training sessions.

They had soon mastered the all important three fingered salute that Scouts use across the globe.

We are very excited that our connection with Scouts and the Tropical Bank, via Idris, has already lead to a wonderful opportunity for the SSVC students and staff. On March 19th the Tropical Bank has organised a fun fare, entertainment and games in Entebbe. This will be held in conduction with the SOS Children's Home, which Tropical Bank also supports. All costs for our students and staff to travel to and participate in this event will be covered by the bank. Many of our students have never been out of the village so what an amazing opportunity for them to travel to the city!! And of course being so close to the airport means that they will also get to see the airplanes too.

During this event the documentary that was made about the chicken project will be shared with everyone in attendance, including important dignitaries such as Ambassadors, Bank Board Directors and Scout Directors. So you never know what other opportunities this may lead to as well. There are certainly exciting time ahead!

Our enormous thanks go to Idris Elhalafi for organising our connection with the Scouting movement and of course a very special thanks to Tropical Bank for the financial support to make it all possible.

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3-2-2016, Documentary To Showcase SSVC Chicken Project

The current holiday break has definitely not meant that things have stood still at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College. While students and staff had certainly planned to be busy with a variety of vocational subjects, it came as somewhat of a surprise when Suubi Centre director, Ssemwogerere David, informed everyone that he had been contacted by a documentary crew who wanted to film and showcase the SSVC home-based chicken project.

Idris Elhalafi, a Libyan national who is the deputy general manager of the Tropical Bank in Uganda, had earlier read the national newspaper article about the SSVC chicken project that had appeared in the The Daily Monitor. So impressed with the simplicity of the project, that helps students to pay their own school fees, Idris decided that he should get involved and help spread the idea to students and schools in other parts of Uganda, Libya and Africa. With his son studying journalism it gave him the perfect opportunity to create a documentary that simply explains how and why the chicken project it having such a positive impact on young peoples lives. Through Idris's passion for the scouting movement and connections via the Tropical bank it is envisaged that the documentary will be shared with scouting groups and schools in Uganda, Libya and beyond. How exciting that a small idea that began in Lubanda Village now has the potential to empower so many other youth to help themselves!

It was very exciting when the film crew arrived and began to shoot the story behind why the chicken project works so well. The students and staff never would have dreamed, when the project first began last year, that they would one day be starring in a documentary! What an amazing opportunity for everyone involved, especially when you consider that SSVC is situated in such a tiny rural village in Uganda and soon they may be seen by communities across the African continent.

The SSVC students were thrilled to see the documentary crew waiting for them as they arrived in class today.

Once inside the day to day routine of class was filmed.

Students were then given the opportunity to explain about how they look after their chickens and bring their eggs to school to be sold.

SSVC project co-ordinator/bursar, Shanitah, also explained how eggs are collected, recorded in spreadsheets and then sold before the money is then used to help cover each students school fees.

We are now all eagerly waiting for filming and editing has been completed so we can see the finished documentary. That will definitely be a a VERY exciting day!

But it isn't just the documentary that has had SSVC buzzing throughout the holiday period. Knitting and sewing classes have been in full swing, but it is one of our newest vocational subjects, carpentry, that is really getting a work out right now. With the 2016 school year set to start on Feb 22nd the students are excited to be able to learn how to build the tables and work benches that are needed for the new vocational training hall.

The students are putting the brand new carpentry planes, that arrived in the TWAM shipment late last year, to great use. The students are being overseen by our new carpentry facilitatory, Ssekabira, (in blue). He has produced many cabinetry pieces for Suubi Centre over the years and now he will be passing on his skills to the SSVC students.

Each student is given the opportunity to have their turn so they can all get used to using the new carpentry equipment.

Bulunya Richard certainly looks the part with hammer in hand and pencil behind his ear!

Inside the training hall there has also been a lot of action going on during the holidays. TeamMED volunteers from Australia were impressed to see the new knitting machines, from TWAM, in action.

Suubi ladies, Kizito and Betty, (both standing) who themselves learnt knitting at Suubi Centre, are also now vocational facilitators and have been busy passing on their skills to SSVC students.

So as you can see, although it has been holiday time, things clearly have continued to thrive at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College. This certainly bodes well for the upcoming start to the 2016 school year and we look forward to the arrival of the next intake of students who will also become part of all the wonderful things happening at SSVC.

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28-11-2015, SSVC Students Successfully Complete 1st Year!

Everyone at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College have had cause for celebration over the last couple of days; we have successfully completed our first year. How exciting! When we started classes at the beginning of 2015, with the inaugural Senior 1 students and 9 newly appointed teaching staff, we were hoping that everything would progress well throughout the year...... we have far exceeded all expectations!

Our hard working staff have blended together remarkably well to create an enthusiastic atmosphere where all students now feel like they are part of something exceptional. Students have certainly been encouraged to work hard at their academic subjects, but have also been given the opportunity to try out various vocational skills and extra curricular activities. They enthusiastically embraced the home based chicken project and were all very excited to participate in the study tour to the St Jude Agricultural Training Centre, both of which focused on teaching them how to create an income from livelihood and agricultural project, so that they will be able to help pay for they own education.

It has been wonderful to watch the 2015 students make such a fabulous start to their secondary education. As we truly believe that everybody has a skill, and it is simply a matter of tapping in to it; the most exciting thing has been watching the students develop excellent life skills and be inspired to pursue what they are really passion about.

The last two days have therefore been about celebrating the success of 2015 students. On Friday the students were encouraged to bring 2 of their friends, that have recently completed Primary 7 classes, to come for a party; a day of music and dancing to celebrate their graduation to Senior 2.

It was wonderful to see the students and their friends having such a great time together.

While this was obviously a fun day for everyone, it also provided an chance for the Primary 7 students to enrol for 2016 so they too can enjoy and benefit from all the fabulous opportunities at SSVC. We now have 47 applicants for the 50 place available for next years new Senior 1 students. Usually families in Uganda do not apply for a position at a school until early next year, once they get their results, but obvious everyone has heard great things about SSVC and do not want to miss out!

On Saturday we followed up by inviting the parents to join their children at the school as reports and awards were handed out. Although this was a more formal occasion it also saw many of the community joining in with all the excitement. Once again there was lots of dancing and singing to celebrate.

Our dedicated SSVC staff began on Saturday morning by holding their final staff meeting before the parents and wider community arrived.

The parents were happy to watch their children performing songs

and dances that they had learnt throughout the year.

A highlight of Saturday's event saw all students receive their final report and awards handed out to those who had excelled in certain areas. The awards were divided in to two separate areas; one to recognise excellent life skill qualities and the another for school based achievements. The awards went to:

NAKUYA CATHERINE - Best leadership skills.
JJAGGWE ARNOLD - Best interpersonal skills
NAKASAGGA SWABULA - The most supportive and kind student.
KAYABULA ALEX - The hardest working and most determined student.
LUWAGA VINCENT - Best academic performance.
SSESAAZI ISAAC - The most improvement in vocational skills.
SHANA SSUUBI - Best performance in the home base project.
MBAWADDE RHODA - Best english speaker.

The parents were very proud of their students as they received their awards from Suubi Centre director, Ssemwogerere David and Head Master, Walugembe Robert. Alex was recognised for his hard work and determination.

While Catherine was acknowledged for her excellent leadership qualities.

What a fabulous way to finish off the very first year at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College. An enormous thank you to EVERYONE that made it the huge success that it was!

And with the new vocational workshop and tools set to be utilised from the beginning of the 2016 school year it really is exciting to imagine what we might be writing about at this time next year!

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6-11-2015, Vocational Workshop & Tools Unveiled At Music, Dance & Drama Final

November 6th will definitely be long remembered at Suubi Secondary & Vocational College: the day when the new vocational workshop and tools were unveiled at Suubi's most successful MDD finals to date. Everyone had worked tirelessly to make sure the construction was finished in time, and all that hard work certainly paid off when more than 1600 people turned up on the day. It was wonderful to see them all enjoying the students performances that highlighted this years theme of "An educated community, is a transformed community”. This certainly tied in perfectly with the launch of the new SSVC vocational facilities.

With the finishing touches having been put on building, the new workshop is certainly an impressive sight.

The SSVC students opened the MDD finals by singing the national anthem and also performed a song about the importance of education. There are lots more wonderful photos of the other schools performing on the Suubi events blog for you to see.

Midway through the performances everyone was invited to have a tour of the school, in particular the new structure where they were also able check out the huge variety of vocational tools that had recently arrived. The combination of the new building and tools means that the start of the 2016 school year will see carpentry, metalwork and mechanics added to the tailoring, knitting and baking vocational subjects that have been offered this year. Importantly though, the availability of space and the necessary tools means that the vocational subjects can now be incorporated in to the day to day curriculum, rather than just during school holidays.

Once inside the new workshop everyone was surprised to see the huge number and variety of tools.

They eagerly checked out everything from electrical tools, through to bicycles, wheelchairs and even secretarial supplies.

Each set of boxes contained tools specific to different trades. Here are some for carpentry and plumbing.

There are even gardening tools that will be put to great use for agricultural studies.

Another thing that people were very interested to hear more about was the biogas; how it is now producing very bright light and also wonderful compost that is being used on the school gardens.

The biogas unit was recently serviced and is now performing perfectly.

The lights are now shining so brightly that they were perfect to use as the audio equipment was set up for the MDD finals the night before.

The compost produced from the biogas is definitely helping the schools matooke trees to flourish. It won't be long and the students and teachers will be enjoying this matooke for lunch. An added bonus; it will be prepared from the new kitchen that was also built as part of the 2nd phase construction. Perfect!

What a wonderful sight to see the structures of Suubi Secondary & Vocational Collage now standing side by side: the original classroom block, the biogas toilet block and now the complete workshop and kitchen.

We've put together a short video of the finals day so you can get a real feel of the excitement of the event and as the community toured the new workshop for the first time. Enjoy!

How wonderful to see the positive energy that SSVC is bringing to the whole community.

It is amazing to think how far we have come in such a short time. A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of making all of this possible. Well done everyone!

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8-12-2016, New Dormitory Showcased At End Of Year Exhibit

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24-10-2016, Primary Seven Leavers Party

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16-5-2016, SSVC Holiday Vocational Program Expands To Include New Subjects

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9-4-2016, Entebbe Adventure For SSVC Students To Officially Be Sworn In As Scouts

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29-2-2016, Classes and Scouting Kicks Off At SSVC

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6-11-2015, Vocational Workshop & Tools Unveiled At Music, Dance & Drama Final

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