Principal: Teach students about Africa!

Smartly dressed in their African garbs, the tots and their teachers at Government Hill Nursery School celebrated African Awareness Month on Friday.

Principal Eileen Went expressed to The Barbados Advocate that such an activity is very important for students, even at such a young age.

“They need to know about Africa,” she stressed, revealing that each class would have studied a country in the continent – focusing on foods, cultures, sports, music, clothing and dance.

The Principal, an alumna of Alleyne School, shared with her students the achievements of Dr. Velma Scantlebury, a Barbadian-born American transplant surgeon, who attended Alleyne for three years before moving to the United States. Went also spoke about Rosa Parks.

Stories of African Folktale character, Anansi; singing and drumming sessions also captured students’ attention throughout the day.

“They enjoy the activity, once you pitch it at their level; tell them as much as they will understand,” she explained. (TL)