If you are visiting The School of St Jude during your larger East African itinerary with us, then you may like to put a few things into your suitcases for the students and staff of the school to use. This is by no means compulsory or course.
Urgently Needed: (high-quality items are greatly appreciated)
- Writing utensils: good quality red pens, good quality HB lead pencils, permanent markers (i.e. sharpies or chisel-tipped), small coloured chalk, white board markers
- Thesaurus’ and Dictionaries
- Art supplies: paints such as water-based tempera blocks, water colour block paints & squeezable tubes of acrylic
- Other stationery: award/merit ink stamps and stickers for teachers, post-it notes, sharpeners, erasers, scissors, A4 plastic sleeves
- Colouring supplies: thin to thick textas/markers, oil pastilles, wind/twist up crayons, coloured pencils (ie. Faber Castell)
- Adhesives: blue-tack, clear plastic contact for covering books, paper fasteners, large glue sticks, masking tape rolls
- Musical instruments: plus music CDs from a variety of genres
- Games: Scrabble, UNO, Pictionary, Cranium, cards, Monopoly, memory games, puzzles, dice
- SD USB Card readers (This is a small device that holds the memory card from a camera for downloading pictures)
- ‘Jolly Phonics’ resources to teach literacy/sounds
- Plastic Folders with zip or button to close.
- 2014 diaries –suitable for teachers to use
Educational Resources:
- Mathematics manipulatives/resources: uni-fix blocks, tessellations, MAB blocks, 2D and 3D shapes, clock faces for individual use, sequencing charts/cards, Trundle wheels for learning distance measurements, learning fractions/decimals resources
- Educational content posters/charts (please request further details for complete list of topics)
- Construction kits
- Quality non-fiction books about: Africa, people, animals, places, the human body (systems, senses, etc.), the environment
(recycling, geography, natural resources), electricity, “How to” books - Track and field athletic equipment – hurdles, discus, shot-put, javelin, measuring tapes
- Sports equipment: soccer balls, basketballs, netballs, volleyballs,
- Educational DVDs: “How to”, “Introduction to”, different sports
Technology:
- I.T storage devices & memory (Netgear Ready/NAS DUO RND2000 and Seagate SATA 3.5” 1TB 32MB Hard Drives) – please contact us for further details
- USB sticks and card readers
- External hard drives and Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Wireless access points, USB keyboards, full-size optical mice, mouse mats
- Data projectors
- Learn-to-type software
Library:
- Book series audio novels for young teens (please request further details for a complete list of titles)
- Dictionaries, bibles (Revised Standard Edition), bible stories
- Primary- and secondary-level computing books
Other:
- Balls: netballs, volleyballs, Size 5 soccer balls, rugby balls, cones/pylons, skipping ropes, parachutes and pool noodles
- Sports whistles, big bags for sports balls (preferably with wheels)
- Coloured bibs for sports (various sizes)
- Plastic storage containers with lids – all sizes
- Calendars, international newspapers, educational magazines suitable for students
- Subscription of Kids National Geographic, Ranger Rick, World, etc.
- Black & blue school socks (mid-calf length or longer)
***PLEASE NOTE***
- Educational resources are always required, especially quality information and pictures about Africa.
- We have plenty of Australian resources in stock and so do not require any more.
- We do not require any toys.
- We cannot use any large-sized/stained clothing as there are several local markets that have aid clothing in them in town.
- If you would like to donate DVDs please make sure they are not Blue Ray DVDs.
Talk to one of our expert Travel Specialists and let us tailor-make your trip.