St Marcellin Primary School,
Vatuwaqa, Suva, Fiji Islands.
Building up Reading Recovery
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school began as Marist Primary School, Vatuwaqa, in 1963, then an all boys school.
The first name change came in 1982 when the school was renamed Marcellin Primary
School and became a two stream co-educational school. The second name change
followed the canonization of the Marist Brothers Founder in 1999, when the school
became known as “St Marcellin Primary School.”
Like each of the Marist schools in Suva, St Marcellin, with a roll of just over
700 students, is multi racial and multi religious in character.
A feature of education at St. Marcellin has been inclusive education. A pioneer
in this area, the first students from the Fiji School for the Blind were integrated
into the classes in 1982. Later, other students with special needs were welcomed
from the Early Intervention School and the Hilton Special School for the hearing
impaired, as well as from the Intellectually Handicapped School. Over the years,
over 100 students have been through the Inclusive Education Programme.
Because of their socio Economic Background – a good number of the school’s
students come from the nearby squatter settlements – many students are
not only disadvantaged in their academic progress, but also come to school without
the required exercise books, pens, etc. It is these students in particular that
this project wishes to target.
What is Needed…..
Remedial reading books and computer software to enable one to one learning situations,
with both special teachers and on the school computers.
And .. a stockpile of School Stationery for discretionary distribution to needy
students.
What you can DO …..
About $400 would enable the school to purchase both Computer software and special
books to facilitate the enhancement of reading and numeracy skills for the children
on this programme.
A further $400 would provide a source of school stationery that could be available
for the students whose families are no longer able to afford to buy these school
necessities.
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