DEPUTY HEAD ACADEMIC Having previously worked at Rainbow for two years I was delighted to return this year as Deputy Head Academic. With many changes taking place in the Secondary School it is an exciting time to be at the school, and to be part of the leadership team. It has been a busy term, with changes in tracking pupil progress, raising teaching standards and external examinations. As well as my role

as Deputy Head Academic I also teach Food and Nutrition to Year 11. The positive attitude of pupils towards the subject and willing-ness to learn new skills constantly im-presses me, along with the very tasty

dishes they create each week. I look forward to seeing the continued progress of the pupils and the school in term two. Miss Wendy Crichton, Deputy Head Academic

EAMUN CLUB East African Model United Na-tions club (EAMUN) has been running all through term one and the delegate’s vigorous work on their resolutions finally ended as the official deadline for submission was 29th November. The Ambassadors, Natasha 13WM, Sudakshina 12GO, Abigail 13WM and Jewel 13WM, their countries and resolutions- Serbia, ”Political participation of Women”; Brunei, ”Sustainability of Nile Perch in Lake Victo-ria”;Malawi, ”Bonded labor in India” and Congo, ”Child labor in Congo” now wait to hear back from Nairobi. Hope that the delegates will be prepared for work again

START OF SPRING TERM

7:45AM

TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY 2016

Here we are at the end of another busy

term. In this edition of the spectrum you

will read about some of the events that

have happened in the secondary school

this term. Also, it is a chance for you all

to meet some of the key members of staff

we have through all the Heads of Year

and Miss Crichton, our Deputy Head

(Academic).

I am very pleased to announce that we

have continued success with our sports

teams on the football field and in the

swimming pool, next term is Basketball

and I am expecting some big results from our students. Well done to all our

sports teams, you have made your school proud. Good luck next term on the

Basketball courts!

There have been various activities that have involved students such as the

Commerce trip to Nairobi, visiting the Headquarters of Google and the

Nairobi Stock Exchange amongst other industries, a professional Chef has

been working with our students in the Food and Nutrition classes, prepar-

ing them with the necessary skills to pass their examinations, many thanks

to Winnie Daka for all the master classes on Saturday mornings! Our Peer

Mentoring group led by Mr Oboth and Miss Nakibuuka have been busy

with their mentees, keep up the good work! The sixth form students in

charge of the CARE and HABITAT committees have also been active, and I

am glad to say they have been very pro active in raising money for their

charities, more events to come from HABITAT in term 2. Lastly, our Year

11 students spent a week on work experience, learning vital skills and ex-

periencing the ‘workplace’ for themselves. I am glad to say our students

came back with glowing reports from the various placements around Kam-

pala, well done to you all and many thanks to Mrs Volrath who coordinated

the week.

Indeed these are exciting times for the secondary school. We have devel-

oped our systems over the last eighteen months. The introduction of a new

pastoral system that includes Heads of Year has been very successful, and

we can see that issues are being dealt with promptly and communication

between parents and school has increased. In order to progress from our

excellent examination results last August, we are now in the process of

streamlining our entrance into the sixth form, increasing our academics.

On the other hand, as we are an inclusive school, we are also looking at

alternative pathways for some students into further education, thus reem-

phasizing my earlier point of exciting times ahead!

Thank you all for your continued support of the secondary school. We look

forward to another successful term after the holidays. Have a lovely Christ-

mas holiday everyone! Mr Lewis, Headteacher

ZERRIN WOOD, TEACHER OF ICT /

COMPUTING AND HEAD OF YEAR 8

Stepping off the plane at

Entebbe Airport this

summer, I set foot in

Africa for the first time.

Uganda is the third nation

I have called home. My

initial impression was how

green it is here! I love the

climate and have found

the people to be polite

and friendly.

Like many of the students

at Rainbow, I am a citizen

of two countries. Originally from the ancient city port of

Izmir in Turkey, I have lived in picturesque Worcester

and Warwickshire in the UK for much of my adult life.

Whilst living in Britain, as well as getting married and

having two children, I have earned a first degree in Infor-

mation Technology, a Post Graduate Certificate in

Education and a Masters in Educational Leadership and

Management. I have worked at a high school and a

boarding school in Britain and at the British Embassy

School Ankara, Turkey.

An important part of being Head of Year 8 is to support

the students with their learning and with their conduct.

I find the students at Rainbow a pleasure to work with.

I am greatly enjoying this role as I get to help children,

forming positive relationships with them, their families and

my colleagues. Mrs Zerrin Wood, Head of Year 8

EXPERIENCE AS A HEAD OF YEAR 9 The fast growth of RISU in terms of enrollment meant that there was need to introduce another layer in the management hierarchy in the names of Heads of year. These replaced some of the roles previously held by the head of key stages who were overseeing three classes, and therefore more students.

I was appointed as the Head of Year 9 and my main assignment was to be the first point of contact between the parents and the school. As the head of a year group, I have the task of assuming the pastoral/disciplinary responsibility of the students as well as monitoring and evaluating the standards of achievement and progress of the students in the year group. These roles make me a conduit of information between parents and teachers as well as the school administration and vice versa.

The information flow has become faster and timely given that a year group head has time slots to deal with pastoral and academic issues of the fewer students under their control. We are more close to our

year groups and this enables us to understand their needs and challenges much better and react to them accordingly.

We work closely as a team with the tutors of our year groups to plan resources and evaluate the contents of the tutor periods and at the same time supporting the deputy head in tackling the discipline issues.

Parents of Year 9 students should expect timely responses to any queries both academic and pastoral from myself either in person or

though the school telephone contacts or email elubega@risu.sc.ug. Edward Lubega, Head of Year 9

YEAR 7 Transition to something in life comes with new things to learn and with challenges and I must say Year 7 students have lived up to it. Right from new teachers, new sub-jects to new activities. “Miss I need a locker the books are too many”. “Homework, Homework!” Such are lines you hear at the be-ginning of Year 7 but as they draw to the middle of the term, everything falls into place. It is a good feeling to see the Year 7 use the Head of Year award Perfect point system for the betterment of their personal organisation. This is a new rewarding channel for the child who has made all the efforts to have it all perfect: equipment, uniform, attendance, punctuality, behavior and preparation. Also to have students informed and develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem, and respect is Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural (SMSC) pro-gramme which enables form teachers to have moments for students to share their views, and appreciate others opinions. Public speaking is yet another activity that has encouraged students to speak in front of their peers. Do the right thing at the right time with the right people in the right place for the right reasons and have everything go right is one of our sayings that keep reminding us to do our best. Your contin-ued support along with the subject teachers and the pastoral team will continue help guide the students. I should like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your involvement over the first term and wish you and your family a restful Christmas holiday. Keep Smiling. Ms. Catherine Imalingat - Head of Year 7

PERSONAL

INTRODUCTION

I am currently employed as

Head of Year 13 at Rain-

bow International School as

well as a teacher of English

at key stage 3 and 4 levels.

I have worked previously in Uganda at K.I.S.U.

and prior to that I was working at Sandford Inter-

national School in Ethiopia. I have spent most of

my career teaching in international schools and I

worked for twelve years at The International

School of Kenya and also at Kenton College and

Peponi School in Kenya. I have also worked at in-

ternational schools in Asia. Before leaving to work

overseas I worked at independent schools in the

South East of England.

I have enjoyed incorporating the host country into

the curriculum as much as possible and I have

always been actively involved in each school’s af-

ter school program, mainly coaching sport such as

football, cricket, rugby and athletics.

Out of school my interests include travelling and

reading. I used to play sport regularly as well as to

watch live sport.. Mr David Griffiths, Head of Year 13

YEAR 11

In my role as Head of Year 11

the cohort has demonstrated

that they are dedicated to

being successful both

academically and holistically.

We have seen Year 11

deliver an excellent assem-

bly, some powerful public

speaking and various feats of sporting excellence as well as

develop in the classroom. As Head of Year I am dedicated to

driving up standards and the students have responded well to

this with punctuality and preparation to lessons improving

across all three form groups. Next term we are looking forward

to broadening the student’s horizons in Activity Week and im-

plementing their ideas for revision based on a Student Voice

activity they did earlier this term. Miss Sally Wittrick, Head of Year 11

YEAR 10

As the new Head of Year 10

I have set about setting

high standards in regard

to ensuring that pupils are

ready to learn when they

go into their lessons. I have

been impressed with the

year group so far. They

have demonstrated that they are keen to learn, are

respectful and have a good sense of humour. In

addition to being head of year I teach mathemat-

ics, coach the U13s football team and coach the

open boys rugby team. Mr Tom Thacker, Head of Year 10

HEAD OF YEAR 12 I have been teaching for twenty

years, most of my career has been

spent in North Carolina, USA.

However, from 2007 until 2009, I

lived in Malawi and Ghana in-

structing both pre and in-service

educators at teacher training col-

leges. While teaching, I have

achieved a Master’s Degree in

School Administration and Cur-

riculum Development, am National

Board certified, and have served as

a curriculum writer. While writing curriculum for the state of North

Carolina, I presented the concept-based process of developing lessons

and units for the social studies curriculum at both the state and na-

tional levels.

As Head of Year 12 at Rainbow International School, I serve as a

liaison between students and faculty. As the link between student and

teacher, I share academic, behavior, and promptness issues with stu-

dents. I also help students to address a range of concerns such as

academic, personal, and social. Additionally, I often conference with

students in order to help establish study schedules for both classes and

exams. This year, I will also help to coordinate the activity week at

Hairy Lemon

Of all of my achievements, I am most proud of my experiences training

teachers in Malawi and Ghana. As a teacher trainer, I taught college

courses. In Malawi, I trained teachers at Domasi Teacher Training

College where I was the course instructor for the Introduction to Early

Adolesence Literature and Life Skills classes. In Ghana, my co-worker

and I taught the Manipulative Development course at Agogo Presbyte-

rian Teacher Training College. Additionally, we conducted work-

shops for in-service teachers in the town of Agogo and in surrounding

the villages.

I am a person of varied interests and am adept at meeting different

challenges, particularly in environments that present logistical issues.

Since returning to the United States of America, I have strategically

selected opportunities that would prepare me for further roles in the

field of education. Ms Betsy Miller, Head of Year 12

SECONDARY SPORTS

It has been a victorious and

successful term for our

students who have been

fully engaged with the

swimming and football

season the season started

with our senior boys com-

peting in the independence

rugby tournament that was

held at St Mary’s Kisubi where Rainbow competed against some of the

best rugby schools in Uganda and made it to the semifinals. Our 14U

cricket team played some games against 3 other international schools at

Delhi Public school and emerged champions. Congratulations

We then headed for ISSAK football league; this is an international

schools league that brings all international schools around Kampala

together by competing in different sports. It is played every year and

each term students compete in a different sport.

Rainbow international school had six teams compete this season. The

U13 girls and boys, U16 girls and boys and the U20 girls and boys. Our

U13 girls’ team played four matches won all with a scoring rate of 4.5

goals in each single match their biggest score being 8 goals hence top-

ping the table for that age group with 12 points. They then played the

finals against KISU and won the match 3-1 and were crowned

ISSAKU13 girls champions 2015. Congratulations U13 girls team.

U16 boys who were the defending champions of this age group also

played four games and won all, topped the table with 12 points and

qualified to play the finals however they lost in the finals and were

awarded runners-up trophy. The U20 boys’ team made it to the

semifinal, however they narrowly missed the finals and the U20 girls

also qualified for the semifinals.

We would like to thank all students for giving their very best by

attending all training sessions, playing as team, good discipline, lifting

the RISU flag high and above all keeping the Rainbow spirit burning

and the coaches for successfully preparing, encouraging and motivating

the teams. Another big thank you to the administration for getting

everything ready and making it possible for the matches to happen and

the Rainbow PSA for providing refreshments to the teams more

especially Rose for making sure that refreshments were always there on

time.

Next year in March Rainbow will be participating in the Secondary

COBIS (Council of British International Schools) games that will be

held at Dubai

College in Dubai.

The team will be

competing against 23

other COBIS

Schools all over the

world in Football,

Athletics and Swim-

ming. We wish team

RISU the very best of luck come March. Coach Robert & Ms Gamba, PE

Rhiad Nsubuga

Accountancy and Finance Manchester, England

Shaurya Karki Petroleum Engineering University of Alberta, Canada

Shimei Kulaba International Business University of Hull, England

Shiv Patel Electrical Engineering (Fdn)

Brunel University, England

Stefan Jovanovic

Psychology University of Nicosia, Cyprus

William Matsiko

Law Kent University, England

Joshua Kazinduka

Law Kent University, England

Denis Nyangezi

Economics Nottingham University, England

Dennise Kwizera

Hospitality Management Switzerland

Divya Petchiappan

Environmantal Engineer-ing

SRM University, India

Guillaume Verjus

Bus., Finance & Account-ing (Fdn)

Groningen University, Netherlands

Hareem Raza Medicine Sharjah University, UAE

Raj Upadhyay Architecture SRM University, India

PEER MENTORING

The mentors got to bond with their mentees at a special

afternoon picnic at the Rainbow Club. On top of the

opportunity to interact closely with each other they were

introduced to the concept of how to solve problems. The

mentors continue to build the relationships with their

mentees as they meet and discuss their goals for this term at

convenient times. It has been a fruitful start to the mentoring

process that we envision will be profitable to both mentors

and their mentees. Miss Nakibuuka, Mrs Maloba and Mr Oboth

Above are some of the known destinations for Leavers 2015. Other students

are on gap years or are working.

CAREERS