A Day in the Life of a Primary 3 Pupil at Doors Primary School

A Day in the Life of a Primary 3 Pupil at Doors Primary School

Meet ASHABA PATRA. Every school morning, Patra wakes up, quickly eats her breakfast, and makes her way to Doors Primary School. She arrives before 8am to make sure she is in time for daily morning chapel which starts promptly at 8am with a taking of attendance.

Chapel begins with a time of praise and worship usually led by fellow students. One of Patra’s teachers will share a short devotion from the Word of God to encourage the students and teach them about God. Thursdays, a student is chosen to lead their peers in the devotion and teaching time. After the Word is shared and a time of prayer had, any school-wide announcements are made. Patra then gets dismissed to attend her morning block of classes.

From 8:30-10am, Patra attends 30 minute class intervals of Mathematics, Reading and Writing. Twice a week, she has PE during part of this time block. She enjoys the games that the coach leads them in.

Morning break time is from 10-10:45am where Patra can run around with her friends playing and enjoy a snack that she has either brought from home, or asks her uncle to buy for her from the school snack bar that sells local home-made foods. Patra’s uncle is a teacher at the school and adores Patra, he can rarely refuse her.

After break, it is back to class for Patra. She has 45 minute class intervals of Science and Social Studies, English, and Christian Religious Education. 1-2pm is the lunch hour where she is served a healthy portion of beans with either posho (local maize flour boiled) or rice. Patra likes to eat her lunch as quickly as possible so she can have as much time as possible to play with her friends.

Once lunch ends, Patra is back in class being assigned her homework for the evening by her class teacher. Sometimes she has time to begin this at school. The last hour of the school day, 3-4pm, is spent healing to clean up the campus with her school mates. Every day the students sweep and clean the classrooms and school compound, take out the trash, clean the campus latrines, and organize the classrooms.

At 4pm, Patra makes her way home, usually with her uncle. Once at home she spends time working on her homework, helping with household chores, and washing her uniform to make sure it is ready for the next day of school.

Patra currently lives with her uncle. She was abandoned by her father when her mother was still pregnant with her, and has since been neglected and abandoned by her mother. Patra’s grandmother took her in until 2017, when she passed away. Patra has been living with her uncle ever since who does his best to care for her.

Patra is currently unsponsored.

Through your partnership of only $37/month, Patra will be able to continue her education at Doors Primary School as she chases her dreams.

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