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Parents Evening

Parents were invited in for a meet and greet in October 2018. We also carried out a few one on one sessions to create a more individual feel. We discussed how the parents can help with children’s educational process while they are out of school.

By |October 30th, 2018|News|Comments Off

Term News

Our new head teacher Modou is settling in nicely at the school. He has been organising new pupil inductions and teacher training ….. and making a very good start. Life is feeling settled at the school and going very well.

By |October 16th, 2018|News|Comments Off

BASIG Gambia Visit July 2018

The main aim of this visit was to formerly introduce Modou Bah to the school and teachers as new head master. In addition we were to re-inaugurate our previously agreed contract with ABBA following a one year cessation due to funds availability. Certain other matters took place during the visit as set out in the […]

By |August 5th, 2018|News|Comments Off

End of term

End of term team photo including new head teacher Modou Bah far right who we help will improve standards all round. It’s been a great year with some exciting developments. We are really looking forward to the new term with Modou Bah our newly appointed Head Teacher. 

By |July 31st, 2018|News|Comments Off

Exciting announcement

We are pleased to announce a new agreement signed with ABBA primary school.  This will see our graduating nursery school children through 5 years of sponsored primary schooling. Wonderful news and will ensure that are students can continue their academic studies. 

By |July 19th, 2018|News|Comments Off

Local Primary School, Whitton C.P raises £267 for the charity

The Year 2 children at Whitton C.P School have recently taken part in a 1km sponsored walk as part of their project work on Gambia and learning how different the country is to the UK.

They chose our charity to donate the £267 raised by their fundraising. The Trustees of the charity, Alan Seager, Martin Englefield […]

By |May 22nd, 2018|News|Comments Off

November 2017 Maintenance Trip

The Trustees had a successful trip in November and reported that things were going well at the school. The school had maintenance work carried out refreshing some of the outside paintwork. The garden has also been freshly planted as part of the school curriculum with the children learning some life long skills.

Again it was a very […]

By |December 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off

2017 Casino Night Raises £1000

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported our Charity Casino event this year. It was great fun and we raised almost £1,000 during the evening.  The BASIG team are very grateful to all of our supporters and a special thanks to Helen, Simon, David and DJ Perks who helped make […]

By |October 11th, 2017|News|Comments Off

Mrs Jallow Retires

Mrs Jallow’s contribution to the school has been outstanding and she has made it a wonderful learning environment for the children. Her hard work and dedication to training the teachers and members of staff will ensure that her legacy lives on. We now have a new headteacher in place, Mr Drammeh, who also runs the […]

By |July 31st, 2017|News|Comments Off

BASIG Celebrates Five Years!

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the charity so we had a party to celebrate. The children enjoyed a sports day followed by a party full of singing and dressing up in their tribal outfits.  However, the celebration was tinged with some sadness as our wonderful headteacher, Mrs Jallow, took the opportunity to announce […]

By |July 25th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off