Newsletter Volume1, November 2001 YAMWAYA & YADEGA Volum e One, Novem ber 20 01 W e lea rn through trials and errors » From Page 3 to Page 8 (also page 11) PUPILS‘ PRODUCTIONS F OR W A R D WH Y AN E NGLIS H NEW SPAPER ? T h e i d e a ab o u t th e c re atio n o f Page 3 : Investigations an E n g lis h m ag az in e w a s b o rn fro m Page 4+5 : Poems o u r s ad re a lis atio n th at d e s p ite th e im p o rtan c e o f En g lis h in p u p ils ‘ Page 5 : Point of views Page 6 : Point of views c u rric u la, th e lan g u ag e is m o re an d m o re n e g le c te d if n o t d e s p is e d b y (continued) Page 7 : Hyena & Hare‘s page s o m e p u p ils . T h e re are c e rtain ly Page 8 : Other tales & stories m an y re as o n s to th at. H o w e v e r, o u r c o n v ic tio n w as th at s o m e th in g c o u ld Page 11 : Funny stories b e d o n e to c h an g e th is s tate o f th in g s . H e n c e th e in itiativ e to c re ate th e p re s e n t m ag az in e . In fac t, th is N e w s le tte r is s o to s p e ak o n e o f th e Page 9 : W ho‘s W ho ? te ac h e rs an d p u p ils ‘ d re am s th at Robert Nesta h av e c o m e tru e . T h e re fo re , as a firs t Marley s te p , th is m ag az in e is m e an t to b e a Page 10 : Songs (3T and Bob Marley) m e d iu m , an o p p o rtu n ity th ro u g h w h ic h En g lis h le arn e rs w ill b e ab le to Page 12 : Crosswords e x e rc is e th e ir h id d e n tale n ts o f c re atio n . It s tan d s to re as o n th at lik e in an y o th e r lan g u ag e , o u r p u p ils ‘ flu e n c y an d m as te ry o f En g lis h … (Continued page 2) 1 Newsletter Volume1, November 2001 ( FOR W A R D : page1 continued) w ill fin d its fo u n d atio n . Of c o u rs e , as a … c an o n ly b e ac h ie v e d th ro u g h c o n s tan t trial, th is m ag az in e h as g o t s o m e an d w illin g p rac tic e s . In th is , th is s h o rtc o m in g s ; b u t w e h o p e y o u ‘ll e n jo y it. N e w s le tte r is an o c c as io n . Mo re o v e r, A s a b ab y , y o u r m ag az in e n e e d s to g ro w th ro u g h th e attrac tiv e an d v arie d to p ic s , u p an d to g ro w w e ll. A n d s o , its o u r p u p ils w ill c e rtain ly b ro ad e n th e ir im p ro v e m e n t, g ro w th an d lo n g life c u ltu re an d k n o w le d g e , o p e n th e ir m in d s d e p e n d s o n y o u . S e n d u s as m an y an d p e rh ap s d e v e lo p a c ritic al v ie w in artic le s as y o u c an . T h is N e w s p ap e r is th e m . y o u rs . D o n ‘t allo w it to b e s tillb o rn . S o , b y s e n d in g artic le s to th is m ag az in e , S o , tak e y o u r p e n s ! R EA D Y , S T EA D Y p u p ils m ay te s t an d ju d g e th e ir w ritin g A N D … W R IT E! s k ills an d ab ilitie s . T h e n , th e m ag az in e aim s at c re atin g a lin k b e tw e e n p u p ils o f T h e e d ito rs d iffe re n t s c h o o ls w h e re w ith to trig g e r o ff B e rn ard OU ED R A OG O, L y c é e a d y n am ic e n v iro n m e n t o f e x c h an g e Y A MW A Y A th ro u g h w h ic h th e fu tu re En g lis h C lu b H alid o u K ON FE, L y c é e Y A D EG A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ur thanks are due to all those W e are also indebted to all the Ow ho, in one way or another, colleagues and friends with whom helped us in our project of creating we have shared ideas that bore the this magazine. seeds of this magazine. W e are most grateful to the Most of all, we are beholden to the Headmasters of Lycée Yamwaya second cycle students of both and Lycée Yadéga, without whose schools, and specially Seconde A4 consent, advice and heartfelt pupils for their enthusiastic welcome contributions, the magazine would of the project and for their quick certainly not have been a reality. efforts in submitting their articles to us. We are very sorry for those articles that are not published in this volume. Don’t be cross with us. Wait for the Volume 2 and you will your piece of writing edited. Don’t forget to send us a picture of yours. 2 Newsletter Volume1, November 2001 A HO PE FOR THE BIG YAM WAYA Yamwaya, one of the oldest and the biggest secondary schools of Ouahigouya City, has got a new Headmaster.This School has been supervised by Mr. KAFANDO Valentin since 1997. He m ade his best to improve the qua lity of t he teach ing. Now , Mr. A lli OUE DRAOG O is th e new H eadmaster. Mr. KAFANDO is appointed to another school. The new Headmaster is a History and Geography teacher. H e was b orn in O uahigo uya. He had bee n a —Ce nseur“ at Lycée P rovinci al de B anfora. He has just com e from Lycée Marien By NAB ALOUM Aimé J unior N ‘Gouab i where he was a —cense ur“ for seven ye ars. Tle A4 Y amway a Bef ore answ ering our que stions, t he Hea dmaster showed his ha ppiness to see pupils making inve stigatio ns for a newspap er. Mr. OUED RAOGO has com e with new am bitions. He said that his big pro ject is to permit the pupils a nd the t eachers to work peacefu lly, and to impr ove the success rate and the discipline. For the Headmaster, the good pupil is the one who is orderly and hardworking. On the other hand, the bad one is the pupil who does not work permanently and embarrasses everybody. As a pious man, Mr. OUEDRAOGO said that the bad pupil does not respect the —Ten commandments“. Finally, he invites the pupils to be realistic in their demands. Pupils must avoid divisions, which prevent success, and cultivate solidarity. The Headmaster intends to see Yamwaya among the best at sports, culture, theatre, work and also among the best administrations in Burkina Faso. Isn‘t it a big hope for Yamwaya? Good luck to you and your pupils, Head! LYCEE YAM WAYA, A SCHOOL FOR HARDWORKING PUPILS Lycée Yamwaya is a secondary school. It‘s located in Ouahigouya, one of the ten biggest towns in Burkina Faso, and the biggest city in the North. Lycée Yamwaya is among the biggest schools of the country.