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The Annual Sports Day is held at Kirumba Stadium in November and always has a great atmosphere. Pupils compete in both track and field events during the day and the PTA get involved in providing refreshments.
This event is held in January / February and Secondary students compete in 4km or 5km events depending on their age. This has been held as a whole school event with Junior and Early Years pupils also taking part in shorter races.
This event held at the school pool in April is always a really exciting one. Students always put in excellent performances and this is a great spectator event!
The other inter-house sports competitions are spread throughout the school year and include: cricket, rounders, basketball, football and netball.
The extra curricular sports clubs are run mainly after-school, but some activities take place during lunch times. These clubs are run by a large number of different staff and allow pupils to pursue their sporting interests further.
Currently sporting clubs include: football, netball, badminton, swimming, tennis, table tennis, running, cricket, touch rugby and basketball.
There are a number of opportunities for students to represent Isamilo School in matches with other local schools. Mainly playing football, netball, basketball and table tennis.
Isamilo School organised a U16 football league in Jan / Feb 2009. Six teams were involved and matches took place at Kirumba Stadium. We hope to build on the success of this league and run a similar event again next year.
Isamilo School sent a U16 cricket team to Dar es Salaam to play in the TCA T20 Tournament in February. Despite playing against much older sides, our boys performed very well and three students were selected to represent Tanzania in their respective age groups.
A team of 36 students from Years 6 11 travelled to Morogoro to take part in a swimming gala and football tournament with two other international schools. Students competed in U12, U14 and U16 events and it was excellent to see some great performances from our students and forge great links with other international schools in Tanzania.
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Students form an official council body with representatives from each year group and can undertake to affect change in all sorts of areas of the school. They have been an extremely positive influence on the school and gain the opportunity to learn about formal discussion and organisation.
This provides an opportunity for students to get creative with beads. Students are taught a range of skills in beading and jewellery making and then enjoy practising themselves. New designs are always encouraged and the students will often use what they make to sell and raise money for charity.
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Each year the students are given the opportunity to perform in a production enabling them to demonstrate their skills and talents in drama and singing. The productions are of an exceptionally high standard and are attended and enjoyed by parents, students, teachers, and many people from the wider Mwanza community.
Students really enjoy music at Isamilo School. There is an active Stomp band (see below), a choir for students and staff, guitar club, a resident string quartet and students are actively involved in the music aspect of school productions.
The Isamilo STOMP band is a unique musical team who use all sorts of different every day items to create a rhythm. They rehearse weekly and regularly perform at school events.
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Saturday School was born out of a desire to actively help disadvantaged youngsters from the wider community and to share the privileges enjoyed by students at Isamilo. It is run by teachers and pupils who volunteer their time for about two hours on a Saturday morning. They teach English and then run football, basketball, music and swimming sessions for about 150 disadvantaged children and young people. It takes place on the school site. For more information, Click here.
The International Award for Young People is the international version of the British Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Year 10 and 11 students work towards completing targets in four areas, lasting between 3 and 6 months:
Physical activity: students take part in one of the many sporting activities available at Isamilo School, for example football, netball and basketball
Skill: students learn a new skill or develop their ability in a skill they already have, for example drama, music and dance
Service to the Community: students help other members of the community. Many students teach orphans at the school's Saturday School. Other students help at their Mosque, Temple or Church
Expedition: students must complete a Practice, and then an Assessed, expedition. This is a trek through the countryside as part of a small group for two days
For each of the activities students are assessed by adult instructors, who sign the student's record book when a target has been achieved. When students successfully complete their Awards, they receive the prestigious Bronze Award Certificate.
This year, coinciding with the introduction of 6th Form, we will also be offering the Silver Award.