Haddo Primary and Infant School, Haddo, Ramble P.O.

Haddo Primary and Infant School, Haddo, Ramble P.O. Haddo Primary School celebrated its centennial (100 years) in 2013. An alumni group was formed. What are your memories? How can we give back? Why not now?

Its first donation to the school was to build a washroom for the Infant Department as a Centenary gift. Haddo Primary School, as it was known back when, and Haddo All Age School, as it was called before that and the Haddo Methodist Church, celebrate their centennial (100th year) in 2013! Though it is in the parish of Westmoreland, the school’s mailing address is Haddo Primary and Infant School, Ra

mble P.O., Hanover, Jamaica, W.I. The student population comes from Chichester, McField, Mt. Stewart, Cross Roads, Marshall Road, Tom Gate, Haddo, Grants’ Town, Line Gate, Lindos Hill, Mt.Thersia, and even Withorn. What started as a one-room school and church is now a population of over 300 students. I estimate that approximately 20,000 students have attended Haddo School over the last 100 years! This page is meant to be a forum in which former and present students and teachers, parents, and friends put forward ideas on a fitting celebration and share our memories of Haddo School. It is also an information platform on where and how funds can be directed for the improvement of the school. It is a 21st century reality, even in far more affluent societies, that teachers are overworked and underpaid, resources – including human resources – are scarce, and students are more demanding. Haddo School is no exception to that reality. In speaking with the principal, Mrs. Dorrelle Frater, and some staff members, I learned that the Infant School children need a separate playing field from the older children. They are as young as three years old and should have a stimulating play area with sand boxes, swings, and slides – which also keeps them away from having to dodge balls and rocks thrown by much older children who are about to move on to high school. Most of the children do not have a computer at home which means that they do not have the internet at home. No different from our time, the school plays an integral role in bringing the children into the 21st century….it needs funds. Primary school is the foundation of education. When children leave primary school ill-equipped and uneducated, they continue to fall behind in all other aspects of life. In the weeks and months to come, we will talk about CREDIBLE AND LIGITIMATE organizations that are working with the Ministry of Education in Jamaica who are authorized to collect funds on behalf of Haddo Primary and Infant School and who even oversee how the funds are used. I implore you to join me in making the centennial the long overdue inflection point where we all give back. We have to start somewhere and at some time. I consider us partners in this noble venture. Thank you. Elcho (Cutie) Stewart

11/07/2024
22/04/2020

Principal Keron King began using bike taxis to make sure COVID-19 would not stop his rural students from learning.

Our children deserve to be safe wherever they are.
24/03/2020

Our children deserve to be safe wherever they are.

Doctors at Cook Children’s believe the stresses from the COVID-19 pandemic are linked to six cases of severe child abuse seen this week.

13/03/2020

The following children, all missing in January, have been located or returned under the Ananda Alert System during January 2020.

Sadly two young boys 11 y/o Mark Leslie and 8 y/o Galen Buchanan were also found dead in January.

We thank citizens for your continued support in sharing alerts and providing information to Constabulary Force and the Secretariat.

Be reminded that persons are still considered missing until verified by the police.

12/03/2020

ATTENTION: ALL SCHOOLS

SUBJECT: MANAGEMENT OF CORONAVIRUS IN SCHOOLS

Further to bulletins number 20 and 38 regarding preventative measures against Coronavirus that were disseminated on February 5, 2020 and March 3, 2020 respectively, this follow up bulletin seeks to provide additional information as we now move into the amber phase of the Education in Emergencies support system.

The Ministry remains confident that all School Administrators are making use of the precautionary information being disseminated to mitigate against anyone becoming infected or affected by COVID-19. School Administrators are reminded to implement all the preventative measures without compromise as detailed in the most recent release from the Ministry of Health as attached as well as the document from UNICEF detailing guidance to protect children and support safe school operations.

All primary schools were provided with funding to supplement operational grants and all schools would by now procure additional sanitary materials for use in the preventative measures outlined above. Where additional support is required, school administrators are being asked to contact their Regional Director immediately.

In light of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jamaica, please be assured that the Ministry of Health and Wellness has taken all the necessary steps to control the spread of the virus by quarantining all the persons who have come in direct contact with the infected person subsequent to their contact tracing procedures. Where School Administrators are made aware of any person within their institution who has come in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case and has not exhibited any symptoms, the person should be advised to seek medical attention and be guided by the medical advice.

School Administrators are being advised to alert and prepare teachers and caregivers to support children’s continued learning where school operation is disrupted. The Ministry is in the process of preparing various types of electronic materials to be used alongside what is already available on the Ministry’s websites. In addition, Administrators are asked to bring the following to the attention of their teachers in the event that schools may have to close:

Utilize the online learning kits available on the Ministry’s websites

PEP Practice booklets and PEP Camp Workbooks can be accessed on the
Ministry’s Website.

School leaders are being asked to create online/social media spaces to facilitate communication and sharing of learning materials eg. WhatsApp.

Teachers who are trained in using online learning platforms should be asked to prepare learning materials using this medium.

Schools equipped with School Management Systems to support learning and on-going communication must engage these facilities

Students equipped with tablets with appropriate content uploaded to support learning should be encouraged to continue their learning should they be out of school.

Media broadcast at specific times in each day on varied learning episodes and coping strategies for those in need of psycho-social care will be provided through the Public BroadCasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ)

We are mindful that the novelty and uncertainty of this global issue may heighten emotional distress and increase anxiety and so we implore school leaders to:

Be a conduit of accurate data by verifying information via the relevant government agencies. Be assured that all decisions concerning schools will be delivered via already established channels.

Make decisions based on data and engage Peer and Education Officers support for unusual or challenging situations.

Encourage sharing of resilience stories and success that persons/nation have accomplished in weathering an outbreak.

Balance self-preservation and duty of care. Take care of self while taking care of others.

The Trauma Team from the Ministry is available to provide counselling and psycho-social and emotional support where required

The Ministry remains grateful for all educators who continue to preserve and uphold the delivery of educational services despite impending challenges related to COVID–19. For further information or queries, please contact the Ministry of Health and Wellness Public Relations & Communications Unit at 876-633-8174 and your regional office.

24/02/2020
24/02/2020

“3 years ago, I was on a train and noticed a boy selling earrings. I bought a pair from him, and asked him if he goes to school. He said, ‘No didi, but I’m a pro at jumping! I can cartwheel, do hand-flips and somersaults because I spend so much time on trains swinging about!’ He touched my heart in such a way that ever since, every year on my birthday, I look forward to going to slums to meet kids there and celebrate -- I take a cake and school supplies for them.
Then last year when I turned 19, I decided to join an NGO full time to be able to do more. I love my life now -- my days are all about waking up, meeting these children, spending time with them and teaching them. And, they get me the sweetest gifts. Just this Valentine’s Day, they gifted me a box of chocolates and said, ‘Didi, you are our valentine and we love you so much!’ But honestly, till date, the best gift they’ve given me is staying motivated and working hard to reach their goals.
I still remember, this one time, it was raining heavily and I almost cancelled the study session with them. But they refused, and said, ‘Didi, can we please use your phone torchlight and study? We’ll sit under that bamboo roof!’ And there we all sat, cozied up under a leaky bamboo roof, taking notes and reading together.
It’s amazing how much they’ve excelled -- they couldn’t even read before, and now in just a year they read so much that I’m running out of story books to give them! I can’t explain how good that feels. Every child I’ve met has this eagerness to learn, the only thing missing is the opportunity -- and that’s what I’m going to give them everyday. Even if that means spending 10 hours in a tent teaching them, rain or shine -- every minute’s worth it.”

23/02/2020

Denmark’s education system has included mandatory classes teaching empathy to their students aged 6 to 16 since 1993, where students learn to help their classmates and compete only with themselves.

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