Recording Parenting Documents and Collection Requests
School administrator (speaking English) and Parent (speaking Swahili) talk through “Recording Parenting Documents and Collection Requests”. You interpret both ways — English into Swahili, and Swahili into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Kiswahili
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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At Gosford Public School, we received your parenting documents on 12 October. Are you asking how we record them and arrange your daughter's collection?
Model answer and marking points
Katika Shule ya Msingi ya Gosford, tulipokea nyaraka zenu za malezi tarehe 12 Oktoba. Je, mnauliza jinsi tunavyozihifadhi na kupanga kuchukuliwa kwa binti yenu?
What an examiner checks here:
- Gosford Public School received the parenting documents
- Received on 12 October
- question: are you asking how we record the documents
- question: ... and how we arrange your daughter's collection
Easy to miss: The closing sentence is a question and must not be turned into a statement.
Ndiyo. Niliwasilisha nyaraka hizo tarehe kumi na mbili Oktoba. Nataka kujua mmeziweka wapi na mmeandika nini kuhusu kumchukua binti yangu shuleni.
Model answer and marking points
Yes. I submitted those documents on 12 October. I want to know where you have put them and what you have written about collecting my daughter from school.
What an examiner checks here:
- Yes, confirms the question
- Submitted the documents on 12 October
- Wants to know where the documents are kept
- Wants to know what has been written about collecting her daughter from school
Easy to miss: Keep two separate questions: where the documents are kept and what has been recorded about collection.
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Interpret it aloud now →We record the date received and store the documents securely. Staff can refer practical questions to the principal, but cannot interpret your legal rights.
Model answer and marking points
Tunaandika tarehe ya kupokea na tunahifadhi nyaraka kwa usalama. Wafanyakazi wanaweza kuelekeza maswali ya vitendo kwa mkuu wa shule, lakini hawawezi kufasiri haki zenu za kisheria.
What an examiner checks here:
- We record the date received
- Documents are stored securely
- Staff can refer practical questions to the principal
- Staff cannot interpret your legal rights
Easy to miss: Do not drop the negation: staff cannot interpret legal rights.
Nimeelewa. Ningependa kumchukua binti yangu saa tisa alasiri. Je, mnaweza kuandika ombi hilo kwenye taarifa zake, halafu mnijulishe kama mpango huo umethibitishwa?
Model answer and marking points
I understand. I would like to collect my daughter at 3 pm. Could you write that request in her records, and then let me know whether the arrangement has been confirmed?
What an examiner checks here:
- Understood
- Wants to collect daughter at 3 pm (tisa alasiri)
- question: can you write the request in her records
- question: then let me know if the arrangement is confirmed
Easy to miss: Tisa alasiri is 3 pm, not 9 am; the Swahili hour count is offset by six.
We can note your request about collection at 3 pm. If the documents raise questions, the principal will review arrangements before staff confirm them.
Model answer and marking points
Tunaweza kuandika ombi lenu kuhusu kumchukua saa tisa alasiri. Ikiwa nyaraka zitaibua maswali, mkuu wa shule atapitia mipango hiyo kabla wafanyakazi hawajaithibitisha.
What an examiner checks here:
- We can note the request for collection at 3 pm
- Condition: if the documents raise questions
- Principal will review the arrangements
- Review happens before staff confirm them
Easy to miss: The order matters: principal reviews first, then staff confirm, and only if the documents raise questions.
Sawa, nitasubiri uthibitisho kabla ya kupanga kumchukua. Ningependa pia kukutana na mkuu wa shule ili nieleze jambo linalonitia wasiwasi kuhusu kumchukua binti yangu.
Model answer and marking points
All right, I will wait for confirmation before arranging to collect her. I would also like to meet the principal so I can explain something that worries me about collecting my daughter.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will wait for confirmation
- Not arranging collection until confirmed
- Wants to meet the principal
- To explain a worry about collecting her daughter
Easy to miss: Keep the sequence: wait for confirmation before arranging collection, not simply wait.
We can arrange a meeting on 29 October with the principal. Please bring any updated documents and explain which practical arrangements you want clarified.
Model answer and marking points
Tunaweza kupanga mkutano tarehe 29 Oktoba na mkuu wa shule. Tafadhali leteni nyaraka zozote zilizosasishwa na mueleze ni mipango gani ya vitendo mnayotaka ifafanuliwe.
What an examiner checks here:
- Meeting can be arranged with the principal
- Date is 29 October
- Bring any updated documents
- Explain which practical arrangements you want clarified
Easy to miss: Do not say 'new' documents are required; it is any updated documents, if there are any.
Nitakuja na nyaraka zozote mpya. Pia ningependa kuhakikisha kuwa nambari yangu ya simu imeandikwa vizuri. Naweza kuikagua wakati wa mkutano?
Model answer and marking points
I will bring any new documents. I would also like to make sure my phone number is recorded correctly. Can I check it during the meeting?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will bring any new documents
- Wants to make sure phone number is recorded correctly
- question: can I check it during the meeting
Easy to miss: The last sentence is a question about checking the number at the meeting, not a statement.
Yes, you can ask to check the contact details we hold. We can also record your concern about collection without making a legal determination.
Model answer and marking points
Ndiyo, mnaweza kuomba kukagua taarifa za mawasiliano tulizonazo. Pia tunaweza kuandika wasiwasi wenu kuhusu kumchukua mtoto bila kutoa uamuzi wowote wa kisheria.
What an examiner checks here:
- Yes, you can ask to check the contact details
- Details are those the school holds
- We can also record your concern about collection
- Without making a legal determination
Easy to miss: Do not omit 'without making a legal determination'; recording the concern is not a legal decision.
Asante. Tafadhali andika kwamba ninataka kufahamu jinsi shule itakavyothibitisha mpango wa kumchukua binti yangu. Pia nahitaji mkalimani wa Kiswahili kwenye mkutano.
Model answer and marking points
Thank you. Please write down that I want to understand how the school will confirm the arrangement for collecting my daughter. I also need a Swahili interpreter at the meeting.
What an examiner checks here:
- Please record the request
- Wants to understand how the school will confirm the collection arrangement
- Collection of her daughter
- Needs a Swahili interpreter at the meeting
Easy to miss: She wants to know how the school will confirm, not whether it will confirm.
I will record those points for the meeting and note your request for an interpreter. Please contact the office if your documents or circumstances change.
Model answer and marking points
Nitaandika hoja hizo kwa ajili ya mkutano na kuandika ombi lenu la mkalimani. Tafadhali wasiliana na ofisi ikiwa nyaraka au hali zenu zitabadilika.
What an examiner checks here:
- I will record those points for the meeting
- I will note the request for an interpreter
- Contact the office if documents change
- Or if circumstances change
Easy to miss: Both documents and circumstances must be mentioned as triggers for contacting the office.
Sawa, nitawajulisha kukiwa na mabadiliko. Nimeelewa kwamba mkutano ni tarehe ishirini na tisa Oktoba, na bado nasubiri uthibitisho kuhusu kumchukua binti yangu saa tisa alasiri.
Model answer and marking points
All right, I will let you know if there are any changes. I understand the meeting is on 29 October, and I am still waiting for confirmation about collecting my daughter at 3 pm.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will inform the school of any changes
- Meeting is on 29 October
- Still waiting for confirmation
- About collecting daughter at 3 pm
Easy to miss: Ishirini na tisa is 29 and tisa alasiri is 3 pm; do not mix the two uses of tisa.
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