Activity around the school the last few days has been animated, with the children singing and learning; and friends painting, path making and digging trenches. We’ve had much fun in the mud, sun and classroom. So here’s some photo’s of the children
Garden beginnings
Well now the doors are open and the wonderous Dawn is creating miracles inside we are set to create the same on the outside. The opening day saw such productivity on our to be vegetable patch and with Woolworths ‘
Tables and chairs for Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori
Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori Early Learning Centre would like to thank the Local School Furniture and Support Fund for purchasing 3 x 4-seater tables and 13 chairs for their school – we are very grateful for this. Hopefully the delivery from
Community Basket decanting…
Thanks to Lou from Wales for spending her Saturday morning sorting and decanting black bags of Community Basket clothes and items. We now have close to 50 boxes. 20 more boxes to go and we will plan a village drop
High School Scholars settling in well
Firstly I would like to thank all our high school scholarship sponsors very much for your sponsorship and the positive difference this is making for the children/youth of our community. This year we have 8 students being sponsored at St
Marhenene Boys update – October 2009 to February 2010
Nozibele (the boys cousin) has been up to the Department of Social Development and the Magistrates Court in Mqanduli 5 times to attend meetings regarding the boys orphan grant application. They eventually fingerprinted her in early January and we are
Fanekhaya Lili update – December 2009 to 20 February 2010
Fanekhaya filled out 8 bursaries and we posted them off. He had a serious chat with his brother and his brother agreed to help him with money for his registration at WSU. There is an ex-Coffee Shack guest, Kim, who
Our first week
My dream for the past 4 years has come true – Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori Early Learning Centre opened in Coffee Bay on Monday 15 February 2010 and our first week has been absolutely amazing! We have 12 children (8 boys
Opening day celebrations
I thought the photo’s could speak for themselves. Big thanks to the volunteers who made the walls so colourful and the lads who made a great start to the vegetable patch, especially Mike and the Marhenene boys who didnt stop
Flowers and furnishings. Getting ready for Monday morning
Wow very hot here in Coffee Bay, which only means that our varnished shelving and painted rondavel is drying nice and quickly. Dawn is busy at the school now, finally emptying her Montessori boxes and furnishing the classroom ready for Monday morning. The