Find out what the House of Children have been up to so far this year. Note from Principal Marlene We had another busy start to the year and were privileged to have had quite a few people visiting our school
Things are happening….at the new Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori!
Activity and movement started at the new, big Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori in early April 2013. We were ready to open on 9 April 2013 and for the first week we only had the 9 ‘old’ children at the new school,
Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori Early Learning Centre
As the first dedicated pre-school in the area, Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori (ILM) is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty, through education and early childhood development. After working on this project for 3 years, we opened our first school on
Blossoming children and building works at ILM – July 2012 update!
7 June 2012 is a date I will never forget! It is the day that the Department of Roads and Public Works (from Grahamstown) came to finish levelling the site for the new ILM – this means that we can now
ILM’s first cluster pre-school kicks off – May 2012
ILM’s search for the TLB continues, but it seems like DoPW (Department of Pubic Works) from the Mapuzi road site is going to help us to flatten the site……a few more days till head office gives approval 🙂 (fingers crossed).
Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori and 2012!
2012 started with a bang with 8 new children joining our pre-school of 15, and 5 of them were 3 year olds….. this was going to be very interesting and challenging!!! The other major challenge for us was going to
Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori – July & August 2011
After a good mid-year break, we opened school ready for the 3rd term……We had new globes for the environment, a Sandpaper Globe and a Continents Globe – Excellent! We returned to school on a Monday, after having been open for
Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori – May/June 2011
Charlene Quest, a friend of S.C.B’s did a fundraiser for us in Madison, in the USA in May 2011. It was a night of make-up, hair and fashion – to make some dollars for the Coffee Bay community. Charlene and
March & April 2011 at Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori
Our relationship with the NDA improved much in March and many, many hours were spent on proposals and budgets for building a big Montessori Early Learning Centre for 60 children, somewhere in the greater Coffee Bay area. The kitchen at
Ikhaya Labantwana 2011: Our first weeks back
Molo to all of our brilliant and devoted friends, and, thank you every day for your consistent best wishes and wisdom. While Dawn is busy with absolutely everything else you read on our blog,,( and much more!), I thought I