After school closed for the holiday, the teachers went on a shopping spree to the Educare shop in Windhoek and bought new learning materials for both the toddlers and the pre-schoolers. During the coming term the children can enjoy some new materials to work with. Also some Montessori materials have been ordered from South-Africa. Unfortunately these are not yet available in Namibia.
A successful Fun Day was held on the 26th of July which was attended by most of our children with their families. It may have been the coldest day of the year but the games, the jumping castle and the braai warmed everybody up. Thanks to all the parents who contributed in kind or cash and bought tickets for the braai, an amount of N$4594.35!!! was raised for the centre to buy new materials for the classrooms.
On March 26, our new classrooms were inaugurated with a great celebration. There ribbons were cut, plaques unveiled and there was talk about the importance of pre-school education. The children sang and then we had a huge cake! We are very proud of our new school and very grateful for the cooperation of the Harry Lierens Foundation in the Netherlands and the Lions Club Windhoek Alte Feste who made this possible.
With a new enthusiastic team of teachers Wake Up! celebrated Namibia's Independence Day with a great party complete with dancing, music and a lunch with traditional dishes from the diverse cultures of Namibia including braised lamb, bread made from flour and mahungu spinach.
Great news! Our two new classrooms have been completed on schedule. We are in the process of registering new children to join us from January 2014, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Many thanks to the builders, our donors and supporters for this great achievement.
We're also very happy to report that we have already been able to harvest our first crop of spinach from our new vegetable garden.
