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| Happy Birthday to you Gogo !!! |
November has been a busy busy month at Siphucule all leading up to "Graduation" day and the end of the year Christmas party which all happened last Friday ! We had a wonderful day which I will write about in my next post ! In the meantime I had a birthday which I celebrated at the school with lots of cupcakes and much singing and excitement . Jean's daughter Natalie and grand daughters Tara and Erin came to visit the school and helped to celebrate too ..I think the kids thought they had been visited by angels with their beautiful long blonde hair and lovely English complexions . They are out from the UK on their way to Perth . They came armed with more music CDs which caused much fun and lusty singing and dancing..the little one's just loved all the attention and those poor girls were nearly hugged to death !!!
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| YAY !! Birthday cupcakes !! |
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| Erin being mobbed ! |
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| Erin spreading sun-shine ! |
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| Loving Natalie's music ! |
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| The kids just adored Tara's lovely hair !! |
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| The Three Musketeers ! |
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| Tara makes playtime special ! |
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| Thanks for the push Erin ! |
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| Such special books from our friends in Australia ! |
I have another wonderful heart-warming story to share ! Cara's Class in Brisbane have a "Kindness Tree" ..the children get leaves to add to the tree whenever they are kind. They heard about Siphucule and all decided to bring some money to buy the kids some books..they chose the books themselves and each wrote a beautiful letter which Cara then parcelled up and posted. What a lovely teacher she is and what special kids she has in Class 213 LT..I am sure their kindness tree has grown enormously by now ! The kids here of course were overjoyed ..they totally adored the books and sat patiently listening to Rejoice reading and translating every single letter ...they also feel very special to have so many friends in Australia. It was a good cutural lesson for them too..most of them had NO idea what a koala bear was !!! I think the pictures tell the story better than I do !
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| Class 213 LT ROCKS !!!! |
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| Rumble in the Jungle !! |
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| Feel the Ellie's ears !! |
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| Big claps for Class 213 LT |
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| Reading all the special letters. |
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| YAY !!! We love Australia !!!!! |
The staff had a jumble sale 2 weeks ago and raised enough money to buy a few rolls of lino to patch up their very grotty floor ..it is looking much smarter now and at least the little one's are no longer tripping over the lifting bits ! Life is a bit difficult for Rejoice at the moment as the 3 ladies who were supposed to retire have finally left ( this HAD to happen for the school to be sustainable ..there were just too many adults to support ! ) Unfortunately one of the other teachers resigned as well..so they are now down to only 2 teachers and 1 cook plus Headman the gardener . The parents have been helping out which is lovely to see..I hope things sort themselves out soon !
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| The garden is looking wonderful ! |
The E'Pap feeding fund is expanding and getting stronger every day ! I am so grateful to all the wonderful donations from all over the world ...your love and caring blow me away on a daily basis !! THANK-YOU !!! We have a birthday club in Bathurst and last night was the Scorpio's birthday bash. My E'Pap scheme was the very lucky beneficiary instead of gifts and this fabulous community collected enough money to buy over 185 packets..that will provide over 3700 meals !!! Woo-Hoo !!! How awesome is THAT ??!!
The garden is looking very good and should be providing fresh veggies for lunch very soon ..that will be such a blessing !
Thank-you everyone once again for your ongoing love and support . You are all helping to make such a difference and make the kids feel very special..which of course they are !!!
Lots of love ..Kay
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