School report: Getting creative

Bingo for babies!

Teacher Sarah has been teaching her little ones number recognition by matching number plate bingo.

Making lessons fun like this captures the children's interest and imagination.

There has also been fun for the younger kids  playing in the sand making houses, hills and writing words sand.

Meanwhile KG 3 pupils having been getting creative with Teacher Getry making leaf prints and activity they enjoyed so much they didn't want it to end!

Making new friends

There was a very warm welcome for our long-time Happy House friends Scott and Laura Webster when they went to talk at their local church about their many experiences volunteering with our family.

One of their first volunteer visits

Scott and Laura were speaking to the Friendship Group at Royal Wootton Bassett Methodist Church, an audience of 25  people from many different backgrounds including former social worker, probation officer and teachers.

Scott and  Laura illustrated their talk with pictures they'd taken themselves, plus a video and presentation provided by our UK coordinator Elizabeth.

Scott said: " Some of the people there had volunteered overseas themselves and they were all very impressed by is being achieved for children at the Happy House and its school."

The group very kindly made a donation of £50 to help.  Our thanks to them and to Scott and Laura.

Charity shop

If you are anywhere near the Fylde coast please pop in to see what we have on sale this week in a charity shop in Poulton.

Poulton Methodist Church owns the shop which it allows local charities to use, on a rota basis, for one week each year in return for a percentage of the takings. It's a great resource for charities like our own.

We will be opening from 10am-3pm today, tomorrow and Thursday.

Smart work!

 A smart TV bought with some of the funds raised by Lesley and Alan Pidcock at their  very well supported fundraising events in Taif, Saudi Arabia, is proving a  huge benefit to our students,
Teachers are using the television to research and explore new avenues of approach to their subjects.
They are then able to use the television to show relevant internet video to bring lessons to life.
We are so grateful to Lesley and Alan and to all their friends in Taif for making this possible. Thank you.

Our laboratory, by Michael

Michael Kombe is a scholarship student who is discovering the world of science thanks to our laboratory.

I’m Michael a student in secondary school form 1.

I am writing this blog about the Happy House laboratory.

I’m glad to be able to use it when we study science because it is well equipped with many instruments.

Recently there  were some chemicals bought by Mama Sue to enable  practical experiments the scientific subjects such as physics, biology and chemistry. 

The laboratory is an important room and it is designed specific for experimentation and research Of scientific tasks.

It is important to those of us who want to go on to careers such as being a doctor. 

Charity shop opens today - for one week only!

There's a chance to bag a bargain and boost our Happy House funds in Poulton, Lancashire, for the next week.

We are taking over the Poulton Methodist Church Charity Shop in Chapel Street opening at 10am today.

The church kindly lets the shop to different charities for a week at a time, so many good causes benefit over the year.

We have lots of donated items clothes (some never worn), children's clothes, games, toys and dressing up clothes.

Then there's household items and bric-a-brac, dvds and books (for all ages) ... shoes and accessories.

 Helene Stephens, Margaret Willan and Helen's granddaughters Ella and Rebecca got the shop all stocked up for the start of trade today, which also happens to be Poulton Gala Day.

 Helene will be on shop duty all day today so pop in and say hello.

The shop will be open today, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 3pm (approx) ,

Thank you to everyone who is helping in the shop over the next week. We are so grateful to you for giving up your time to help our family.

We desperately need funds to maintain and develop our work with children in need  - those who find a a safe and loving  home in our Happy House and others from the local community, from abject poverty, who would be out of school, if it were not for the  education they receive on free place scholarships in our school

Please come and splash your cash (a little will buy a lot) and every single penny we raise will make a difference to a young life.

See you soon.

Work then play!

Once home from school and changed our little ones get their homework done.

Whether it reading, writing or arithmetic there is always an auntie around to give them support and to ensure that nobody is struggling.

And as soon as the work is done, books put away, it's time to play out and have fun.

That's the way to do it!

Every family has its own way of doing things, and its own routine.

And this week at Kidz Club our children were reminded of the importance of doing things the right way.

It was a very happy gathering with the usual songs and exchange of news.