Exam ready!

Our Class 8 primary students at Happy House School will be taking their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination in November.
And although it is 10 months away, the administrative preparations have to be in place now.
The national exams are hugely important  because without them youngsters cannot go on to secondary school.
While the kids have spent eight years in readiness for the exams, and whose focus in the terms ahead, will be on those big exams, staff have to ensure every pupil sitting the KCPE exams are registered now.

Head teacher Mr Isaac, and IT man Mr Omoi have been the people ensuring this is done.

A matter of convenience

As our school population grows at Happy House School so must our facilities.
And that includes those serving our most natural needs, which is why we expanded our toilet block and the cess pits needed.
Digging out the additional cess pit provided the coral which was used to face the mew computer suite giving it the finishing touch.
The work was done over the long school holiday while builders were also on site constructing the new computer suite so it made sense to get both jobs done in tandem.
The result is that we have more toilets for both girls and boys  and staff which should make it much quicker and comfortable for both teachers and staff.
Mama Sue and our school principal and headteacher have  reminded the students of the importance to look after their surroundings and to use the toilets with respect.
Cleanliness is so important and the toilets are checked and cleaned at regular intervals throughout the school day.

Visiting the Happy House

Mama Sue was delighted to welcome two visitors from the UK, Angela Lewis and David Paris.

They were keen to see our Happy House children's home and school and were impressed by the standard of care and education we give to our children.
They very kindly donated £100 which they and Mama agreed will be used to buy text books for school.
Angela and David are also looking forward to sponsoring two of our children which is lovely and we are delighted to welcome them to our family of sponsors.
David and Angela very kindly agreed to make a short video about their visit.

Happy House in bloom

Our secondary students at Happy House School have been enhancing the school grounds by planting flowers in the newly created raised borders outside the computer suite.
 The young people who take a great pride in being at our school were tasked with putting in the plants to spell out Happy House.
Once matured it will look very nice indeed.

An act of kindness by Janet

Janet has been a member of our Happy house family since we opened the Happy House children's home almost nine years ago. She arrived with her younger brothers Evans and Oscar and they can still recall those early days when we were waiting for a container load of furniture and other essentials to arrive from the UK. She has a family of sponsors who have truly enhanced her life and she is grateful to them. We have recorded a number of children and staff talking about Acts of Kindness and we will publish them on the blog every now and again. They are a reminder of how kindness comes in many forms and of how it should never be taken for granted.

Chicken troubles

Our flock of chickens at Happy House has been almost wiped out by a virus infection.
We have just two birds remaining after a serious disease, affecting flocks in our area, reached our chicken run.
It such a setback as we were growing or flock well and the kids loved helping to look after the birds which were producing eggs to be used in our kitchen- our picture of Brian feeding the chickens is from a few months ago.
Here  a very sad Papa Dave explains more.

Projector installed

An overhead projector gives the finishish touch to the new computer suite at Happy House school.
In this video, Mr Omoi talks about how the projector will help in delivering lessons and as there is a computer lesson in progress, Mr Kelvin, the computer teacher gives an insight into what the children are learning.
The purpose built suite, completed this month, is a huge asset to our school.