Family times

There's been lots of laughter as the kids have enjoyed themselves in a whole range of activities.
They've been playing card games, dancing,singing and enjoying both individual and group play/
Brian and Francis have been showing the others what they learnt about computers during holiday club.
Others have been helping out in the kitchen, preparing the bread for the next day.
The children who have been out in the community visiting relatives returned yesterday and they certainly had plenty to catch up on.

Baking cakes

There's been a whole lot of baking going on.
Mama had another tasty surprise up her sleeve when the children helped to bake butterfly cakes.
They cooked up some splendid buns, but instead of the usual buttercream iciing, Mama had bought ice-cream which made them super n-ice!
Janet, Natasha and Rukia are pictured with some of the buns.

Happy meals, by Samson

Everybody was happy when the school closed for the holidays.

In the first week we  had computer fun.  We learnt a lot of things including about sending and receiving messages through emailing.

 Then the second week we had spellings and times table competitions I was among the ones who were good in times table and in spelling I was also perfect! This week we had home visiting for the Happy House kids to go and visit their grandpas and grandmas at home.

 With Mama Sue we did pancakes for snacks for the ones who remained behind. They were sweet and delicious.

 The pancakes were finger-licking and you could have as many as you would like to eat. 

Everyone enjoyed the pancakes that were cooked by our lovely Mama. 

We also had burgers for lunch which were also delicious as well.

I LOVE EATING BURGERS, thank you Mama.

Tuning in

 With so many kids away on home visits, Kidz Club this week was not quite as noisy as it usually is.

As there were no birthdays to celebrate, it was devoted to singing contest with boys against 

The kids were in full voice and sang there hearts out, accompanied by Aunty Linda Newman  and Aunty DawnHeather White. 

Uncle Ronald had the weighty task of choosing a winning choir. After a great deal of thought he awarded this week's tip award to the girls.

Mama's burger bar!

Mama Sue always tries to make it a special time for the kids left at home at Happy House while others are visiting relatives.

And so there are lots of treats and lots of fun.

Mama has been in the kitchen helping to make and supervise some lovely surprises.

Number one was homemade burgers, with salad.

The children absolutely loved them, just as they love their Mama!

Home visits

It's quieter than usual at Happy House as quite a lot of our children have gone on home

 visits to relatives.

As this is the last week of the school holidays, those youngsters who have relatives who are able to give them a few days in their homes, are back in the community.

Not all are able to go, but where it is at all possible we encourage visits and enable them to happen.

Uncle Ronnie, our social worker, said: "Our aim is to see the bond between our kids and their people back home is maintained and strengthened.

 Sometimes we have to give them bus fares and even food tol support them for the days they will be at home.

To those who remain at Happy House, Mama normally have special treats for them for the whole week. 

This ensures they feel special and do not miss their friends being around. We always explain to them why they are not able to go.

Almost half of our kids  went home this week and they will be back Monday.  In the meantime, I check up regularly to make sure all is ok with those who are not here."

School resumes on Wednesday next week, so those who have been on visits will have a full day to prepare themselves for the new term.

Pictured top left are Natasha Thoya and grandma; top right Priscilla and grandma and bottom right, Lily and Pendo with their mum.

A show of skills and bingo fun

The formal holidays activity programme ended on a high when our children staged a show.

The aim was to illustrate the skills they had learnt and developed over two weeks of computer lesson, times tables, science and spellings activities.

Older students in our school had assisted as student 'teachers".

The day with a computer show where four groups presented their work,

Group 1 had prepared  a slideshow on classification of computers. Jacinta explained the presentation while Douglas Tumaini and Chonya Patrick were the student teachers in this group and had several pages taking everyone through the development of computers and classification according to their physical size.

Then Group 2 followed with a talk about the Nitrogen Cycle given by Rukia and Sanita in line with their student teachers who were Evans and Michael Kombe.

Brian, Musyoka and Francis Anangwe  in Group 3 showcased a calendar they had made using Microsoft Publisher

Finally, Group 4 was a presentation on animal behaviour by Gladys and Gabriel

Then came fun times tables trial and those who could recite their tables correctly right up to x12  were the winners.

They were Husna Msagha, Samson Mweri, Fatuma Saidi, Baraka Francis, Baraka Mkutano, Suleiman Safari, Florence Nyevu, Mwende Kyambi, William Kombe and Rukia Salim.

The nursery kids had a spelling session and the following emerged winners: Lucky Safari, Faith Njeri,  Lydia Jumwa,  Brian Zia,  Priscilla Ponda,  Diana Were,  Husna Msagha, Fatuma Said and Baraka Mkutano.

The event came to an end with two great games of bingo, with Papa Dave as the caller.

Aunty Rose and Evans won the first came while Douglas Tumaini, Neema Kanze, Gladys Sidi, Mr Muramba and Md Hilda won the second game.

Throughout the morning there was much laughter and applause and everyone had a really enjoyable time, made all the better by the prizes which Mama Sue had ready for the winners.