tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23863461981765229242024-02-19T08:19:57.341+02:00Words Can Change Worlds: a nation of readersShinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comBlogger454125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-59149581925078130712012-11-28T12:09:00.004+02:002012-11-28T12:09:58.356+02:00Thank you! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you for reading about our joy and triumphs and tears and challenges over the last six years, and please don't stop!Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-88611380166620940492012-09-18T10:00:00.000+02:002012-09-18T10:00:06.680+02:00Lourier, Little Stars <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Mrs Jardine the new principal of Lourier has made some lovely changes at Lourier, school, including the newly located literacy centre, Little Stars. The centre is now triple the size, with a fresh primrose interior. Themba, Carrie and Bea visited last week, and delighted in the energy and innovation taking place there. Bea mentioned to me that the atmosphere at the school was one of joy, fun and engagement: a great place to learn. </div>
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-19794236235651584372012-09-17T13:33:00.001+02:002012-09-17T13:33:45.171+02:00Volunteer Testimonial from Tania Reza, California <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One of our overseas volunteers from California sent us a lovely testimonial the other day, that I wanted to share. We are so honoured to be able to work with such special people. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'Working at the Shine Centre branch at Prestwich Primary School was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The children were such a pleasure to work with—they are so happy when they are at school, always smiling and laughing, and very enthusiastic about learning. I especially remember working with a child who was struggling with the letters of the alphabet. After only a few sessions, he was able to spell basic three-letter words. The expression on his face after he realized that he could identify and write letters, and even sound out and spell basic words, was priceless. My experiences with these children reinforced to me the importance of the work the Shine Centre does on a daily basis. My only regret was that I wasn’t able to spend a longer period of time in Cape Town, but I know I’ll be back soon.'</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We look forward to welcoming you back, Tania! </span><br />
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Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-82013964861883692232012-09-13T08:31:00.001+02:002012-09-13T08:35:25.816+02:00A visit to Westlake It is always great to visit a centre that is using the Shine methods and feel the continuity of ethos and practice. Bea visited Westlake earlier this week, and came back with a glowing report.The day she was visiting, a team of educational delegates from the Eastern Cape were visiting to watch 'best practice.' It is satisfying to think that every visitor takes something away with them, however small. We just want our simple and efficient methods to spread countrywide!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A great report on Book Buddies landed in my in-box from Themba, who is heading up the community work for Shine. I thought I should share an extract....'After a few attempts, thwarted by service
delivery disruptions, Maurita and I finally managed to visit the Zenzeleni
Waldorf School in Khayelitsha to see the Book Buddies programme that we
launched at the school in June of this year. Book Buddies is a programme that
is designed to pair students of different grades to read together using the method of Paired and Shared Reading. The older children read to the younger
children, with the idea of improving the literacy of the children at the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">When we arrived, the Grade 6 class welcomed us
with an energy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that said ‘this is
part of our weekly activity and we own this'.We walked around the class and
listened to the reading: some of the children had found interesting ways to
share comprehension skills. Maurita did a little impromptu training, sharing
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In comparison to most schools on Khayelitsha,
Zenzeleni is a relatively small school that provides a very different approach
to teaching and learning. We are very excited to be able to share this journey
with the school, and we would like to see the Book Buddies programme grow and
expand into other schools. We noticed that the children ‘flew’ through the
material, and we realized that we needed to increase the level of difficulty of
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Zenzeleni children are our first Book
Buddies ever! We are very proud of their dedication and commitment to their own
learning. We will be monitoring the school very closely and we plan to keep you
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Many thanks to the Lovely Anna Maraudos from SMD Eyewear who donated 50<br />pairs of skechers frames in 2012. Our children have never looked better! Thank you to all involved.</span>Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-576706273802070352012-08-18T10:39:00.000+02:002012-08-18T10:39:00.564+02:00Themba's latest report on parent workshops <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I received a thorough report from Themba last week about the latest parent workshop. Themba joined us recently to work on the Outreach part of our programme. He is busy helping us set up book clubs and parent workshops in the communities. This is just a short extract from his latest feedback:<br />
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attendance, only 29 parents arrived on the day. This was very disappointing to
all of us, yet we did not let this get in the way of us facilitating a great
workshop. The small turnout meant that we could have an intimate interaction
with the parents and take part in discussions with them. I was able to
communicate to them just how crucial it is to get to know the teacher of their
child and not to wait until the child is under-performing at school before
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at these workshops have themselves not had a good education. No one read to
them as children and supported them beyond sending them to school. They all
want to see their children do well and have access to opportunities they
themselves have never had. Our workshops enable us to engage with them without
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Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-12479369256760223692012-08-17T10:30:00.001+02:002012-08-17T16:16:37.775+02:00Observatory eye testing <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-89977822326233479162012-08-14T13:48:00.002+02:002012-08-14T13:48:43.582+02:00Thank you to Debbie and Peter from Continental China <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Debbie Van As, (one of our Zonnebloem volunteers) and her husband Peter recently donated 40 wonderful china cups that we plan to use at our parent and volunteer workshops. This was a true gift for us: our old cups were looking decidedly scruffy, and these came at just the right time. We are constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of our volunteers and their families.Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-79572683671801742972012-08-10T15:00:00.000+02:002012-08-17T11:08:17.103+02:00Our latest Part one 'Shine in a Box' Training<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Eight people joined us yesterday for our Shine in a Box training. This makes a total of close to 100 people we have trained in our Shine methods since we started the course two years ago. We always go away very energised from these gatherings: there is always so much enthusiasm and energy bounding around. We hope that out of small seedlings, many Shine chapters will grow! Two of the attendees, Fikile and Penny Tshabulala, flew down from Gauteng, and we were able to introduce them to Margi Bashall, who has started several Shine Chapters in and around Jo Burg. Fikile gave us wonderful feedback just before we parted ways:</span></div>
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-55408570341037675352012-08-06T12:00:00.000+02:002012-08-06T12:00:02.687+02:00A Shine Friend Returns.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-39077438568407053152012-08-06T08:00:00.000+02:002012-08-06T08:00:03.268+02:00Praise Notes of Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I received the following email from Karen at Zonnebloem, and I could NOT resist posting it....</span><br />
'Lelethu (grade 3 girls' school) arrived at Shine today with a box covered in wrapping paper with a note taped to the front of it, a present for her learning partner, Denise King.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The note says: " I love you. You are the star. You the best in the west. Even you die, I will remember you. You are the best teacher". </span><br />
How is that for a "praise note"?! Praise indeed!Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-57391958573397674912012-08-04T09:00:00.000+02:002012-08-04T09:00:08.682+02:00New Baby on the Block!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">News from Karen at Zonnebloem: </span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'Cathy Ford, (a Monday and Friday volunteer at Zonnebloem) came to visit us today and brought her beautiful baby Joshua to meet us. We can't wait for Cathy Ford to come back to Shine so we can teach Joshua to read!' </span>Congratulations from Shine to the Ford family on your recent arrival! </div>
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<br /></div>Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-72387746410949355882012-08-03T15:48:00.001+02:002012-08-03T16:42:32.892+02:00A Visit From the Teachers to the Prestwich St Shine Centre<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Trudy, our Prestwich St centre manager, invited all the teachers to come to the centre to see what we do, and discuss the programme with them. Trudy reported that they were very responsive and commented on the impact that the programme makes, and highlighted the improvements they see with children who attend Shine. It is exciting for us to be able to showcase the programme to the teachers, and for them to see the value : this is team work at its best.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><br />
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promoting their Nal'ibali Reading Clubs. Nal'ibali means 'Here's the Story' in
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Trust and backed by Avusa, who are publishing supplements in the Times
newspaper every Wednesday during term-time. You will start to see these
supplements filtering into our Shine Centres over the coming months: they are
printed in English and Xhosa in the Western Cape, and we are delighted to be
able to use these books in a multiple of ways: as readers to take home,
as books to go home in parent packs, and eventually to be a strong feature in
our community initiatives that we are busy working on.</span></div>
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when you see the supplements, you are familiar with the organisation and their
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;">'All over South Africa people are starting reading clubs
to get young people reading! Some of these clubs have been running for a number
of years while others are just starting – but what is common to all of them is
that they have caught the story-bug and they don’t want to let it go!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Why do people start reading clubs? These people know how
important telling stories, reading and writing are in our lives. They want to
provide regular opportunities for children to enjoy listening to stories,
reading and writing. They know that as children experience stories and books,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, what is a reading club? It’s a relaxed environment
that is more like home than school. Nobody is forced to come – it’s something
you choose to do.It’s a place where people who love stories and books meet
regularly to read, tell stories and talk about what they are reading with
children of all ages. Sometimes they also do other fun activities related to
stories and books. And often there’s time for club members to write too…
because reading and writing go together. All of these things can happen in any
language – in fact, most of the clubs tell and read stories in at least two
languages!'<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div>Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-54375304388325225372012-07-30T14:56:00.000+02:002012-07-30T14:56:21.589+02:00Thank you to the Nedgroup Investment Team<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nedgroup Investments came and helped put little books together at the Prestwich Shine Centre last week: community outreach at its best. Thank you to Dee, Kerry and Trudy for co-ordinating the project, and for the Nedgroup team for facilitating such a needed service. We thrive with the help of our local communities.<br />
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-8552308703443045642012-07-28T06:20:00.002+02:002012-07-28T06:52:26.722+02:00A thank you to Mullers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Andrew and Brevan from Mullers are casting their wonderful magic this week at our centres, and will continue their work over the next month or so. Over 100<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> children were assessed this week, and approximately 150 more children will be tested at all our schools in the next two weeks. Mullers have committed to screen every grade one child, any new child up to grade three, plus see the children who have already been treated by Mullers in previous years. In addition, Nikki from SDM Eyewear has very generously donated 50 pairs of frames to add to the alchemy. The next stage for Mullers once all the testing has been completed will be the diagnosis and follow-up with glasses if needed. </span>We want to thank Mullers and SDM for their collaboration and for giving their time, expertise and product so willingly. We salute them for being part of the vision (if you will excuse the pun) that allows our children the opportunity to become better readers.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Karen from Zonnebloem sent us a great little narrative yesterday which I wanted to share: </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'Inga, Avuyile and Litha Booi were part of our grade one programme in 2010 - they came with some other boys who were extremely weak in the 4th term for a specialy designed programme (designed by Sally James)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">W</span>hen these three boys repeated Grade one they continued coming to Shine once a week for the whole of 2011. At the end of the year they were assessed along with all the grade ones, and their scores were so high they (didn't have) to come back to Shine in grade two.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Every day when I take the grade two boys to Shine these three boys beg me to take them to Shine for a visit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I promised them that I would....last week, on the first day of school, they were waiting for me when I arrived at Zonnebloem - "when can we come to Shine for a visit?".....Today was their chance....</span>We sat on the mat in the kitchen - I read two Jill Eggleton Big Books to them - There's a Bunyip in the Billabong and Grumpy Rhino - they loved these stories.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each of them read a blue sticker book to me - their reading is so good (especially Avuyile and Litha. Inga was a bit weaker and may come back to Shine in grade 3).</span></div>
They insisted on taking a take-home-book for the night and on getting a praise card as well.'<br />
It is always so good to hear such success stories. What always strikes me is the willingness and eagerness of the children to be part of Shine, and that our little traditions, such as the praise notes and the special take-home-books, are so treasured.<br />
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We recently asked a friend of Shine, Jaco Van Straten, to design a Shine Box for us. We wanted a piece of furniture that could be sent to schools and churches, which housed all our material, that was safe and secure. We plan to use these for the organisations who receive our Book Buddy training and for the Shine Book Clubs. We are very pleased with the results, and we hope that this will lead to more children being exposed to the joy of reading. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWLdLG__tdRoUunUB0bb51YT8zIBG9h_iB3bdcLz7lURwfbWWnNR8xmOzT0UqZj5mllEaZUxbwgZOkWjN0q2N8yE8WPVRdfyE39QGxSXgwFt3dhrm-BJ340CT6rg-dUwG42Mgj2N0C9A/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWLdLG__tdRoUunUB0bb51YT8zIBG9h_iB3bdcLz7lURwfbWWnNR8xmOzT0UqZj5mllEaZUxbwgZOkWjN0q2N8yE8WPVRdfyE39QGxSXgwFt3dhrm-BJ340CT6rg-dUwG42Mgj2N0C9A/s320/photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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We understand the importance of ensuring that children see books, storytime and learning to read as a fun activity, and one that can transport them to places they want to go, rather than just something that takes place at school, and the Shine Box is a wonderful vehicle for this. Words can Change Worlds.Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-53313372567750018472012-07-23T13:25:00.003+02:002012-07-23T13:26:37.765+02:00School News: Prestwich in the Spotlight on Mandela Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Trudy reported that the day was very festive. Each the learner made a card and they were put up in the corridors and classrooms creating a party atmosphere. The Grade 2A class made sandwiches for some of the other classes. Absa came to surprise the school by giving all the learners sandwiches chips as part of their CSI initiative. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><br />
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Karen and the Zonnebloem centre flew the SA flag proudly on Thursday. The school celebrated by singing "Happy Birthday' to Madiba at 8.00am in the morning, along with the rest of the country. I wonder how many other schools added the fun 'How old are you now?' verse? The boys' school did, very heartily.... 94 today!Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-81008291203546993062012-07-19T07:30:00.000+02:002012-07-19T07:30:00.510+02:00The office bursts at the seams some days!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br />We had a group meeting on the last Friday of term, and it was astonishing how many people we can fit into a small space! Thank you to a wonderful team who keeps things moving at Shine.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22Plqiw9cQHkcVJfkSuuBv829kjxYrC_DMct2-zaN0k2Y8o-AHIxn66Hf1GFunDAzpLGRQTaiVXU3Hb-CQxm2AYVb7aJDZCt6eUmA5GvfxIN4TG_2DTxW0eeRBaDJHz6rELNShe7ByoI/s1600/IMG_1562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22Plqiw9cQHkcVJfkSuuBv829kjxYrC_DMct2-zaN0k2Y8o-AHIxn66Hf1GFunDAzpLGRQTaiVXU3Hb-CQxm2AYVb7aJDZCt6eUmA5GvfxIN4TG_2DTxW0eeRBaDJHz6rELNShe7ByoI/s400/IMG_1562.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<br />Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-34601890840492756822012-07-17T20:21:00.001+02:002012-07-17T20:21:53.165+02:00Happy Birthday Mandela! 94 today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Birthday! We look forward to joining our schools in singing Happy Birthday to Nelson Mandela at 8.00am tomorrow morning.Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386346198176522924.post-66385941186872971582012-06-21T08:00:00.000+02:002012-06-21T08:00:07.543+02:00Carrie Turner, Head Girl Report Back!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I had a quick catch up coffee with Carrie Turner today, to find out how she got on over the last term helping out on Mondays and Weds at Zonnebloem whilst Karen has been away. She had completely pre-empted me, and had prepared a lovely little narrative for us:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'....There is little to beat the wide and ready smiles that greet us.....'</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'I have had the most wonderful term. It has been such a pleasure to help at Zonnebloem. There is little to beat the wide and ready smiles that greet us as the children are brought up from their classrooms; or the rapt concentration on the pages of a book; or the wild enthusiasm for the new games, which have been such an overwhelming success with both learners and partners! I will miss my weekly rays of sunshine, both the literal ones, and those from the children, as I head off for a while, but am already looking forward to being back in the Spring. Thought it may be nice for you to see these photos! </span>Carrie xxxx'<br />
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Carrie, we are privileged to have such dedication within our volunteer team, and we wish you well as you return to England for a while...and we look forward to your speedy return.<br />
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<br /></div>Shinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329868837435610843noreply@blogger.com