Just as we are getting into a routine with the pre-schoolers, the extra lessons, both general ones with the primary school children and our special English classes we come to the realisation that this is our last full week at Akany. Mostly we will be doing things for the last time with “our” special children. It will be very sad leaving them, we are seeing personality traits coming through, unique to each child and we marvel at how they “look out” for each other: even the little ones show compassion beyond their years.

Again we have done the activities with the petit preschoolers that we know they enjoy; making bubbles and leaping from the picnic table are favourites. This week we introduced “skittles” or twelve bottle bowling, using empty water bottles. In no time at all they got the idea of where to stand, how to take turns and help with the placing of the bottles. They are a delight.

Our primary school children sometimes don’t turn up for their sessions. We are mindful of the fact it is near the end of their school year and they are a bit weary.
For Wyn’s English student, however, exams are still looming and they grapple with the finer points of grammar and essay writing