Lily of the Valley News

Redeemer Teams help at Lilyvale

village — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:10:14 +0000

The two Redeemer teams from New York worked really hard in the school. Emily Soong enjoyed a week in Grade 1, teaching and supporting children in their normal daily activities and a fortnight later Allie Abbott and Debbie joined Grade 2 pupils for a few days to teach and support. The Children made puppets and were taught about plant growth as well as how to write the start of a story.

Thank you to all for your wonderful encouragement , support, gifts and interest in the work at Lilyvale School.

Lilyvale visit to Tala – the full story

village — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:06:12 +0000

On Wednesday 25th August children and staff from Lilyvale School visited Tala Game Reserve. We piled twenty-nine children, 3 staff and 2 volunteers into buses and headed off for a fun-packed day among the rhinos and warthogs!

Sanele (aged was our lead photographer and he captured many great moments on camera. Miss Lise thought the children were more excited about going to the swimming pool than seeing the animals but their children’s excitement shifted as soon as they saw their first animal—an ostrich. As the day went on children were able to get close to a number of the animals, including giraffes, rhinos, zebras, hippos, warthogs and a variety of buck. This was a first for most of them and they were able to ask lots of questions and learn facts about the animals.

Finally came the moment the children had been waiting for…. Swimming in the pool. Some children, and Miss Lise were disappointed to find the water was so cold, but the majority happily splashed around for a time before enjoying a picnic lunch, which included chicken cooked on the braai.

Medical Teams

village — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:08:16 +0000

The first team from Redeemer team were with us for 7 days. All Lily kids were consulted by a dentist and an optometrist. Some children were lucky to have their teeth filled and others (not so lucky!!) had to have extractions. However they all walked out of the dentist room with a toothbrush, toothpaste and a smile. The children were reminded of the importance of brushing their teeth daily and how to floss effectively. It was very exciting as the children were demonstrating back what was taught to them.

Most of the kid’s eyesight was good. When some kids were examined and told they will need to wear glasses, the excitement of the new look was all over their faces. The glasses will be fitted by the optometrist who is coming with the 2nd group.

Redeemer Team 2 Arriving

village — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:05:21 +0000

This morning the second team is arriving from Redeemer Church and they will be doing medical work, a finance workshop as well as great activities with the children, lots of arts and crafts and sports as well.

Good morning Sanele

village — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:17:08 +0000

Sanele, a boy in Grade 1 was sent to the Grade 2 class today to ask for an Isi-Zulu dictionary as Miss Lise wanted to see how to say ‘grey hair.’ The children in Grade 2 were delighted when Sanele after knocking on the door, greeted the class as if he was a member of teaching staff. “Good morning class!” He said brightly, the children laughed and responded in unison with “Good morning Sanele!”

Borrowing!

village — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:33:43 +0000

During a maths lesson, young Rowan who is eight went to his teacher and asked “how am I supposed to get 6 from 5?” As a class children were working to calculate giving change from different amounts of money. His teacher replied with “you can’t!” The young boy looked confused so the teacher went on to explain that he needed to borrow from the tens column. “Oh, it’s borrowing, no problem,” he replied with a broad grin on his face.

Good afternoon sir. . .

village — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:58:16 +0000

It was a bright, sunny, yet cold in Grade 2 and Kwanele greeted the PE teacher with a “Good afternoon” despite it still being the morning. When his teacher asked him why he’d said “Good Afternoon,” Kwanele replied it was because when the sun is shinning it is hot and it’s hot in the afternoon. his teacher quizzed him as to whether it ever was hot at night – “do you ever see the sun at night time?” The boy was confused, “no Sir,” he answered. “But it can be hot at night?” The teacher appeared to be really challenging the boy now. “Does it still mean it’s afternoon when it’s sunny in the morning?” “Ahhhh, no Sir, it would be morning – I should say ‘Good morning, then.’”

Princess Amahle’s Birthday

village — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:15:25 +0000

Grade 1 celebrated Amahle’s 7th birthday today with chocolate cake and numerous renditions of “Happy Birthday.” Miss Lise once called Amahle “Princess!” and so Amahle arrived at school today with a crown and demanded that everyone address her as ‘Princess Amahle, the birthday girl.’

New Lily of the Valley website!!

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:40:14 +0000

Lily of the Valley today unveils it’s new website!!

Please feel free to take a look around and give us any feedback that you might have. The website includes:

A new photo gallery (http://www.lov.org.za/photo-gallery/#lily-of-the-valley-childrens-village/0/)
This new blog (http://blog.lov.org.za/)
Updates to all our work (http://www.lov.org.za/our-work/)
And lots of new details about how you can support the work of Lily of the Valley (http://www.lov.org.za/support-us/)

I hope you enjoy our website and keep checking back for new information.