Natunini is almost certainly going to become a milliner, or at the very least a leader in hat fashion. As several photographs on this site will testify, she is often to be seen wearing stylish head gear. This floral arrangement, made from desert rose flowers, is just the latest of this fashionista’s creations.
Due to habitat loss the once abundant grey crowned cranes of East Africa are on the decline. Our marsh area was a typical example. It used to be a great breeding habitat for the crowned crane but as it dried up and was heavily grazed the crown cranes were left without a suitable breeding habitat. …
A crack in a water pipe is a problem for the maintenance team (AKA Kitonga and Moses) but for the rest of us there is a pleasant side effect. As the land and plants all around us take on their long dry season look, of dusty ochre and parched leaflessness, we have a little oasis …
With confidence, flexibility and incredible balance the Squirrel Group (our youngest) are all naturals at yoga. I would love to say that I teach them yoga but the truth is they can do things with balance and strength, and yes even inner calm, that I have never managed to achieve in all my years of …
This is another post in our occasional medical series. Each morning, when we gather for the meeting that starts the day, as well as taking the register we also have a health check. “How are you all today” is meant more literally than the normal pleasant greeting. Most mornings there is nothing more than a …
Since writing their own poems about plants a few weeks ago, some of the kids have really got into poetry. Luckily we have several anthologies of poems aimed at children and young people. A big shout out to you clever people who knew (how did you know?!) that this day would come, and sent us …
When she last visited Chelsea brought with her a large bag of pencils for the school. These were not just any pencils however. These were all special pencils, collected by Chelsea during her childhood. The collection was so impressive it even went on public display in her home town. The pencils are a riot of …
These members of the Rhino group are hoping the elephants won’t find their little vegetable sack garden, hidden as it is behind the dinning hall.
I used to think that classrooms were just for those times when you really needed to use tables and chairs, but now I’m not sure you even need them then. This week the kids took their tables and chairs outside to work on pieces of writing about the environment. We had been reading poems about …