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Winter is a good time to be at school

Winter is a good time to be at school

Pikkewyntjies / Penguinkidz Pre-School

Breakfast tastes so good on a cold morning and if the first bowl of warm porridge leaves you still feeling hungry you can take your bowl back to Tannie Louise and ask her if you may have some more, please.  Everyone also gets welcome mugs of hot tea and slices of oranges or guavas and then it's wash hands and brush teeth time and the school day begins just before eight o'clock.  

The work is always interesting and usually challenging and the Pikkewyntjies try their hardest but on a winter's day with the rain falling and the wind swirling around the building it's somehow really nice to be warm and cosy inside and busy with projects.  

Here are some images of activities tackled recently.

Winter is a good time to be at school

Rosemary Fowkes

Pikkewyntjies / Penguinkidz Pre-School is a non-profit early childhood education centre in Betty’s Bay where underprivileged children between the ages of two and six years get taught their ABCs and 123s. The pre-school is registered with the Western Cape Education Department and offers two classes...

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