New term

Good morning Happy Day family. (written by Maggie 09.05.23)

Today is our first day of second term 2023 and we are back to school and ready to teach and learn. 

Despite the rainy and chilly morning here, some of the kids have reported to school and our staff are all back except teacher Mercy whose child is admitted in hospital (we pray for her quick recovery).

We hope this term is nice on us despite the hard economic times experienced world wide. 

Have a blessed Tuesday

Det går ikke rundt

Det er fremdeles barn fra de mest utsatte familiene som går på Happy day og de ansatte er helt avhengige av inntekten de får fra Happy day for å forsørge sine egne familier. Inntektsnivået er så lavt at de ikke får endene til å møtes. I 2023 har vi ikke fått inn nok penger til å gi mat til barna på skolen og denne måneden har vi heller ikke penger til å betale ut de lønningene de ansatte pleier å få. De vil fortsette å holde skolen åpen og gjøre så godt de kan for å gi barna opplæring og et trygt sted å være mens foreldrene prøver å skaffe penger til mat. Men det ville ha en enorm betydning om vi hadde klart å bidra med penger til mat til barna og lønn til de ansatte. Har du lyst og mulighet til å bidra til at dette meningsfulle prosjektet får hjulene til å gå rundt, setter vi stor pris på månedlige bidrag på 1503 91 06091 eller VIPPS til Happy Day juniors schools venner #104265 ❤️❤️❤️

Innblikk: Det har nettopp vært en to ukers ferie i skoleruta. Før det gjennomførte elevene eksamener i tråd med retningslinjene i Kenya: 

Smilene sitter løst selv om hverdagen er tøff

 

 Good afternoon happy day family. 

We are in the fifth week of the first term of 2023 academic year. We opened school on a high note despite the low attendance of the pupils. We attribute the low turn out to the current economic situation. We have not been having the feeding program and so it becomes difficult for most of the kids to be in school. As at today we had 39 kids . 

Mostly the absent ones give the hunger reasons when asked why they don't come. Currently we are asking parents to pack lunch for the kids or bring food at lunch time. 

It's sad to note that some of the kids are made to skip lunch because there is no food to pack or to bring to school.  Parents opt to make a meal that is shared by all family members and so they can have their kids come to school and miss out on the family meal. 

Kenya is experiencing drought like never before and so most of our parents who depend on washing clothes for their income are not earning any money. Our happy day kids are affected so much by the current situation. 

We are grateful to friends of happy day who have stood with us by donating your support to us. We can only say thank you very much .. Asante sana for your continued support. We don't take your help for granted. We wish you all the best that life has to offer for keeping a child in school and putting a smile on their face. 

At happy day we keep the children in school for free despite our many needs. No child is send home for any money. This is only possible because of your support. 

Be blessed. 

Academically, we are doing very well and in tune with the curriculum design. However, we require text books to enable us to teach. The text books are sold at the   KICD ( Kenya institute of curriculum development) at a cost of between 450 and 600 ksh). This are very essential and vital teaching aids for the teachers. 

All our staff are doing the best they can . Tr. Everline is on maternity leave. The rest of us are in place and trying our best to create a safe space for the kids especially now that life is hard.  We hope rains pours and the drought goes away so that parents can be able to go back to work and put a meal on the table for their kids. 

We are scheduled to do our mid term exams from next week so that we can gauge our performance academically. 

This will require 2600 In order for us to be able to purchase the exams. 

 

The premises are also in need of some repairs especially the water system. Our walls need some painting. 

We need at least 10 desks. 

We hope that we will achieve each of the above needs through your support.

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Preparing for a new school year

Happy New Year to the Happy Day family. We hope you are all doing well this new year. We at happy day junior school are fine. 

This is to let you know that we are opening schools on 23rd January 2023 for the first term of this academic year and we are looking forward to a progressive and blessed year.  We are always grateful for the support given to us  by each and everyone of you. Be blessed and feel appreciated by us.  

We are also hoping that all our pupils and staff will be back except for the grade one kids who have to go to other schools due to the limited space and resources at our school. We are however hoping to do new admissions in our playgroup class as the rest proceed to the next class. 

As we all know, during the beginning of every academic year we have many unavoidable requirements to enable us to have a smooth operation devoid of many disturbances. This include :

1. Licences

2. Stations

3. Food

4. Repairs

5. Desks

And a few other items and requirements that have emerged as the year goes on.  Therefore, it is our humble and kind request and we get the above before or by the time we open. 

We have around three weeks to the opening day and that is enough time for us to be fully prepared. 

CBC ( competency based curriculum) is  very expensive especially to most of the Happy Day families due to the many requirements that are supposed to be provided for by the parents and so at times it's not easy for the teachers to teach as per the government requirements.  Practical lessons require real items and most of the parents are unable to buy them and so we end up buying as a school. So at times we will be coming back to you for some help ... This will enable our teachers and pupils to accomplish the lessons objectives.  

We will keep you updated on the progress and on the steps taken as the year goes on. 

Again we say Asante sana for your continued support to us.

We wish you all a happy and prosperous new year and we look forward to having a great year ahead at Happy Day Junior School.

Be blessed

REQUIRED LICENCES

1. Government/kra..... 24k

2. County council.. kanjo .... 21k

3. Renewal of the registration certificate... 3000

Repairs

1. Water piping ( from the meter to the tank) 

2. Broken desks

3. Sewage lid ( it's broken)

4. Leaking roof and the iron sheet walls need some cement so that water stops getting into the classroom

5. New paint

Stationary

1. Books.... 100 PCs @ 45...... 4500

2. Chalk .... 1200

3. Pencils.... 1000

4. Pens... 1000

5. Crayons... 3000

6. Water colours.... 3000

7. Balls... @⁨Ben Kawinzi⁩ can provide 

8. Skipping ropes..... 2000

Graduation November 2022

Tuesday 22th November:

Good evening to you all...

We are on preparations for the graduation.

Certificates... 

Gowns.........

A friend donated books and pencils and we intend to give them during the graduation ceremony as part of the gifts...

We request for the remaining items so that we can be fully prepared by tomorrow.. Thank you for the support..  Have a blessed Tuesday

Thursday 24th November: 

We had a very successful event today... Thanks for your support <3

For more photos, check our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=Happydayjuniorschool&set=a.5850049868386288

Schools closing on 24th November

Good morning everyone... We hope you are doing ok. We are doing well too.. This is to let you know that we are closing schools on 24th November 2022. Which will also be our graduation day for pp1 and grade one. We require the following items for the ceremony......

Certificates

Gowns

Gifts

Food

Snacks

Drinks

This event will double up as the Christmas party for the kids... 

We are starting the end term exams today afternoon and therefore we request for 1200 shillings to enable us to buy it... We have an equivalent...( This is just a reminder to Titus .as we had requested earlier)... We are always appreciative of your help to us.... 

Have a blessed day today

Certificates 200 × 20 =4000

Gowns.        150 × 20 = 3000

Gifts........any amount

Food..... Rice 10 kg @ 130 = 1300

               Meat 5kg @ 400 = 2000

               Potatoes..                 600

               Onions.............100

              Tomatoes.........100

               Cooking oil..... 230

Snacks........................2000

Drinks..............3000