Little Flower blossoms

Grahamstown wind energy project, Terra Power Solutions, has built three new structures for the Little Flower Day Care Centre in Extension 7 in time for the new school year.

The award-winning nursery school had been serving 40 children, from a single room in a small RDP house.

Company director Andrew de Jager said this week that materials for the buildings – which now house a kitchen, office and proper toilet facilities, in addition to a classroom – were donated by Makana Brick.

The school has started a toddler group, for children aged nine months to two years, and has two classes for children from three to seven.Little Flower Day Care Centre came third in the Best Early Childhood Development Centre category at the 2012 Eastern Cape Early Childhood Development (ECD) Awards in November.

Below are items Little Flower still needs, compiled by the Grahamstown Parents' Network:

Learner tables (the brightly coloured plastic ones that allow four little kids to sit around them) X 12
Learner chairs (little plastic ones that go with the tables) X 50
Small mattresses (cot size), for the kids to sleep on during nap time X 30
Book shelves X 4
DVD player
Microwave
Urn
Proper first aid kit
Digital camera
Laminator
Fire extinguishers X 4
Soft toys for babies
Fantasy set (for the fantasy corner – for the small kiddies)
Fantasy toys
Puzzles – for ages up to 7 years
Story books – for 9 months to 7 years
Posters to put on the walls
Scooters – the little black bikes and other push scooters
Kiddies wheelbarrows
Basic blocks
Paints – all different colours (safe for small children)
Lego
Toy cars
Toys for the sandpit
Very large pots for the kitchen – to cook for lots of people
Trays for kids to put their plates and food on, and for serving food.

For more information contact Michelle Huber at 082 453 2726 or michelle@nth2.co.za.