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Sports and recreation

The daily Little Champs programme runs from 9 in the morning till 12 for pre-school children. Other activities for older children take place from 2.00pm until 4:30 pm in the afternoon.

The Little Champs programme serves three pre-primary schools a day and they coach 15-20 little people per class or session on a daily basis. 23 pre-primary schools are affiliated to the programme and they total up to 500 kids. The programme trains in gross motor skills, eye-hand co-ordination, eye foot co-ordination, control, balance, speed and agility.

The project has also embarked on a numeracy and literacy programme and this project was launched on the 30th September 2005 with the involvement of the Leureus Sports Foundation.

Christmas Carols

The Christmas Carols happen every year in the first week of December. It caters for the under privileged children around Alexandra. Music and carols are provided by the Alexandra Adult Choir that entertains the children with famous Christmas songs. At the end of the day we give them some sweets to enjoy. The youth take turns to play the role of Father Christmas every year and help in the co-ordination of the event. This past year we linked the carols to the 20th Anniversary Celebration.

Saturday Classes

The library still runs its Saturday classes and we currently have two teachers. One who teaches Biology and the other who teaches Maths and Science. The project was given an educational torso showing the different parts of the body, a television and DVD player to support the teachers and a DVD on the environment.

Educational Videos

The Educational Videos are still popular with the Matric students and Adult Education students. We can cater for individuals and groups of about 25 to 30 people.

Internet Café and Supplementary Computer Room

The internet café with six stations and a server has been accommodating up to 50 people a day. The internet connection also supports the advanced class in the computer training studio when they do Internet and E-mail. We are now looking to upgrade these computers that have served us well for the past five years.

The supplementary computer room is used as a practice room for students who have completed the computer training course to enable them to both keep their skills up to date and to do adhoc work. In the afternoons the primary school children are taught the basics of computers. These four computers also need to be upgraded during the 2007-2008 year.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Toyota for supporting the project work in the library and the annual Christmas Carols; Little Champs for assisting with both training and funding of the Little Champs Programme and our teachers and staff who give of their time to uplift others.

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