Jean and Dave visited Millfield Nursery School in Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire, in July to let the pupils know a little more about life at Aquinoe. Liz has now let us know that an amazing total of £689 was raised by…
Aquinoe Teachers’ Training Session
Aquinoe teachers benefitted from a training course to help them with delivery of the new curriculum in early August. Lilyan, Chair of Governors, and a senior teacher at a government school, took the staff through their paces and passed on…
Class Eight Trip
Class Eight pupils were taken on a trip to a really special nature park near Eldoret, forty four miles (seventy two kilometres) south of Kitale. This was to celebrate their time at the Aquinoe Learning Centre, although they will not…
Visit for Pre-Schoolers
The Pre-School pupils from Aquinoe were taken to the Kitale Nature Conservancy as an end-of-term treat. In addition to the park’s environmental message through the animals and birds, there is also a playground and Christian section.
Visit to Millfield
Millfield Nursery is located in Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire. It is a ‘younger sister’ to Colston Bassett School in the same area, which Jean and Dave have visited on several occasions to talk to the primary age children about the Aquinoe…
Mercy Graduates
Mercy Kiteki is is now in her third year of teaching at the Aquinoe Learning Centre. She was teacher of Class One until this year, but is now teacher of Baby Class. She is such an inspiring and dedicated teacher,…
Nomination for Jean!
Jean is delighted to announce that she has received a nomination for a humanitarian award at the Mwape Peer Awards for her charity work supporting the Aquinoe Learning Centre in Kitale, Kenya for the past fifteen years. Jean has accepted an…
Second Term 2019
Staff and pupils started arriving at Aquinoe last week and preparing for the beginning of term today. Lilian sorting out the library ready for borrowing and class lessons. Rachel greeting parents and sorting out the inevitable administration at the beginning…
Sarah Fuamba
The trustees received the shocking news of the death of Sarah Fuamba over the weekend. Sarah had been at the Aquinoe Learning Centre for seventeen years and was dedicated to teaching and caring for all of the children with special…
Song and Dance
Jean met Baljit, who will be taking up a placement at Aquinoe in 2020, in London. Baljit is in the process of doing a PhD at the University of Sussex and has exciting plans for for Aquinoe. She will be…