King's Camp

The primary and secondary school year in southern Africa is much different than in the USA. As we have noted, the school year is the calendar year and basically the kids are in school for three months, out for a month, in for three months, out for a month, in for three months and out for a month. So, around Easter, Mave and Kuno began a four week school holiday! Lucky for us there is a camp for them to attend. It is called King's Camp and is run by a local foundation; indeed, the two week camp raises most of the money that they use during the rest of the year. The camp is held during the first two weeks of the break, daily from 8-1. It is held this year at Northside School, one of the other private primary schools. Fortunately, the kids love it! They are in two different groups, determined by age. They swim every day, do other sports, art and music. The counselors are extremely enthusiastic! We are not sure what we will do for the third week and by the fourth Moses will be here and we will be off to Namibia. When we return from Namibia the kids will be back in school for term two - and be there right up until we leave at the end of June. Interestingly, we have seen several other schools in Gaborone by now and after visiting each one we reconfirm that we definitely like Thornhill best of them all. It seems almost everyone I interview has sent their children or is sending their grandchildren to Thornhill School!