In each house of the community, there are 10-14 children with two to three adults who take care of them just like loving parents. The first activity of the day is to wake up at 5.30 AM. After finishing personal chores, about 6.00 AM, everyone goes to tend to the vegetable garden. 7.00 AM is time for doing morning chores in the house. At 7.30 AM, everyone, children and adults alike, eats together at the School's central canteen.
During every working day, at 8.30 AM, students in grade 1-6 attend the national anthem, prayer, and meditation, and then they study until noon when lunch is served.
At 1:00 PM, the students can choose a vocational and artistic workshop, i.e., batik and cloth-making, ceramic molding, electric, weaving, English class, typing, computer educational programs, etc., according to his or her own interest. And then, every Friday's afternoon, children attend the School Council meeting during which disputes are settled and rules are proposed and accepted/annulled/amended by voting. At 4:00 PM every day, snacks are disbursed.
At 4:30 PM, children go swimming in the river under the care of teachers or adult staff. Those assigned to cook stay and cook supper at home. The rest of the time is spent on individual interests. Moo Baan Dek provides facilities such as reading in the library, or watching videos or news in the auditorium. 9.00 PM is bedtime.
On Saturdays, at 9.00 AM, every student participates in improving the school's surrounding, i.e., cleaning, planting trees, making compost, etc. In the afternoon, they will have a chance to rehearse their plays before performing them at 8:30 PM. On Sundays, again at 9.00 AM, children take part in improving the school's surrounding, and from 9.30 to 4:00 p.m., children can choose to participate in any special activities with guests, play outside, read or watch videos.
Since 1999, we started to grow paddy rice in our land and land rented outside. Children and adults join forth to make our community more self-reliant.
Click here if you want to see pictures of our rice farming.
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