Children at the Island Harbour Primary School have been given a lesson which, if taken seriously, can help them develop into well-rounded and positive individuals.

Scene of Mrs. Fleming’s visit to Island Harbour Primary School

The lesson came from Mrs. Ruby Fleming, wife of Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming. She was invited to the school by the recently-appointed Principal, Susan Smith, who has embarked on a programme giving certain influential persons an opportunity to visit the school and to interact with pupils.

Scene of Mrs. Fleming’s visit to Island Harbour Primary School

Mrs. Fleming did some reading for the pupils who gathered around her. She told the young boys and girls that they were the future of Anguilla and what they do in life now would determine what kind of persons they would be in later years.

Scene of Mrs. Fleming’s visit to Island Harbour Primary School

“If you practise good habits they will become a part of you,” she advised them. “If you practice bad habits they too become a part of your lives. While you are young, try to do what is right. Be obedient to your parents and teachers, learn your lessons well, go to church, do not swear and do not fight.”

Mrs. Fleming reading for children

A few brave boys engaged Mrs. Fleming in a question and answer period. One complained that another pupil liked to fight and to swear and he smiled when the child in question was kindly rebuked.

“Will all of you be kind and loving, be attentive to your parents and teachers and always do the right thing?” Mrs. Fleming asked them.

“Yes Ma’am,” came the resounding reply.

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