MEED Circuit 5 Excellence Awards

On 17 November, Circuit 5 will be hosting their annual excellence awards to acknowledge the great efforts of educators and school management teams in ensuring quality teaching and learning.
Categories: Excellence in Foundation Phase, Intermediate, Senior and Further Education and Training teaching, HOD of the Year, Deputy Principal of the Year, Principal of the Year.
Watch this space for more!

LifeLine/ChildLine Positive Futures Programme

This week a fantastic initiative aimed at empowering high school learners were hosted by LifeLine/ChildLine.

RCLs were given the opportunity to select a school beautification project supported by a skills development facilitator and funding. The winning school revamped an uder-utilized storeroom and turned it into a library!

A huge word of thanks to Mr Lionell Scott-Muller and LifeLine for this beautiful initiative!

Kuils River Primary School - Zanokhanyo Children's Home Donation

The school community of Kuils River Primary have opened their hearts to the Zanokhanyo Children's Home in Khayelitsha. A huge thanks to Mr Alexander and his team for the great service to this needy establishment. You've ensured food donations that would last an entire month!!

Work of our learners with special educational needs at the Sarepta PS ELSEN Unit! Great work learners!! You do us proud!!

our children our pride

Our ELSEN Units deserve our gratitude and acknowledgement. ELSEN teachers, thanks for your love and dedication in ensuring all our learners opportunities for learning and development, we salute you!

caring schools

A huge thanks to Kuils River Primary for donating non-perishable food to last an entire month to Zanokhanyo Children's Home, Khayelitsha!

You do us proud, thanks for answering our call for help!!

THANKS VERNA STUURMAN MOBILISING YOUR SCHOOLS IN THE METRO EAST DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ZANOKHANYO CHILDREN'S HOME!!
WCED Metro East Donation to Zanokhanyo Children's Home
By: Frank Julie
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CREATING AN ENABLING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Learner reading from a chart on the wall

NOXOLO XAUKA Primary - Maths hub



NOXOLO XAUKA Primary - Maths hub

   IRISTA PRIMARY- school library

Your tribute teacher! by Verna V.F. Stuurman (for Teacher’s Day2011)

Today this tribute I bring with humble gratitude

 and deliberate intent!

You taught us so much more than reading, writing, counting and the world – you're our Godsend!

You shaped and molded on God’s demand with love and kindness and at times an ache in your heart;

For you knew for some it comes easy, yet for others it takes as long as you are willing to try.

You! The heroes and heroines of the nation – our teachers, our mentors, our shapers, our shakers, the navigators on our journey to explore...

You are God’s divine manifestation of selfless sacrifice in a precious child’s life!

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

-Albert Einstein

So what do we hope happens in the classroom?

For starters, a condusive classroom environment constitutes a tidy, print-rich and organised space where every child is
given the opportunity to explore and discover his\her own capabilities facilitated by the teacher. In order to unleash potential, teachers  apply varying  teaching styles to ensure that the diverse learning styles of their learners are addressed.

The above counts for any learner, young or old. Our eduction system historically focused on a one-size-fits all approach, today still this is our greatest challenge in the classroom.

welcome to share best practice

This is a blog aimed at spontaneous dialogue and interaction on a topic at the center of my heart; teaching and learning.

I trust that it will become an effective and valuable tool to enhance quality in the way we practice the most crucial social activity of holistic development of all who choose to learn.

What really happens in the classroom counts!

So what is key in facilitating learning? There is no single factor, rather a combination of factors i.e. creating a conducive and enabling school and classroom environment where discipline, school ethos and culture promotes the core business of teaching and learning.

A healthy, clean, well-organised, print-rich and equipped learning environment contributes to effective teaching, but does not guarantee learning. In the most ideal situation, the learner will report to school after a peaceful night's rest with a filled tummy; happy and excited for the day's activities. However, many teachers would testify that this is not the case for the majority of learners. This is where experience, skills, expertise and creativity come together and work magic.