Bahlaloga Secondary School learner, Itumeleng Manamela.
POLOKWANE – Circuit Manager, Nyane Ziphorah Mphahlele said the collaboration was to prepare the Gr 12 learners for their end of the year exams.
“We just want to push the learners to work harder and to achieve best results so that they too can be able to shine and succeed to a higher level of study,” she said.
REVIEW spoke to some of the learners to hear how the Spring classes have helped them so far:
Tshepo Serumeula :”I am very happy that we got a chance to come and attend these extra classes as I feel I still need to prepare myself thoroughly for the final exams. So far, I am feeling confident that I will perform well,” he said.Tshepo Phaleng said that he is feeling extra confident about himself and how well he is going to perform in the final exams. He also said that he is grateful for the opportunity to get some fresh air while continuing to prepare for his final exams at the spring camp, “Most of us, at home, are faced with chores and we never really get a chance to rest and just focus solely on our books. This camp came at a right time,” he said.Lethabo Malebana says being a older female child at home means that she must cook, clean and look after her younger siblings while her parents are at work. “This camp has afforded me a opportunity to actually relax and just focus my mind on just my studies, I am really glad that I was chosen as one of the few learners from our school to come and attend,” she explained.Thelma Manamela said she was feeling anxious about the final exams. “After these spring classes I’m feeling confident about the coming final exams and I will ace my exams and make my school and family proud,” she said.Itumeleng Manamela, “I have never attended extra classes and I feel so confident about what I have learned so far, I am very happy that I came,” she said.
The spring classes were organised for a selected few of the top performing learners Gr 12’s.
Mphahlele says this is their way of motivating the other pupils to perform their best so that they too can be afforded opportunities to come and attend such camps, she explained.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
