Learners continue to be hard at work at St Monica’s
St Monica’s Children’s Home have kept children busy with home-based school work and constructive activities in efforts to save the 2020 academic year.
WITH the uncertainty that looms around the future of the 2020 academic year, St Monica’s Children’s Home have kept children busy with home-based school work and constructive activities.
The children have planned and engaged in a host of activities such as arts and crafts, debates, sporting activities and quizzes that were planned with their child care workers who have also been on lockdown. “We have 80 vulnerable children including youth who have been on lockdown since 16 March at our centre. They have not left our gates apart from attending urgent medical appointments at the local hospital and private doctors,” said St Monica’s Children’s Home director, Althea Govender.
“When President Ramaphosa announced the extension of the lockdown until the end of April, the team felt that it was imperative to look at how best to assist our children academically with the second terms work. We researched and downloaded educational material and some outside educators assisted us with some materials. The children were divided into their respective grades and the senior girls volunteered to teach the younger grades with the material provided.The older girls are being assisted by their peers and child care workers,” she said.
The bell is rung in the morning and all the children proceed to their ‘classes’ with their school bags. “They have adjusted to the new routines and are excited that they are receiving more individual attention since the classes are no more than 8 children or teens. The so-called teachers have excelled at picking up where the problems are with particular children and they have already had tests. We have witnessed certain children experiencing greater confidence levels and understanding particular concepts which they indicated they did not have previously. It is really uplifting to observe the enthusiasm and the excitement in a “non-school” setting.
“I truly applaud our team of Child care staff and the senior girls who are engaged in this programme and pray that when this lockdown ends, they will return to school with a confident, and encouraged attitude,” said a proud Althea.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
As your local news provider, we have the duty of keeping you factually informed on Covid-19 developments. As you may have noticed, mis- and disinformation (also known as “fake news”) is circulating online. Caxton Local Media is determined to filter through the masses of information doing the rounds and to separate truth from untruth in order to keep you adequately informed. Local newsrooms follow a strict pre-publication fact-checking protocol. A national task team has been established to assist in bringing you credible news reports on Covid-19. For any comments or queries, contact the National Group Editor, Irma Green at irma@caxton.co.za or the Legal Adviser, Helene Eloff at helene@caxton.co.za.
DID YOU KNOW?
Click on the words highlighted in red to read more on this and related topics.
To receive news links via WhatsApp or Telegram, send an invite to 061 876 3179
The Southlands Sun is also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest – why not join us there?
Do you have more information pertaining to this story?
Feel free to let us know by commenting on our Facebook page or you can contact our newsroom on 031 903 2341 and speak to a journalist.
To receive our free newsletter click here
(Comments posted on this issue may be used for publication in the Sun)
