Wentworth volunteers wrap up life skills course
The training focused on the curriculum for life at the crossroads, which emphasises character education and risk avoidance.
THE members of the Wentworth School Awareness Programme have completed a three-day course with the South African Council for Educators (SACE).
The training focused on the curriculum for life at the crossroads, which emphasises character education and risk avoidance. The curriculum consists of five distinct units, covering more than 30 sessions in total.
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One of the team leaders Sheldon Francis said, “The course is SACE accredited and most teachers and principals attend the training. The life-skills course is based around dealing with how to handle today’s youth and the challenges.
“We believe this course will help us further on top of the programmes we are already running. We are a team who all work together in all the schools in Wentworth, Merebank and The Bluff. Teacher training for this curriculum will begin soon,” said Francis.
The following leaders are already working in the Wentworth schools:
- Sheldon Francis – coach, youth and rehabilitation counsellor
- Pastor Cuan Botha – youth pastor
- Naomi Shabally – honors in physiology
- Teon Pillay – teacher
- Bridget Enicker – police from Wentworth police station
Francis has been a facilitator for the national youth championships for the Department of Sports and Recreation and Love Life over five years.
“Those national youth championships were so powerful and affective. A total of 250 youth from different races spent seven days having fun through sports and life skills.
“On the camp there was no race, no religion and everyone learnt about each other’s cultures. We had fun from learning the Zulu dance and Indian dances. The youth all mixed up and role-played skit, switching cultures. We taught them about social cohesion and leadership styles,” Francis added.
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