Spark Riversands strives to create caring and environmentally tuned-in citizens from their learners
In celebration of Witkoppen Clinic’s 75 years in assist the community in healthcare, learners from SPARK Riversands celebrated alongside them by planting trees.
Spark Riversands learners shone their brightest after they recently aided in community work at Witkoppen Clinic.
In celebration of the clinic’s 75 years of producing world-class health for the community, learners were not only exposed to the work done at the clinic but also to what the after-effects of climate change are and what they could do to promote responsible behaviour.
Principal at the school, Zamajola Mnyaka said the tree-planting day was held to commemorate the milestone of Witkoppen Clinic. It is also to build community pride, and social cohesion and to promote environmental sustainability.
“At Spark schools, we already work as society shapers where our model is based around building a holistic child. Our five core values – service, persistence, achievement, responsibility, and kindness – inform everything we do. This fun day with Witkoppen Clinic is part of this building process,” she said.
“Planting trees is one of the easiest and most effective ways of helping our natural environment. Through this exercise, our scholars learn that trees provide oxygen, preserve soil, conserve water, improve air quality and support wildlife.”
In addition to the environmental lesson, the interaction with the clinic also exposed learners to the crucial work done by NPOs in communities around the country.
Mnyaka said by exposing learners to major issues affecting their world, allows them to learn and experience real-world issues as well as how to address them.
“A key component of Spark’s education model is to shape impactful, valuable global citizens. In our fast-paced and changing world, we need people in our society who are intrinsically aware, caring, interactive, and feel that they can do, and be good in the world,” she said.
“These values are the foundation of nurturing social and emotional intelligence and are embraced and taught in-depth, through every day daily activities and routines. Our philosophy of developing good citizens gives a platform for our scholars to be better people, functioning in a healthy community.”
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