Beating the traffic in order to get to school early was a top priority of the Roedean School (SA) staff, parents and learners.
Everything was in order as the senior school introduced their office bearers at assembly and the junior school learners settled in. Having achieved a 100 per cent pass mark for their 2018 matric exams, the school wanted to get right into the swing of things and sow the seeds for 2019.
The deputy headmistress of junior school and head of St Margaret’s, Megan Raines said there were lots of happy parents and children and they had an exceptionally good start to the year. “Over the years in my career it used to be that Grade 1s and parents would be tearful but now kids are getting into school earlier and getting used to the environment. We pride ourselves in trying our best to help them grow emotionally and academically,” said Raines. She added that they tried to help the children combat the anxieties of the world with a robust driven curriculum.
Such help and assistance also comes in the form of interns who help out in the foundation phase at the school and are groomed toward becoming teaching assistants. Roedean Academy’s Kate Lowings said the school had a partnership with Sparrow FET College and because there was space at Roedean the interns had been placed to assist.
“The interns, Yamkela and Mbali did their Early Childhood Development (ECD NQF) level 4 at Sparrow then did six months’ practicals at Roedean in the Grade 1 class and are now doing a part-time NQF level 5 course at Sparrow while helping here at Roedean,” Lowings explained. Deputy head Raines said she was looking forward to a productive 2019.
Details: Roedean School (SA) www.roedeanschool.co.za
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