Schools in South Africa

Sello Smit and Kgomotso Mosoma

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Gr 10 and Gr 11

Karen Mangoane and Kgomotso

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Gr 10 and 11

Gr 10 who helped me move books onto the bookshelves

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One of the learners got out his phone and played music...they worked so well to the music.

Gr 10 boys

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I would love to describe the personalities of each of my learners...you just have to look at all of these photos and see their spirit.

Gr 10 with flowers

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Agric. Science teacher gave this class the project of planting around the buildings for class credit. After all the rain this season our school looks great! It has really greened up around here, but it won't last for long.

Part of Gr 12

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I taught all the Gr 12's. 13 in Pure Maths and 20 in Maths literacy. The following are after the Maths Lit group finished their last exam and are so very happy!

Deon Marota and Pontsho Maleka

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Gr 12

Lettie Monene and Vivian Moroka

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They are in my room studying for exam. Throughout the year, learners would come by for help. Mostly Gr 12.

2012 Heritage Day

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These are Gr 11 boys who I had in Gr 12 this year. Again, such classic faces and poses, see if you can find them in the Gr 12 photos.

Ignicious Tshidi, Kagiso Bahula, Deon Marota

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more Gr 12

Mr. Ramolefo signing the shirt of a Gr 12 learner.

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Ramolefo is the Sepedi teacher. Sepedi is one of the Home Languages taught here. 85% of learners speak Sepedi, the others speak isiNdelbele.

Me outside my classroom

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This room was built to be a computer lab and is the only room with built-in desks. It was filled with books, bikes, broken computers, and who knows what else, until Shilpa cleaned it out to use to teach Maths in. When the school introduced the two tracks of Pure Maths/Physical Science or Maths Lit/Tourism for Gr 10-12, each grade of 30-40 learners had to split up. Some stay in their classrooms and teacher goes to them and others go to the classroom of the teacher. It is a mix then of some rooms that belong to the teacher (and doors lock) and then the classrooms designated for each grade level (with the wooden desk/chair sets) (and they don't lock and are in disrepair because learners are unsupervised when teachers don't come to teach)

Books in a dilapidated bookshelf

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The books are all over the room, under desks, in boxes, in shelves and there is no organization at all.

Bicycles (don't work)

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Apparently they were donated to be used by learners who live a long distance from the school. But there weren't enough bicycles for the learners so they weren't distributed.

Beautiful desks/recycled broken desks

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These desks are the only desks in both schools suited for art , so I am so lucky. When the black plastic chairs broke from one year's use I got desperate and found the graveyard for the wooden desk/chairs. When the table part broke off they were thrown out. But I revarnished them and they slide under the desk and serve as chairs for 2 learners at each cubicle.

Broken black chairs

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At the sides of the room I have no recycled chairs so the learners just sit on the desks and use the broken chairs for foot rests.

Broken chair pieces

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I use the backs of laminated white posters as white board and to tack up things. These are pictures from some young children who came to visit.

My desk

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Put a bunch of book boxes together and use it as a table for my teaching supplies.