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Bridgeville Primary
Situated in a township with high unemployment, great poverty and limited resources, Bridgeville Primary gives true meaning to the idea of a school community. Members of the Governing Body work on the school property daily to alleviate the pressure placed on staff. In their Parent Centre that is networked with the Khanya server they have access to the Internet and e-mail, they draw up the annual school budget and see to the day to day finances of the school via internet banking. Bridgeville's computer laboratory with refurbished computers received from various companies, reflects their commitment to progress through technology. A second laboratory was donated by Khanya in 2003 for the integration of technology into the curriculum. Educators believe that all the learners need to be exposed to technology and the initial laboratory could not meet this need. With the help of the Khanya facilitator, educators at Brigeville Primary have been able to overcome their fears related to technology and they now recognize it as their most empowering instrument. Their partnership with Radical Learning and Kathy McCabe has taken their training to a new level and their professional and personal growth has been phenomenal. The staff completed thirty weeks of intensive training and they are still involved in ongoing training offered by their fellow educators and Radical Learning. They are now able to assist learners to improve their literacy and numeracy skills using technology. With educational software adapted by Radical Learning with South African learners in mind, the teaching of reading has become animated and fully interactive; learners find learning to read fun and they regard it with enthusiasm rather than dread. Khanya has also installed interactive electronic whiteboards at Bridgeville Primary and these have totally changed the face of teaching at the school. The IEWBs have cut down on preparation time and simultaneously improved educator effectiveness. Students visiting the school from Cape Town University of Technology have also used this technology to their advantage when presenting demonstration lessons and educators at Bridgeville Primary look forward to the day when all blackboards are replaced with these. The sound laboratory – only one of two established thus far at Khanya schools – has been a huge success and is set to place Bridgeville Primary on the international map. Learners are currently involved in a project aimed at producing a song that will be used in an international advertisement promoting South Africa. The learners at Bridgeville are benefiting from the enthusiastic response of their educators who are committed to using Information and Communications Technology for curriculum delivery. Educators are prepared to do battle for time in the laboratory and the need for an additional laboratory or a new approach through the placing of networked computers in every classroom fast became a reality if Bridgeville Primary wanted to remain on the cutting edge of technology advancement and the full potential of ICT in education. They have therefore now installed EIWBs in every classroom and educators and learners are deriving enormous benefit from the increased contact with technology. Currently, Bridgeville Primary also offer their skills and resources to surrounding schools who are in the process of having laboratories installed by Khanya, but their long term goal remains the use of the laboratory for the skilling and upliftment of the surrounding community.
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