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Wemmershoek Primary
The laboratory at Wemmershoek Primary is a shining example of team work and community spirit. This rural primary school in the heart of the Franschhoek winelands serves the children of the labourers on the surrounding farms. When the school became part of the Khanya Project in 2006 and the proposal of a computer laboratory was made, financial obstacles were quickly overcome as sponsors within the community came to the fore. With support from the South African Wine Industry Trust, Podlashuk Trust and Buildit, the infrastructure for the laboratory was completed in record time. The school was also assisted in this by Universal Electric who saw to all their electrical requirements and Charl Du Plessis who completed all the building work. With their Khanya laboratory installed and their software loaded, staff at Wemmershoek are enjoying their fortnightly training sessions with their Khanya facilitator. They are being trained in basic computer literacy as well as CAMI which they will use for curriculum delivery. The skills they are developing in MSWord will help them with their lesson preparation and their administrative tasks and software like Cami, Fifi and Fritz and KIPI will not only be used as interventions but will help educators to enhance the curriculum. Enthusiasm for technology abounds at this school and while it may be an entirely new world for many of them, their willingness to try this new ‘thing’ is a sure sign that with time they will successfully integrate technology into the curriculum. Just like their educators, learners at Wemmershoek Primary have adapted to the technology remarkably well. They are eager participants in the laboratory and they learn very quickly. They work at their own pace and are enjoying mathematics in this new and stimulating environment where, educators believe, they are able to understand the work much faster. The enthusiasm and support shown for the project at Wemmershoek Primary by the community has rejuvenated the spirit of the educators and the attitude of the learners who now know that their education and what they are doing is important and does count. They are determined to ‘pay it forward’: they will pass their good fortune back to their community through the opening of the laboratory for ABET classes in the evenings.
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