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Guiding children labour of love } Teboho Setena EMPATHY is one of the important characteristics of Jennifer Harrison, teacher for Children with Special Needs and Inclusive Education at the Bedelia Primary School in Welkom. She works with learners from gr. 1 to gr. 7, with special focus on the younger learners. While many teachers may find it difficult to work with children in this age group, for Harrison this is not too big a task. “I believe early identification is vital. To begin remedial classes in gr. 2 is much better than only beginning in gr. 7 when the barrier has become worse and more entrenched over the years and has become more ingrained in a learner,” says Harrison. “I use the pull-out system, so I work with learners in small groups or individually. I work with about 130 learners.” Harrison’s stunning work saw her receiving the Free State National Teachers Award for 2014 and she is also a finalist in the running for the national award in the category for special needs. Express Goldfields & NFS found out what makes her tick and what drives her. Describe children with special needs and inclusive education. “Special Needs” is an umbrella term under which many barriers are listed. Children with special needs may have mild learning disabilities, extreme cognitive impairment, medical issues, developmental delays, poor behaviour or are emotionally unstable. In other words, any matter which requires additional attention. Inclusive Education means that all learners, no matter what their barriers or needs, can actually learn and should be accommodated in the classroom by an appropriate level of support being provided. It also takes into account all learners’ strengths and weaknesses. Do you find it easy or difficult to teach learners in this category who have never attempted to write or read at this level? Working with learners who experience barriers to learning is my job and I really do enjoy it. It is always a challenge finding what works best for each learner and creating unusual ways to teach a specific concept, as well as using different resources and games, but it is a challenge I enjoy. What are the common challenges you experience in teaching learners with special needs? Regarding older learners I would say the main challenge is their motivation to learn. A lack of parental support at times is also an issue. The demand for remedial assistance and special classes is growing and therefore one-on-one instruction is becoming rare as the groups become bigger. How do you tackle the challenges and how long does it take? Older learners enjoy interactive games and competitions and enjoy a lesson that is different from the norm. When they see that I genuinely care about their future they do tend to try harder. When they see themselves making progress it also gives them a bit of a confidence boost and instils in them a renewed energy. I try to keep the remedial groups as small as I can and group learners together according to similar abilities and barriers. Do children you teach have backgrounds as being from early childhood development centres such as crèches and pre-schools? My learners come from all sorts of backgrounds, but it is obviously
JENNIFER HARRISON with four of the learners under her guidance. The learners are from the left Tshepiso Madimabe, Learato Mohaneng, Mpho Mohloki and Sonwabile Magadla. These four are all in gr. 3. Photos: Teboho Setena better for them academically if they have attended a pre-school and gr. R class. They are better suited to a more formal school setting, seem more mature and are better developed. Which areas do you think early childhood development centres should focus on to lay a solid foundation and improve the overall situation of learners with special needs? Early childhood development centres should prepare learners for gr. 1. They should assist children with visual and auditory perception, as well as cognitive skills, form the basis of a number concept, assist in learners acquiring language skills and expand vocabulary and improve gross and finemotor co-ordination. This should all be done in a fun, concrete way using all the senses. How long does it take for children to adapt, write their names and surnames, spell correctly and read? Yet again, all learners are different and work at a different pace. They have different strengths and weaknesses and improve at a different pace too. There is therefore no set timeframe and everything is based on the individual’s needs. What are the differences between children who were in pre-school and those who were in a crèche? Children from pre-school and gr. R should have better social skills, language skills, numeracy skills, pre-reading skills, cognitive skills, organisational skills and are more advanced in the following areas: visual perception, auditory perception, gross and fine motor co-ordination and they are more prepared for a more formal school setting in general. Do children from these centres comprehend well and how do they progress in formal school? Do they cope well and learn fast? Just because a learner has attended gr. R, does not mean he will automatically cope very well in gr. 1. The learner may have dyslexia, ADHD, or he may have an auditory processing barrier, all of which may make gr. 1 challenging. One cannot generalise. On the whole though, learners who attended gr. R do seem to cope better.
Is there a realistic chance for children with special needs to go beyond high school and succeed at tertiary level? Yes. I believe that learners with barriers can achieve beyond high school and tertiary level. If they have motivation, are dedicated and are committed to working hard – then yes, it is possible. If they find something that they are passionate about and love doing, they will succeed too. Again though, receiving the correct support as early as primary school level is terribly important. They need to find a way to compensate for the areas in which they do not do well. Do you find yourself under pressure to teach children with special needs? In a certain sense, yes, as I feel these children will often be left behind or lost in the system if there is no one there to look after them and fight for them and push them to fulfil their potential. As I have mentioned though, I enjoy my job so my days at work do not really feel like work. Do you think people have misconceptions about teaching children with special needs? Yes, a few. The main one is that a child with a learning barrier is “stupid”. That is not the case. Some learners who struggle academically have average or even above average intellectual abilities. What keeps you excited and optimistic in your work? I love assessing new learners and discovering what they struggle with and what level they are on. I enjoy making games, worksheets and teaching aids in order to assist these learners too. What is most rewarding, though, is seeing the progress they make, despite all the challenges they have had to endure. What subjects do you teach and what do your responsibilities entail? I am the remedial teacher at the Bedelia Primary School, which means I focus mainly on reading, writing, spelling and Mathematics. I am also the school-based support team co-ordinator. I am also involved in sports and cultural activities at the school. You recently received the Free State National Teachers Award in the special needs category; did you expect to receive the prize? I do not think that anyone was
JENNIFER HARRISON monitors the work of Israel Bukasa, a gr. 1 learner. expecting to receive the award, so it was a pleasant surprise. All I knew was that I had done my best and therefore could not have done anything more. That was enough. Where do you draw inspiration from and how long have you been teaching professionally? I have been teaching at Bedelia since May 2007. I really think that I
am a born teacher and it is something that I have always wanted to be. My inspiration comes from my family – my mum, dad and sister. I grew up watching their committed, successful, hardworking, ambitious, kind, optimistic ways and I am the person I am today because of them. ) See a video of Harrison hands-on in class at www.express-news.co.za.
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Grey gets new sponsor } Sidwell Guduka GREY COLLEGE has announced that the insurance company 1Life will be the title sponsor of its jerseys ahead of the 2015 rugby season. The official sponsorship was revealed at a press conference at the Grey College Pavillion in Bloemfontein recently. Kobus Wentzel, general manager of sales and distribution at 1Life, told Express after the media briefing that his company was pleased to be associated with a winning culture. “We are really proud and honoured to partner with such a top school like Grey College. “They are a great rugby school and we are very excited to be a part of Grey history,” Wentzel said. “From 1Life’s perspective, we see this as a great opportunity as we want to grow our brand in the Free State region. We believe our partnership with Grey College is definitely in line with our specific vision which is changing lives,” he said. “We have signed this deal with an option to renew it after three years. But we cannot disclose the total value of the sponsorship at this point in time.” As part of the union between the two parties, 1Life will donate R1 500 for every try that Grey will score this year to a good cause. “At 1Life, we have a financial literacy course called The Truth About Money. The whole idea about this course is to educate all South Africans in terms of how to better budget and structure their finances. So, that money will be donated to this noble project,” Wentzel explained. Deon Scheepers, headmaster of Grey College, was pleased to welcome 1Life on board. “I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the 1Life team to the Grey College
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Stereotypes still prevail IN a press release by GGi Communication it is said South Africa has a shortage of learners leaving high school and choosing to pursue engineering at tertiary level. There are a number of reasons for this, but one that is not often addressed is the stereotype that boys are more suited to engineering. This may sound archaic. However, the statistics still show that there are fewer girls studying Engineering than boys. So the question is: How are parents and teachers, silently (and subliminally) reinforcing this stereotype? The answer to this is basic. Most people grew up in homes where the split of household chores depended on gender. Girls cooked and cleaned, while the boys did the hard, laborious work. There is also a lot of encouragement around the seemingly harmless talk around who cooks better, men or women. What is forgotten is that at the root of this argument is the notion that women should be better cooks because their place is in the kitchen. Not every family does this though, and there are those who are fortunate enough to have support for whatever career they want. However, at times, teachers are known to undo the work that parents start by undermining a child’s desire to do or be more. How many girls are there today, in 2015, who believe what their teachers say and do not aspire to be more because this icon of knowledge (the teacher) is not encouraging them to be more, based on location, circumstance and gender? Hopefully very few, but child psychologist Ashley Jay says this happens more than we think. “Children often witness their mothers coming home after work and doing what is often called the ‘second shift’ of cooking, home administration and helping with homework at night time,” says Jay. This may also serve to reinforce gender stereotypes when the mother’s daily work is not taken into account, regardless of her profession. Jay adds that the more modern view of gender roles would suggest that both parental figures are responsible for daily tasks (at home and work).
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THE 43 inmates who allege they were tortured by warders in a Bloemfontein prison are preparing to bring their claim before the British High Court. British law firm Leigh Day is representing the prisoners and served an urgent “letter of claim” to security giant G4S’s headquarters in Crawley in the United Kingdom on Thursday (12/02). G4S won a R15 billion, 25-year contract in 2000 to build, run and manage the Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC). “The instructions we have received from our clients attest to a culture of abuse and fear that appears to have been endemic in the MCC for years,” Leigh Day’s letter to G4S reads. “Many allegations involve inmates being taken to solitary cells where there are no cameras, stripped naked and forced on to a metal bed, with water thrown on them, before being repeatedly shocked with electric shields, including to the head and genitals. “These incidents are alleged to have been accompanied by brutal assaults, verbal abuse and in some cases serious racial abuse.” The firm is also acting for the mother of a former inmate who died in custody. In October 2013, the Wits Justice Project revealed that the Emergency Security Team – warders armed with electric shields and batons who are called to emergency situations – allegedly assaulted inmates routinely. Inmates, warders and other sources have claimed that the security team would kick, punch and electroshock inmates with their shields, after first dousing them with water. Leaked video footage shot inside the prison also revealed that an inmate – who had no record of mental illness – was forcibly injected, seemingly with antipsychotic drugs. A total of 12 of Leigh Day’s clients claim they were forcibly injected. Violence at the Mangaung prison was exacerbated by G4S’s dismissal of about 330 warders in September 2013 following a prolonged strike. The situation spiralled out of control and the Department of Correctional Services stepped in and took control of the prison.
THE way to the Mangaung Correctional Centre. In August, G4S was handed back control of the jail. A government investigation into the alleged abuse has been finalised, but not yet released. In November last year South African attorney Egon Oswald, who is collaborating with the British lawyers, was denied access to the Mangaung prison by correctional services. Oswald has clients in the prison who allege they were abused while in the care of G4S, but he says a department official told him he could not consult with his clients because they had not applied to see him. If the claim is successful, it will be a landmark case for prisoners incarcerated with the biggest security provider in the world. G4S runs eight prisons and several immigration and juvenile detention centres. Its annual revenues are worth £7,4 billion (R132 billion). With 618 000 employees in 120 countries, it is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Leigh Day has given the security giant three months in which to provide a response. If G4S – which has to date categorically denied allegations of electroshocking and
We can learn from foreigners I RECENTLY sat at a business (Power Road Shopping Complex) and observed with a bleeding heart how our jobless, homeless people scavenge on left-over food. In the 1960s to 1970s and early 1980s, there were birds that were popularly known as “matsatsela, nonyana tsa Manny’s”. These were birds that were friendly towards the people sitting and eating at the restaurant, because people fed them with left-overs. The name means the birds were parasites, depending on crumbs from the table. Since the founding of Welkom in 1951, Welkomites had a glut of fruit and fish and chips shops owned mainly by the Portuguese immigrants. More of them arrived in Welkom in the 1970s, fleeing the post-colonial era in Angola and Mozambique. The business’s name was derived from the Manny brothers who generations after generations emigrated from Portugal to run very successful fish and chips businesses at the complex. Most of these Portuguese have since relocated to coastal cities – Durban and Cape Town, fleeing the closure of mines that has brought poverty in the Goldfields. The birds were gliding freely because people loved and cared for them as if they
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and workshop them. In the townships, they trade through a hole in the security gate in their spaza shops. They are not selfish as they work through networks that buy in bulk and get big discounts that filter down to their customers. For instance, they buy a 1,25 litre bottle of cool drink for R9,50 and sell it for R10. At most places they are being sold for R11. Some items such as tomatoes, onions and potatoes are being sold at R1 apiece instead of in packets. They have their own brand of cigarettes that is selling for 70c per item while they are normally sold at R2 per item. We should indeed be learning from them instead of attacking them. Our attitude of not wanting to learn has subjected us to scavenging, resorting to crime and justifying crime as a way of living. ) To comment or express your views about the issue highlighted in the column, go to www.express-news.co.za. Express Goldfields & NFS welcomes anyone interested in contributing to the weekly column as public observers or citizen journalists. There is no payment for writers. Send your opinion piece (not exceeding 500 words) to teboho.setena@volksblad.com.
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forced medication – declines to settle, the case is expected to go to the High Court in London later this year. A G4S spokesperson said the company, “insists on the highest standards of care and we do not tolerate the mistreatment of prisoners”. “When these allegations arose in 2013, the Department of Correctional Services investigated the claims and returned the operation of the facility to us on 1 August 2014, having not presented any evidence to substantiate the accusations.” Leigh Day attorney Tessa Gregory said: “Our clients allege they were subjected to unspeakable acts of brutality while they were entrusted to the safe custody of G4S. “This is not the first time that G4S and its subsidiaries, operating across the globe, have faced accusations of human rights abuses. It is important that companies, even those as large as G4S, understand that there will be consequences if they do not respect the human rights of those they are paid to provide security to,” Gregory said. ) Hopkins is a journalist with the Wits Justice Project. ) This story first appeared in Sunday’s (15/02) City Press.
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New facilities for schools THREE schools in Kroonstad, namely Thakameso Combined, the Ntha and Phomolong Primary Schools, boast new-look facilities. These facilities include three classrooms and renovated ablution facilities and a centre for gr. R. All of these are the result of a private-public partnership between the Kagiso Shanduka Trust and the Free State Department of Education. The Thakameso Combined School received a fully-resourced library, Ntha Primary received three classrooms and renovated ablution facilities, while the Phomolong Primary School got a gr. R facility for the early childhood programme. “The most profound and most significant learning in this partnership is that sustainable change in our schools can only be achieved by working together,” said deputy president of South Africa and chairman of the Shanduka Foundation, Cyril Ramaphosa. The Free State Education MEC, Tate Makgoe, said collaborative interventions
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Soccer cup brings hope JOHANNESBURG. X Primary schools across the country are invited to become part of the biggest football tournament in the world for kids between 10 and 12 years old. They can do this by entering the 2015 Danone Nations Cup. In total, 32 countries have started the gruelling qualifiers to identify their team that will compete in the World Finals in Morocco later this year. South Africa is no different. Registration has opened and all primary schools have until 27 February to do so. The competition is run under the auspices of the South African Schools Football Association (SASFA) and the Department of Basic Education. Games will begin at cluster level immediately after registration closes.
The winners will progress to the regional finals, culminating in the nine provincial winners who will then play in the national finals to determine which school will be crowned the national champion. “Through the Danone Nations Cup we are reaching kids at a crucial age,” said Chantel Ehlers, Danone communications specialist. “We are passionate about making a difference to people’s lives and our mission is ‘Bringing health through food to as many people as possible,’ which we are achieving through this tournament. We are also encouraging kids to believe in their dreams.” Both the 2014 winners (Siphumelele Primary School from Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal) and runners-up (Farrarmere Primary School from Boksburg, Gauteng) will be back
in action this year. For Siphumelele, there are only four positions that need to be filled as the rest of the 2014 winning team will play again. According to team manager, Emmanuel Mkhize, the trip to Brazil last year has had an immeasurable impact on the lives of all the players that went. This experience will help the team. “The trip to Brazil to compete in the world finals has opened the eyes of every player. They know that there are endless opportunities awaiting them and I can see that their confidence and fighting spirit have improved dramatically. All this helps in their approach to the game this year,” said Mkhize. He said they have learnt that you can achieve anything if you put your mind and energy to it and remain focused.
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The specialist coach that took the team to Brazil last year has left and the school coach, Jabulani Mkhize, will take charge. “The kids know him well and are used to his coaching style, so it will not make a difference,” Mkhize said. Tebogo Ngakane, manager of the Farrarmere team, is also confident that his school can win the tournament this year. He admits that being part of the Danone Nations Cup last year was an incredible and great learning experience for the kids. “We were proud of the team to have reached the national finals the first time – and coming second was the cherry on the cake. But that was last year and we have an excellent team again that I know can do the job,” he said. “We have also brought in a new
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