N\u00e1 40 jaar het die einde van \u2019n era aangebreek \u2013 Urshula Felix het as onderwyseres afgetree.<\/p>\n
Ma Urla, soos sy bekend is, is \u2019n boorling van die Gamtoos area.<\/p>\n
Haar pa het \u2019n hand gehad in die stigting van die Du Preez Prim\u00eare Skool en later ook Chigwell Prim\u00eare Skool. Ma Urla het haar loopbaan as onderwyseres by die Bonnievale Prim\u00eare Skool in die Wes-Kaap in 1980 begin, toe in 1984 by Chigwell Prim\u00ear aangesluit vir \u2019n tyd voordat sy in 1988 na De Mistkraal Prim\u00ear is. Sy stop eindelik in 1992 by Baviaans Kouga Academy in Patensie waar sy 29 jaar diens gelewer het tot haar aftrede in Augustus 2021.<\/p>\n
Hoewel sy amptelik in Augustus reeds afgetree het, was Ma Urla besig tot einde September met haar leerders se punte. Die skool het natuurlik vir haar \u2019n afskeidspartytjie gehou wat sy tog nooit sal vergeet nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie beste van my dae was om die kinders te leer en dan ook beter te leer ken,\u201d het sy ges\u00ea van haar dae by Baviaans Kouga Academy. \u201cDit was \u2019n groot voorreg om my tyd by so \u2019n besonderse skool te kon spandeer. Omdat die skool so klein was, het ek my kinders almal persoonlik geken, sowel as hul ouers en dit was vir my baie spesiaal. <\/p>\n
\u201cDie plaas het nie baie geleenthede vir die jongmense nie, dit was dan ook vir my \u2019n voorreg om n\u00e1 skool met die kinders te kon deel en help waar ek kon.\u201d<\/p>\n
En sy het baie haar werk huis toe gebring, en haar gesin by die werk betrokke gekry.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie gesin was by als betrek. Omdat dit \u2019n plaasskool was, was daar nie baie geriewe nie. Haar oorlede man, Sam Felix, moes opsigter speel en ook die kinders rondry. Juffrou Urshula se kinders moes ook met baie aktiwiteite inspring en help, soos by atletiekbyeenkomste,\u201d het Ma Urla se skoondogter, Elvina Felix, vertel.<\/p>\n
Tussendeur die skoolwerk het Ma Urla ook haar tyd bestee aan die skool se netbal- en atletiekspanne, asook verskeie ander buitemuurse aktiwiteite, en sy was betrokke by die kerk se programme wat gereeld op die plaas plaasgevind het.<\/p>\n
Wat was vir haar die lekkerste deel van haar werk? <\/p>\n
\u201cOm met die kinders te kan werk, nie net by die skool nie maar ook n\u00e1 skool ure het sy huis besoeke gedoen en kon \u2019n hulp wees vir die plaas gemeenskap,\u201d het Elvina vertel.<\/p>\n
En kinders het \u2019n groot rol in haar lewe bly speel, nie net omdat die gemeenskap so klein en geheg is nie, maar ook omdat Ma Urla spog met drie kinders (twee seuns en \u2019n dogter), \u2019n skoondogter, \u2019n skoonseun, en drie kleinseuns.<\/p>\n
Op moeilike dae, was dit net die Here wat haar deurgedra het. <\/p>\n
\u201cAbsoluut die Here, dis Hy wat my die krag gee en die uithouvermo\u00eb om elke dag aan te gaan en \u2019n hulp vir iemand anders te kan wees,\u201d het Ma Urla ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n
Nou dat sy bietjie meer vrye tyd het, kan sy lekker agteroor sit en doen waaroor sy so mal is: rugby kyk.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk is mal oor sport. My gunsteling tydverdryf is om rugby te kyk. As daar nou nie sport op televisie is nie, sal jy my agter die potte kry, wat ook \u2019n liefde van my is, om te kook.\u201d<\/p>\n
En vir die toekoms het sy ook planne om besig te raak in haar eie gemeenskap.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk wil graag by my gemeenskap betrokke raak. Ek bly deesdae in die Jeugkamp, Humansdorp en hier is \u2019n groot behoefte aan \u2019n sopkombuis, sowel as naskoolse onderrig vir ons minderbevoorregte kinders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luidens Elvina het Ma Urla vertel dat sy roem in die Here want deur Hom het sy so baie vermag, dinge wat sy net kon van droom soos om waarnemende prinsipaal te word in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaar Pa, Mnr. Pekeur, sou vandag baie trots gewees het,\u201d het sy vertel. <\/p>\n
Ma Urla het onder leiding van nege skoolhoofde onderwys gegee in haar 41 jaar.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaar langste hoof en by wie sy die meeste geleer het, is vandag ons huidige burgemeester, Horatio Hendricks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOns is absoluut trots om \u2019n Ma soos u te kan h\u00ea en \u2019n lewe met u te kan deel. Mag die nuwe fase in Ma Urla se lewe net voorspoed inhou. Ons wens is dat u nog baie mense se lewens sal aanraak in u leeftyd en \u2019n groot verskil ook nou in die Jeugkamp, Humansdorp sal maak.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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