IN sy ses jaar as hoof van die Sandwater Prim\u00eare Skool in die hartjie van Umzamewethu, Oesterbaai, is Hennie Ferreira (62) \u2019n pa en mentor vir honderde jong leerders \u2013 maar nie net vir die kinders by die skool nie, maar ook die res van die gemeenskap.<\/p>\n
Al kos dit ure, selfs maande, se harde werk \u2013 en kleurvolle plastiekblokkies: blou, geel, rooi, swart en wit, maar hier word beslis nie gespeel nie. Te veel is op die spel. \u2019n Hupstoot en kwaliteitonderrig.<\/p>\n
Met \u2019n passie vir di\u00e9 beroep diep in sy hart, s\u00ea Ferreira wat swaarkry k\u00e9n: \u201cDit gaan oor veel meer as net skoolhou. Ek wil \u2019n blywende verskil maak. Ek wil my gemeenskap help ophef.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my posisie as skoolhoof kan ek \u2019n verskil, hoe gering ook al, in menige leerders se lewe maak sodat hulle besef enigiets is moontlik; dat jou huidige omstandighede nie jou toekoms hoef te bepaal nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maar hoe?<\/p>\n
Deur daagliks die ekstra myl, en selfs meer, vir leerders by die skool te stap \u2013 veral vir die wat sukkel om te lees en skryf.<\/p>\n
D\u00edt is presies wat hy met sy intervensie-groep sedert die begin van die jaar vermag.<\/p>\n
Wanneer hy noodgedwonge oor drie jaar af-tree, sal hy met \u2019n geruste hart weet dat hy vir meer as een kind die geleentheid gebied het om uit te styg.<\/p>\n
\n Intervensie-groep<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
Ferreira frons liggies: \u201cDit breek my om te sien hoe baie leerders sukkel \u2013 veral om te lees, te skryf en te spel \u2013 weens die moeilike omstan-dighede waarin hulle grootword.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het besef: iets moet gedoen word om die leerders te help wat te veel in hul gewone klas sukkel en met hul werk agteraak.\u201d<\/p>\n
S\u00f3 is die reeds suksesvolle intervensie-groep in Januarie, vanjaar op die been gebring \u2013 na \u2019n kort proeflopie in 2018.<\/p>\n
Daar is tans 30 graad 5 tot graad 7-leerders in die klas. Die skool spog altesaam met 177 leerders vanaf graad R tot graad 7, en ses onderwy-sers (insluitende die skoolhoof).<\/p>\n
\u201cDie doel van di\u00e9 groep is om leerders \u2019n ekstra en broodnodige opvoedkundige hupstoot in die lewe te gee. Daar word veral klem op lees, in Afrikaans en Engels, gel\u00ea. Wiskunde, Na- tuur- en Sosiale Wetenskap volg later.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoms moet alternatiewe tegnieke ingespan word, onder meer die gebruik van kleurvolle blokkies om wiskunde te verduidelik, asook prente en individuele aandag.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns werk teen \u2019n stadige tempo en die atmosfeer in die klas is baie ontspanne.<\/p>\n
\u201cNa maande se harde werk, sien baie van die leerders my as \u2019n vaderfiguur en mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sodra die werk voldoende onder die knie is, keer die spesifieke leerder terug na sy oorspronklike klas.<\/p>\n
Hy glimlag trots: \u201cTwee leerders is al sedert die begin van die jaar terug na graad 5 geskuif waar hulle nou floreer.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit is ongelooflik om te sien hoe iets so klein, leerders laat straal en die selfvertroue en hoop gee dat hulle enigiets kan word en aanpak.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie verskil wat ons in leerders se lewe maak, is te danke aan uitstekende spanwerk. My personeel en die hele skool doen ongelooflike goeie werk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Droom<\/p>\n
Sy groot droom vir die skool: dat elke leerder wat deur die hekke van die skool stap, met liefde behandel word, uiteindelik graad 12 slaag en tot hulle volle potensiaal ontwikkel – hetsy dit as dokter, onderwyser, ingenieur of ambagsman is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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