\u201cVandat ek kon onthou, wou ek nog altyd \u2019n juffrou of \u2019n skrywer word. My pa het my altyd \u2018juffrou in die boeke\u2019 genoem,\u201d vertel die onderwyseres Gerrida van Niekerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Niekerk se neus was altyd in die boeke en sy het as kind gereeld skool-skool gespeel \u2013 dis hoe haar liefde vir onderwys ontwikkel het. Van Niekerk is tans \u2019n graad 1-onderwyseres by Pomario Privaatskool in Citrusdal en is al vyf jaar in die onderwys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs graad 1-juffrou wil ek kinders se eerste ontmoeting met die \u2018groot skool\u2019 vir hulle \u2019n positiewe ervaring maak en graag bydra tot die kinders in my klas se geluk,\u201d s\u00ea Van Niekerk. Sy s\u00ea n\u00e1 graad 1 moet haar leerders uitsien na die res van hul skoolloopbaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy l\u00ea klem daarop dat haar werk behels om graad 1-leerders holisties te ontwikkel en gereed te kry \u2013 nie net vir graad 2 nie, maar ook vir die w\u00eareld buite die skool. \u201cOns leer lees, skryf en tel, maar ons leer ook van spanwerk, hoe om gaaf te wees, vriendskappe te bou en volgens \u2019n diep gewortelde waardestelsel te leef. Ek leer die meeste van die tyd baie meer by die leerders as hulle by my!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voordat sy in haar droomberoep begin het, het Van Niekerk in 2013 aan Hugenote Ho\u00ebrskool in Wellington gematrikuleer. Sy het in 2014 by die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie in Wellington begin studeer en in 2017 haar B Ed-grondslagfasegraad verwerf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy s\u00ea die lekkerste deel van haar werk is wanneer \u2019n leerder \u2019n nuwe konsep vir die eerste keer snap. \u201cVeral om te sien hoe mooi my graad 1\u2019s leer lees en sinne skryf. Die vordering kan so goed waargeneem word en daar is regtig niks lekkerder as dit nie.\u201d Sy s\u00ea ook dit is wonderlik om te sien hoe waardevol groepwerk is en hoe goed leerders by mekaar leer en mekaar ondersteun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOm gesonde verhoudings met die kinders in my klas te bou, is my heel belangrikste taak. Ek glo dat leer baie meer natuurlik plaasvind by kinders wat veilig en geborge voel. Die leerders in my klas weet hulle kan met enigiets na my toe kom. Ons deel in mekaar se vreugdes en smarte.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Niekerk voel die onderwys is \u2019n baie bevredigende professie. \u201cDit is lekker om te sien hoe die leerders in jou klas of sportspan vorder en verbeter. Die hoeveelheid liefde wat die kinders elke dag vir \u2019n mens gee, is onmeetbaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDalk publiseer ek nog eendag \u2019n kinderboek en bewaarheid dan ook my skrywer-droom s\u00f3.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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