EMDC East Team under the leadership of Bonny Hendricks (Coordinator) decided to pay a courtesy visit to 9x schools to assess the usage of the LAB @ the schools during the fourth term. Schools were identified during a short meeting the previous day. Schools identified were those as indicated on the Term Planner of the Facilitators, also without being informed about the team visit.
Meeting @ Faure Youth Centre, the 10x EMDC East Team members (Bonny, Mark, Faeesa, Sylvain, Amoy, Siki, Sipho, Nontobeko, Steward and Albie) travel together in ONE vehicle. The route was preplanned to save travelling time and cost.The schools were in close proximity to one another. We left @ 8:09 am sharp to the first school and returned to FYC @ 13:15pm. The total distance travelled between the 9x schools were 82km from Macassar to Khayelitsha on average 9km apart between 2x schools.
The usage of the LABs @ schools varied from being fully utilized with an effective timetable, Khanya File in place, neatness inside the LAB noteworthy, learners @ the ws doing effective curriculum activities, to educators doing their digital data, to LABs "closed" for the day due to the exams @ schools. During the visit @ the various schools, brief meetings were held with the principals and SNAs, negotiations took place, advice were given, ideas were shared, general inspection was done re hardware and software, facilitators had the opportunity to gather some valuable insight into the LABs of one another and the LAB in general was evaluated re effectiveness.
During the morning travelling form one school to another, the facilitators had time to think about what was experienced at each school. Nevertheless all the formal and official duties, we also had a lot to laugh about inside the "taxi / VW Kombi" with Steward as the driver. The ride was sometimes slippery and bumpy due to the condition of the roads. The rainy weather also contibuted to a wet look appearance. Fitting into the Kombi was a tight business !! Sylvain even had time to ride on a black zebra with white stripes or is it a white zebra with black stripes ? @ one of the schools. Albie was later sentenced and put in the dogbox due to unrule behaviour. All in all - a fruitful exercise !!
Albie
Meeting @ Faure Youth Centre, the 10x EMDC East Team members (Bonny, Mark, Faeesa, Sylvain, Amoy, Siki, Sipho, Nontobeko, Steward and Albie) travel together in ONE vehicle. The route was preplanned to save travelling time and cost.The schools were in close proximity to one another. We left @ 8:09 am sharp to the first school and returned to FYC @ 13:15pm. The total distance travelled between the 9x schools were 82km from Macassar to Khayelitsha on average 9km apart between 2x schools.
The usage of the LABs @ schools varied from being fully utilized with an effective timetable, Khanya File in place, neatness inside the LAB noteworthy, learners @ the ws doing effective curriculum activities, to educators doing their digital data, to LABs "closed" for the day due to the exams @ schools. During the visit @ the various schools, brief meetings were held with the principals and SNAs, negotiations took place, advice were given, ideas were shared, general inspection was done re hardware and software, facilitators had the opportunity to gather some valuable insight into the LABs of one another and the LAB in general was evaluated re effectiveness.
During the morning travelling form one school to another, the facilitators had time to think about what was experienced at each school. Nevertheless all the formal and official duties, we also had a lot to laugh about inside the "taxi / VW Kombi" with Steward as the driver. The ride was sometimes slippery and bumpy due to the condition of the roads. The rainy weather also contibuted to a wet look appearance. Fitting into the Kombi was a tight business !! Sylvain even had time to ride on a black zebra with white stripes or is it a white zebra with black stripes ? @ one of the schools. Albie was later sentenced and put in the dogbox due to unrule behaviour. All in all - a fruitful exercise !!
Albie
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