Earlier this month learner leaders of AF Louw Primary School in Stellenbosch showed their appreciation to schools’ Change Teams, comprising of principals, members of the school management team and governing body, parents, teachers and non-teaching school staff as well as prefects from across the Cape Winelands Education District.
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According to Johann Burger, Deputy Chief Education Specialist at the WCED and a co-ordinator of the programme, the learner leaders requested that participants be thanked in the foyer of the school hall, and showed their appreciation by presenting participants with two cakes with the WCED’s T2P logo and “2019 the year of the learner” printed on it.
According to Anne Tarr, the school principal, the learners thanked the participants from the bottom of their hearts.
They raised funds by means of a “civies” day to pay for the cakes.
The WCED’s Transform to Perform Strategy is based on four important pillars, namely leadership and development, growth mindset for teachers and values in education.
This strategy is the brainchild of Brian Schreuder, WCED’s head of education, who has requested schools adopt one specific direction setting value per month which should be specifically chosen to strengthen their school’s culture, vision, mission and assist with the school’s strategy.
He is of the opinion that when learners embrace their schools’ direction setting values as their own, it will filter into their communities.
“The T2P strategy is integral to the WCED achieving its vision for quality education for every learner, in every classroom, in every school in the Province,” according to Burger.
