FET Curriculum Chronicles YEARLY NEWSLETTER | ISSUE #1 DECEMBER 2017 Word from Director: Curriculum FET Dear Colleagues do is quite remarkable. The success of work will pay-off when the results come our department is built on the efforts out at the end of the year. The end of a year is a good time to of our colleagues and in this past year, look back, reflecting on achievements, we have enjoyed many successes. We Working with you has been a pleasure and to look forward, to see what we don’t usually draw attention to the work and we are proud to have you all with still need to accomplish. We’ve come of individual staff, we work as a whole, us. Thank you for the dedication, loyalty through a year that was filled with but in this message to you I want say, & commitment that each one of you has both challenges and victories. How I am especially proud of the fact that shown. reassuring it has been to know that we we have managed to integrate ICT in can count on all of you regardless of our teaching practise, which culminated We offer our best wishes and happiness what faces us and so I want to take this in the production of QR Code based to you and your families as we all look opportunity to thank everyone for all revision booklet. forward to a successful 2018, have a their efforts throughout the year. blessed festive season and a prosperous On behalf of the WCED - Curriculum New Year!!! In a department as big as our FET, please allow me to extend my Directorate, with over 40 staff working personal and genuine appreciation Sincerely, on a wide range of activities, no one to each and every one of you, for Mrs PP Satyo can ever see the entirety of our work, your valuable contributions to this that’s a pity, because in fact, what we department and let’s hope that our hard CES Desk The year 2017 has passed by much too Congratulations to the following persons Physical Sciences on 1 November 2017 quickly and I find myself wishing for just a who were promoted: (formerly SES: Physical Sciences in few more weeks… A Mr Mlamli Matshingana (DCES: IsiXhosa) Metropole North Education District) left WCED on 31 January 2017 and took A Mr David Oertel started as SES: Design The Curriculum FET directorate worked up a post at DBE as CES for African and Visual arts on 1 May 2017 feverishly throughout the year, striving to Languages A Ms Babalwa Kulata started as PA to the realise the vision of WCED viz. “Quality A Dr Joseph Bronkhorst (DCES: Civil Director on 1 November 2017 education for every child in every Technology and EGD) was promoted to A Mrs Elmaree Eksteen has taken up classroom in every school”; a vision that CES: MST as from 1 April 2017 the position of DCES: Accounting is sadly still not a reality for many of our A Dr Glynis Schreuder (DCES: Accounting) on 1 December 2017 (formerly SES: learners. Some of the support initiatives was promoted to CES: Curriculum FET Metropole East Education District) embarked on during the year are as from 1 July 2017 A Mr Julian Carstens will be joining the showcased in this newsletter. directorate on 1 January 2018 as SES: The year saw some changes in the A Mr Neil Simons (SES: Civil Technology Information Technology (formally from directorate. and EGD) was promoted to DCES: Civil Technology and EGD as from 1 October Paul Roos Gymnasium) Sadly, we bade farewell to the following 2017 persons who retired: I am looking forward to 2018 with The Directorate welcomed the following excitement and hope; when the directorate A Mr Walter Mercuur (CES) retired on 30 members: will continue to serve and support effective June 2017 after 40 years of service curriculum implementation in order to A Mr Max Brock (SES: Information A Mr Thando Sikiti started as DCES: Economics on 1 July 2017 (formerly ensure that every child has an equal chance Technology) retired on 30 June 2017 to develop to his or her full potential. after 39 years of service DCES: EMS in the Curriculum GET directorate) Wishing all colleagues and their families A Mr Donald Francis (DCES: Physical a well-deserved break over the festive A Sciences) retired on 31 August 2017 after Mrs Nosisa Beyile started as DCES: season; safe travels and may you all be 42 years and 8 months’ service IsiXhosa on 1 September 2017 (formerly blessed with peace, joy and love. SES: IsiXhosa in Metropole South Education District) Dr Glynis Schreuder A Mr Marius Diergaardt started as DCES: CES: Curriculum FET Landbouwetenskappe Eerste vir Suid Afrikaanse verteenwoordig het op 28 en 29 April 2017. skole: Skeeropleiding/ kompetisie op provinsiale Dit was die eerste keer dat ‘n skole kategorie ingesluit was in die Nasionale en nasionale vlak skeerkampioenskap kompetisie. Dit was ook die eerste keer in Suid-Afrika ‘n Vyf dag skaapskeerkursus is se geskiedenis dat ‘n dogter in ‘n aangebied in die Wes-Kaap vanaf 3 skaapskeerkompetisie deelgeneem het. April 2017 tot 7 April 2017 op die plaas Grootberg van Mnr Frikkie Kirsten tussen Darling en Yzerfontein. Verblyf was gereël op die plaas Swartbergvlei. Instansies betrokke was WKOD, Departement Landbou Elsenburg, NWKV en BKB. Ongeveer 120 leerders van Graad 10 Haygrove greenhouse tot 12 was vroeër die jaar op verskeie tunnel exhibition dae aan skaapskeer bekend gestel waar vaardige leerders geidentifiseer was om Principals, farm managers and aan ‘n 5 dag sertifikasieopleiding deel te neem. Skole wat aan die bekendstelling teachers from Agricultural schools deelgeneem het was Skurweberg, in the Western Cape attended Porterville, Boland Landbou, De Rust a Haygrove greenhouse tunnel Futura, Groenberg, Overberg, Swartland, exhibition on 23 June 2017 at Elgin Kwamfundo en Intsebenziswano. in Grabouw. 13 leerlinge van Kwamfundo, The day was aimed to showcase Intsebenziswano, Groenberg, Swartland, the different Haygrove greenhouse Porterville, Overberg en Boland Landbou structures and the application was geïdentifiseer om deel te neem aan Kylie de Jager (Hoërskool thereof, specifically focusing on die 5 dag opleiding. Swartland) wenner van provinsiale specification of structures and skaapskeerkompetisie in Wes-Kaap structure specific benefits of Haygrove covers. Participants were taken on a site visit to a farm where the farmer grows vegetables on a Gesamentlike eerste plek in provinsiale polystyrene tray floating on water skaapskeerkompetisie: farms. Kaylie de Jager, Hoërskool Swartland en Gulwa Mpumelelo, Kwamfundo Senior Sekondêre Skool Picture: Mr Albert van Zyl (Subject Derde plek: Marko Ferreira, Boland Adviser: Agricultural subjects) in one of Landbouskool the greenhouse tunnels at the Haygrove greenhouse tunnel exhibition in Grabouw The Minister of Education in Western Wes Kaap landbou leerders word touwys Welding training Cape, Ms Debbie Schafer, surprised gemaak in die tegniek van skaapskeerdery for Agricultural the teachers with a visit. She was quite Drie ervare instrukteurs en een wolklasser, Technology teachers keen to take a welding lesson or two. wat verskeie internasionale skaapskeer at HTS Bellville. Dr Peter Beets (DDG: Curriculum and toekennings behaal het, het die kursus Assessment Management) also visited the training session during the week. aangebied. A number of Agricultural and Mechanical Technology teachers Die doel van die opleiding was om from WCED attended a welding landbouleerders die geleentheid te bied om ‘n skaapskeervaardigheid aan te leer. training course from 3 – 6 July 2017 Hierdie vaardigheid bied aan leerlinge at HTS Bellville. die vermoë om in Suid-Afrika skape te skeer teen R7 ‘n skaap of in die buiteland The training included: teen ongeveer R60 000 per maand. ‘n A MIG welding Sertifikaat/kwalifikasie is aan die einde A TIG welding (stainless and van die week aan dié leerders toegeken aluminum) wat twee skape in 30 minute kon skeer. A Plasma cutting A Oxy acetylene welding and cutting ‘n Wes Kaap Skolespan is aan die einde A Soft soldering Agricultural Technology and van die opleiding gekies wat die Wes Mechanical Technology teachers at the A Pipe bending Kaap op die nasionale skaapskeer welding training course at Bellville HTS kampioenskap in Bloemfontein Business Studies 2016 Provincial ESKOM job creators, rather than simply job seekers in our economy. Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony The 2016 provincial winner was Vista High School in the MCED. The The 2016 Provincial ESKOM SIMAMA Entrepreneurship Club at the school RANTA awards ceremony took place received R 50 000 as first prize for at Maitland High School on Friday, the competition. This money is to be 10 February 2017. Mrs Tshidi Sekopa, used exclusively for the expansion and Project Manager of Education With growth of the Entrepreneurship Club Entreprise Trust [EWET] was the key- at Vista High School. The runner-up note speaker and awarded the prizes to was Maitland High School also in the MCED, who received R 25 000 prize for the winning schools. Mr A Ogunseye, the Youth Entrepreneurship the Entrepreneurship Club. Third place Society [YES] Advisor at Vista High School The competition aims to foster a spirit was taken by USASAZO Secondary in addresses the learners and guests after being of entrepreneurship amongst learners at MEED, who received R 10 000 for the awarded the main prize of R 50 000 for the schools. The ultimate objective is to help Entrepreneurship Club at the school. YES Club more and more young people to become 2017 Gr 12 Provincial Pilot Grade 11 Business Business Studies Quiz Launch of Grade 12 Studies Quiz On Saturday, 12 August 2017 all roads led QR Code Workbook The Business Studies Quiz was expanded in to the tranquil settings of Bosmansdam 2017 and a special Pilot Provincial Business The Grade 12 Business Studies High School in Bothasig for the 3rd Gr.