Sisonke School
The School opened on Wednesday January 16th 2008.
Sisonke School uses a variety of educational philosophies to bring about the best possible education for it's children. School is not, after all, a place just to get minds educated but a place of social interaction and joy where, if it is approached in the right way, true understanding of life can be explored.
We started with 46 learners and are now currently at over 90 learners, with 4 full time & 2 part time teachers.
Our school Sisonke which means together is run by local people. It aims at bringing life into education through poetry, music, drama, art and practical activities. Children are born with an innate thirst for knowledge and learning but this can quickly disappear when they enter a system based on tests and text books. Spoon feeding children what has gone before will not take human kind forward. New imaginations will only shine through if the possibilities are left open. To close a child's mind is to close the door on our future. The whole community is involved in our school and the parents are awakened in their hearts to play an active role in their child's education. We are teaching traditional crafts, cultural stories are told by elders and music and rhythm imbue everyday. A deep understanding of nature and the world fills every subject from measurement, to money, to science, to art, our curriculum is alive.
Now in our second year, we have outgrown our current building and it is time to expand from our humble beginings. We are in the process of receiving outside funding to go towards building our new dream school. With the hope of finding the approproate land by the end of April 2009, the project co-ordinators, along with the teachers and parents of the school will together design the best possible school for the Sisonke children. Once it is time for the building process, everyone will be involved. With work shops on the weekends for parents and families, classes during the school day and the constant help of volunteers and the community, it will be our school that we will build together.
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