Speed tests

The one of the main curriculum foci for the ZSP labs is numeracy.  Speed  tests are a key strategy that we are using to assist educators with improving the numeracy of their learners. The speed tests are carried out at the start and end of a lesson in the ZSP lab.

(Thanks to William for the pictures)

Feedback from the educators:
"After two weeks of computer classes, I have to say that the entire school day has changed completely. Kids are excited and getting competitive to achieve higher results in the 191 speed tests." Majdi Ryklief, Thomas Wildschutt Senior.
(For more pictures see the Thomas Wildschutt Senior website)

Lessons starting

On Monday the learners at Buck Road, Jamaica Way, Prince George, Sonwabo, Sullivan, St Mary's and Thomas Wildschutt Senior Primary Schools started lessons in the brand new ZSP computer centres! (The learners at Thomas Wildschutt Junior primary school have been using their technology since the start of this term)
It was a time of great excitement for learners and educators alike, as all experienced learning in a new environment....

KE NAKO: The hardware arrives..

Ke nako, or it is time

(to steal a phrase from the 2010 Soccer World Cup) .

This is the moment the Stage II schools have been eagerly counting down to!!

See the story unfold in the pictures below.