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What else have we been up to?
Train-the-Trainer Programme
After School Sport Coaching Excellence Award
After School Leadership Excellence Awards
Are you interested in building the capacity of the After School sector?
The After School Programme Office accredited Train-the-Trainer programme will equip you to train
after school practitioners in the basics of After School Programmes.
Applications are currently open for Master Training, closing on
Wednesday, 10th July.
In its 3rd year of being awarded, the Department of Cultural Affairs
and Sport wishes to recognise sport coaching excellence in After
School Programmes at the Provincial Sport Awards ceremony, held in
September.
The call for applications will open on 1st July and close on the 2nd August.
Launched in 2016, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) calls on school communities to nominate
Principals for the After School Leadership Excellence Award. After
School Programming relies on strong leadership and school buy-in, and this award aims to celebrate the
amazing school leaders driving ASP at their schools.
Watch your inbox for the opening of applications.
On 8th June, the WCED in partnership with the Zeitz MOCAA hosted a lively discussion with Andria Zafirakou and Ramón González, chaired by WCED SG, Brian Schreuder. The focus of the discussion was challenging teachers to think about their role in ASP and how they can work to create opportunities for their learners beyond the classroom.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMME OFFICE
NEWSLETTEREDITION 5 | JULY 2019
Well done to all our partners for an incredibly productive second term, and best of luck with term 3. We hope everyone has enjoyed the well deserved breather. Read below to catch up on some of the
action of the past few months!
On 7th – 8th June 2019, our office hosted the #enrichED After School Symposium in Cape Town. Together the delegates focused on how the After School Sector is making a powerful impact in addressing South Africa’s education challenges, towards closing the education gap.
The two-day symposium was attended by over 250 international and local delegates. Principal Ramón González and 2018 Global Teacher Winner Andria Zafirakou were headline speakers, along with Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi and her coach Robert Katende, the real life stars whose lives inspired the movie Queen of Katwe. Delegates were able to attend inspiring plenary sessions, select from 18 different breakaway sessions, and use their refreshment breaks to immerse themselves in an After School Programme, with a range of activities put on offer. Thank you to everyone who attended the symposium and related events. You all contributed to making the event successful and impactful. Within the next few weeks our office will release a short report covering the symposium outcomes. Until then, visit our website and download the the review of the After School Sector in the Western Cape that we put together ahead of the symposium.
Leading up to the #enrichED Symposium, the After School Programme Office emphasised its focus on:
• People – ensuring we have quality coaches and practitioners in place, offering capacity building support through various trainings and interventions, providing youth with meaningful work placement opportunities in After School Programmes
• Programmes – ensuring that we are offering quality comprehensive programmes, leveraging the research and creating avenues for new and innovative local knowledge production and sharing
• Partnerships – ensuring we harness the collective resources and energy of all stakeholders, to continue to grow the after school footprint so that every learner in every school has access to quality After School Programmes across the province.
SOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENTS EMERGING FROM THE SYMPOSIUM INCLUDE:
Put learners at the centre including celebrating them through the ‘Humans Campaign’ and sharing their stories and the impact of the work
Advocate to extend the school day and make ASPs part of what schools do and ensure an enabling environment
Put the spotlight on our hidden educators including developing career pathways for educators who are not teachers and developing systems to support practitioner well-being
Lobby for a ‘national service’/ youth employment programme to get volunteers/interns into every school
Harness the energy of everyone and ensuring every programme is mapped on Educollaborate
Invest in data including developing common metrics, creating a data repository and building M&E capacity
On 5th June, the #enrichED Fringe Programme was launched with a vibrant discussion about the integral role that After School programmes can play in addressing South Africa’s education challenges. Hosted by The Learning Trust at Philippi Village, Ramón González (Principal, New York), Nombulelo Sume (Principal, Port Elizabeth) and Theresa Le Roux (Beautiful Gate, Cape Town) shared their experiences and insights on how to partner towards greater impact.
On 6th June, the Humans of the After School Movement project was launched at a celebratory First Thursday event hosted by the Community Chest. This project seeks to recognise the diversity of people who make up this dynamic sector. Read more below about how you can contribute.
On 8th June, learners drove in from Masiphumelele and Lavender Hill in Cape Town, and Zwelihle in the Overberg, to engage with the real life stars of the Queen of Katwe and to watch a screening of the film. Robert Katende and Phiona Mutesi fielded questions from the audience after the movie ended. Watch this space for the next “Phiona” to emerge from our own country!
Highlights from the #enrichED Fringe Events Programme
The After School Sector’s greatest asset is its people, both the adults who pour their passion and energy into offering quality programmes, and the learners who are building their dreams and future opportunities. We are building a library aimed at profiling and celebrating the humans who make up this important sector.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY!
Taking After School Communication into the CommunityThe communications campaign focused on Atlantis and Swellendam has come to a close, if you’re ever in Atlantis look for the After School posters at MyCiti bus stops! To close off the campaign we held after school festivals at schools in both areas. In March the After School Programme Office partnered with CAP, Railton Foundation and other partners to offer festivals at VRT Pitt and Bontebok Primary School’s in Swellendam.
On 22nd May a similar event took place at Kerria PS in Atlantis at a rugby and netball derby of local schools. Atlantis FM created a celebratory vibe at the school with great music and a performing stage, interviewing various community stakeholders about the gains that have been made in building a culture of After School Programming in the Atlantis, Mamre and Pella Communities.
Visit our website and share your story with us.
The Zeitz MOCAA created a phenomenal backdrop for the discussion.
Dylan Wray (Shikaya) chaired the panel on partnerships
Scouts offer opportunity to teachers
Teachers from schools where the Scouting in Schools Programme has been running finally got a Scouts camp all to themselves!
After the weekend spent at Hawequas outside Wellington, teachers left inspired and committed to strengthening scouting at
their schools.
For more information on these opportunities and other news, please visit our website onhttps://www.westerncape.gov.za/after-school-game-changer/
Contact our office at: [email protected] | 021 483 9844
Ikamva Labantwana Bethu hosted a successful Youth Month Closing Celebration showcasing different After School Programmes and youth programs operating in Nyanga and Crossroads Townships.
PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESSHUMANS OF THE AFTER
SCHOOL MOVEMENT
Sinethemba Bawuti from the MOD Programme proudly stands next to his profile.
Inga Mfundisi, Grade 11 learner from Zwelihle, poses with her heroes, Robert and Phiona.
#enrichED After School Symposium 2019
SCREENING OF QUEEN OF KATWE
‘I wasn’t so good at schoolwork before. I found academics difficult. When I started playing music and I saw I could play music … it gave me a tip in my mind that said I can also do good in my schoolwork.’ – Kamva Thipa, Learner at Silikamva High School
Principals reflect on the value of academic support programme volunteers
Over the past few weeks, 34 Principals whose schools are involved in the YearBeyond and Grade 4 Academic Support Programmes have reflected on the value of having unemployed matriculants running after school reading and maths programmes. Anecdotes shared suggest having ‘older brothers and sisters’ supporting their learning journey is showing impact on learner’s academic results alongside creating meaningful relationships which also aid learning.
Kerria PS Head Girl, Jaylin Pickering and Gr.7 learner Erin Myburgh drew a crowd during their radio interview with Atlantis FM
Community of Practice (COP) focuses on what we know about our learnersThe 2nd NGO Community of Practice event of 2019 was hosted in partnership with The Learning Trust and focused on the question of ‘Why learners attend our After School programmes?’ With over 60 organisations present, the wealth of knowledge in the room was brimming over and the discussion was rich with insights and ideas. We heard from representatives from several organisations (Waves for Change, The Sozo Foundation, Olico, and Earthchild among others) who had battled with attendance over the years and who shared their trial and error learnings. Visit The Learning Trust’s website to download the Learning Brief.https://www.thelearningtrust.org/
Key emerging factors that drive attendance at After School programmes include:
• parent/adult involvement and support;
• quality trained and trusted staff/volunteers;
• activities that speak to the intrinsic motivation of the learner e.g. exciting sports; activities that meet an external desire/need e.g. improvement in maths skill and performance;
• the creation of a space that fosters a sense of belonging.
Youth month celebrations
GOING THE EXTRA MILE: EDUCATOR INVOLVEMENT IN ASP
OPPORTUNITIES
