Changing the common papers September 2, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Ideas, Policy.Tags: alterations, common papers, important
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I was asked a question about the possibility of changing the provincial question paper to suit the school needs, which immediately prompted me to write this post.
In the first place, because the paper is written by so many schools in the province, changing a section or even a question in it might inadvertently disadvantage learners in all the other schools attempting the original paper.
In the second place, so deep into the academic year, we should be honest: if we did not teach the content in full, it is kind of really late to patch, unless we talk about revision. Conversely, changing a paper to make it “more difficult” will rather give the other schools’ learners an edge over your children. Do you really need it?..
Finally, there is no procedure to be followed which can justify such changes in the context of any common examination. It is “common” per definition.
Dirk holds cool clusters September 1, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Ideas, support groups, thanks.Tags: best practices, clusters, support groups
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I am truely amazed at how fruitful and productive the support group clusters of Mr Dirk Jordaan’s (Bonnievale HS) are! The teachers are so positive to share their experience within the support group context that it not only benefits the preparation for moderation, but also directly helps teachers in the classroom.
My mouth hung open when I was shown well-designed PowerPoint presentations [in pure AFRIKAANS] by Ms Thea Pieterse (Montagu HS) teaching the children MS Access!..
Ask me, how did they get it right to make their clusters intriguing enough for a whole bunch of teachers from Swellendam to come over from the now Overberg district to attend (at their own cost)?.. (Ms Helga Kellies from Swellendam SS had some lesson templates to present to her Cape Winelands colleagues at a cluster in Bonnievale).
It is the dedication of colleagues that face the same challenges as the rest that makes a difference. They are finding it possible to be masters of their Art. Thanks, guys. I am enawed.
Rejoice, the embattled Overberg! September 1, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Ideas.Tags: CA, news, overberg, secondment
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It is with a sigh of relief and jubilation that I think all schools in the Overberg district will welcome the secondment of a very experienced CAT teacher from Overberg High, Ms Estelle Goosen. I had the privilege of working with her last year, and should say, Overberg made no mistake. Estelle will wonderfully complement the provincial subject team for CAT, and we are all looking forward to working with her.
Our Overberg colleagues may now address all work-related issues for Estelle’s attention at egoosen [at] pgwc.gov.za
Meet Support Group Coordinators May 5, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Workshops, support groups.Tags: coordinators, meetings, support groups, Workshops
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coordinators
A meeting with Support Group Coordinators was held in Worcester East Dutch Reformed Church yesterday.
In the picture from left to right:
We missed Madalé van Deventer (responsible for Paarl) a lot, who could not come due to nasty server crash at her school.
These people are the face of enhanced curriculum support to the schools in our district.
Let us give the SG Coodinators our full cooperation and support as they launch initiatives to facilitate personal and professional development of educators they are entrusted with.
We wish them success in this demanding position.
Meeting with CAT SG Co-ordinators April 20, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in support groups.Tags: coordinators, meeting, orientation, support groups, update
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The pun with CAT and SG put together is mostly unintended, as SG stands for Support Group and not Standard Grade 
The curriculum SG co-ordinators will be invited to an orientation session on the 4th of May, as previously reported.
The time of the meeting is from 14:30 to 16:30.
The venue is still to be finalised, but it seems like all will start in the CWD Hall and from there we will move out to the subjects’ respective venues, which will be co-ordinated by the District.
I would like to ask the co-ordinators to plan to attend the meeing in advance. The schools have received a letter from Dr B A Wilson where the principals were asked to stengthen our hand in this regard.
Study Groups vibe March 29, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Opinion-polls.Tags: polls, study groups
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Curriculum Support Group Co-ordinators March 29, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Action required, Ideas, requests.Tags: co-ordinators, nominations, overberg, support groups
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On the 4th of May 2009 the support group co-ordindators from the Cape Winelands Education District will be invited to a meeting where their role and responsibilities in their respective geographic areas will be discussed.
To date, the following groups have got a nominated co-ordinator:
1) Bonnievale-Ashton-Montagu (Dirk);
2) Robertson-McGregor (Jeannè);
3) Ceres (Carin);
4) Stellenbosch (Ronel).
The invitation is still open for:
5) Stellenbosch (possibly);
6) Paarl;
7) Wellington;
Worcester (Gerda already co-ordinates IT, so she asked for other nominations).
The Overberg District:
I know that there are some schools in Swellendam that said they wanted to be part of the Bonnievale group. That is very cool. However, the rest of the teachers in Overberg do still need to organise themselves into tighter entities, aka support groups, notwithstanding (and, actually, due to) the absence of a dedicated Curriculum Adviser.
Gr 10 – PoA 2009 – confusing? February 23, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in Policy.Tags: corrections, PoA, Policy
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[OBSOLETE post - alternative PoA]
The items on the list that follows are taken from the Gr 10 PoA. These appear to be quite confusing, if you read attentively. The purpose of this post is to clarify that. Note the corrections:
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5 |
Test TASK on Legal, Ethical and security issues, including Environmental issues and impact on society. |
10.1.4 10.1.5 10.2.1 10.2.2 10.3.1 |
TASK Minimum Mark [ 50 ] |
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6 |
Spreadsheets Task TEST assessing basic formatting, functions and formulae |
10.2.1 10.2.3 |
TEST Minimum Mark [ 50 ] |
Cluster: Location of Langeberg SS February 19, 2009
Posted by Yaroslav Kudiyarov in clusters.Tags: cluster, coordinates, location
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For our Overberg colleagues, it could be useful to check out the location of Langeberg Secondary where the standard setting meeting is to be held today.
Address: Langeberg Sek, George St, Dorpsig, Robertson.
Map:
