Monday, 18 August 2014

My final school year at Mayisha Secondary School in Mpumalanga Province

 i come from a small but yet developing area called waterval in section B, it has a clinic two primary schools,RDP houses and more other things. I matriculated from a school called Mayisha High School,one of the oldest schools around the KwaNdebele region.The school was named after the King of our tribe Mayisha.

I matriculated in 2013,i was a science student doing mathematics,physical science,life sciences,isiNdebele(home language),Agricultural science and english(first additional language).




my final year was my best year,our teachers were very much helpful when we needed assistance they would go extra miles for us to get help.we had various camps during our final year,attended at different schools to enhance our knowledge,even though we did not have much technological appliances at school but teachers would bring their laptops to class every now and then if necessary.

during my matric year i studied a lot and had fun a lot,it was one of the greatest years of my schooling because i believe that where i finally developed to my full potential,its where i got to work hard more than ever to achieve good results.One of the many reasons why i loved my final year was because there was unity between the teachers and the students.Another reason is that we were the first matrics to go above 60% and made our school to win the school of the year in our circut and being given the nickname Mighty Mayisha.
i really wish i could go back to my final year at Mighty Mayisha.
I believe that i am where i am now because those teachers at Mayisha high school.

Friday, 8 August 2014

Chrome extension for Grade R numbers counting

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/counting-games-finger-cou/iokoeiklbcoaekfaibeiogojlbpncehf?hl=en-US

The reason why i choose this chrome extension is because i found it more appropriate for learners in the elementary phase,it is not confusing,it goes in hand with the way children in grade R learn counting,they learn to count using their fingers and counting until 10 and this extension does exactly that.


Another reason is that what i have learned so far that children learn through play,they enjoy learning when they are having fun and this game is fun.It is also good for leaners with different learning styles because because it shows fingers and has an audio that can capture the children's attention.

what i believe is expected from the Grade R is that they must be able to enjoy math, be able to count material things that they may come across or count using their fingers.