Introduced the mental math competition in June 2018. Five minutes to complete 40 questions from math tables to 12. The total number of learners from both schools Amoibe Primary and Oscarsberg Primary is 450. Prizes were bought for each school, top five in each grade win awards.
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January 2019 Regional Mental Math Competition. 12 schools invited, top five from each grade. Traveling Trophy for top school. Special prizes for top math students in the region.
DVDs given to the schools:
3 pairs of "Rock & Learn", 20 DVDs each.
5 Leap Frog Learning DVD set.
5 Sight Word Flashcard sets. 500 flashcards each.
5 Microsoft Office training tutorials.
September 2023 we had cluster competition where top 2 learners per grade (Grade 1-7) from each school had to compete with other schools in order to qualify for final competition in Circuit Wide Finale. Learners won laptops, tablets, school bags, pencils, pencil cases, hand bands etc. for 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions. They were overwhelmed with joy, pride and mostly hope for a bright future and confidence.
Zulu communities rejoiced as they witnessed that education is a key to success. This new generation is going to change their life's perspective and eliminate the poverty stigma that has been hovering over their villages for ages.
January 2023 Helping Hands Family had school visits to analyse the progress and highlight the key areas that need improvement in teaching and learning Eng/Zulu translation and mental Math. For the past years, we were focusing on Primary schools. In June 2023 Shiyane High Schools pleaded to join our team upon seeing the great impact HHF has in KwaZulu-Natal education.
Ten laptops programmed with Khan Academy educational tutorials were given away to the schools. This program helps the learners with the research when doing their school assignments. This program is suitable for all students in different classes.
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The 25 schools that we are assisting are based in mountainous rural areas, where the roads are bad gravel and the schools are sparsely apart which makes it hard to access. These schools had poor education due to lack of basic facilities such as libraries, laboratories, insufficient funding from the state, lack of resources, lack of ground space, multi-grade teaching etc. Above all these challenges, Zulu communities are still affected by post apartheid challenges. Therefore, parents lack hope interest in children's education.
Poor education limits the chances of impoverished children from getting higher education which is a leading factor in continuing cycle of poverty. Helping Hands Family became a beacon of hope to the Zulu communities by introducing Mental Mathematics, Eng/Zulu translation to schools.
Not all learners are academically gifted but they can harness the skills needed in our daily lives such as calculating change, having clear communication skills with various people which gives full access to exercise their freedom of expression and confidence.
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