Shwashweni Primary School

Mission

To produce best quality independent and self motivated learners.

Vision

To produce well-educated, marketable, creative, self-sufficient and competent learners.

History

The school was established by late Mr J Gumbi and the community members, The first principal was Ms S. Chonco.

Facilities

Identified needs

Curriculum

Grades Grade R - 7 — English, Zulu, Mathematics, Life Skills, Life Orientation, Natural Sciences, Technology, Social Sciences, Economics, Management Sciences, Art and Culture, Natural Sciences, Technology. — Extra-curricular: Extra classes for Maths

Contact

Adopter

Adopter: Industrial Development Corporation

Additional sponsors

Additional Sponsors: Oxford University Press

Work done

• Strategic planning, leadership, governance and teambuilding programme
• Visual support programme
• Construction of library
• Mathematics and Language and Literacy educator development programme for Grade 4-7 educators (incl. 2017)
• Library books and librarian training
• Renovation of ICT classroom
• ICT Phase 2 Year 1: 2017 programme and resourcing
• Resourcing of the media centre
• ICT Phase 2 Year 2: 2019 programme
• Grade R resources and practitioner development programme
• Basic reading & numeracy educator development programme for Grade 1-3 educators
• ITE stipend for ICT programme
• Dictionaries
• Donation of library books

Future needs

• Renovation of eight classrooms
• construction of two classrooms for the Grade R facility
• construction of a feeding scheme kitchen and administration facility
• renovation of the ablution facility
• fencing
• combination court
• science equipment and Natural Sciences educator development programme