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HENDRIK
LOUW PRIMARY RECEIVES NUMERACY AWARD
The Western Cape
Education Department (WCED) has honoured 44 schools for excellent performance
and improvement in the 2009 Grade 6 literacy and numeracy tests. Donald Grant,
Minister of Education, and Penny Vinjevold, Head of Education in the province,
presented awards to the schools at a function on Thursday, 25 March 2010, at
the Panorama Primary School in Parow.
The department selected
the top overall performers in each of the province’s eight districts, as well
as those in disadvantaged communities in each district who had shown the
greatest improvement.
The awards recognized
overall performance and improvement, as well as performance in literacy and
numeracy. Minister Grant said that key priorities of the WCED included ensuring
that “all our learners are able to read, write and calculate at the appropriate
level. We are determined, as outlined in our strategic plan, to improve
literacy and numeracy outcomes at all levels.”
The department’s Grade 3
and 6 tests played an important role by identifying learners’ strengths and
weaknesses. “If we do not set benchmarks for our learners, and test them against
these benchmarks on a regular basis, we will never be able to target individual
learning needs and improve learner outcomes,” Grant said. “That is why tonight is so important. We are
recognizing and acknowledging all those schools and educators who are
responsible for improved results and excellence, and will hopefully serve as an
incentive to others to improve their results in the future.”
“Let us be honest, the
overall results of the 2009 tests reveal that we do have many challenges
ahead,” Grant said. “The percentage of
learners achieving 50% or more for literacy across the Western Cape is 48.6%,
and 17.4% for numeracy. But while these results are still unacceptably low it
is encouraging to note that the majority of schools are making progress.”
“I would like to say congratulations to you
all. The WCED is very proud of your success and I can only look forward to
seeing what all of you achieve at the end of this year.”
The Grade 6 Literacy and
Numeracy test was conducted for the first time in 2003 in a sample of schools.
These tests were again offered in 2005, 2007 and 2009. In 2007, a total of 1034
Primary Schools participated in the tests and 71 854 learners out of 76 289
learners wrote the test. In 2009, a total of 83 921 learners out of 85 117
learners wrote the tests across 1 046 schools.
Primary schools that
produce excellent results and those that have shown the greatest improvement
over the years in Literacy and Numeracy must be recognised for their progress
and achievement. The awards serve as an incentive for schools to continue to
better their achievements. The awards were allocated in a manner that is fair
to all districts and schools. The top schools and the schools that show the
greatest improvement across districts were awarded.
CATEGORIES OF AWARDS
Awards were allocated in
terms of identified criteria based on excellent and progressively consistent
performance over the 3 - year assessment period from 2005 to 2009. Recognition was also given to schools in terms
of the social and economic context in which they function and here we
specifically identified schools that have shown progress and improvement
according to the national quintiles.
EXCELLENCE OF OUTCOMES
IN NUMERACY
In this category, awards
were made to eight schools (one per district) where the performance in Numeracy
in 2009 illustrates meritorious outcomes and the results of the school is
comparable to the results achieved in Literacy.
Excellence of outcomes is measured in terms of the best pass rates per
district in 2009. The winners in this
category excluded the winners in category 1(a) and 1(b).
All awardees received a
certificate as well as a monetary incentive of R12 000 for the purchase of
teaching and learning support material.
Name of School
Oakhurst Girls’ Primary
School (Mrs J van Velden) 97,1%
Laerskool Hendrik
Louw (Mr L. Brown) 77,4%
Laerskool Eversdal (Dr H A Brand) 90,7%
Kirstenhof Primary
School 79,6%
Laerskool Eikestad (Dr B B Aucamp) 86,1%
Plettenberg Bay Primary
School (Mr H Bester) 76,1%
Laerskool De Villiers
Graaff (Mr J F Brouwer) 72,5%
Laerskool Swartland (Mr
H S Weideman) 70,2%
Olympiads and competitions 2010
Olympiads and competitions 2009
Olympiads and competitions 2008
Olympiads and competitions 2007
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