Enlighten Education Trust strives to improve the quality of education and life in the communities of the Overstrand. Enlighten Education Trust is unique in that we believe that the quality of education in general will not improve unless the problems in education are tackled from a variety of angles. For this reason Enlighten Education Trust intervenes in schools from management, curriculum, youth and social perspectives. Various projects are in place to support these initiatives. In addition to the various projects on the go, the Trust is involved in numerous activities that support their initiatives. NPO Number:  038 928 NPO PBO No 930003997 (REG IT 2621/ 2002)

November 2011

The Grade 5B leaners devised a play to entertain learners during the last week of the year.

The play about the Shortage of Honey had a cast of 6 different types of animals and creatures. The learners made their own masks and elements of the backdops.

The play was perfomed in English and was the first time the learners had performed on a stage. Well done Grade 5 B.

August / September 2011

Once again our schools excelled at the Eisteddfod.

15 Qhayiya Secondary School learners were treated to a Shark Cage Dive experience. Learners were selected based on having shown initiative to improve themselves in or out of the classroom. This reward was donated by The Shark Lady who is very keen to share her teams knowledge with youngsters. This event tied in well with the theme on Mammals that was part to the school curriculum.

Thanks to Solomon from Enlighten Trust who accompanied the learners.

As part of the CRAFT extra mural activities, Craft for Qhayiyha learners was offered from the second term. Again THANKS to the National Lotto Fund.

The intention being to offer craft skills and an introduction to business skills to learners that struggle academically and have a creative bent.

Learners were introduced to wire and bead work, wood work (drilling and sawing) and mosaic.

During Term 3, learner crafters were introduced to business skills and Vanessa Alberts of SEED SA and WORK IT held various training sessions on Friday afternoons in the Enlighten Centre computer room. The learners were thrilled to be able to learn somne basic computer skills and they loved working on the Internet.

Thanks to the National Lottery funding, aftercare CRAFT classes at Zwelihle Primary School. started in the second term 2011.

Craft Tuesdays were very well attended by the 65 learners from the Intermediate Phase that are registerd for aftercare. Raphael Malinga joined Morag Swanepoel to assist with the large groups – having an isiXhosa speaking assistance was a great advantage.

Due to the grant received we were able to introduce the learners to a great variety of crafts never experienced before.

A highlight of the year was the creation of the decor for the African Hair Design Bbeauty Contest held during the Whale festival.

 The Small Business Development Project (Business Ventures) will commence early in the new term as it has been on hold for a while. We welcome Gerhard Kemp, Non-Executive Direcor of SABINET, Gauteng, for his kind assistance. Welcome on board!