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How to handle the pressure ... Learner, Nosipho Nkomo tries her hand at using the powerful, fire-dousing hose at SA Fire Watch during a training course with 19 other learners from Sophumelela High School. See story on page 3. PHOTO: RACINE EDWARDES
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Grassy Park school principal, recognised for being an inspirational role model, was chosen as a winner in the Woolworths Educational Programme and MySchool Teacher’s Day national competition. To commemorate the competition’s 10year run, it was decided to add an additional category for principals.
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Kannemeyer Primary School principal Ridwan Samodien won the category. “When it happened I was quite surprised,” says Samodien, mentioning that this was not his school’s first time entering this competition, but that it was the first time a nominated candidate from the school won. “It was unexpected, but once the shock had settled, a warm, fuzzy feeling of appreciation and affirmation resonated with me,” says Samodien. “The organisers contacted me in September and brought out a video
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crew to do a promotional video about the school.” Samodien says he is well informed about the past and this makes him the mindful person he is. He says it may take generations to overcome the layers of slavery-colonial-apartheid imposed conditioning. According to Samodien, it is up to principals and teachers to restore children’s sense of belonging, generosity and independence. “We all carry the scars of our broken past.
It is edged into our DNA, and there are many broken and fractured people,” Samodien says. Referencing Reverend Paul Volkwyn. he says, “We as teachers need to create a ‘home away from home’ environment at school and to instil a sense of belonging.” Samodien, whose career in education spans nearly 40 years (of which 19 have been as a principal), says we need to be mindful in tackling the huge challenges faced by the education sector. V To page 2.
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