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Sonneblom-strategie help Hoërskool Blackheath se matriekslaagsyfer verbeter

Sunflower Strategy Helps Blackheath Highschool to Improve Their Matric Pass Rate

The pass rate (matriekslaagsyfer) at Blackheath High improved (verbeter) from 59% in 2021 and 68% in 2022 to a noteworthy (merkwaardige) 88% in 2023.

The amount of learners that achieved (behaal) university exemption, also increased (het … toegeneem) from 12% (2021) 17% (2022) to 44%.

Antonio Micheals, principal, says this is thanks to teamwork (spanswerk) - everyone, from the caregivers to the ‘aunty’ from the feeding scheme that helped to make food, contributed (bygedra) to the improvement (verbetering).

Micheals, previously from Robinvale Highschool in Atlantis, began on the 1st of April 2022 at Blackeath Highschool.

In the three previous years (jaar tevore) (2019 - 2021) the school’s matric pass rate was around (rondom) 55%.

Although he attributes (toeskryf) the pass rate to teamwork, Micheals says that he began at the school with a “no-nonsense” approach where it was necessary to return to the basics.

He explains that the teachers had to return to their basic task of teaching, the children to being children (kindwees), and the parents also had to fulfill their role.

Sunflower Strategy

In September 2022, Micheals began his “Sunflower Strategy”. He tells how with the learners, then still in Grade 11, he discussed (gesels) the characteristics of a sunflower, which turns it’s face to the sun, regardless (ongeag) of where it is planted.

Why the sunflower?

So that the children could realise that it doesn’t matter what your circumstances at home are.
If you work hard and do your part, then you can get your matric certificate.

It cost a lot of motivation, from the staff [personnel], and from the children.

Micheals says with his arrival (aankoms) at the school there was a lot of unhappiness (ongelukkigheid) amongst the staff [think “personnel”].

To get the staff happy was the first priority, “because if the staff is happy, they will be more productive.

“I always told myself, if I see smiles on the people’s faces at the school, then I know we’re on the right path.”

Give Water

Micheals persisted (het volgehou) with his sunflower strategy with the group in their matric year (2023).

My whole motivation with them was “sunflowers, sunflowers…”

I tried to get it into the kid’s heads: it doesn’t matter (dit maak nie saak nie) what happens outside (buitekand), if you want to bloom like a sunflower then you can.

Vrae:

1. Word “As jy wil blom kan jy” denotatief (letterlik) of konnotatief

(figuurlik) bedoel? Motiveer jou antwoord.

Is “If you want to bloom, you can” used in a denotative (literal) or connotative (figurative) way? Motivate your answer.

2. Wat was die betekenis van die sonneblomme wat deur die leerders

geplant is?

What is the meaning of the sunflowers planted by the learners.

3. Wie is die skoolhoof van die Hoërskool Blackheath? 

Who is the principal of  Blackheath Highschool?

4. Haal ’n sin aan wat bewys dat die Hoërskool Blackheath die afgelope

twee jaar akademies beter presteer het.

Quote a sentence which proves that Highschool Blackheath has performed better academically over the last two years

5. Haal een woord aan as die skoolhoof se rede waarom die slaagsyfer

van die skool verbeter het.

Quote one word as the prinicipals reason why the passing rate of the school has improved.

6. Waarom is die volgende stelling onwaar? Meneer Michaels is nie nuut

by die skool nie.

Why is the following statement false? Mr Micheals is not new at the school.

7. Watter afleiding maak jy van die woord “geen-nonsens-benadering”? 

What do you infer from the word “no-nonsense approach”?

8. In watter koerant het die artikel verskyn ?

In which newspaper did this article appear?

9. Verduidelik in jou eie woorde “die sonneblom wat altyd na die son

draai”.

Explain in your own words, “the sunflower that always turns to the sun”.

10. Haal twee woorde uit paragraaf 12 aan wat in kontras (teenstelling)

met mekaar staan.

Quote two words from paragraph 2, which stand in contrast with one another.

11. Dui aan of die volgende sin ’n feit of ’n mening is. “Die getal leerders

wat universiteitsvrystelling behaal het, het ook van 12% (2021) en 17%

(2022) tot 44% in 2023 toegeneem. Gee ’n rede vir jou antwoord.

11. Indicate whether the following sentence is a fact or an opinion. "The number of learners

who achieved university exemption also have from 12% (2021) and 17%

(2022) increased to 44% in 2023. Give a reason for your answer.

TOTAAL 15

Teacher's resources:

AH: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BT9oyQP0kUvgfkljYJYRnHVvf734t54/view

Originally from : https://afrikaans.com/leerhulp/graad-8-eat/