2021 WESSA Annual Review

HILTON EFFECT FOUNDATION e-STEAM PROJECT: The Hilton Effect Foundation Project uses the FEEDConcept as the platform to train teachers and students to establish own sustainable food gardens, while registering them Eco-Schools. The e-STEAM teaching methodology is used to deliver workshops, resources and teacher and learning support, with regular in-school workshops and field walks.

Through our WOW and FEED programmes we plan to take meals and education to schools who are most vulnerable, lack resources and who will be the most impacted by a post COVID-19 world.

Here are some of the outcomes of the Thembelihle partnership up to July 2021:

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Subject specific curriculum services - life sciences, physical sciences, geography, life orientation

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Holistic methodology using practical problem solving activities

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Teacher training, upskilling and enrichment

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Thembelihle in- school Teacher training workshop

FEED Programme activities

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Food Security - sustainable gardening, vertical gardening, seasonal planting, composting

Serving nutritious meals to all school students during each school visit

Plastic waste, eco-bricks construction materials for Eco-Gardens

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Environmentally sustainable programmes: Eco practices, sustainable food gardens, water, waste, energy, community involvement

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Team building, personal development and leadership activities

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Thembelihle in- school e-STEAM Workshop

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EDUCATION & CURRICULUM SUPPORT PROGRAMMES Grade, curriculum support and enrichment; leadership, personal development

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Educator training and upskilling including digital and online technologies and methods

The partnership between WESSA uMngeni Valley and Thembelihle STEAM Primary School is particularly exciting because the WESSA team are working alongside the teachers to develop and implement weekly STEAM lessons both at the school and at uMngeni Valley. The ongoing development of the school’s STEAM curriculum aligns well with our own e-STEAM framework and has also resulted in peer-to-peer learning sessions.

Thembelihle visit to WESSA uMngeni Valley

Thembelihle students presenting the prototype from their WESSA e-STEAM Ideation session

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