Tuesday - Human Rights - Forward with education!!!
I was also joined in studio by three learners Sade Jones , Pulane Mshaba and Nikkita Matthee accompanied by their mentor Mr Hudsonburg from Primrose Park Primary School. Primrose Park School are the previous winners (2014) of a educational competition called Growsmart.
QUICK SUMMARY
QUICK SUMMARY
Two hundred
participating schools are selected by the Western Cape Education Department.
Each school is represented by a team of three learners in Grades 4, 5 and 6.
They have to spell words, give definitions and construct sentences for points.
Each year, different learners are chosen to represent their schools in the
Growsmart competition. Learners who have already competed in Growsmart may not
compete again in another year. The teams are seated on a stage, facing the
quizmaster, judges, scorekeepers and an audience. Each team has a Mentor
There are three levels to the Growsmart competition. All schools compete in Level 1 and the winners of each round advance to Level 2. Eight winners of Level 2 advance to the Semi-Final, of which five will advance to the Final which will be held on the 5th of September, three days before the United Nations' International Literacy Day. We don't want to interrupt schooling, so all competition rounds are held on Saturdays. On a typical Saturday there will be five competition rounds, with five schools competing against each other in each round.
There are three levels to the Growsmart competition. All schools compete in Level 1 and the winners of each round advance to Level 2. Eight winners of Level 2 advance to the Semi-Final, of which five will advance to the Final which will be held on the 5th of September, three days before the United Nations' International Literacy Day. We don't want to interrupt schooling, so all competition rounds are held on Saturdays. On a typical Saturday there will be five competition rounds, with five schools competing against each other in each round.
GROWSMART
NEWSPAPERS
The words
used in the competition are selected from specially designed Growsmart
newspapers. The content of the newspapers is aligned to the curriculum and is
approved by the Western Cape Education Department. The participating schools
receive Growsmart newspapers for each level of the competition (each learner in
Grades 4, 5 and 6 receives the newspapers). Teachers use the newspapers in
their daily reading sessions for reading practice and dictionary work, and to
help contestants prepare for the competition.
2015
LEVEL 1
All schools
receive the first edition of the Growsmart newspaper to prepare for the first
part of the competition: Level 1. This level runs over eight Saturdays. There
are five competition rounds on a Saturday, with five schools competing in each
round. The winner of each round advances to the next level.
LEVEL 2
All schools
receive the second edition of the Growsmart newspaper. The forty teams
remaining in the competition use the first and the second editions to prepare
for Level 2. This level works similarly to the previous level, with the winning
schools from each round advancing to the Semi-Final.
THE SEMI -FINAL
All schools
receive the third edition of the Growsmart newspaper. The eight surviving teams
have to study all three editions to prepare for the Final. The round is divided
into Semi-final and Final rounds to determine the winning team, as well as the
second and third places.
FINAL
Five teams
will compete to determine the winning team.
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