AVBOB STEP 12 LEARNING PLATFORM

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Bron: Netwerk24, 21 November 2022

[Dankie, Valerie Kilian, wat dit met die lesers deel!]

LOL: Blou Maandag-humor ...

Q: Teacher: You missed school yesterday, didn't you?
A: Student: Not really.

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"My English teacher said I had to write 1000 words on the new Margaret Atwood novel. I managed about 50 before the librarian snatched it back off me."

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“What do you get when you cross a Software Engineer with an English teacher? A programmar.”

Flashback Friday: 2010 VRL-kamp (hoofseun: Shaun van Niekerk)

Statistiek: 204 000 e-kuiers

Dink daaroor ...

Sukses:

As jy dink jy is verslaan, dan is jy ...
As jy dink jy durf nie, dan kan jy nie ...
As jy graag wil wen, maar dink jy kan nie,
is dit 'n uitgemaakte saak, jy sal nie ...
Sukses begin met 'n mens se wil,
dit is alles net 'n denkpatroon.

Die wenner van die lewe se geveg
gaan nie altyd na die sterker
of die vinniger man nie.
Maar gouer of later is die man wat wen
die een wat dink
hy kan.

[Anoniem]

AVBOB STEP 12 LEARNING PLATFORM

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LOL: Blou Maandag-humor ...

Jannie gee sy laatkombriefie vir sy onderwyser: "Juffrou, dis sommer ook die taak wat ek vandag moet ingee vir die kreatiewe skryfopdrag."

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Juffrou vir haar klas: "Geen huiswerk vir die eerste een wat my kan wys hoe werk my nuwe selfoon."

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Sandra vir haar ma: "Die juffrou sê ek gee nie genoeg aandag in die klas nie. Of ... ek dink dis wat sy gesê het."

Poem: Juvenile

Time the ferocious swindler
That sits ticking on my hand
With every second that passes
Glides along my personable lad.

My Spring days are majestic,
With min friends I remain optimistic, 

of a future that is as young as I,
But soon changes by the hands of time.

Seconds into minutes my hunky appearance dwindle.
I resent the moments of sedentary, for time has saunterd
Into the land of sob and no laughter.
For now I witness fall by the scent of autumn.

And I can't return to the days
Of spring and laughter.
'Tomorrow' lie in the hands of juvenescence
For I wish it could be seen, like time on hand revolve on every hour.

[Israel Xaba: 16 June 2024]

[Click HERE for some more poems.]

Youth Day 16 June

Happy Father's day

It's time for holiday!

We would like to wish all our staff and learners a happy and safe holiday. It has been quite a busy and productive second term for everybody.

 
Grade 12's study hard to pass your matric. Own your success. And follow the Tips for success on Tekkie Tonic!

Flashback Friday: Drug cycle destroys

Some of the disgruntled residents who convened for the march on 29 September are from the left, front: Lukhanyo Sam, Kananelo Motaung, Veronica Kolobi, Nomsa Marchesi, Segomotso Morakabi, Benedict Mphuke, Dieketseng Mokubung, Khotso Moeletsi and Bonolo Matsekane; back: Ivansha van Wyk, Lehlohonolo Koaho, Katlego Shuping, Antoinette van Rooyen, Lihle Xaba, Chardonnay Coockham and Teboho Henson.

Click HERE  - Vista article 12 October 2023 - and HERE and HERE!

More Than a Number

[Music by Barry Lane & Lyrics by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (2012)]

I am quiet in the classroom.
I don’t always raise my hand.
I don’t always answer questions.
I don’t always understand.
But I always have ideas
when I stare up at the sky.
My sister likes to tease me
for always asking, “Why?”

I am more than a number.
I am more than a grade.
I know the constellations.
Here’s a painting that I made.
I read books in my closet.
I will not be a ‘2’.
I am more than a number.
I’m a person just like you.

I speak one language here
and another in my home.
I daydream in both languages
whenever I’m alone.
I’m good at climbing trees.
Mom’s teaching me to sew.
I am full of secrets
a test can never know.

I am more than a number.
Watch me fold this plane.
I snuggle with my beagle.
There’s music in my brain.
Someday I’ll go to Egypt.
I will never be a ‘2’.
I am more than a number.
I’m a person just like you.

If you think I can be measured
by numbers on a screen …
… if my whole school becomes a test
where will I learn to dream?
I love to do hard problems.
I write stories, and I laugh.
My gifts are so much greater
than the data on your graph.

I’m more than a number.
I invent things when I play.
I collect shells and fossils.
Please hear me when I say
I will not be a ‘1’–
a ‘2’, a ‘3’, or a ‘4’.
I am me. I’m a mystery.
I’m a child – not a score.

Click HERE for more poems and songs.

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Click HERE for the podcast: Writing as healing with Barry Lane. 

[Thank you, Thabo for sharing.]

LOL: Blou Maandag-humor ...

LET'S LAUGH AWAY OUR STRESS WITH ANTS:

1. 5 ants + 5 ants = Tenants
2. To bring an ant from another country into your country = Important
3. Ant that goes to school = Brilliant
4. Ant that is looking for a job = Applicant
5. A spy ant = Informant
6. A very little ant = Infant
7. An ant that uses a gun = Militant
8. An ant that is a specialist = Consultant
9. A proud ant = Arrogant
10. An ant that is cruel and oppressive = Tyrant
11. An ant that is friendly and lovely = Coolant
12. An ant that has changed from evil to good deeds = Repentant
13. An ant that accumulated so much food in summer for use in winter = Abundant
14. An ant that isn’t willing = Reluctant
15. An ant that keeps financial account = Accountant
16. An ant that occupies a flat = Occupant
17. A huge ant = Giant
18. An ant that is important = Significant
19. An ant that has big legs = Elephant
20. A sarcastic ant = Mordant
21. An extremely fast ant = Instant
22. A noisy ant = Rant
23. An ant that doesn't keep moving = Constant
24. A dirty ant = Pollutant
25. An ant that annoys = Irritant
26. An ant that lacks knowledge= Ignorant
27. An ant that can take anything without complaining= Tolerant
28. An ant that wastes resources= Extravagant
29. A very careful ant = Vigilant
30. An ant that maintains good odour = Deodorant
31. An ant that finds it hard to move = adamant
32. An ant that refused to move = Redundant
33. An ant that is into business = Merchant
34. A Political ant = Aspirant
35. An ant that sues someone to court= Complainant
36. A happy ant = Jubilant
37. An ant that is patient = tolerant
38. An ant that does not cooperate = recalcitrant

39. An ant that doesn't agree easily = reluctant

40.An ant that runs away from school unjustified = Truant

[Contributed by Marguerite Pienaar.] 

1st place in Bloemfontein Eskom Expo

THS took 1st place in Bloemfontein Eskom Expo for young people on the 9th and 10th of May in Bloemfontein. This was a competition open to all Free State schools. They won a cash prize of R10 000 for the school. Lihle Xaba and Nkosi Kutyunga built and modified a water filter project.

Flashback Friday: Sibusiso Tshabalala

['n Kort uittreksel van 'n artikel wat in die Volksblad verskyn het in 2012]

Dié Kovsie maak tans groot opslae en sal binnekort in die geselskap van Richard Branson en Stephen Hawking wees, maar watter tipe tandepasta gebruik hy? Estée de Villiers het hom ’n paar interessante vrae gevra ...

SIBUSISO TSHABALALA is ’n naam om te onthou.

Dié Vrystater is bestem vir groot dinge. Sy projek wat geletterdheid, redenaarskuns en kritiese denke onder minder bevoorregte leerlinge bevorder, het hom ’n kaartjie na Google se Young Minds-konferensie van 20 tot 22 Mei in Londen besorg.

Dié derdejaar is 'n student in B.Com.-regte aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV). Watter tipe tandepasta gebruik jy?
Sensodyne

Wat is jou gunstelingkleur en -jogurtgeur?

Blou, en natuurlike jogurt.

Wat is jou gunstelingaanhaling of -motto?
Goodwill and gratitude wherever you go.

As jy enige dier kon wees, wat sou jy wees?
Ek sou ’n hiëna wou wees. Hulle is noukeurig en gefokus.

As daar een ding was wat jy van Suid-Afrika kon verander, wat sou dit wees?
Middelmatigheid. Dit het ’n nasionale imperatief in ons land geword, dit is ingewortel in ons mense se denkwyses.

Watter sportsoort geniet jy om te speel?
Ek speel nie sport nie, maar ek beny krieketspelers.

Watter boek sou jy vir mense aanbeveel om te lees?
Paulo Coelho se The Aleph. Dit is ’n fassinerend verhaal van ons vrese, drome en ons verlede. Enige boek deur Coelho is die moeite werd.

Waarheen sal jy volgende wil reis?
Ek wil graag deur die hele Afrika toer. Die antieke hoofstad van Afrika-kennis, Timboektoe in Mali is ’n plek om te sien!

Beste mens om te volg op Twitter?
@paulocoelho

Watter tipe musiek verkies jy?
Enigiets wat goed op die ore is, werk vir my. Ek het onlangs begin luister na Indie-musiek, soos James Vincent McMorrow. Kimbra en Goyte hou my verstandig. Die Afrika-soul-jazz- kunstenaar Asa is ook goed. Andersins hou hip-hop en jazz my aan die gang.

Wat is die beste raad wat jy nog gekry het?
Wat ander mense van jou dink, het niks met jou uit te waai nie.

- Volksblad

Congratulations, Sibusiso

This is a extract from the e-mail that Naspers sent to Tshabbies' new colleagues to introduce him. He was apppointed as Head of Communication and Public Policy from the 1st of June 2024. 

Congratulations, Tshabbies, the school is proud of you and greet you with the school's motto:                                                                                          Sapientia Aurum Que E Profundis!

LOL: Blou Maandag-humor ...

Onderwyser: "Hoekom is jy so laat?" 

Jenny: "Jammer, Juffrou, ek het verslaap."

Onderwyser: "Wil jy vir my sê jy slaap by die huis ook?"

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Onderwyser: "Jou gedig is onaanvaarbaar! Vol taalfoute en vloekwoorde - in swak smaak! Ek het vir jou pa 'n briefie geskryf hieroor wat jy vir hom moet gee om te lees en te teken."

James: "Ek dink nie dit gaan help nie, Juffrou. Hy het dit geskryf." 

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Taalonderwyser: "Jan, luister nou mooi na die volgende sin: Die pa seën sy agt kinders. Is dit in die lydende vorm of in die bedrywende vorm gestel?"

Jan: "Bedrywende vorm, Meneer."

Taalonderwyser: "Goed, en wat sou dan die lydende vorm wees?"  

Jan: "Die pa is met agt kinders geseën."

Flashback Friday: "Wêreldsterre" sal Welkom rooi verf

Sterre soos Chubby Checker, Shania Twain, Steve Hofmeyr, Neil Diamond, Marlene Dietrich, Dozi, Luciano Pavarotti, Bryan Adams, Jacques de Koning, Shine4 en Right Said Fred sal op 27 en 28 Mei deel van die Hoër Tegniese Skool Welkom se melodrama wees.

Volgens die organiseerders is dit nie net met die MotoGP wat daar bekendes in Welkom is nie.

"Met al dié buitelandse besoekers in die Goudveld beloof hierdie twee aande ongekende hoogtepunte vir elkeen wat by ons 'n draai kom maak."

Die kunstenaars het glo ook te kenne gegee dat hulle nie ongeneë sal wees om handtekeninge vir bewonderaars te gee nie.

Die kaartjies vir 28 Mei sluit 'n ete in. Belangstellendes moet die skool dadelik bel, aangesien die kaartjies feitlik uitverkoop is.

Al die bedrywighede in en om die skool, het die skoolspook uit sy diepe slaap opgewek. Verskeie mense het hom reeds gesien rondwandel en hy sal dalk selfs 'n draai op die verhoog maak.

Vir senior burgers word op 26 Mei 'n spesiale vertoning gehou.

• Navrae: (057) 3523255/6 

Klik HIER vir foto's van 2015 se melodrama. 

Poem: Biography

I recall the voice of my father,

That used to shrink my mother.

I recall the nights when he used to imprecate my brother.

How he was welcomed by the world

That I now can't stand the image of my brother,

I now stand ambiguous of my brother,

Unclear of his love for me.

For he is now nab and beam.

This for me has become surreal,

I can't credence this happening 

My brother has become clifty.

I recall the tears my mother cried,

For they were corroboration of my mother's night.

I now loathe the sight of my father,

For I was too young to protect my mother.

I call to mind the days I never slept

I call to mind my mother's whimpering 

I call to mind my mother's friend 

Who's life was frailty for years.

As she Now lay lamented 

By deeds of a man.

I recall the innocence 

Of my laughter as a child

For it has Now passed from sight, 

For I now walk with a wound 

And I now talk from a wound 

As I now inscribe my agonizing life. 

Click HERE for more poems.

A active young leader

Teboho Henson has made a significant impact on his school community at Technical High School Welkom. He has been elected as Treasurer of the Representative Council of Learners (RCL) for Circuit 2 High Schools of the FS Department of Basic Education in our area. Presently serving as the RCL secretary at his own school, Teboho has once again distinguished Technical High School Welkom, affectionately referred to as 'Tekkies" in the Goldfields, by achieving further accolades. He secured awards in Arts and Culture for the year 2023. His achievements have filled his school community with immense pride, and they are committed to supporting him in his new role.

Teboho Henson featured in the Uplift Media Newspaper. Well done, Teboho.

Flashback Friday: 10-jaar reünie vir die 2001-matrieks

Mnre. John Anderson, Henry Welman, mev. Alda Welman,
Riaan Rademeyer, mev. Christa Grobbelaar, mnr. Willem Grobbelaar
en mev. Malinda Anderson  

Hoofseun aan die woord.

Reünie van die matrieks van 2001. Van Wyk Fischer was die hoofseun (VRL-voorsitter) en dit was ook hy wat die heerlike reünie gereël het. Hy het Stephan Pienaar, 2002 se hoofseun, genooi om deel te wees van die reünie, aangesien hy 2012 se reünie sou reël. Mev. Hester Bothma het 'n bederfete voorgesit, terwyl haar man, Bonnie, gesorg het vir die braai.  

Van Wyk hoef nie ver na 'n fotograaf te gesoek het
nie, die fotograafpaar is familie. Sy broer Bernard 
en skoonsus van Pink Flower Productions
het dié takie met 'n glimlag gedoen.

Gaan besoek gerus Bernard Fischer se Pink Flower Productions HIER. Hierdie kreatiewe paar het al meer as 750 troues gedoen.

Flashback Friday: 2008 staff members

Mrs Malinda Anderson

Mrs Linda Bester (Admin staff)

Mrs Hester Bothma  (Admin staff)

Mr Brand

Mrs Sanita Burrows

Mr Francois Crauwcamp

Mr Deon Fourie

Mr Willem Grobbelaar

Mrs Beatrice Hinrichs

Mr Gunther Hinrichs

Mrs Riana Hinrichs (Admin staff)

Miss Charmaine Hughes

Mr Henk Jansen van Vuuren

Mr Deon Joubert

Mrs Pikkies Lamprecht

Mrs Winnie le Roux

Mr Tobie Louw

Mr Cecil Meyer

Mr AJ Mouton

Miss Karin Munnik

Mrs Magda Nel

Mrs Marguerite Pienaar

Mr Jan Potgieter

Mrs Elsa Pretorius (Admin staff) 

Mr Fanie Pretorius

Mrs Christa Saayman

Mr Pieter Swanepoel

Mr JD van den Berg

Mr Johann van den Berg

Mrs R van Heerden

Mr Mike Visagie

Mrs Alda Welman

Youth Worker

Mr Peace Nthunya

Statistiek: 2000 e-kuiers binne een week

RCL credo

[mid-year reminder to our RCL]

 

I promise ...

to be loyal and faithful at all times 

to obey the rules of the school

to assist the principal and the staff with discipline and order of the school

to enforce good attitude, discipline and respect to reach good results

to never favour any pupil

to strive for goodwill in and outside of the school

to encourage each pupil to do their utmost best

197 000 keer dankie!

MOM

Wholeheartedly,
She loved me-
And inspired me-
With transcending devotion.

It was a blessing-
To have been her son,
To have been loved-
Without conditions.

Her words of wisdom-
Opened my eyes-
To the world-
And to myself.

By seeing the best in me,
She empowered me.
By believing in me,
She transformed me.

She grew old-
And floated away,
But her love remains standing-
Eternally by my side.”

― Giorge Leedy, Uninhibited From Lust To Love

Sy inspireer my!

Sy is nie die mooiste, simste of die rykste persoon in die wêreld nie, maar vir my is sy perfek. Sy het al die regte kwaliteite om 'n rolmodel te wees. Sy is ook 'n groot deel van my lewe, sonder haar kan ek niks doen nie. Sy inspireer my daagliks. 

Ek praat van my ma ... Die groot rolmodel in my lewe. Van kleins af was sy altyd daar vir my. Niemand beteken meer vir my in my lewe as sy nie. Sy is letterlik en figuurlik sterk. Sy weet hoe om 'n persoon gelukkig te maak, as hy die dag af voel. Sy gee om vir ander mense, meer as wat sy vir haarself omgee. Sy het in 2005 sonder werk gesit, maar nog steeds het sy 'n plan gemaak om ander mense te help.

Sy het 'n preprimêre skool begin wat vir kinders sorg wat nie meer ouers het nie. Hulle het hulle ouers hoofsaaklik verloor as gevolg van MIV/VIGS. Sy werk nou by 'n hoërskool in Kutlwanong, maar is nog steeds deel van die preprimêre skool. Sy is ook deel van 'n broodjieprojek by die hoërskool. Sy het hierdie projek begin saam met 'n paar onderwysers wat geld geskenk het vir hierdie projek. 'n Projek wat uit die personeel se eie sakke gefinansier word. 

Sy het drie kinders van haar eie waarvoor sy verantwoordelik is, asook twee van haar suster se kinders. Ek weet nie hoe sy dit alles op 'n onderwyser se salaris doen nie, maar ons het nog nie een aand honger gaan slaap nie. 

Een van haar uitstaande kwaliteite is dat ek haar nog nooit gehoor kla het oor enige iets nie. 

Al hierdie dinge maak haar die mens wat sy is. Die belangrikste is egter dat sy my ma is en dat ek baie lief vir haar is. Niemand in die wêreld kan ooit haar plek in my hart inneem nie.

Sy inspireer my!

[Dankie, Paul van Odendaalsrus, vir hierdie mooi woorde oor jou ma.]