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Registered Charity: 1103909 |
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Tyume Valley Schools An Educational Project in South Africa |
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Changing South African Children’s Lives through Education |
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Current Activities |
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Ikhwezi representative’s UK visit
On June 29th Ms Lumka (Lulu) Pinda, a teacher at Lower Gqumahashe Primary School and Secretary of Ikhwezi, arrived in the UK on a 4 week visit sponsored by TVS. During her visit Lulu visited schools twinned with Tyume Valley schools, spending the longest period at St Peter’s Catholic Primary School in Waterlooville with TVS Committee member Stephanie Howell. She also visited our partner, the Dodgy Clutch theatre project, which is now involved with a Newcastle-based architectural firm in creating an amphitheatre for the performance of traditional arts at Lower Gqumahashe. |
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The School Partnership Program TVS has already linked up several UK primary schools and secondary schools with Tyume schools as part of the TVS Partnership Programme These links will enable the schools to develop creative exchanges leading to meaningful joint projects. We provide guidance and practical assistance with developing these partnerships. TVS Volunteers School partnerships are hard work so we are grateful to our TVS volunteers who visit partner schools and help them to organise activities and project work to be shared with their South African partner. Fund Raising We are always grateful for help with fundraising from UK school so many thanks to St Peter’s, Waterlooville, for funds to repair the school roof (blown off in a storm) of their partner Ncera Zantsi and to Hartshead Junior and Infant School for pledging the cost of an internet connection for their partner Ntulikhazi. West Kent College have raised money to set up another computer facility in Kwezana
Links which have had visits by teachers Hartshead Infant & Junior School and Ntulikhazi Mr Jim Lewis and Craig Richards have visited their partner school and Vuyiswa Sixaso and Dumiswa have visited the UK They have been funded by a British Council Grant 2 South African teachers Archie Calana & Dumisa have been on the latest exchange with Hartshead
Ringmer Community College and Elukhanysweni Secondary Schools Peter Pretorius and Kathy Stonier visited SA in August 2008 and they had a wonderful greeting by the students and staff to launch their partnership They have received British Council funding and 2 teachers visited Elukhanyisweni Secondary School in February 2010. A South African teacher will pay a return visit in May
Kent College & Impey Siwisa Have been exchanging geography work and the UK teachers visited to SA in 2009 They are planning a visit South Africa at Easter 2011 when they will stay at Hobbiton with girls from Impey Siwisa They have raised £6,000 to fund an internet link for the school This link will take you to Kent College Independent prep & senior school for girls http://www.kent-college.co.uk/
Other schools are busy working on joint projects St Peters & St Pauls Waterlooville & Ncera Zantsi Primary School Four Elms Edenbridge & Gilton Primary School TVS volunteers Wendy Fox and Stephanie Howell helped to run the 2009 visit to South Africa and they had the opportunity to work with teachers in their link schools
We have more Ikwhezi schools who are really looking forward to setting up partnerships so please contact us |
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Gillian on her last day at Jamala |
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Lulu and Stephanie |
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Students from Impey Siwisa |
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The Elukhanysweni choir |
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Project Coordinator Margaret Kiloh 4 New Town, Uckfield East Sussex TN22 5DB Phone: 01825 767676 |
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Donations To:- Tyume Valley Schools Association
4 New Town, Uckfield East Sussex TN22 5DB |
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To Help with Fundraising 100 Club information Stephanie Kumaria 9 Richmond Road Bedford MK40 3DG
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2009 Flying High at Hobbiton This July TVS funded and organised another week at Hobbiton on Hogsback. A hundred children from five different primary schools worked with their teachers and international volunteers from TVS and the Hobbiton team, learning new skills both in and out of the classroom.
As you can see, they had a great time while they learned and lived in a completely different environment. Old fears were conquered, new friendships were formed and, most important of all, the children discovered that nothing is beyond them.
During the week at Hobbiton the children experienced the thrill of the high wire and trapeze, a night hike in the woods and other team building activities as well as learning about maps, writing poems and, in the process, improving their spoken and written English. |