May 2021
The return to in-person learning at Silverlea Primary school in the Western Cape gets an exciting boost with the opening of a 4IR STREAM laboratory thanks to a partnership between
Polyoak Packaging Group. The launch is part of an ongoing roll-out of STREAM (Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Aeronautics and Mathematics) laboratories that are igniting coding and robotics learning in SA schools. This is the first time a primary school has been outfitted with the fully equipped, 40-person tech laboratory environment that will promote the hands-on development of skills required by our changing world.
While the Department of Basic Education finally announced the pilot of its draft coding and robotics curriculum for Grade 7s in February this year, it is still going to take some time for SA schools and educators to get this vital aspect of 4iR education off the ground for millions of SA children. In the meantime, STEM education specialist, Sakhikamva Foundation ha
Athlone pupils get SAâs first 4th Industrial Revolution STREAM lab
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AN ATHLONE primary school has become the first in South Africa to launch a 4th Industrial Revolution (4iR) STREAM laboratory.
Silverlea Primary school pupils and teachers will get access to an exciting world of drones, 3D printing, robotics and artificial intelligence. This was made possible through the STREAM education specialist and non-profit organisation, Sakhikamva Foundation.
STREAM (Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Aeronautics and Mathematics) education focuses on the development of essential skills and knowledge, by enabling children to enjoy hands-on experience with the technologies that are currently re-shaping the world.
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After a successful launch last year of the goIT Challenge in South Africa, Tata Consultancy Services and STEAM education specialist, Sakhikamva Foundation have brought together 455 learners from nine high schools to participate in the worldwide school’s technology programme. Students were tasked with coming up with app ideas to solve real-world problems in their own communities, and six finalist teams had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to the judges on 5 May.
The six 2021 SA goIT Challenge finalists were:
WO-MEN created by Sinenjongo High School team – an app promoting gender equality and the acceptance of gender diversity which includes a conversation platform to highlight the impacts of gender inequality
A team of four learners from Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slove Park, Milnerton won this yearâs goIT challange with their app idea called the WO-MEN. Back row: Aphiwe Habo, Lilitha Masina Front row: Makanaka Muzuva, Lilitah Masizana Picture: Supplied.
Cape teens embody black girl magic by winning big in app ideation challenge
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Cape Town - Four learners from Sinenjongo High School in Joe Slovo Park, Milnerton, are celebrating their win in the goIT Challenge, in which more than 455 participants from the Western and Eastern Cape battled out their ideas for an app that could change the communities they come from for the better.
Dr Willem Jordaan from Stellenbosch university, Sam Jeffery and Andries Burger joined a hundred young South African science enthusiasts from various schools around Cape Town in celebrating Earth Day with ExoLab by launching a high-altitude probe balloon from Saldanha Airport. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency (ANA)
PICS: Earth Day celebrated with science-filled balloons in Saldanha Bay
By Nomalanga Tshuma
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Cape Town - Through its innovative global ExoLab programme, more than 100 learners from Cape Town schools participated in a special Earth Day celebration at the Saldanha Airfield in Saldanha Bay.
The organisers of the event treated the learners to the launch of two InterMet super pressure high-altitude balloon payloads.