Likhweti Primary School

Christmas time

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There are many orphans at Likhweti, but they never feel left out not even during Chrismas when everyone pitches in to buy them presents.

Entrepreneurship Day

2010-01-25T07:39:00.001-08:00

Likhweti learners selling their homemade goods - everything from sweets to toys.

Science Expo

2010-01-25T07:35:00.000-08:00

Learners at a Science Expo about Energy; a few Likhweti learners even won medals.

World Aids Day

2010-01-25T07:30:00.000-08:00

On 1 December every year it's World Aids day. Every year on this day Likhweti learners dress in white and light hundres of candles in remembrance of those who died.

Drum mayors

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Open Chess area

2010-01-25T06:49:00.000-08:00

A life size chess board outside is just the thing to keep the learners motivated to play chess. In the picture you will see a game being played between one of Likwethi's pupils and a community leader.

Recycling

2010-01-25T06:41:00.000-08:00

Likhweti knows how to recycle. Two of our learners won prizes in a recycling competition. First prize went to the boy in the picture with a watering jug; he used an old milk bottle as material. Another boy wins with his boat that can actually float in water.

One of our big projects of 2009 was to use recycled material to make tables, pigy banks and fruit bowls. This project was such a big sucess that a local media station filmed the entire recycling process and DVD's can be ordered from Likhweti principal Santie Barrish.

Herritage Day 2009

2010-01-25T06:30:00.000-08:00

Herritage Day is a very special public holiday in South Africa were we celebrate our cultures and diversity. To celebrate this day the Likhweti learners were divided into different cultural groups that are unique to South Africa. In the photos you will see girls and boys dressed in traditional Swazi outfits. Notice the colours and the patterns, the paint they use as decorations and the weapons.

Boy scouts and girl guides

2010-01-25T06:17:00.000-08:00

Likhweti's Boyscouts & girl guides launched in early 2009. They've been very active throughout the year attending an enviromental project at the local shopping mall and learning how to care for nature.

Likhweti's Vision and Mission

2007-10-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Vision:
Our vision is to strive towards providing quality education to our learners and to promote and maintain a healthy and safe haven for them.

Mission:
1. Our mission is to provide effective and efficient life long learning through quality education.

2. Qualified dedicated and accountable educators will teach by means of instruction, guidance and facilitation.

3. Motivated balanced learners will enjoy sport, culture and academic activities.

4. The school will provide a safe haven where learners can feel secure and develop to their full potential.

5. The parents will form a partnership with educators in educating the child.

Likhweti Graduation

2007-10-17T02:31:00.000-07:00

The proudest day in any parents life is the day that their kid graduates for the first time. This graduation from Primary School marks the beginning of great things to come for the learners at Likhweti Primary School.

Teachers Day

2007-10-17T02:17:00.000-07:00

Every year in October, one day is dedicated to the Teachers of Likhweti Primary School. This day is called Teachers day and then the whole school is decorated with motivational posters about Teachers

Here are some of the posters that graced the walls of Likhweti this year:

Entrepreneurship day

2007-10-16T07:05:00.001-07:00

World Aids Day - 1 December

2007-10-12T09:14:00.000-07:00

World Aids Day is only a few months away and you can start creating awareness of this important day by wearing a red aids ribbon. In this picture below you will see all the learners and teachers of Likhweti who lost someone because of aids light a candle in their memory.

A Rainbow of Cultures

2007-10-12T08:31:00.000-07:00

A proud tradition at Likhweti Primary School is Culture Day, which takes place once every year. This day allows the learners of Likhweti to display the different cultures of the South African rainbow nation.

How it works is that each class gets to pick a culture say "The Zulu's" and then they have to dress in traditional Zulu costume, do a short performance and serve food of this culture. In the performance, they can sing, dance to a short play or even a poem.

Science, Drum majors and School Choir

2007-10-12T04:20:00.000-07:00

A Science expo, Drum majorette competition and School Choir might seem like 3 very different activities but for the kids as Likhweti Primary School they took part in all 3 activities very enthusiastically. As they say variety is the spice of life and the difference between a good school and a great school.

A step in the right direction - Prefect Training

2007-10-12T04:06:00.000-07:00

South Africa is famous for producing influencal leaders like Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Bishop Desmond Tutu. All great leaders have to start somewhere and that's why Likhweti had a prefect day to focus on the prefects goals to become great leaders one day.

The prefects went away on a team building day where they learned about leadership, communication and problem solving. They also did fun activities like sliding down from a three and having a braai.

Likhweti Sport day

2007-10-11T08:23:00.000-07:00

Athletics is a very popular sport at Likhweti Primary School. The kids love to take part in short distance, relay and high jump the most.The school doesn't have its own sport field so the learners have to practice in the dirt road in front of the school.

Since 2006, the new principal has made arrangements with a nearby Sport field for the school to use during their Sport day. This year was a raging success and the students wore their new sport uniforms proudly. Parents come from wide and far to support their kids on this special day.

About Likhweti

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Likhweti Primary School is situated in the KaNyamazane township nearby the city Nelspruit in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The school caters for learners from Grade R to Grade 6 and there are 720 active students at the school. Run by headmaster Santie Barrish, the school goes out of its way to provide education for learners from previous disadvantage backgrounds. With a lot of aids orphans in the school, who are also the heads of their families at such a young age, the schools feeding program comes in handy. The school does not only do well in sport activities but they also recently excelled in Culture activities like Choir competitions, where they came first and second.