WESSA Annual Report 2023-2024

Mtunzini Rotary Project The Mtunzini Rotary Project equips classroom and subject teachers with innovative e-STEAM tools and skills, enabling them to seamlessly integrate outdoor learning with traditional classroom teaching. By promoting design thinking and project-based learning, this initiative enhances students’ comprehension of complex Mathematics and Science concepts, encouraging meaningful engagement and critical thinking. WESSA Twinstreams with the support of the Canadian Rotary Club, through Mtunzini Rotary Club runs a curriculum based enrichment project for school

At Twinstreams, theory becomes practice as learners eagerly participate in hands-on activities. Teachers also play an active role, offering support and working closely with their students, throughout the practical learning process, encouraging a collaborative and engaging environment. Participating Schools: Mtonokudla Secondary, Matigulu High, Isinyabusi Technical and Nzuza High Location: King Cetshwayo district (Zululand)

learners around King Cetshwayo District Municipality. This initiative provides essential curriculum support to disadvantaged schools in the local community, offering a holistic, action-learning approach that empowers learners to develop key skills and techniques in design and engineering thinking. Through this innovative process, learners are encouraged to think creatively and solve problems beyond the confines of the formal curriculum. Using the eSTEAM teaching framework, WESSA Education Centres deliver ex

periential learning that deeply impacts school learners. During their visit to Twinstreams, students engage in practical lessons that align with the Grade 9 Technology syllabus for terms two through four, focussing on the following key areas: • Mechanical systems and control: Pneumatics and Hydraulics, • Electrical systems and control: Electric Circuits, • Processing of materials: Electroplating, recycling, sustainable materials like eco bricks, and fire bricks.

160 learners 27 teachers 78 boys and 82 girls IMPACT Building a hydraulic system during the eSTEAM Rotary project

Learners paddling through uMlalazi exploring mangroves

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WESSA ANNUAL REPORT 2023 – 2024

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