VSSB Info Flash 1 J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y

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HEADS-UP ON

IMPORTANT

DATES:

• 14 February – Valentine’s Day

• 20 March – end of Term 1

• 14 April (Tuesday) –start of

Term 2

• 27 April – Freedom Day holiday

• 1 May – Workers’ Day holiday

• 12 June – end of Term 2

• 7 July (Tuesday) – start of Term

3

• 10 August – Women’s Day

holiday

• 18 September – end of Term 3

• 6 October (Tuesday) – start of

Term 4

• 2 December – end of Term 4

MATRIC RESULTS 2019 94.6% pass

68% university entrance Top 2 results:

Nicholas Banda 5 distinctions Paida Benhura 4 distinctions

Mr Manyesa’s 2020 Message to VSSB

VSSB’s New

BIG FIVE During 2019, Vuleka went through a careful, inclusive process to create a new motto. The result was a motto which focused on the school’s primary role – educa-tion and service. The actual wording of the motto was put together by one of our own VSSB pupils who came up with “Enter to Learn – Leave to Serve”. At the same time, students and staff workshopped a new set of values which we all felt were the appropri-ate ones for our school. A list was drawn up and we voted – all students and all staff! And the new “Big Five” were chosen to lead the school into the future:

INTEGRITY

COMPASSION

RESPECT

HONESTY

RESPONSIBILITY

2020 promises to be an exciting year for our teachers and learners who look forward to achieving great results through hard work and collaboration. In 2020 we will not only focus on achieving academic results, but we will also commit to excelling in extra-curricular activities and all our learners and teachers have already signed up for these activities. I join Vuleka SSB at a time when the school is introducing a values system. We live in a broken society and as an educa-tion institution we have a responsibility in teaching our children values to prepare them to be responsible citizens who will contribute meaningfully to our country and the globe at large. Our teachers and learners have pledged to work on and uphold our new values of honesty, integrity, responsibility, compassion and respect. Our new motto, “Enter to learn – leave to serve”, motivates and encourages our teachers and learners to be servant leaders and is in line with our theme for the year, “How can I serve my school community?” We are hopeful that, through hard work, resilience, commitment and targeted intervention, our class of 2020 will achieve great results. We commit to excellence and to be a school of choice.

We pledge to live out the Big Five Values

....led by Mr Manyesa

V S S B I N F O F L A S H

Seniors

ENTER TO

LEARN

LEAVE TO SERVE

“Real integrity is

doing the right

thing, knowing that

nobody’s going to

know whether you

did it or not. ”

– Oprah Winfrey

New Teaching Staff 2020

Ms Kelebogile Nthutang will be tak-ing over in the Life Sciences Depart-ment this year. She is an academic star! She has a BSc in Biology, as well as several other tertiary qualifications which include an honours degree in Education Management. She is cur-rently working on an MEd in Compar-ative Education. She has been teach-ing Grades 10, 11 and 12 Life Sciences for the last 7 years at the LEAP Sci-ence and Maths School. VSSB is really happy to welcome her -– we look forward to having her teaching us for many years to come!

Mr Pesanai Mugunzva is teaching Ms Jinga’s lessons in the Business Depart-ment this term. He is a qualified Commerce teacher with over 10 years’ experience. His most recent school was Funiwe Senior Secondary School in East London where he was the school’s Teacher of the Year in 2014 and achieved a 97.3% pass rate in his matric class last year. We wel-come him to VSSB.

Mrs Martli de Jager graduated from the University of the Free State as an Occu-pational Therapist and practised as an OT for 6 years before she began teach-ing. She is currently enrolled at UNISA for a degree in Creative Writing with Afrikaans and Literature as her ma-jors. She prefers spending her free time with her husband, friends and family, and enjoys hiking, reading and writing. We welcome her to VSSB in a part-time capacity, teaching Life Orientation and Afrikaans.

ROUND AND ABOUT Lesedi Cultural Village, Rocking Fu-

tures, Monday Assembly, Computer Research