Power Point

Colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries, better known as 'The Scramble for Africa', may seem like 'history' to you, but we made it a bit more modern.  

The learners showed off their computer skills and made Power Point presentations. We zoomed in and focused on the Ashanti kingdom of the Gold Coast. 

Research criteria included:

• A map of Africa in the 1800's
• The coast of West Africa before the arrival of Europeans
• The Ashanti and their early contact with European traders and explorers
• The British and the colonisation of the Gold Coast
• Results of colonisation for Ashanti kingdom and Britain

Transport Outing!

Our Geography topic this term was transport, in particular public transport.  The learners did a survey in which they each interviewed 10 people. 

Questions included:

• what mode of transport they use; 
• how much time they spend travelling to work every day; 
• how much it costs them to travel by this means; 
• problems they experience with their transport method;
• suggestions to improve their method of transport.  

The information was summarised and neatly presented in a folder.  Learners could share their findings in a class discussion.

The topic was concluded with a transport outing.  In preparation the learners had to go online to find schedules for every form of transport in order to plan the day.  We managed to catch a taxi from school to the Fish Hoek train station.  We enjoyed an hour train ride to Cape Town station, walked across to the Civic Center and bought tickets for the MyCiti Bus to the Waterfront.  A ferry took us to Robben Island.  Our tour included a bus trip around the island.  We returned in the same way and parents collected their well-travelled children from the Fish Hoek station.