MY FINAL SCHOOL YEAR AT NTIYI SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MPUMALANGA.

My final school  year was at Ntiyi senior secondary secondary school, i matriculated 2008 at the age of 16. My school is situated at a small village called  Hoyi.I was doing science subjects at school, namely: mathematics, english, agricultural science, siswati, Life sccience, physcal science and life orientation. Iam a proud 2008 matriculant.


 Hoyi is a small village which is highly developing, Many people there are well educated and Job secured. It is a very enclosed village we treat each other like one big family. Im very glad that i got to grow up there and attended both my primary and secondary level at this lovely place which groomed me to be the person iam today.

High school days where the best days of my life, i enjoyed every minute of it from grade 8 to grade 12. Grade 12 was the best of them all because i knew that it was my gate way to success. The only mission i had was to do well on my studies and get good results so that i can be accepted at any university of my choice. i realy enjoyed my final school year, i enjoyed being called a matriculant. The most thing that made me to work hard is the fact that i knew i was signing out of high school. I was involved in many sporting activities including netball, handball and lady soccer. I was also part of a debating team and a chess player too. i did everything i could that would make me remember my last school year. I dont regret anything i ever did during my last year all i wish for is to turn back the hands of time and be a high school student again, a grade 12 one in particular but unfortunately life has to go on have to live with the memories and treasure them.

REFLECTION

                        

I had always imagined how my first days at University would be like, I knew that it would not be easy at all. At the end I finally experienced it and it all seemed like a dream coming true. My first day at the University was not a good day at all, the environment was too awkward for me and the food was not like a home cooked meal I never enjoyed it, that’s when the idea that I’m indeed away from home started kicking so hard in my heard. At first the idea that I’m going to University made me happy but finding out that the university is situated at a rural area really got to me because I knew that being stacked in rural areas is not so cool and we always behind with everything that’s happening around the world.

Reality started taking place when we started orientations, I really felt like I don’t belong here, I felt more like an outsider surrounded by strangers. It took me a while to make friends I was so reserved the first few days, I did not want anything to do that included friends, I wanted to get past what I was feeling alone. I started making friends after a week and I started feeling like I’m home and I felt wanted and belonging. When classes began I felt too much pressure and felt like I could not make it because I could not understand what was really expected of me or what to do in order to do the tasks assigned to me. It all began to be easy after two weeks and the fact that I’m familiar with social networks and how to use technological staffs made me to adapt easily.

University life is not difficult like everyone says it is. I overcame the situation and now I’m doing just fine, I feel like I have been here long enough and I get along with everyone. The friends I befriended the first week after my arrival are still my friends today, we getting along very well. The fear I had about not making it academically I overcame it also because I passed all my modules for the first semester, I did very well than I expected. My life at university is perfect everything is going into place nothing is missing. Sometimes I do miss home as there’s no place like home but this place does feel like “home away from home” now. I’m used to everything even the “food”. So far I’m doing very well, I adapted so well.

I came here with one reason and aim and that’s to get my Bed degree in foundation phase after four years and that’s what I’m planning to return back home with nothing more. I wish to do well in all my modules and have good academic records through the entire four years. I would like to make my four years the most memorable years that I would be proud of one day. I’m still paving my way to a better stay at university and to a better future.

Chrome Extension for Grade R: Numbers

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I choose this Chrome Extension because it will help the Grade R learners to count, its a fun activity to help them recognize a place value and read numbers when they are counting and they wont be easily bored when working with numbers. It will aslo train their brains and give them a delicious and fun way to learn to count with this puzzle counting activity, because Grade R learners still learn best by working with physcal objects such as puzzles and blocks.


WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM GRADE R'S IN NUMBERS

 The Grade R's first need to understand that numbers represent quantities, that objects can be sorted and grouped, and that things can be shared.   The Grade R learner should be able to recognize numbers up to 10 and count to 10. The learner should also be able to do simple addition and subtraction. The learner should also describe and represent numbers and their relationships.