Voorbrug mom, who is also part of Vergenoegd Primary’s
School Governing Body and an administrative assistant, is among the partners
who breathed life into a new reading club and library at the school.
Anthea Scott met with TygerBurger last week to share in the
initiative of having a library at the school. “As a child, I used to love
reading. After attending a training course with the Nal’ibali Organisation, I
started helping my children at home with reading. They are now passionate
readers and invite their friends over to read with them,” says Scott.
Scott explains that at the training which she attended,
trainees were taught how to assist children with reading.
After the training, which she says Vergenoegd Primary
principal, Jonathan Goodall, encouraged her to attend, Scott informed the
principal that she would like to start her own book club at home.
“I mentioned that to Mr Goodall, then afterwards everything
just fell into place resulting in the decision to create a library at the
school.
“We then received our first batch of book donations from the
Good Deeds Foundation.”
Scott says she feels it’s important that they have a library
at the school. “With a library at the school, the learners don’t need to walk
far distances [from Voorbrug to Delft Library] because it’s not safe anymore.
“We have encyclopaedias available as well so when learners
need to do research for projects they can come sit here.”
Not only is it a library, but Scott says two weeks ago she
started a reading club which takes place every Wednesday from 14:00 to 15:00.
“The intention is to broaden the love for reading in our
school.”
She says the Nal’ibali Organisation encouraged the school to
get at least 12 learners into the reading club, but they have exceeded that
number: “We ended up getting 22 learners who are very excited about reading
now.”
Scott says another aim of the library and the reading club
is to instil confidence in the learners who battle to read.
“Some children are shy to read in front of their class so we
want them to become confident and also in the process encourage parents to
become part of the reading journey by helping their children.”
Scott is appealing for book donations for the school.
“We are still in need of more books and would appreciate any
sort of help.”
