Students from Holy Family College

The students at Holy Family College go to school year round with mini breaks throughout the year.  Their school day starts at 8:00 am and ends at 1:00 pm.  After school the students attend extra murals.  Extra murals would be similar to the sporting activities and challenge classes that the students at St. John's participate in.  During the school hours, the students learn math, reading, writing, science, and social science (studies); plus go to computer, music, P.E., and religious education classes once a week.

The following are pictures of the students while they are learning and playing.

Grade K-3 all go to lunch and recess together.  They eat lunch outside or in their classroom if it is raining.  The students have 30 minutes of break during the late morning and a 15 minute break at noon.

The grade two classroom: (I was trying to take the pictures without the students knowing.  As you can see, clearly that didn't happen.)

Number chart 1-10 in English, Afrikaans, and Zulu:

The second grade students attending computer class:

  

During this lesson, they were learning basic keyboarding skills.  There is not enough computers for each student, so most have to share a computer and take turns completing the exercises.

A grade one classroom: (Expect for grades K and 5, every other grade in grades 1-6 has two sections per grade with approximately 15-20 students in each class.)

  

During my time at the school, I have been assisting in grades K-5 and if one of the teachers is ill or gone I have been the students' substitute teacher for that day.  So far, I have substitute taught in grades K, 1, and 2.