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Hope for South Africa
“We don’t think so, my lord. Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” – Hamlet, William Shakespeare In the month of July, we as South Africans were challenged to confront threatening, destabilising events and emotions, due to the social tensions
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A Parent Guide on Understanding Bullying
The seriousness of bullying has recently been highlighted in the media and it is important for parents to understand what bullying looks like so that they can educate their child/ren, identify it early if it is happening to them and work with the school to stop it. Nova Pioneer Paulshof
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Nova Pioneer launches a Financial Literacy Club for Students
Nova Pioneer launched a Financial Literacy Club at our North Riding campus recently and it was met with excitement from students. The enthusiasm for the club was evident from students who could not stop talking and asking questions about money. Understanding Business Finances The first lesson started off with
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The Importance of Exposing Children to Animals
Our Nova Pioneer had an opportunity to expose our students to animals when they hosted MobileZoo at the North Riding campus. As part of the Nova Pioneer learning approach we believe that learning doesn’t only occur in the classroom. Through this experience, our students were able to enjoy an interactive
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How Can Schools Help End the Stigma Around Menstrual Hygiene?
“Imagine a world where no girl or woman is held back because she menstruates.” This is the 2030 vision set by WASH United, a German non-profit organisation and the global coordinator of Menstrual Hygiene Day. Every year on May 28, nonprofits, government agencies, the private sector, the media, and individuals
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Reimagine Education for the African Child – Africa Day
May 25 in 1963 was the day envisioned to annually celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, now the AU) in the fight against colonialism and apartheid. Today, the 25 th of May has evolved into a day of pride and a strong sense of
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Nova Pioneer celebrates its 2020 Graduates
Nova Pioneer recently celebrated its valedictory ceremony for its Grade 12 students at Ormonde Secondary. The ceremony, which took place at the campus, saw students and staff maintaining all social distance protocols as well as live streaming for those students, speakers and family members who were unable to attend in
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Innovating and Adapting Education to COVID-19 at Nova Pioneer
We are well over the 100-day mark since our schools have closed and gradually re-opened, as a result of the COVID-19 quarantine and lockdown measures across both South Africa and Kenya. A lot of us can agree that there’s something about the past 100 days that seemed to make time
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