Meet Sylvia

Paired reading and games with my Grade 3's

My name is Sylvia and I am working in Library and with tutoring. We started this year in good spirit and we welcome new staff on board our team. The environment is actually blossoming among us with good relationships and communication among all. Out lesson planning has grown from strength to strength, there is a lot of improvement working in smaller groups. the behavior is much better this year and they are paying more attention to the lessons at hand. Our training at International house is helping us all tremendously with our skills and enabling us to grow as individuals and as a team.

Book club Mondays using the Nalibali supplements (found in the Times on Wednesday)

I have also started doing the Wordworks program this year which has been great fun for me. We have had the pleasure of meeting two adorable ladies to the team as volunteers on a Thursday, Val mai and Betty they are a great help and are doing an amazing job with the grade ones. It is amazing to see how fast they can learn and it makes us feel proud and happy. We also recently started the book club again on a Monday afternoon and its fantastic to see how many children want to stay so they can read a bit more. the book club is filled with fun and games and lots of reading!

To me this job is a blessing and an honor working with such lovely staff, educators and learners at Woodlands Primary and I enjoy every minute of it!

Practicing our Wordworks games with Val mai, volunteer

By Sylvia Van Nikerk
Library assistant