Local Grade 7 learners get a chance to look to the future
Grade 7 learners at primary schools in Macassar and Somerset West were introduced to a wide range of careers and skills-based opportunities last week as their schools hosted back-to-back career days.
On Wednesday 27 May Firgrove Primary School hosted neighbouring Oklahoma Street and St Paul’s primary schools for a joint Life Orientation Club Expo.
Jo-Ann Apollis, principal of Oklahoma Street Primary School, alongside Edeon Wyngaard, principal of Figrove Primary School. Apollis urged learners to seize opportunities the generations before them never had, while Wyngaard encouraged them to pursue skilled careers.
Themed “Explore – Discover – Inspire”, the event featured a local husband-and-wife team – Vernon Davids, an antenna and RF design engineer and CEO of Lambda G, and Dr Melissa Boonzaaier-Davids, a marine biologist.
Dr Melissa Boonzaaier-Davids tells learners how her dream of becoming a marine biologist began on a beach when she was seven years old. Today, having completed her BSc, master’s and PhD, she is living proof that it all starts with a dream.
Also speaking were Micka Alexander from Helderberg FM, food scientist Chloë Wyngaard, Damian September of Northlink College’s plumbing and construction facilities and representatives from Macassar Fire Station.
Across the N2, False Bay Primary School hosted its own career day on Friday 29 May, also welcoming St Paul’s Primary and drawing professionals from a wide range of industries.
Guests included Axios School of Skills, social workers from PATCH Helderberg Child Abuse Centre’s satellite station in Macassar, spray painters, builders and electricians from JC Charles Bouers, Belgium Campus iTversity and Diana’s Sewing & Dressmaking.
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