Our teachers · Barutabana ba rona

Thirty-eight people who know your child’s name.

We have 38 teaching and support staff. Below are six of them, briefly. Visit on any school day and the others will introduce themselves over a mug of rooibos.

Principal Lebogang Sekete in a navy blazer in front of the school

Mrs. Lebogang J. Sekete

Principal · Setlhogo

22 years in education · NWU, B.Ed Hons (Education Leadership)

“A school becomes itself in how it speaks to a frightened child. Everything else is admin.”

Mr. Tshepo Moilwa, Head of Mathematics, leaning against a chalkboard

Mr. Tshepo Moilwa

Head of Mathematics

15 years in education · UJ, B.Sc PGCE (Mathematics)

“Numeracy is a kind of confidence. We teach it slowly, and we teach it with patience.”

Ms. Naledi Botha holding a Setswana storybook in her classroom

Ms. Naledi Botha

Grade 3 Class Teacher

6 years in education · NWU Mahikeng, B.Ed (Foundation Phase)

“If a Grade 3 child knows you remember their birthday, you can teach them anything.”

Mr. Sipho Dlamini holding a djembe in front of a wooden classroom door

Mr. Sipho Dlamini

Lead Music Educator

19 years in education · UNIZULU, B.Mus Ed

“Singing together teaches a child to listen for somebody else’s voice. That is most of citizenship.”

Ms. Karabo Phiri holding picture books in front of an alphabet wall

Ms. Karabo Phiri

English Language Coordinator

11 years in education · UCT, BA (English) · PGCE

“A second language is borrowed first, and earned slowly. We try not to shame the borrowing.”

Ms. Refilwe van Wyk seated under an Acacia tree on the school courtyard

Ms. Refilwe van Wyk

Life Orientation & Counselling Lead

13 years in education · Stellenbosch, B.Soc.Sc · MA (Educational Psychology)

“The bravest thing a child can say at school is: ‘I’m not okay.’ We make sure that sentence is heard here.”

A teacher’s real curriculum is what they pay attention to when nobody is watching.