News of our learners and what they are doing
Sharon and the whole team at African Angels are very proud of our Inga who has been accepted into the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) in Johannesburg next year. Inga joins Linako who is in Grade 9 at the Academy. It is a huge honour to be awarded a bursary at OWLAG, with […]
If you live in East London, pop into Vincent Shopping Centre and check out some of our African Angels’ artwork in the “Smile behind your mask” exhibition. These artworks will be sold online by Art For Art – read last month’s newsletter for more about the amazing work that they do to help raise funds for visual art education.
Hlomla, one of our grade 6 learners, had a dream come true when she was asked to feature in the new African Angels Days for Girls washable sanitary pads promotional video. She has always wanted to be a superstar!Watch the video here Hlolma also writes and sings her own rap songs. Watch out world – here […]
At African Angels we are continuously seeking best practice for the success of our students. In keeping with this trend, we are very excited to be embarking on a Visible Learning journey with John Hattie and Corwin, Australia. We are the first South African school that they will be working with, and they are almost as excited, if not as excited, as we are about this partnership!
Art For Art partnered with our school in 2017 to provide funding for visual arts classes and visual art materials for our Angels. This non-profit organisation, founded by Julia Stahlman, a student and artist in the United States, started by selling the original artworks created by the African Angels learners and using 100% of the proceeds supported the teaching of a visual arts programme and materials at the school.
September at African Angels has seen many entrepreneurial skills being tested and developed. From the Grade 7’s to the lower grades each has been given a practical entrepreneurial experience during the term.
Our under 15 Cintsa Angels United soccer team is moving from strength to strength. Last weekend they were so disappointed to be beaten on penalties in the Quarter finals. During the week the boys and their Coach picked themselves up, dusted themselves off and came back fighting to win the Heritage trophy this weekend. It’s […]
African Angels introduces the iSchool Africa Press Team. Through their involvement learners critically engage with current events and with ideas, taking part in identifying newsworthy stories, researching and gathering relevant information, creating story outlines or plans that involve structuring a coherent storyline.
In mid-2020 we moved grades 5, 6 and 7 into hostel to reduce the chance of Covid transmission as they travelled between school and home. The benefits to our boys of staying in hostel was so marked that we decided to continue to board them Monday to Friday during term times. The hostel was not […]
We provide an update on the learners’ progress after the introduction of the iSchoolAfrica Digital Library Programme .
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