“Play turns out to be stunningly essential in childhood, it’s like love, sunshine and broccoli, all juiced together.” Lenore Skenazy Our Early Learning Programme at Die Bron Primary School in Stanford and the Masakhane Primary School in Gansbaai have been busy. The First Term is all about getting to know the children we are working with. We
In our Arts & Cultural Appreciation Programme, our Overstrand youth development initiative – in collaboration with Rockpool Media and the Stanford Festival of Community Arts organizing team, is GROWING… “Star Search” was launched in 2023 and its success was way beyond our expectations – so much so that it has become a year-round youth development and mentorship programme through the
The creative skills factory early learning program started with a simple aim which is to equip and support children from an early age on all levels of development. Currently the program is offered at die Bron primary school in Stanford as well as Masakhane primary in Masakhane/Gansbaai. We offer small group intervention for grade R
The Legacy of the Penny Whistle together with MIAGI – ‘Music is a great Investment’ (https://www.miagi.co.za/). MIAGI generously makes one of South Africa’s most outstanding penny whistle virtuosos, Jack Lerole Jnr, available to the children in our music groups. Jack is an accomplished composer, arranger and teacher. He teaches the girls and boys in our
On Saturday evening we celebrated the beautiful art that the children in our groups and workshops create with an auction to raise funds for our future projects. The proceeds will support our arts and culture programmes. Big thanks to everyone who supported this exhibition and fundraising event. Thank you to our hosts, the Bewsher family
“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.” Plato Hello everyone, We thought you may like to hear how the children’s performance at the Cape Town Jazzathon went last weekend. It was amazingthe children were magnificentand we are just so proud
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” —Maya Angelou Give children an open canvas.It can be a piece of concrete wall, water and brushes or sponges. It can beclouds and our imagination, paper and paint or an old cardboard box which canbe painted and made into many magical things
Thank you to all of our supporters and our amazing facilitaton team for a very successful, colourful and energetic holiday programme. Thank you for all the donations of art and craft materials and collection of recyclable materials.Thank you to the Grootbos Foundation for providing fresh fruit for the children every day. Welcome to the third
Thank you David Krut Projects and Roxy Kaczmarek for the wonderful print techniques workshop you shared with the Creative Works facilitators this week. We look forward to using these skills in our workshops with the children. Read more about this below: https://davidkrutprojects.com/64532/dkw-and-the-creative-skills-factory
We are proud to have been a part of the wonderful Stanford Festival 2021. A huge, hearfelt thank you to all of our sponsors and collaborators for their help in making this such a successful, enjoyable festival.Thank you to the Amani Harmonic Foundation for sponsorship of the music programme, which the children in our community
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