Cultural Affairs and Sport
- (a) What are the current programmes at Mass Opportunity and Development Centres and (b) how are the programmes being monitored in each centre in terms of effectiveness?
The following programmes are delivered at MOD centres:
No |
PHASE |
TIME |
Descriptor |
Activities |
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1 |
Foundation Phase (Gr R;1;2 & 3) |
13:00 to 15:00 |
Locomotive; Active Start; Hand – Eye Coordination |
Tumbling, Rolling, Bounding, Running, Dancing, Singing, |
2 |
Intermediate Phase (Gr 4; 5 & 6) |
15:00 to 17:00 |
Fundamentals Agility, Balance and Coordination |
Tag Rugby;Mini Cricket;Futsal; Pitch Hit & Run; Drama;Board Games- Snakes & Ladders; Indigenous Games; Singing; Dance; Numeracy; Robotics |
3 |
Senior Phase (Gr 7; 8 & 9) |
15:00 to 17:00 |
Fundamentals Agility, balance and Coordination; Skills Development PLAY; FUN |
Tag Rugby;Mini Cricket;Futsal; Pitch Hit & Run; Drama;Board Games- Snakes & Ladders; Indigenous Games; Singing; Dance; |
4 |
FET Phase (Gr 10;11 & 12) |
15:00 to 18:00 |
Skills Development PLAY; FUN;
|
Dance; Tag Rugby; Futsal Reading; Singing; Rounders; Numeracy; Robotics; |
Based on a programmatic approach (daily lesson plans)
Fun, play and recreational games forms the basis of the daily activities whilst Holiday and Public Holiday Programmes would follow a “themed format”
- How are the programmes being monitored in each centre in terms of effectiveness?
Response:
- Each MOD centre has dedicated staff (Coach, Assistant Coach – Sport; Ass Coach – Arts & Culture) on a daily basis to monitor activities and attendance.
- Each MOD centre is visited once a week by the MCM (MOD Centre Management) staff to
- Meet with principals to ensure sustainability of the MOD program, possible changes to the weekly timetable and a status update.
- Check the attendance registers
- Check the dress code of all coaches
- Interact and advise coaching staff accordingly on the daily lesson plans
- Provide feedback or information to coaches from the District Office or Head Office.
- The MCM engage and advise the coaches with regards to programme delivery and oversight
- Mentor and guide coaches i.e. give guidance on the drafting of and implementation of lesson plans and all other documents (timesheets, stats template, asset registers, monthly reports etc)
- Provide oversight with regards to the collation of weekly statistics and monthly reports inclusive of holiday programmes.
- Each MOD centre Incident reports are interrogated by the MCM
- These incidents could be potential threats to programme delivery at the MOD centre.
- These incident reports are perused and categorised in terms of severity for onward reporting and appropriate action.
- Typical incidents could be but not limited to: -
- Minor or major injury during activities
- Damage to school property e.g. broken window etc.
- Damage to equipment – e.g. punctured balls etc.
- Violence within the community – e.g. gang violence
- Violence on the school premises – e.g. fight between learners
- Catastrophe on school premises – e.g. burglary, fire etc.
- Each MOD centre attendance registers (learners & coaches) are recorded daily and submitted weekly to Head Office for analysis
- Learner attendance registers are completed daily by the coach.
- Collected weekly by the MCM and
- Submitted weekly to the knowledge and information unit every Monday for analysis.
- Timesheets (of each staff member at a MOD centre) are signed daily and collected weekly by MCM.
- These are then verified and collated weekly and submitted to HR support sector on a monthly basis.
- District Administrators provide oversight in terms of data collection, report writing and meeting with principals and community stakeholders in terms of community development with the aim of synergising programmes.