Extra-Mural Activities
Aquatics Swim School offers swimming lessons at DHIS throughout the year. These sessions are not only for those who want to learn to swim but also for those students who want to become proficient and to participate in swimming competitions. Parents are welcome to enrol their children for either one to two lessons per week during our co-curricular time slots.
Children today are continuously facing many challenges, both internally and externally. These challenges can be overwhelming for them and thus inhibits them from reaching their full potential. We have identified some of these challenges and have put together strategies and interventions to guide them in finding their identity, establishing what motivates them and to develop into dynamic and young adults who have a sense of purpose. This will thus help them to perform better academically, and boost their self-confidence as well as their self-esteem, which will be for their benefit. “The Journey within for Teenagers” is a self-development workbook that will help them through their obstacles and give them an opportunity to express themselves openly without any reservations.
Mobile Music Lessons started 20yrs ago as Coach Nobin’s goal is to turn any budding music instrument player into a musician by giving that learner the experience of belonging to a band and learning it’s dynamics. The passion he has as a musician drives his unique skillset in teaching Guitar, Keyboard, Drumming and vocals. Trough the years he has taught in conjuction with the Department of Arts and culture and hosted many events. His achievements are: Teaching mentally and physically challenged kids and Adults. Teaching boys at the Drakensburg boys choir, Private school choirs and band tuition. Judging for competitions. Hosted heritage day celebrations. Teach all ages from 4ys old to 75yrs. He is a persistent Coach that wants his students to play with excellence.
The 4th industrial revolution is upon us. We stand at the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work and relate to one another. Jobs that are relevant today will not be relevant or even exist in the near future. The education sector is in a unique position to prepare the next generations for this revolution – not as passive technology consumers, but as active creators of tomorrow’s technology – robotics and coding (computer language) is at the center of this. At DreamHill teaching Robotics and Coding is what we do. We believe that each child should be given the opportunity to start off their education journey by having a solid foundation of the 4th industrial revolution – technology. The objective is to make robotics and coding second nature to learners. Just like any language, once they are taught the computer language, through coding, children will be able to use it to communicate with technology in whatever field they decide to pursue.
What’s in it for the Learner – Why Do We Do it?
- To prepare Africa’s first innovation generation for their future by creating the shift from digital users to digital creators, fostering computational thinking which underpins much of our modern society, while developing, critical thinking, creativity and curiosity.
- To develop the learner’s computational thinking and confidence around technology.
- To encourage the development of social and communication skills and enable learners to obtain an introduction to the concept of working as part of a team to achieve set goals.
- To teach the learner to recognize problems and overcome them while building critical thinking and problem-solving skills, through debugging code.
- To model persistence while working on a difficult task and in the process teach that frustration can be a step in the creative process when working on projects, rather than a sign of failure.
- To enhance a learner’s appreciation of mathematics and logic.
What’s in it for the Parents?
- They set their child for life by ensuring that technology becomes second nature for the child.
- Peace of mind, knowing that their child will seamlessly integrate into the technologically advancing modern world.
