Stephen Motlogelwa
Principal
A school is a long conversation. My job is to keep it polite and curious.
Fifteen people, 425 children, a small village.
Our staff comes to thirteen full-time educators, two assistants, plus the principal. Most live within walking distance of the school. Most knew the children's parents before they knew the children. This is what holds Makgwe together.
The People Who Show Up.
Photographs taken by Mma Tshepiso (parent volunteer) on a Tuesday in March. Names spelled the way they prefer.
Dineo Mogotsi
HOD · Foundation Phase
A child who feels known will learn things you never tried to teach.
Itumeleng Modise
HOD · Senior Phase & STEAM
The interesting question isn't what we lack — it's what we can do extraordinarily well.
Refilwe Sebogodi
Lead · Visual Arts & Calligraphy
Look at the colour where the sun isn't.
Naledi Pule
Coding & Robotics Lead
Six children, one tablet, eight ideas — that's a Tuesday afternoon.
Sello Tlou
English & Drama · Grades 4 — 7
A second language is a second life. The first time a child feels that — be there.
Pule Khanye
Grade 4 Class Teacher · Edible Garden
If they grow it, they eat it. If they eat it, they ask how it was grown.
Mmabatho Letlhake
Grade R Class Teacher
Five-year-olds are not slow. They are looking longer than us.
Bonolo Tshehla
Grade 1 Class Teacher
My job is mostly to make seven-year-olds love the alphabet.
Thabo Mokwena
Mathematics · Grades 5 — 7
If a problem can be drawn, it can be solved. Almost.
Boitumelo Khanye
Setswana Home Language
Setswana is not a subject. It is a way of treating each other carefully.
Sibusiso Ndlovu
Life Skills & Sport
Children get good at running by running. We make sure there is a place to run.
Andile Pillay
Natural Science · Grades 5 — 7
A working tap and a curious child — and you can call it a science lab.
Lerato van Wyk
Music & Choir Lead
A loud, in-tune Friday afternoon is worth a quiet Monday morning.