TIME TRAVEL IN CLANWILLIAM, 2000 B.C

On 14 October 2008, our delegation participated in Time Travel in Clanwilliam, 200 B.C, the San culture with students from Calnwilliam. In addition, we viewed rock paintings and visited heritage sites.

Some of the advantages of Time Travel and Historic Environment Education - ( reference -7 Steps by Ebbe Westergren)

• high quality learning which gives students historical facts,understanding,skills and deep knowledge of the past.
• Creates meaning for students in their everyday lives and in the place where they live.
• Gives insight into fundamental principles such as democracy,environment, equality and diversity.
• It is fun way of learning, interesting and more meaningful. g.k

Time Travel introducion to Port Shepstone

The above article is an extract from Bridging Ages Newsletter 1, 2008.

Sequence of events:

1.Tormod Nesset, OSAK chairman, sent documentation in 2006, introducing this concept to PSTA.. A new idea, hence it had taken many e-mails and phone calls of convincing.

2.Ebbe , Helen, Carina and Bobbo representing both Kalmar County Museum and OSAK visited this region in June 2008. A detailed programme , exposing this delegation to schools, institutions, museum and historical sites and ending with a workshop in Time Travel concept concluded this trip. A sub committee was elected. On this committee are representatives from the various institutions, viz Pauline Duncan, Marlene Naicker, Justice Ngesi, Judy Mkhize, late Prince Hlope, Penny Letsatsi, Joe Venter and Gulshera Khan as convenor.

3.This was followed by a delegation of 4 from this region to Sweden, for training and to further deepen the understanding of this concept. The delegation was:

• Judy Mkhize - Nobamba School
• Justice Ngesis - UGU
• Penny Letsatsi - HCM, Museum
• Silvy Ragoobar - Marsec ( Marburg Secondary School)

4. A further 6 participants attended the Time Travel conference in Cape, as outlined in blog below.

5. Ebbe and team will return in February 2009 to commence with training.

6.The Sub committee is busy with planning. Participating institutions will be shortly notified of the programme which is scheduled from 8 - 19 February 2009 g.k

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TIME TRAVEL AND HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION.

The conference was held in the Cape Winelands from 8 -10 October 2008. Participants from 10 different countries around the globe were in attendance.

The conference was a huge success , commencing with a report from the Bridges Ages Board, news from around the globe on different experiences, presentations by museum professionals and a university and education perspective. It was opened by the Mayor of the Cape Wineland District. Delegates participated in a short Time Travel to 1773 at Wolwekloof.

The highlight of the workshop was an African evening in the Township of Zwelethemba. Approx, 35 delegates continued their journey for the next 6 days to view heritage sites, participant in Time Travel in Clanwilliam, 2000BC and visited Robben Island. Delegates representing Port Shepstone were:

• Pauline Duncan- GSJ convenor and co- convenor of Time Travel,
• Yugesh Moonsamy - Marsec,
• Sibongile Zamisa - GSJ,
• Penny Letsatsi - P.S Museum (HCM),
• Thembi Madlebe - Nobamba School
• Gulshera Khan - convenor Time Travel
  
  Details of training in Port Shepstone will be soon blogged. Ebbe and his colleagues are thanked for all their efforts and initiative. g.k

WIDE REPRESENTATION & CONSULTATION

 

PAULINE'S PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURES HISTORY ,ILLUSTRATION OF SOME MEETINGS

- BOARD MEETINGS,
- GLOBAL SCHOOL PLANNING
- SODERHAMN DELEGATION - INTRODUCTION
- ORIENTATION OF DELEGATIONS
- eSAYIDI FET MEETING WITH LARS KAGG SKOLAN
- TWINNING AGM AND REPORT BACK MEETING
- INTRODUCTION OF TERMS OF AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOLS
- WELCOME- TRIANGLE PROJECT ( DEMOCRACY PROJECT)
- EVALUATION MEETING WITH SWEDISH DELEGATES
- HIV/& AIDS - AWARENESS
g.k

PAULINE WRITES

Gulshera and I went to Prince Mduduzi Hlophe's funeral today, held at the Bhuqu Sportsfield in Bhomela. Prince became involved in the twinning when the Time Travel group were here in May 2008. He met Ebbe, Helen, Carina and Bobbo at their home in Oslo Beach, and attended the Time Travel workshop, where he was elected on to the Time Travel committee.

Prince became ill 2 weeks before his death and I'm sad for him, his family and all the people in whose life he featured. Too many young South Africans are dying, and with a person like him, a lot of history has died as well.