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At Meerhof School each learner has a special educational need. A multi-disciplinary team comprising teachers and various therapists help learners to accomplish what is taken for granted by most other learners. The school is subsidised by the government and managed by a governing body. But it is the unique children in the classrooms and on the school grounds that give life to the school. Each learner at Meerhof School portrays a message of hope. The school cares for children with cerebral and physical disabilities, various syndromes and learning disabilities.
The school follows the standard curriculum individualized for each learner. Various learners need to work on computers, some of which are specially adapted. The school currently caters for Gr.R to Gr.12 curriculums. We also offer some skills training programs for learners that are not able to follow an academic course. At Meerhof School learners are equipped to approach life with self-confidence and dignity.
Each year Meerhof School takes part in the National Casual Day Fundraising event in September. This is a project for six national charity organisations serving various forms of disabilities (the blind, deaf, epilepsy, physical and cerebral disorders). Pelchem proudly supported this event.
Uit die mond van Thatofatso Written by Kormorant | 15 September 2011
Met die kwas tussen sy tande vasgeknyp, praat, lag en skilder hy tegelykertyd. Die kleurvolle prentjies is sy drome, sy vryheid en die enkele aktiwiteit waaraan hy al sy tyd sou wou spandeer. Die sewentienjarige Thatofatso Segapo, ‘n leerling by Meerhofskool, skilder die laaste drie jaar met sy mond en sy kunswerke het ‘n A+ op die onlangse Hartbeespoort Kunstefees verower. Thatofatso is ook besig met vyf waterverf skilderye wat binnekort aan die mond-en-voet-skildervereniging voorgelê vir moontlike insluiting by hul werk. “Dis die lekkerste ding om te doen. Ek sal verskriklik graag eendag net wil skilder, dis my droom,” vertel Thatofatso terwyl hy behendig die kwas in die water doop en verf meng voor hy aan een van sy kleurvolle kunswerke begin werk. Thatofatso het ‘n breinbesering tydens geboorte opgedoen en is as ‘n spastiese kwadrupleeg geklassifiseer. Hy kan nie sy arms gebruik nie en loop moeilik. Sy kunsaanleg het hy toevallig ontdek toe hy tydens ‘n kunsklas probeer skilder het. “Ek het ‘n prentjie geteken en skielik besef ek het ‘n talent,” vertel hy met glinsterende oë. “En ek hou van waterverf, die kleure lewe.” En sy gunsteling onderwerpe? “Ek hou daarvan om ou stuff soos geboue en shacks te paint, en die natuur, en voëls... Alles wat vir my mooi is.” Sy kunsonderwyseres, Amalita Smith, is verbaas dat hy waterverf as ‘n medium verkies. “Dit is beslis die moeilikste skilder medium en net ‘n handjievol voet-en-mond skilders gebruik dit. Thatofatso het ‘n natuurlike aanvoeling en ons is trots op hom,” sê sy. Hy woon in die Meerhofskool se koshuis en gaan net elke tweede week huis toe na sy gesin in Rustenburg. “Hulle is bly ek skilder so goed en is trots op my. Ek het al ‘n paar skilderye verkoop, en dis lekker,” lag hy. “Skilder is vir my lekker want dit laat die dag vinniger verbygaan. Ek raak soms moeg vir die dag...”
Sy ander groot begeerte is om vir Oprah Winfrey te ontmoet. Hy het só gehoop dit sou gebeur met haar laaste besoek. Thatofatso glo vas dat as Oprah hom ontmoet, sal sy vir hom elektroniese arms aansit.
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