Pick n Pay School Club provides schools with educational content

“When we formed part of the Pick n Pay School Club in 2008, our classrooms did not only become a better academic environment but also became a fun way for the kids to learn and interact with the content,” says Grade four English and Life Skills teacher, Mrs Radebe, from Thabang Primary School in Dobsonville, Soweto.

Thanks to the constructive participation of numerous leading brands, Pick n Pay School Club’s first content distribution of the year will kick start from Monday, 30 January.

“For us, it’s very important that we enrich the South African educational system, not only through the content but also by developing those relationships with schools and constantly empowering educators with additional content for the classroom,” says Rozaan Steenkamp, Pick n Pay School Club platform manager at HDI. “The majority of our classrooms don’t have enough resources and by sponsoring a book or poster, corporates can make a huge difference in what our learners are exposed to,” she adds.

“The School Club workbooks are always used in our classroom, our teachers use them as extra lessons and sometimes for daily activities,” says Mr Vanderventer from Piet Retief Primary School in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Pick n Pay School Club has grown to become one of South Africa’s longest existing educational programmes for primary and high schools. Started in 2003 as a one partner programme reaching 500 schools, it has grown to include a database of 3 025 participating schools nationwide and reaches over 5.7 million learners, parents, and guardians annually.

“School Club is very involved in and helpful to our schools. Just this morning, I was using activities from the educator workbooks we were given last year. I love it,” says Mrs G Cooper from St Teresa’s RC Primary School in the Eastern Cape.

For more information, visit www.schoolclub.co.za. Alternatively, connect with them on Facebook or on Twitter.