School camps, holiday classes and revision packages for voluntary study groups have been identified as measures which could help soften the effects of the public service strike on Free State matric pupils.
Education MEC Tate Makgoe says matric study centres would be set up in all districts. Spokesperson Howard Ndaba says the department will provide funding [...]

Learners from around the Free State and Northern Cape participate after the performance of Rhythm Falls that was presented by Sibikwa Arts Indigenous. The Sasol Schools Festival series was held at the University of Free State on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August 2010.

Learners were exposed to various arts and culture workshops at The Sasol [...]

HIP2B² calls for learners to enter its 2010 round of iTHINK Challenges
National Science Week (NSW), an annual countrywide celebration of science, will this year take place from 1 to 7 August. NSW is a Department of Science and Technology (DST) project implemented across all nine provinces by the South African Agency for Science and [...]

The JSE/Liberty Investment Challenge rewarded the winning teams from two high schools in the Free State province who showed their immense capability and skills in the investment challenge with a celebratory breakfast function held at the Protea Hotel in Bloemfontein on 23 July.
The schools that previously won during March and April were the “Jimmie Roos” [...]

If you’ve ever played competitive sports, you’ll know starting a new season or coming back from a long holiday means a lot of hard work and practice. Coaches agree that even if the break in between training periods is short, athletes in general show definite signs of sluggishness which are made worse by the cold [...]

The aroma of something delicious baking in the oven. Your sports bag full of dirty clothes. How do you smell these smells and thousands more? With your nose, of course!
Your nose lets you smell and it’s a big part of why you are able to taste things. The nose is also the main gate to [...]

Chantél obtained various achievements at the following shows during 2010
At the recent SA Pony Riders Championship held in Kayalami/Johannesburg, 11-19 June 2010, she achieved a gold medal for Elementary Freestyle. She was chosen to represent the Free State Performance Showing Team and achieved a bronze medal in Working Riding for the team.
At the SA National [...]

WHEN it comes to handling a rifle, Merlind Osthoff of the St. Michael’s school for girls in Bloemfontein, can surely hold her own.
Osthoff started shooting at the Bloemfontein Metallic Silhouette Shooting Club (BMSSC) when she was only in Grade 3. She took part in her first competition at the mentioned club in 2005 and thereafter [...]

Hoërskool Sentraal in samewerking met Noord-Wes Universiteit het vir die elfde agtereenvolgende jaar ’n suksesvolle Jeugberaad aangebied. Meer as 400 hoër- en laerskoolleerders van regoor die Vrystaat het hierdie geleentheid op Vrydag, 16 Julie bygewoon. Die tema van hierdie jaar se Jeugberaad was ‘Mind over Matter’. Penny Heyns, dié bekende swemmer wat in haar [...]

A plan by the national education department to help curb bullying at school is an excellent idea according to Joan van Niekerk of Childline. The department wants to enforce a code of conduct which learners will have to sign and adhere to. But van Niekerk, who says they get numerous reports of bullying from children [...]