Where we keep your important records The Staffroom Infobase is where your school can keep all of it’s important records for students, families and staff members. In the Infobase, you can see all of the information that Staffroom keeps about a student, family or staff member in one easily accessible place. Finding one of these […]
“There is nothing wrong, with getting it wrong…you learn so much more through the process.” Wendy Horn, Global Teacher Prize Nominee 2018 Inspiration comes in all shapes and forms. Many of us would agree that we had that one teacher who influenced us to set life goals and achieve our best. That one teacher who made us pursue our tertiary studies or […]
Since the early 1990s there was a global surge in technology advancements, impacting the way we teach in a classroom. Realistically though, the speed at which the education sector has transformed has not been in sync with technology. Digital technology in the form of online learning and virtual learning environments for school only started filtering […]
One can hardly believe that a simple initiative like doing away with Homework can make page four of the Sunday Times and a lead article in YOU magazine. TV, radio and print media carried this revolutionary story at the end of the year and into the new academic term. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist […]
Our team of developers are constantly working to improve and extend Staffroom – to ensure it remains the best school management solution available. We listen to your feedback, comments and requests and prioritise building functionality that would be most useful to you at your schools. Now we are happy to announce two new modules: On […]
The news of the first few COVID-19 positive cases in South Africa set us off on an unprecedented journey for all sectors – but especially the education sector. Parents, teachers and learners alike were thrown into the deep end as schools were closed (indefinitely) in March 2020. In an attempt to ensure that no learners […]
By Mark Hayter, Headmaster – Grayston Preparatory School The education community has been discussing 21st Century Skills for nearly twenty years now. This has been made up of a number of skills that the educational community believe are imperative for future success in learning, college or university, and the pupils future careers.Tony Wagner (www.21stcenturyschools.com) […]
Gavin Keller Principal Sun Valley Primary School Education Consultant. Boys and Girls are totally equal, just not the same. In our society, rightly committed to equality, we sometimes confuse equality with sameness. Parents and teachers have to understand that boys and girls are developmentally, psychologically and biologically different. If our goal is to raise and […]
By Jenny Bergh At the risk of losing my job let me say that there is too much hype about ‘teaching with technology’. Seriously – we’ve been doing this since the dawn of mankind. It’s just the technology and the way we use it that changes. Dare I say that I have seen dipping […]
By Mark Haytor -Principal, Grayston Preparatory School Technology adoption in the educational environment is a challenging endeavour, especially for the teacher at the front of the classroom. The demands placed on teachers continue to grow. With each school offering a technology integration solution to the parent body and the variety of operating systems available […]