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The seven people who run our school.

Four full-time educators, one Grade R practitioner, one NSNP coordinator, and one administrator. Small team, full hands, deep care.

Portrait of Principal Stephen Tiro Molefe in a quiet classroom

Mr Stephen Tiro Molefe

Principal · Grade 6 Mathematics

“A good day is when no child went hungry and someone learned to read a new word.”

24 years in classrooms
B.Ed (UNISA, 2002), ACE Education Management (NWU, 2014)
Principal at Maimane since 2014
Portrait of Mma Naledi Phiri in the Foundation Phase classroom

Mma Naledi Phiri

Deputy Principal · Foundation Phase Lead

“A child who is loved learns. The rest is method.”

19 years in classrooms
B.Ed Foundation Phase (NWU Mahikeng, 2006)
Grade 1–3 Setswana Home Language
Portrait of Mr Kabelo Sebogodi at his classroom desk

Mr Kabelo Sebogodi

Intermediate Phase Educator · Languages & Maths

“I switched to teaching after farming because I saw which children kept showing up and asking why. They deserved an answer.”

11 years in classrooms
B.Ed Intermediate Phase (UNISA, 2014)
Grade 4–6 English FAL & Mathematics
Portrait of Mma Refilwe Mokoena holding a Setswana storybook

Mma Refilwe Mokoena

Foundation Phase Educator · Grade 1 & 2

“Setswana is the first house their thinking lives in. We furnish it carefully.”

8 years in classrooms
B.Ed Foundation Phase (NWU Mahikeng, 2017)
Setswana Home Language & Life Skills
Portrait of Mr Tshepo Moeti with the school choir behind him

Mr Tshepo Moeti

Senior Educator · Life Skills, PE & Choir

“Children sing before they argue. We use that.”

14 years in classrooms
B.Ed Music Education (UJ, 2010)
Choir & marimba conductor since 2018
Portrait of Mma Boitumelo Dube in the Grade R room with toys behind her

Mma Boitumelo Dube

Grade R Practitioner

“The first six months are about feeling safe. Then we begin to learn the alphabet.”

6 years with our youngest
NQF 6 ECD Practitioner (TVET College, 2019)
DBE-funded Grade R post since 2020
Portrait of Mma Lerato Maboe in the NSNP kitchen

Mma Lerato Maboe

NSNP Coordinator · Garden Programme Lead

“You cannot teach a hungry child. So I cook first, then I teach about beetroot.”

9 years running our kitchen
NSNP food handler certification (NW DoE, 2017)
Garden-to-kitchen integration model award 2024