Academic Qualifications
1991 University of the Witwatersrand
1989 Rhodes University, Grahamstown Thesis topic:
A phenomenological Explication of being Creative
1988 Rhodes University Major Subjects: English,
Psychology
Other Subjects: Zoology I, Xhosa I, Sociology I
· Standard Bank Scholarship, Entrance Bursary, Sports Bursary (soccer)
1986
SCHOOLING:
· Matriculation with university exemption
· S. Transvaal Schools soccer 1983
· English Distinction
· Wilderness Leadership School Trails, Timbavati
· FAMSA Mountain Leadership Course
· Art prize 1984
· Attended oil painting classes with Ann Lindsell-Stewart 1985
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Landscape artist, house builder and child-minder
· Exhibited at 35th Summer Exhibition of South African Artists:
Strydom Gallery
· Private sales
Al Hussan International School, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
· Teacher: Grade 8 and 9
· Head of Department for Social Studies
· Teaching subjects: English, Social Studies, Special English
· Music club: piano and guitar
· League squash: Team G.O.S.H. (Great Ormond Street Hospital)
York High School
· Teacher: Grade 8 – 10 Teaching subjects: English, Art,
Arts & Culture, Phys Ed
· 1st Team squash coach
· Hockey coaching
· Set design for theatrical productions
Herb Superb
· Marketing and Horticultural Duties
· Growing of culinary herbs and edible flowers
Digby Rhodes Sports
· Cricket Coach Gert Maritz Primary School
· Tennis Coach Voortrekker High School
· Squash Coach Merchiston Primary
Grange Primary School
· Teacher: Grade 6 and 7 (1994 -1998)
· Teaching subjects: English, Social Studies and Art
· Started chess team 1995, Grange School. Won PMB primary chess
league in 1996 and 1997. (Grange School represented Midlands at South
African National Chess Tournament)
· Teacher Editor for Little Library Publishers and Cambridge University
Press
Peter Pan School for Mentally Disabled, Locum
· IEC Electoral Voting Assistant
Gardenworld Nursery, Johannesburg
· Marketing and Horticultural Assistant
Traveling Abroad: Hong Kong,
China, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Redhill High School, Johannesburg
· Teacher: Grade 6, 7 and 8
· Subjects: English, History, Geography
Traveling Abroad: England,
Wales, Scotland, Ireland and
Western Europe
Tenniclin
· Sports coach during holiday programs for children
· Tennis coach Chinese School, Wynberg, Johannesburg
· Sports coach Redhill Preparatory School
· Redhill Nursery School: Aftercare Supervisor
INTERESTS
Sculpture (exhibited at Tatham Art Gallery, PMB)
Horticulture
Classical Piano (Grade 7) and ragtime
Jazz guitar
Hiking and birdwatching
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