WEBVTT - City’s winter school holiday programme gets underway

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<v Speaker 1>But for now we want to get into the city

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<v Speaker 1>winter school Holiday program. It's getting underway and the winter

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<v Speaker 1>school holidays have just begun. You may already be tearing

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<v Speaker 1>your hair out or trying to trying to find activities

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<v Speaker 1>to keep your children busy over the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>We here to help you by telling you about the

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<v Speaker 1>City of Cape Town's annual winter school holiday program. It

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<v Speaker 1>involves the city's libraries and also it's a Recreation and

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<v Speaker 1>Parks department which are running a number of indoor activities.

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<v Speaker 1>Besides all the books, your local library has lots of

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<v Speaker 1>board game corners, chess tournaments, and arts and crafts stations.

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<v Speaker 1>You can even learn the basics of coding or how

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<v Speaker 1>to sketch an anime character. You'll need to check with

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<v Speaker 1>them what they have on offer for that specific day

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<v Speaker 1>or week. The Recreation and Parks Department also has a

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<v Speaker 1>range of activities. And now to tell us more, we

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<v Speaker 1>joined on the line by Franklin Anthony, who's the head

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<v Speaker 1>of Programs, Events and Partnerships. Franklin, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for joining us on Cape Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Good and Jacob and good often to the listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, this is an annual program which runs through the

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<v Speaker 1>entire school holidays. Why is it so important for the

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<v Speaker 1>city to arrange these activities every year, Jacob.

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<v Speaker 2>We provide opportunities for school growing learners to keep themselves busy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's important obviously during school holidays, but there's also an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to acquire new skills, to learn new sports and games.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is important and obviously acquire knowledge during play,

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<v Speaker 2>but also for new things that they are introduced to.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Franklin, what type of events will be run by

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<v Speaker 1>your departments during this time?

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<v Speaker 2>So, because it is an indoor it's winter, so it's

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<v Speaker 2>our programs are indoors and space are limited. We try

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<v Speaker 2>to do as many active games. Some of those would

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<v Speaker 2>be sport like you would. We would do soccer, netball

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<v Speaker 2>or the normal normal things that sport, volleyball or basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we would have board games, so we have

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<v Speaker 2>an arrangement of board games that we have. Then we

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<v Speaker 2>will have like what we call table day games, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's table tenders and pool, and then we'll all also

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<v Speaker 2>have our arts and calcure, arts and crafts type of

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<v Speaker 2>the programs. It is basically an opportunity to keep busy,

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<v Speaker 2>to be active, but also be to be creative.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, how do the children join? Do they sign up

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<v Speaker 1>for these activities or can they just arrive at the

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<v Speaker 1>various points and enjoy the fun.

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<v Speaker 2>So our programs are presented at the community centers within communities,

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<v Speaker 2>so you don't have to register, but you you can

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<v Speaker 2>go to the local community center and take part in

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<v Speaker 2>the program. We normally start at about nine o'clock and

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<v Speaker 2>in the mornings and then at war Phinis around about four.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, in terms of the community centers, is it community

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<v Speaker 1>centers all around in Cape Town? Is there specific areas?

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<v Speaker 1>What what are the areas that are involved in which

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<v Speaker 1>areas are not involved?

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<v Speaker 2>So so we tie and have programs that at most

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<v Speaker 2>of the communities, So it's any that it's across the

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<v Speaker 2>board in the city. In in on west coast, the

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<v Speaker 2>furthest would be the Atlanta's Mamay area and then obviously

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<v Speaker 2>in the in the southern suburbs, well will go as

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<v Speaker 2>far as as Lotus River or Ocean View frand Kaylitza

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<v Speaker 2>and yes River area is in the east. And obviously

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<v Speaker 2>in an Auden's house we'll have Scott's d in f

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<v Speaker 2>Sante Caral those areas. So as far as possible in

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<v Speaker 2>communities we we we have programs in each of those communities.

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<v Speaker 1>Any additional information that anyone might have, where can we

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<v Speaker 1>go for that?

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<v Speaker 2>So on. So our program schedule is on the website.

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<v Speaker 2>If you look for holiday programs similar to we will

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<v Speaker 2>find the libraries schedule. Will also find the recreation and

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<v Speaker 2>park schedule. But if you're in a very specific community

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<v Speaker 2>coachure or community center, they will be a present that

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to tell you which programs are coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>what are the activities for the day, and what would

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<v Speaker 2>be schedules for the next three weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Franklin Anthony, thank you so much for joining us. He's

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<v Speaker 1>the head of Programs Events at Partnership at the City

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<v Speaker 1>of Cape Town. He's given us a a modus operande

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<v Speaker 1>appla Moms and dads, that's what you can get up

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<v Speaker 1>to over the next few weeks, specifically because it is

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<v Speaker 1>the winter school holiday program which the city provides annually.

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<v Speaker 1>So that you don't have to rip your hair out,

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<v Speaker 1>so you don't have to be shouting at your children

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<v Speaker 1>when you come back from work because they ate all

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<v Speaker 1>the bread, you can make them as cuffteine and then

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<v Speaker 1>they can head to one of their nearest recreation centers.

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<v Speaker 1>There's lots to learn and lots to do. Remember if

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<v Speaker 1>you need any more information www dot Capetown dot gov

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<v Speaker 1>dot ZA forward Slash Holiday Programs. What a great initiative. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you again to Franklin Anthony for joining us and

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<v Speaker 1>giving us a plan of action for moms and dads

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<v Speaker 1>out there who didn't know how to navigate the winter

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<v Speaker 1>school holidays.