programmes

& Activities

Learn By Doing

A visit to the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site and Funda Discovery Centre promotes and develops an understanding and appreciation of South Africa and its rich cultural heritage. The programmes we present are outcomes based and target the Social Sciences, Technology, Natural Science and Arts and Culture. Many of the programmes take place in the new Funda Discovery Centre which was designed to accommodate the national curriculum.

Activities & demonstrations

  • Traditional bread baking the pioneer way
  • Fire Cannon Susanna in Fort Schanskop
  • Boeresport: play tug-of-war and sack race
  • Water: make your own water filter from recycled material
  • Soil types: make a clay object
  • Communication: learn how to send a post card
  • Plants: plant a porkbush shrub (spekboom), stem cutting
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The Funda Discovery Centre

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Theme: Then & Now

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Grade 1: The programme aims to give grade 1 learners a new experience and teach them about
  • Early societies, individuals and community structures by using the San people as an example, their own society within South Africa
  • Food – Food that we eat, where certain foods come from, healthy and unhealthy food, how to preserve food
  • Water – Water use, how we waste water, safe and unsafe drinking water, how to store clean water
  • Houses – Different houses, what are houses made off, houses for different weather
  • The weather
  • Map work – how to find places
  • Transport – early types of transport 
Grade 2: The programme aims to give grade 2 learners a new experience and teach them about
  • South Africa –  our country with provinces, our flag, national anthem, coat of arms, national symbols
  • Different types of transport: old vs new
  • Early communication methods: talk, read, write, postal system, rock art
  • Food and water
  • Clay and sand as soil types
  • Animals – farm and wild animals
  • The weather 
Grade 3: The programme aims to give grade 3 learners a new experience and teach them about
  • Themselves (what is an ID) within the community of South Africa (our country with provinces, our flags, national anthems, coat of arms, national symbols) 
  • How people lived long ago compared to how people live today. This includes examples and stories from the age of the San through History until today. Tools and instruments from the past compared to today. How houses changed over time. How certain things were done in the past. Payment and trade from long ago to the present
  • How to preserve special things from the past – museums
  • What we get from the earth – Plants, clay to brick
  • Animals that help us – food, clothes 

Theme: From Hunter Gatherers to Modern Man

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grade 4: This programme aims to teach learners about
  • Local history focusing on Pretoria
  • Different types of transport through the ages as used by different groups and industries
  • Different types of communication devices as used by different groups and industries
  • Lifestyles and religions of the Hunter-gatherers of South Africa (San)
  • Types of settlements and why people live where they do
  • Food and farming in South Africa: Types of farms and produce
  • The importance of water in South Africa 
grade 5: This programme aims to teach learners about
  • Lifestyle and religion of the Hunter-gatherers and herders of South Africa (San and Khoikhoi)
  • Lifestyle and religion of the first farmers in southern Africa
  • Heritage in South Africa: Sites, objects etc. in Pretoria
  • The physical features of South Africa 
  • The weather, climate and vegetation of South Africa focusing on Pretoria and Gauteng 
grade 6: This programme aims to teach learners about
  • The people and city of Mapungubwe
  • Trade throughout South Africa
  • Types of settlements and why people live where they do 

The Voortrekker Monument

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The courses, history and significance of the Great Trek

References are made to specific factors existing on the Eastern Frontier, the Great Trek [1836—1838] and the impact they had on the interior of Southern Africa.

The construction , symbolism and meaning of the Voortrekker Monument

Background is given on the building process 1937–1949 , material that was used and the objects built into the Monument to signify symbolic values. Also the significance of the Monument to the Afrikaans-speaking section of South Africa.

The tangible culture of the Voortrekkers

Objects are exhibited in the Cenotaph Hall and the museum which were used by the Voortrekkers during the Great Trek.

The essence of monuments and museums

The place of a monument and the importance of museums in preserving objects from the past.

Migrations in Southern Africa

Reference is made to the different indigenous groups living in the interior settlement patterns and the loss of land as a result of Voortrekker land occupation.

Tourism

Explanation of the Voortrekker Monument as a tourist attraction.

History / material culture of the Zulu

The Zulu hut and objects that were used by the Zulu people are physically demonstrated and touched by visitors.

Fort Schanskop

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Archaeology

Reference to excavations of material and objects with Fort Schanskop as theme.

Aspects of the Anglo Boer War

Fort Schanskop is used as point of departure to explain the British invasion of Pretoria in June,1900.

The role of Fort Schanskop during the Anglo Boer War

How the Fort was utilized by the British during the War, 1900–1902.

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