13/12/2023
The Durban North Hyper Team, PnP School Club and Ushaka Sea world together with micro media publishing gave a wonderful opportunity to our learners at Belverton Secondary to have their literary works published at the Durban International Book Fair held at the Suncoast Dome from the 9- 13 August 2023. The event saw hundreds of learners attending the book fair but 9 Belverton Students stood above the rest in having accomplished an amazing feat in just 24 hours before the close of publication. Students were informed during their July vacation that they should produce poems or stories based on Diversity. The publication team was left gob smacked after 9 students Shiven Govender, Nishalia Reddy, Kynan
Poliah, Nabeela Omar, Natarah Pillay, Kayleigh Moodley Adelyn Subban, Saiantha Naicker and Shivelle
Singarevelooo ranging from grade 9 to grade 12 produced pieces of literature far beyond everyone’s expectations. The Book Club at Belverton has now been reignited with a fuel of passion not only for
literature but also for writing. This turn of events has inspired other students at school to join the club which has now been accounted for at an astounding 75 students 50 of which also had the privilege to attend the fair and experience the beauty of languages and reading among other educational aspects
such as math, visual arts, I.T and life sciences. Our 9 learners have been published in a book called Harambe let’s all pull together and honored with
cash and certificates from the respective organisers. They have been featured as trending learners on social media literary platforms and are fast gaining publicity for their extraordinary works. This is part of an exhilarating start to many more projects to come for our book club and students at Belverton Secondary School. Belverton Secondary was the only public school on the North Coast that attended this event.
Shiven Govender,
Nishalia Reddy,
Kynan Poliah,
Nabeela Omar,
Natarah Pillay,
Kayleigh Moodley
Adelyn Subban,
Saiantha Naicker
Shivelle Singarevelooo
