{"id":781800,"date":"2024-07-10T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=781800"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:29:12","slug":"wingu-academy-where-extraordinary-achievers-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/781800\/wingu-academy-where-extraordinary-achievers-thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Wingu Academy \u2013 Where extraordinary achievers thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wingu Academy is a leading international online school with a strong reputation for excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is triply recognised by Pearson Edexcel, Oxford International Curriculum, and the South African Comprehensive Assessment Institute \u2013 ensuring your child\u2019s full academic potential is unleashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wingu-academy.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=July+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about Wingu Academy.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is achieved through comprehensive programmes that are designed to foster critical thinking, computational thinking, problem-solving, and design thinking, ensuring a well-rounded education for your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the online learning flexibility Wingu Academy offers, it is particularly suitable for students who are high achievers in extra-curricular activities like sports and culture &#8211; and need to pursue these passions while keeping up with their academic studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We highlight several examples of extraordinary achievers who are students at Wingu Academy, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jade Vorster \u2013 Gymnast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jade Vorster joined a high-performance women\u2019s artistic gymnastics programme at the age of six and trains up to 30 hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vorster has frequently medalled at Western Cape and South African gymnastic events, and has been chosen to represent South Africa at the Junior Olympic level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Willem Van der Merwe \u2013 Archer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willem Van der Merwe made the Namibian National Development Team for archery and participated at the Africa Genesis Archery World Tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He achieved gold medals in Bullseye and the 3D Animal Round in the Namibia Junior Boys Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chloe Nortje \u2013 Ballet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chloe Nortje earned ballet distinctions for two repertoire exams: High distinction for her intermediate RAD ballet exam and an A++ for her first contemporary competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was selected to dance at the Joburg Ballet in 2024 and at the Royal Ballet School in London last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brason Pitchford \u2013 Motorcross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zambia\u2019s Brason Pitchford was chosen to represent his country at the Motorcross Cup of African Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He placed first within the Zambian team and 16th out of 32 riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delante Iannetti \u2013 Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delante Iannetti was selected for the Czech Republic National Women\u2019s Cricket Team in August 2023 and has since represented the team multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tapiwa Lwazi Xaba \u2013 Social Equality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tapiwa Lwazi Xaba earned a place in the UWC Redeq 2023 Short Course programme, which is hosted by the United World Colleges Committee in Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spaces in this programme are difficult to earn and are only allocated to those who demonstrate a passion for and a commitment to pursuing equity for all of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose Wingu Academy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wingu Academy is the best online school for your child if they are a high achiever in extra-curricular activities, as proven by the long list of high-achievers above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child needs to to balance their schooling and extra-curricular passion, <a href=\"https:\/\/wingu-academy.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=July+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>click here to learn more about Wingu Academy.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wingu Academy is great for students who are high achievers in extra-curricular activities like sports and culture, and need to balance these passions with their academic studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":781809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[16330],"class_list":["post-781800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-wingu-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781811,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781800\/revisions\/781811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}