Business whizz – and a national champion!
Alyson Engelbrecht • May 29, 2020
Dylan Snyman is Pecanwood College’s business whizz – and a national champion!
Pecanwood College is delighted to announce that we have a national finance champion, Dylan Snyman – who is the Matric money brain you would want to advise you on your business and managing your moolah!
Dylan won the national business simulation workshop, Banango, last week – defeating a previous record from 2015 and earning a whopping profit of R82 718.
The four-year-old record smashed by Dylan saw a pupil from Saheti in Linksfield, Johannesburg, amass a profit of R79 000.
Dylan’s Accounting teacher, Mrs Natasha Williams, is bursting with pride – as are all of Dylan’s classmates and the whole Pecanwood College community.
Georgia Gunning won Round 1 and Sim’Nikiwe Fakude Round 2 of the segment of the game which was played by PWC learners on 21 May. Our very own Tirelo Masilo was the fourth participant in this event.
It was a lively, interactive project with plenty of friendly banter between the Matrics.
The workshop is hosted by the Johannesburg School of Finance with the aim of giving Grade 12 Accounting students a better understanding of the complex world of business and finance.
It also assists learners in the successful completion their School Based Assessment (SBA) tasks for the year.
Under normal circumstances, the workshop would have been completed during a regular school day, but the Covid-19 pandemic changed all of that and Pecanwood College agreed to compete online.
Morne Meiring facilitated the workshop in his competent and knowledgeable manner.
Throughout the day, learners received YouTube videos, slide shows and WhatsApp or email messages explaining what was expected of them.
Dylan’s achievement is significant – more than 102 IEB accounting schools across the country participate in Banango over the course of several days, with more than 500 candidates doing the numbers during the four rounds of the game.
“There was a lot of excitement and action throughout the day,” said Mrs Williams.
“The learners worked very hard. I am very proud of them.”
Feedback from the learners was that the experience was stressful, but a lot of fun at the same time. It was good for them to see how Accounting principles are applied in the real world and it made them excited to apply their knowledge after school.
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