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Baseline Data: Set 1

A representative sample of Grade 1 learners was tested at the end of the first term using the Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge.
17 May 2016 to 18 May 2016

We will be training 14 ECD officilals from the Northern Cape Department of Education (NCDOE) as mediators of the Basic Concepts Programme.
04 June 2016
Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to meet with our ever expanding community of mediators and for new ideas and resources.
Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge (TBCK)
29 February 2016 to 05 March 2016
Focus of Visit 1

The visit aims to extend the scope of the project for the teachers from working with a single group of learners to working with all learners in the classes.
15 February 2016 to 19 February 2016
Set-Up of Project
Word Test Baseline and Results for Year 1

 

Baseline Study (2014)
Project Results: 2012 - 2015

The final round of testing of the Grade R learners at Etafeni was conducted in November 2015. Grade R learners have been tested annually since 2013.
12 March 2016
Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to meet with our ever expanding community of mediators and for new ideas and resources.
30 July 2017
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Before the course, I never focused on the main concepts as I never really thought them essential to "real life" as a speech-language pathologist. I now have a very different perspective on why these aspects are important and how they move cognition forward.

ZOOM TRAINING 2 FEEDBACK

This was a fruitful, educational, informative, empowering, enjoyable, helpful, superb, well-planned, and inspiring experience.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.

 

Metro Central, October 2013

Good work, keep it up and do the same for my colleagues. This work could help save the children of South Africa … and give them hope for a better future.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)
Metro South Education District

I now have a broader knowledge of how to teach various concepts and reach all intelligences and learning styles.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

I really cannot wait to start- I want all my children to be Grade 1 ready at the end of this year.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015