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Conceptual hierarchies are crucial for vocabulary development.
A major milestone for the Basic Concepts Programme!
See Grade R learners decode words.
A day to celebrate the power of learning to transform lives...
Our focus areas for 2025
At Basic Concepts Foundation, we are proud to support Salisbury House
Meet the team (2025)-

 

Louis Benjamin
Discussions about language policy have remained stagnant, offering little tangible progress.
We are filled with hope and determination to make this year a transformative one!
To our amazing teachers, supportive education department officials, and unwavering funders

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'Definitely exceeded my expectations. I see that the BCP can have far reaching consequences if implemented optimally. We were told the how and why of implementation rather than the what.' (Metro Central, 2012)

Central Training 2012

What stood out for me - was not teaching the content, but how to teach the concept and so much vocabulary is elicited …

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.  

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

My concern about my learners’ language barriers and how to overcome these barriers has been solved for me.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

Thank you for introducing me to this "life skill". It is wonderful that there is also an online, interactive, support system with resources available. 

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

The Basic Concepts Programme is basically the same as Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. It is a way of teaching… it gives individuals a way to structure their thinking and reasoning. 

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015