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23 July 2024 to 24 July 2024
Comprehensive training and support programme for teachers in Metro North.
10 September 2024 to 11 September 2024
Comprehensive training and support programme for teachers in Metro North.
08 October 2024 to 09 October 2024
Comprehensive training and support programme for teachers in Metro North.
Establishing contact with the Project Schools
Basic Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of life and of all learning.
From scribbles to masterpieces, our Basic Concepts Workbooks guide children on their journey of concept expression and fine motor growth.
23 October 2023 to 27 October 2023
Completing the the training of new BC mediators
By investing in language and vocabulary development, we are sowing the seeds for a lifetime of growth and confidence.
16 October 2023 to 07 December 2023
Keep informed about key events in our new international project.
05 February 2024 to 11 April 2024
Keep informed about key events in our new international project.

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‘All foundation phase educators, esp. Grade R, should attend this workshop. If everyone in the education system uses this BCP model, we should see remarkable improvements in the learners' LIT/NUM over a couple of years.’ (Metro North, 2009)

Teacher Feedback

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Strategies to help teachers to support learners to think, as well as thinking about how thinking occurs and what the gaps might be.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

Ek waardeer alles wat Dr Louis ons geleer het. Daar is soveel dinge wat ek nie geweet het nie, bv. hoe om ons kinders te help leer. You are a star, thank you for your time. 

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

The emphasis on language throughout the programme helps to develop learners' understanding of concepts and expand their vocabulary. The BCP stops learners from guessing, it gives them more structure and develops their cognitive functioning.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July 2013)

I have learned new strategies to use across the CAPS curriculum, also new exciting ways to build language. I've become more aware of the language that I use in my classroom.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (February, 2016)