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Kwena Basic Education Trust
05 September 2016 to 09 September 2016
This will be the third and final visit to the project for the year.
15 August 2016 to 19 August 2016
Continuation of Training and a Mentoring Visit

We will continue with the training of the 30 Grade R teachers as well as of the 14 Provincial ECD officials.
The Basic Concepts Programme
Downloadable brochures, PPoint slides and other information about the Basic Concepts Programme.
14 June 2016
A Basic Concepts Refresher For Teachers From Metro Central

This is an opportunity for teachers to:-

i) review what they have learnt,

ii) share classroom learnings,
10 September 2016
Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to meet with our ever expanding community of mediators and for new ideas and resources.
24 May 2016 to 26 May 2016
Focus of Visit 2
Schools in South Africa
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)

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Practical, useful, clear, scaffolded for use in the classroom. Very approachable lecturer and lessening of anxiety through post-workshop contact.

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

The BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

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

Today’s workshop was very interesting because it shows us where to start when you teach letter, e.g. I can see, sound, feel, touch and draw the letter A...

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, September 2016

Training was out of this world. I would definitely recommend this training to everyone ...

Christel House Training, July 2014

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training