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Progress made in the preparedness of Grade R learners for school learning.
29 March 2014
Join us at the first SupportNet Meeting of the year!
15 February 2014 to 08 March 2014
Bringing Basic Concepts to Foundation Phase teachers in Metro Central
03 February 2014 to 11 February 2014
Training opportunity for Grade 1+ R teachers in Metropole South.
Teacher feedback after the meeting:-

 I would not miss this session! I found it very inspiring. Keeps me excited to go on.

26 October 2013
Join us at the first SupportNet Meeting at the Cape Town Science Centre
Michele Lothian
I would like to see all Grade R and 1 teachers trained and supported to use the Basic Concepts Programme...
26 October 2013

Topic: How to use Basic Concepts to prepare Grade R learners for formal school learning. A practical, hands-on, and experiential presentation. 
26 September 2013
Dr Louis Benjamin has been invited to open the conference.
Dr Andreas Hansen
How to prevent and remediate learning difficulties

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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)

Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

‘It was one of the best training sessions that Metro North has presented….’ (Metro North, 2009)

Teacher Feedback

I found all aspects of the course very effective.  I now have a very good understanding of how to teach all the concepts.  I am going to be more specific and detailed when I teach. I need to research and plan my basic concepts lessons ...

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014