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Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 08:00 to Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 16:00

Visit 1: Initial Set-Up Training For The Project

The visit aims to initiate the school's teachers and volunteers to the project.

They will all receive the first two days of the BCP training.

Thereafter, both teachers and volunteers will start to practise the first two conceptual domains (colour and shape) until the end of the year.

A follow up support visit will be offered before the end of the year.

 

Details of the training:

Date: 17 + 18 September

Time: 8-00 - 16h00

Venue: Die Bron Primary School

Participants: Foundation Phase Educators and Star Literacy Project

 

See docs below for feedback from training

 

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

The sessions were clear, informative, exciting, well presented, practical, logical and relevant to the context of teaching young learners.

Metro Central, October 2013

I feel very strongly that Basic Concepts should be introduced to all learners- this will give me the time to develop their conceptual language and increase their vocabulary and verbal fluency.

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

Very informative, well presented, engaging, coherent and thought provoking.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015

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

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