Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

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

Part of the Project

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

Documents

Feedback from Training Session 1 & 2

Email

info@basicconcepts.co.za

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)

This was a fruitful, educational, informative, empowering, enjoyable, helpful, superb, well-planned, and inspiring experience.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

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

Teacher Feedback

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