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Northern Cape Project (Phase 3 | ZFM): Visit 2 (June 2023)

Monday, June 5, 2023 - 08:30 to Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 17:30

ZFM: Visit 2

The Basic Concepts Foundation are very pleased to continue our work in the final district of the Northern Cape.

We will continue our work in this district with 54 Grade R teachers and two District Officials. The teachers are drawn from 18 project schools in the Upington area.

 

Programme for the Visit:

Day 1 (5 June): Schools visits (x3 schools)

Day 2 (6 June): Schools visits (x3 schools) + Training Session 3a - Conceptual Domain of Size

Day 3 (7 June): School visits (x2 schools) + Training Session 3b - Conceptual Domain of Size

Day 4 (8 June): School visits (x 1 school) + Meetings with district officials, district leadership and project volunteer

 

Outcomes of the visit:-

Stats

  • 100% of teachers rated the overall quality and content of the session as either very good or exceptionally good;
  • 96% of the teachers rated their interest in the BCP as high or exceptionally high after the third training session;
  • 100% of the project schools received a support visit during the visit or the week before the visit;

Teacher comments

  • Thank you so much for your honesty and respect for us.
  • It was really great having another session with Doctor.
  • Very interesting and dr you are a very positive and cheerful person.
  • He is presenting each session very well. He is always very positive and encouraging. He is always presenting the sessions in a manner that interests us, teachers.
  • Training is very positive towards us and the children. Keep it up Doc.
  • Very glad to be part of the program because it helps the learners.

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

Teacher Feedback

‘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

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)

The BCP is about the way we talk to the children in class and how we give lessons in class. How we should introduce a topic to the children and mediate with them.

Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback

Good work, keep it up and do the same for my colleagues. This work could help save the children of South Africa … and give them hope for a better future.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)
Metro South Education District

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

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014