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Metro South Education District: Westlake Primary

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 10:30 to Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 16:30
Westlake Primary School, Cape Town

Part of the Project

Westlake Primary (click on school to open google map)

This training will be run by Michele Lothian, the Learning Support Advisor in this district.

Michele has extensive knowledg of the programe and is a certified trainer of the Basic Concepts Programme.

The Grade 1 and 2 teachers will be trained at this school.

The training sessions will be interspersed over the year, allowing teachers time to implement the programme before proceeding to the next conceptual domain.

The training is endorsed by Basic Concepts Unlimited.

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Email

Michele.Lothian@westerncape.gov.za

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

Teacher Feedback

‘It is an excellent programme. Just a pity that not all reception year educators are exposed to the training. My understanding of the programme- it is developed to systematically mediate concepts so that learners are guided to develop an understanding and so that learning is meaningful.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Training Feedback

I now have a broader knowledge of how to teach various concepts and reach all intelligences and learning styles.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

I found this course extremely helpful. One of the best I have attended. The programme makes so much sense and has really made me think!

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

I am blown away!!! This is most definitely the most useful course that I have ever attended.

Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education (February, 2019)

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