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04 June 2025
Embark on an immersive learning journey with our Basic Concepts Programme
02 July 2025
Embark on an immersive learning journey with our Basic Concepts Programme
06 August 2025
Embark on an immersive learning journey with our Basic Concepts Programme
07 August 2025
Embark on an immersive learning journey with our Basic Concepts Programme
We are making tremendous progress and expanding our work in Metro South through thanks to our dedicated lead mediator, Michele Lothian
Aimee Chiat our lead mediator and principal of Salisbury House is making wonderful progress
Read more about our progress at this school in the heart of Manenberg, Cape Town
Meet an important member of mediator team from Mpumalanga.
Meet one of our most experienced BCP Mediators!
The implementation phase of the project will start in 22 Foundation Phase classes next year

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We were taught the theory as well as the practice.  I now feel confident to start to implement the programme with my class and even with my nieces and nephews.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

Basic Concepts are the building blocks on which cognition and perception is built.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)

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

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

If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.

 

Metro Central, October 2013

It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.  

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1