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Etafeni Day Care Centre Trust
Two mentoring visits to Etafeni Day Care Centre Trust

Thandi Banjwa and Louis Benjamin visited all teachers at the Centre.
Louis Benjamin visited Rosmead Primary School together with Michele Lothian, Learning Support Advisor.
Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
08 June 2013
Basic Concepts Programme offered as a UCT short course

The training is for 32 teachers from 5 schools in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. 
Building the foundations for learning - Open for Registration
Etafeni Day Care Centre Trust
Mentors visited the youngest group (2-3 years) at Etafeni on 11 April 2013. 
Etafeni Day Care Centre Trust
09 April 2013 to 30 May 2013
Mentoring Programme For the Second Term
Etafeni Day Care Centre Trust
 New Field Worker introduced to practitioners

Thandiwe Banjwa, a recently retired teacher and Foundation Phase HOD, has been appointed to mentor the practitioners at the Centre. 
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Ysterplaat Primary School

In my Autumn years as a teacher, I have been challenged to try something new yet again!
ZANEMFUNDO PRIMARY SCHOOL, PHILLIPI
Dr. Benjamin accompanied the Project Coordinator (Fiella Williams) on a visit to a project school.

Three of the Grade 1 teachers at the school received mentoring. 

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It was a weekend to remember… I had enough time to make plans for things at home. Thank you, it was a joy to listen to someone so passionate about his work.

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

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

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

I was very happy about my development on this course… often as teachers we do not pay attention to detail, but because of Basic Concepts I was aware of the lack of language use in my class. I am now using a different approach with my learners and being aware of the small details that make a big change in the way I teach and learners learn. Thank you for this eye opening course.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

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

The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY