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26 October 2013

Topic: How to use Basic Concepts to prepare Grade R learners for formal school learning. A practical, hands-on, and experiential presentation. 
26 September 2013
Dr Louis Benjamin has been invited to open the conference.
Dr Andreas Hansen
How to prevent and remediate learning difficulties

 
17 September 2013 to 13 November 2013
See the details of the mentoring programme for the 4th term.
Ongoing mentorship visits by fieldworker yield excellent results

Visits to the teachers by project fieldworker Thandi Banjwa on the 27th and 30th August were most encouraging.  
40 delegates attended the first BCP Expo Day at the Cape Town Science Centre. See photos, presentations and feedback about the Expo.
Kenwyn Primary, Cape Town
Teacher-mediators start to make a difference
Press Release Expo Day for Basic Concepts Programme (24th August 2013)
12 October 2013
Bringing Basic Concepts to Foundation Phase teachers in Metro Central

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Practical, useful, clear, scaffolded for use in the classroom. Very approachable lecturer and lessening of anxiety through post-workshop contact.

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

‘Although I have been teaching Grade R for 23 years... I have learnt so much over the past 2 weeks and have already seen a change in most of my learners.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Teacher Feedback

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

Teacher Feedback

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

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)