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Past Training Events

23 June 2017
The training continues with the Conceptual Domain of Position.
10 June 2017 to 24 June 2017
08 May 2017 to 12 May 2017
A training and support visit to the project.
28 February 2017 to 02 March 2017
Contract Kristin Poulter at Metro Central Education District.
21 February 2017 to 23 February 2017
Contract Kristin Poulter at Metro Central Education District.
17 September 2016 to 18 September 2016

Visit 1: Initial Set-Up Training For The Project

The visit aims to initiate the school's teachers and volunteers to the project.
15 September 2016
A Basic Concepts Refresher For Teachers From Metro Central
Kwena Basic Education Trust
05 September 2016 to 09 September 2016
This will be the third and final visit to the project for the year.
15 August 2016 to 19 August 2016

Continuation of Training and a Mentoring Visit

We will continue with the training of the 30 Grade R teachers as well as of the 14 Provincial ECD officials.
17 May 2016 to 18 May 2016

We will be training 14 ECD officilals from the Northern Cape Department of Education (NCDOE) as mediators of the Basic Concepts Programme.

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‘The trainer was very good and it was refreshing to be part of a workshop that can actually make a difference in the lives and minds of learners.’ (Metro North, 2010)

Teacher Feedback

The BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher Feedback

Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Today’s workshop was very interesting because it shows us where to start when you teach letter, e.g. I can see, sound, feel, touch and draw the letter A...

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, September 2016