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1, 2, 3 … FUN COUNT

In this workshop you will explore various counting strategies to make counting eﬀective and fun for learners

ALL ABOUT ASSESSMENT IN THE FOUNDATION PHASE

This workshop covers assessment management in the Foundation Phase starting with the planning for assessment. We then deal with the design and development of assessment activities and tasks, followed by analysis and review of assessment. Lastly, we learn how to interpret and report on assessment results

ASSESSMENT IN A COOKIE JAR

This workshop will help you understand how to assess learning to measure what has been achieved

BALANCED LANGUAGE APPROACH - COMPREHENSION

This workshop will show you how to assist learners with their comprehension ability and how to improve overall literacy

BALANCED LANGUAGE APPROACH - PHONICS

This workshop gives an exciting approach to how to teach phonics

BALANCED LANGUAGE APPROACH - SHARED, GROUP GUIDED AND INDEPENDENT READING

This workshop focuses on how to use Shared Reading and Group/Guided Reading to improve the reading skills of learners in diﬀerent grades

BALANCED LANGUAGE APPROACH - SIGHT WORDS AND VOCABULARY

How, when and why do we teach sight words and vocabulary? This workshop addresses these important questions

BALANCED LANGUAGE APPROACH - WRITING

This workshop will present you with the skills needed to apply the Balanced Language Approach’s writing process as prescribed by CAPS Foundation Phase

CAPS MADE EASY

This workshop is a short introduction to the CAPS curriculum

COMPREHENSION - BOOKMARK TO SUCCESS

This workshop provides a comprehensive approach to teaching comprehension using a variety of techniques and strategies

CREATIVE WRITING

This workshop will empower you to teach creative writing using the writing process.

DEVELOP ASSESSMENT TASKS

This workshop introduces a step-by-step approach to developing a quality assessment task

DIVISION DIXIE

Division is splitti ng into equal parts or groups. It is the result of ‘fair sharing’. This workshop is a step-by-step guide into introducing division in the Foundation Phase

FANCIFUL FRACTIONS

A fraction simply tells us how many parts of a whole we have. Let’s have fun with fractions

FIRST STEPS IN TEACHING READING

This workshop will give you clear, easy and innovative guidance about teaching reading in the Foundation Phase step by step, starting with phonemic awareness and moving through reading strategies to understanding of text

FUNTASTIC FAL FORMULA

This workshop provides teachers with knowledge and skills to teach English First Additional Language with success

GAPS IN CAPS - ASSESSMENT

This workshop will help you understand how to assess learning so as to be able to measure what has been achieved.

GAPS IN CAPS - ENGLISH FAL

This workshop provides a Balanced Language Approach to teaching English First Additional Language. It focuses on Listening and Speaking, Reading and Phonics, and Writing and Handwriting

GAPS IN CAPS - GENERIC

This workshop provides teachers with a clear understanding and implementation of the CAPS curriculum

GAPS IN CAPS - HOME LANGUAGE

This workshop provides a Balanced Language Approach to teaching a home language. The focus of this workshop is on Listening and Speaking, Reading and Phonics, and Writing and Handwriting

GAPS IN CAPS - LIFE SKILLS

This is a practical session and participation and active involvement needs to be encouraged throughout. Allow time for sharing of ideas and practical implementation strategies in the classroom

GAPS IN CAPS - MATHEMATICS

This workshop will assist you in understanding how to teach the diﬀerent topics and know which mathematical strategies to teach in each grade

GIVE AND TAKE - PLUS AND MINUS

This workshop explores addition and subtraction

IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES TO MAKE YOU A DYNAMIC TEACHER

This workshop will help you put magic back into teaching

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE FOUNDATION PHASE CLASSROOM

This workshop will teach you to teach, plan and make resources with your laptop – Foundation Phase

MAGIC MULTIPLICATION

This workshop takes a look at repeated addition leading to multiplication through problem solving

MAKE YOUR OWN INDIGENOUS STORYBOOKS IN THE LITERACY CLASSROOM

This workshop teaches writing in an innovative way that learners can relate to

MAKING RESOURCES

Learn how to make and use resources to enhance learning in your classroom.

MASS MOMENTS - MEASUREMENT

This workshop focuses on exploring mass using real objects

PERFORMING ARTS - GET YOUR GROOVE ON

This workshop will show you how to implement various improvisation and interpretation activities in order to achieve the aims of the performing arts component of the Foundation Phase Life Skills programme

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This interactive workshop will equip you to teach physical education with confidence.

PLACE VALUE

This workshop provides an overview on teaching place value eﬀectively.

PLAN AND ASSESS WITH SUCCESS

This workshop will help you plan your assessments according to CAPS requirements.

PROBLEM SOLVING

This workshop provides teachers with the necessary skills to set, teach and use problem solving activities eﬀectively

READING COACHES

A comprehensive programme to train reading coaches

SECURE PLACE VALUE

In our decimal number system, the value of a digit depends on its place, or position, in the number. Explore numbers in this workshop

SHAPES GALORE: 2-D, 3-D AND SYMMETRY

This workshop focuses on working with 2-D and 3-D shapes

SPEEDY DISCOVERIES - MENTAL MATHS

This workshop will explore exciting and hands-on ways to teach Mental Mathematics

STORYTELLING

Learn how storytelling can be used to develop literacy development.

TEACHING HANDWRITING

This workshop provides strategies to teach handwriting skills to your learners.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSING ON DIFFERENT COGNITIVE LEVELS - Foundation Phase

This workshop provides a refreshing look at Bloom’s and Barrett’s taxonomies and the levels of mathematical demand where the emphasis is on asking quality questions and developing quality assessments

TICK TOCK TIME

This workshop provides a fun way to work with time

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