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Foundation Phase

What can go wrong in the teaching of reading?
Opinion
/ 11 February 2023

What can go wrong in the teaching of reading?

Helping a novice reader is so much more than teaching them the names of letters

By Fikile Simelane and Elizabeth Henning
Covid sets education back years
Education
/ 30 January 2021

Covid sets education back years

The effects of the pandemic will still be felt by learners entering the school system in 2028

By Bongekile Macupe
Pandemic hobbles learners’ futures
Coronavirus
/ 21 January 2021

Pandemic hobbles learners’ futures

South African schools have yet to open for the 2021 academic year and experts are sounding the alarm over lost learning time, especially in the crucial grades one and 12

By Bongekile Macupe
Education reduces issues plaguing poor countries
Article
/ 5 October 2018

Education reduces issues plaguing poor countries

To give young people the best chance of success, the two ‘bookends’ to primary school — early childhood and secondary education — must be sturdy

By Staff Reporter
​Building the foundations of matric
Article
/ 19 January 2017

​Building the foundations of matric

Foundation schooling needs highly educated, dedicated teachers and this requires a recognition that this is a desired career choice.

By Nadine Petersen and Sarah Gravett
On the mysteries of early learning
Article
/ 28 November 2011

On the mysteries of early learning

Pilot tests in Gauteng schools have cast new light on mediums of instruction in the foundation phase.

By Elbie Henning
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Article
/ 21 October 2011

Languages of excellence

A school is pioneering a new method of teaching multilingual children in early grades.

By Elbie Henning
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Article
/ 12 November 2010

Old-fashioned? Good!

Children in the foundation phase need teachers who they get to know, who they can relate to and who can give them more than instruction.

By Staff Reporter

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