The Natural Sciences curriculum content taught during the third and fourth school terms was covered in the final training session organized by Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company. This session took place on 15 August 2025 in the science laboratory at Noorder Paarl High School in Paarl, specifically in the STEM Teaching and Learning Centre (STEM TLC). […]
Advancing Knowledge NPC’s professional development sessions for natural sciences teachers concluded their 2025 delivery in the Overberg Education District of the Western Cape Education Department. A total of 25 Intersen (grades 4-7) teachers braved the bad weather on the weekend of August 1, 2025, to attend the SACE-endorsed course, Inquiry-Based Science Education. The course, which […]
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