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A great second term was had at KET and we have lots of great news to share.
Our FET student teachers are doing well. They have had First Aid Training, which is required to make our course internationally recognised. They also had a Drama Games Workshop, with Larnie Groves, which is always well received by our students. Students covered puppet making, storytelling, science and nature table presentation, and had a lively debate lecture around the “Nature versus Nurture” (The nature versus nurture debate involves whether human behaviour is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person's life).
Our occupational therapists, who are part of the IIP team (Intensive Intervention Programme) are visiting the pre-schools and doing wonderful work in the therapy groups. This term they focused on fine motor skills, counting and sorting, colours and shapes, and my body. These vital lessons are taught through drawing, sensory play and role playing exercises.
The parent training evenings have been extremely well attended and there has been much excitement around the inclusion of the “CareUp” mobile phone application, which is being shared with all of our parents. This app is designed to encourage and motivate parents, with simple ideas to help develop their child to achieve their full potential and be school ready.
KET has been appointed as the approved service provider tasked with the registration of ECD centres in our area. There are currently 128 ECD facilities that will need to be registered, a big job, but one which has significant long term benefits around the health and safety of the young children attending these preschools. We are very happy to report that 9 centres have been approved for registration this quarter including our very own KET model pre-school, The Learning Tree.
There are currently 280 children on the ACE (Adopt a child’s education) programme, and thanks to the loyal support of our kind donors these young children are able to attend preschool where they previously would not have been able to. There is an on-going drive towards increasing these numbers annually. The only way to tackle the alarming national literacy and numeracy statistics is to teach these vital lessons to pre-schoolers. The ACE Programme continues to be a top priority for us.
To further assist with the Literacy and Numeracy development of the young learners we serve, the FONIX literacy and NUMICON mathematics programmes are implemented daily in 75 preschools in our area. These programmes tackle the essential skill of learning to read and count, in a fun and interactive way – Play is after all the best way for children to learn.
We remain humbled by the dedication of our preschool teachers who despite scares resources, trying conditions and a lack of fee paying parents, still strive every day to make the preschool years count, for every child in our community. WE salute them!
Regards from the KET team.
Published: 16/06/2018
Since 2016 we have been offering accredited FET ECD qualifications.
The course is broken up into 2 modules which covers an extensive range of theory and practical application. The course offers a lot of chance for students to practice newly acquired skills through completing tasks and handing in assignments. The content of the lectures include the entire range of developmental norms of children from conception right up to their formal years of schooling. The students learn how children learn through PLAY and that play is essentially the work of children. Many of the students have surprised us with their creativity in tasks and enthusiasm in presentations. We are extremely proud of them.
Many travel far to get to their weekly classes. Some as far as George. Others carry their tasks while walking to class or catching taxis, through all weather conditions.
It is wonderful to see these students grow and succeed in their chosen field of study.
Article by: Angelina Smith, Education & Training Manager
Published: 29/05/2018
In 2017 the Knysna Education Trust received the mandate to administer the ECD Centre Registration process for Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Sedgefield. We registered 9 pre-schools during the course of last term and are in the process with 10 more pre-schools. Our aim is to make sure that all ECD Centres comply and are registered in order to ensure that all children can receive a quality education.
When an individual, community or organisation wants to establish and register an Early Childhood Development Centre, or needs to apply for changes to an existing registration certificate, they should contact Nella Gysman who heads this project for the Knysna Education Trust.
The following requirements are very important:
Published: 23/05/2018
The Intensive intervention program is in full swing. We start with the 5th week of Therapy Groups on Monday the 7th of May. Our theme at the moment is My Body and not only are we learning the correct names for all our different body parts we also learn how to use and exercise our bodies. Sentences like: "I see with my eyes" and "I can run/jump with my legs" are used and taught to the children. We focused only balancing activities this week and practised how to walk on our tiptoes and how to walk heel-to-toe on a straight line. The children leopard crawled underneath a blanket to help with core-muscle strengthening and crossing the midline. During every session there is a fine motor activity to practise and develop pencil grip and pencil control. The children are all very proud of the Fine motor books.
We ended of the previous 3 weeks of therapy groups with giving each child their very own soft toy. Feelings was the theme of those weeks and we discussed healthy ways on how to handle feelings like sadness, anger, happiness and of being afraid. The boys and girls were ecstatic about their gifts. To some of these children this is the first soft toy they receive and the privilege to choose it for themselves.
It is wonderful to see how excited the teachers are to join and learn from our therapists and the therapy groups.
The Intensive intervention Program (IIP) is headed by Lene Bouwer from Knysna Education Trust.
Published: 07/05/2018
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