{"id":1484,"date":"2022-08-16T21:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:45:16","slug":"kwt-field-trip-june-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1484","title":{"rendered":"KWT Field Trip June – August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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KWT Field Trip June-August 2022<\/b><\/p>

Field trip: 20th<\/sup> \u2013 28th<\/sup> June 2022<\/strong><\/p>

Africa A+ completed follow up teaching and learning surveys at the 14 Cohort 1 and 12 Cohort 2 ECD centres participating in the Kouga Windfarm ECD project. The results will be collated by Michaela Ashley Cooper from the Centre for Early Childhood Development (CECD) and a report published later in the year.<\/p>

Field trip: 1st<\/sup> \u2013 6th<\/sup> August 2022<\/strong><\/p>

The Africa A+ team completed their fifth 2022 field trip to Kouga. The field trip activities included 16 on-site support visits to ECD centres, a day of professional development for the nine Kouga facilitators, and four workshops for the 26 Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 ECD centres participating in the Kouga Windfarm ECD project. These field trip activities are outlined below:<\/p>

  1. Facilitators\u2019 Retreat:<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

    The Africa A+ facilitated one day of professional development on the 1st<\/sup> August for the nine Kouga facilitators in training. The focus for the day was reconnecting with the A+ Essentials, building an effective Kouga facilitation team, and finding ways of supporting the ECD centres under their care.\u00a0 Each facilitator received an Africa A+ bag in appreciation of their commitment and work in supporting the Kouga ECD centres.<\/p>

    2. On-site Visits to Cohort 1 and 2 ECD centres<\/strong><\/p>

    Two Africa A+ facilitators visited 16 ECD centres during the mornings from 2 \u2013 5th<\/sup> August.\u00a0 One facilitator implemented groupwork in the Grade R classrooms; another worked with the ECD teachers on how to nurture the children\u2019s creativity. The purpose of each visit was to demonstrate to ECD staff diverse ways of facilitating quality play-based learning experiences with children. The Kouga facilitators in training attended some of the demonstrations as part of their training.<\/p>

    3. ECD Workshops for<\/strong> Cohort 1 and 2 ECD centre staff<\/strong><\/p>

    Four workshops were facilitated in the afternoons of the 2nd<\/sup>, 3rd<\/sup>, and 4th<\/sup> August and the morning of Saturday 6th<\/sup> August:<\/p>