{"id":1798,"date":"2023-07-04T21:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2023-07-04T22:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T22:10:58","slug":"kwt-may-trip-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"KWT May Trip 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1798\" class=\"elementor elementor-1798\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a986790 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-eae-slider=\"50159\" data-id=\"a986790\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51e8293\" data-eae-slider=\"48466\" data-id=\"51e8293\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52f922a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"66925\" data-id=\"52f922a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0e6a90\" data-eae-slider=\"94191\" data-id=\"c0e6a90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e418b26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e418b26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23bc9a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23bc9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">KWT May Trip 2023<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40cd16e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"95331\" data-id=\"40cd16e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8a02be\" data-eae-slider=\"4650\" data-id=\"d8a02be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2394e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2394e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Africa A+ team completed their third 2023 field trip to the Eastern Cape. The field trip activities included a training session for the Kouga facilitators, facilitating four early childhood development (ECD) workshops at the Victory4All hall in Humansdorp, and on-site support visits to 15 ECD centres.<\/p><p>1)<u> Facilitators\u2019 learning session<\/u> (15<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>\u00a0The Kouga Facilitators\u2019 in training visited two model ECD sites, Talhado Montessori and Disney Centre, in Sea Vista, St Francis Bay. After identifing elements of a model site, the facilitators planned how to support the Kouga ECD centres in their care so that they can move nearer to being model sites no matter the context they find themselves in.<\/p><p>2) <u>Introduction to using technology in the an ECD setting<\/u> \u00a0(16<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The GROW with ECD facilitators introduced a small group of ECD principals to their data free app, Giraffe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.growecd.org.za\/quality-education-programme\/?gclid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jEASlAouAav3UiL2PCnazNp8u48vBGWroX-nmb85DdD6gYMoE_n8JdRoCaP4QAvD_BwE\">https:\/\/www.growecd.org.za\/quality-education-programme\/?gclid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jEASlAouAav3UiL2PCnazNp8u48vBGWroX-nmb85DdD6gYMoE_n8JdRoCaP4QAvD_BwE<\/a> \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comments written by the participants in their own words after the GROW workshop:<\/p><ul><li><em>That technology will make my admin much easier and that I will be able to involve my teachers as well.\u201d<\/em><\/li><li>\u201c<em>THERE IS AN EASIER WAY! ADMIN CAN BE FUN!\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>3) <u>Cohort 1 workshop<\/u> (17<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>Principals and teachers from 6 Cohort 1 ECD centres attended the three hour afternoon workshop Two Kouga facilitators and two new ECD centres, Star Kids and Imizamo Yethu, also attended the workshop.<\/p><p><u>Comments <\/u>written by the participants in their own words after the Cohort 1 workshop in response to the question: What are the two most important things you learned today?<\/p><ul><li><em>\u201cHow the brain develop and How important I as a ECD teacher are in that first five years.\u201d <\/em><\/li><li><em>\u201cThe crucial role we as ECD center facilitators play in early child development. Play can also be educational.<\/em>\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>4) <u>Cohort 3 workshop<\/u> (18<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>Principals and teachers from 14 ECD centres attended the three hour afternoon workshop. The workshop began with working creatively with fingerpaint before understanding the importance of stimulating children\u2019s brain development in the early years. The participants worked together to create stimulating play-based learning activities for each age group.<\/p><p><u>Comments<\/u> written by the participants in their own words after the workshop in response to the following question: What are the two most important things you learned today?:<\/p><ul><li>\u201c<em>That a child\u2019s brain develop at a very early age. The sooner you start the better<\/em>.\u201d<\/li><li><em>\u201cDie brein moet aanhoudend besig wees al is dit deur speel. Brein sele gaan dood as did nie gebruik word nie.\u201d<\/em> (The brain must be constantly stimulated through play. Brain cells die if they are not used.)<\/li><li><em>\u201cHow important even the first few months of their lives are. And how big the impact can be we make on them from Day 1.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>5) <u>Grade R workshop<\/u> 19<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>Eleven Grade R teachers attended. Each ECD centre received and were orientated to the Grade R CAPS Home Language curriculum. The teachers learned about emergent literacy before working together to create play-based literacy activities for Grade R children.<\/p><p>6) <u>On-site visits to ECD centres (<\/u>15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup> May)<\/p><p>Five of the 15 on-site support visits are described below:<\/p><ul><li><u>New ECD centres<\/u> that have recently joined the Kouga Windfarm Trust ECD project:<\/li><li><u>Star Kids<\/u><\/li><li><u>Buzzzy Bees<\/u><\/li><\/ul><p>Although Buzzzy Bees has no equipment or toys, the staff can facilitate learning. 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