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Harness the web with UCT’s Internet Super-User course and get a 10% discount! True teachers Select and treat your teachers well
 
Harness the web with UCT’s Internet Super-User course and get a 10% discount!

Harness the web with UCT’s Internet Super-User course and get a 10% discount!

Teachers are on a technological front line – school children are becoming ever more adept at using the web for everything from socialising to doing their homework, and are beginning to resist what they consider “old fashioned” teaching methods. Teachers must find a way to engage them on their own terms, but often lack the web skills and experience to do so effectively. The solution is to get a comprehensive web education. GetSmarter’s UCT Internet Super-User course gives you just that.

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True teachers

True teachers

I write this as an ex-teacher and headmaster of 40 years' experience, whose family has been involved with education for many years. A recent comment in one of the newspapers that the dropping of OBE was not a cure-all has prompted me to write in support. While acknowledging the inequalities in education, one has at the same time to give credit to the role played by dedicated teachers. Apart from the hard work in the classroom, true teachers willingly participate in helping to organise sport and cultural activities. It seems to me that many teachers today are in it for all the wrong reasons.

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Select and treat your teachers well

Select and treat your teachers well

Why does Singapore lead the world in student achievement? It's all got to do with teacher quality. In Singapore, only the top third of secondary school graduates can apply for teacher training. And teaching is paid as well as science and engineering careers.

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ENGLISH: Selected worksheets covering Grade 8 – 12 prescribed literature

30 June 2010

Provided here are a selection of worksheets covering different texts from the prescribed literature of the Grade 8 to 12 English curriculum.

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ENGLISH: Prescribed Literature Grade 12

30 June 2010

The prescribed literature for English Home Language and First Additional Language for Grade 12 for 2010 are provided here. Teachers have a variety of options of which they can choose in each genre.

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Free THEMES tests and memo’s – Grade 3

30 June 2010

Question papers with memo's assessing different THEMES in accordance with the Grade 2 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They combine literacy and numeracy questions and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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Free THEMES tests and memos – Grade 2

30 June 2010

Question papers with memos assessing different THEMES in accordance with the Grade 2 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They combine literacy and numeracy questions and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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Free THEMES tests and memos – Grade 1

30 June 2010

Question papers with memos assessing different THEMES in accordance with the Grade 1 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They combine literacy and numeracy questions and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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Free LIFE ORIENTATION tests and memos – Grade 3

30 June 2010

Question papers with memos assessing LIFE ORIENTATION in accordance with the Grade 3 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They cover a broad range of topics and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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Free LIFE ORIENTATION tests and memos – Grade 2

30 June 2010

Question papers with memos assessing LIFE ORIENTATION in accordance with the Grade 2 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They cover a broad range of topics and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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Free LIFE ORIENTATION tests and memos – Grade 1

30 June 2010

Question papers with memos assessing LIFE ORIENTATION in accordance with the Grade 1 curriculum are available here. They are available in both Afrikaans and English and can be used as class exercises or revision tools. They cover a broad range of topics and are filled with pictures and questions to make learning fun for kids!

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