Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development

Its after lunch, the literacy team is diving back in, grading with purpose and exploring writing choices with writing books, while another group is reading at the right level. The energy’s still high and the learning continues!

Morning momentum continues!

Teachers watching a pre-recorded address by Kim, our Director, on systematising classroom management and pedagogy, then reflecting on how these ideas connect to their own classrooms.

Last week, the NMI, in partnership with the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE), co-facilitated a Phonics to Reading training at the ECDoE's Mandla Makupula Education Leadership Institute in East London. About 55 Grade 1 teachers, including their Heads of Departments, attended the workshop, each receiving a starter pack of the Phonics Toolkit to use in their classrooms. The aim of the workshop was to equip teachers with practical resources and strategies to help learners catch up on reading work that may have been left behind. We are encouraged by the teachers’ dedication and deeply appreciate the support of the Curriculum Advisors in making this work possible. We look forward to seeing how these tools will strengthen the culture of reading in classrooms.