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April 2013
Welcome back to school! As we start another term, I thank you for your consistent support. The monthly page views have steadily increased, with the latest reaching 1, 6 million viewers in a month!
Changes in education are happening at a fast pace, and the education world is taking notice of tablets, so this month I would like to focus on tablets in education. The age of the tablet is here, and this piece of technology which embraces touch technology is giving learning a whole new meaning. It definitely looks as though education is heading towards a digitized classroom where the students are free to explore technology and collaborate with their peers around the world.
More and more classrooms around the world and South Africa are imagining the curriculum in terms of each child having his or her own tablet. I have been thinking of the ways that tablets can transform learning in our South African context.
History: Tablets can make learning about the past more understandable through the use of interactive e-books, videos, podcasts and games. These help us to empathise with the struggles and hardships of those who have gone before us.
Research: Every project starts with a bit of research and tablets allow students to have the Internet at their fingertips.
Home and school: Tablets can provide a connection between the home and school, and help to bring parents in touch with their children’s work.
Textbooks: these can be created and updated more easily on a tablet. Students can highlight and bookmark easily, and the burden of carrying around a heavy bag can become a thing of the past.
Future jobs: The world is run by computers and the more students are familiar with them, the better equipped they will be for the real world.
2nd Language: Students can follow an individualized second language program and listen to the correct accent on the tablet. They can communicate with students who speak the language via Skype or Google hangouts.
Maths: Students can easily show their math processes and not just give answers. They can view videos explaining the material as many times as they need.
Reading. A tablet can also be used to help students learn to read with all the amazing free reading apps.
Writing: Rather than doing creative writing in a book and never looking at it again as time goes on, it is so much easier to do daily writing when each child has a tablet. Students can also journal and blog, and easily receive feedback from a variety of sources.
There’s no doubt that a tablet is becoming a popular and powerful educational tool for classrooms. We are in the process of researching tablets for the classroom, taking into account performance, technology, accessibility, safety and affordability. Hopefully I will be able to give you final feedback within the next few weeks on our preferred brand of choice.
The African Storybook project
I would like to promote an exciting project that I have read about on the SchoolNet blog, the African Storybook project. This project aims to create a huge website of stories for Grades 1 -3 children in Africa. I see there is a free short, online digital writing and storytelling course being offered to teachers as well, which will encourage them to discover the writer within them and write a story for the website. It is hoped that they will then also get their classes writing for the project. Take a look under the free, online courses page on the SchoolNet website http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com. The course starts on the 15th April. Why not sign up? This could be a good way to get involved in the digital scene that will soon become commonplace in education.
Competitions:
ViralChoice® have a fantastic competition running at the moment which involves children using their creative skills and technological minds to decorate photos of themselves wearing the ViralChoice® complimentary button badge and uploading their photo to URL: http://www.pharmachoice.co.za/vcj/. There are some fantastic prizes for the school and learners.
Collect-a-can has two competitions running – their 20th year celebration and rewards to schools for participating in can collection initiatives.
Our next Teacher Development session
This will take place on the 19th April in Cape Town at Canal Walk from 17h00-18h00. We will continue to host these sessions once a month. Please look out for the notices on our Facebook page to make a booking or email Debbie at: e-classroom@mweb.co.za. In this session we will show Foundation Phase teachers some of the technology that is being used around the world in classrooms. Teachers will also receive a goody-bag of classroom items from our sponsors, Bic, IFAW and Khoki.
Content writers
If you are passionate about education and would like to earn some pocket money, we are looking for content writers for the following subjects in Intermediate and Senior phase:
Life Skills (English and Afrikaans)
Mathematics (English and Afrikaans)
Natural Sciences and Technology (English and Afrikaans)
Social Sciences (English and Afrikaans)
Please email me should you wish to contribute: natalie@e-classroom.co.za. We have new content online for Foundation and Intermediate phase, so please keep visiting the website for updates. Remember to follow us on Facebook for weekly posts: E-Classroom South Africa, as well as Twitter: @eclassroomsa.
Wishing you all the best for a fantastic term 2.
Yours in education
Natalie
March 2013
March 2013
One of the very positive things about the Internet age, is that more and more teachers are being given access to use technology in their classroom. It is quite amazing to see what young students are capable of achieving when using technology effectively in a classroom. But when is it good and when is it not good to use technology?
Technology can be used to enable the parents to share in the classroom experience. I must say that as a parent I love the idea of a teacher having a classroom blog that allows parents to see what their children are doing in the classroom. Imagine watching a video made in the classroom where your child is presenting a piece of work for all to see or explaining how they tackled a difficult task.
The idea of collaborating with classes on interesting projects in different parts of the world using technology is a very positive experience for a class. We need our students to picture the world as the global village that it is, with all kinds of cultures inhabiting it each with their own right to be who they are. Skype plays a huge role in connecting classes to one another around the world. Technology also enables teachers to learn from each other through the tremendous sharing that takes place through social networking.
I have been concerned, though, by some of the ways that I hear technology is being misused. Technology should NOT be used simply to keep students quiet and engaged. It should not be used just to keep students busy while the teacher works with small groups of children for example. Students must be working constructively at all times. Technology should NOT be used to do what can be done without it. In my opinion technology should enable a student to do new things that aren’t possible without the use of technology. So instead of just drawing pictures in a book, for example, the learners could learn to animate the pictures, publish them on the Internet and use their voice to create a story around the pictures.
This brings me to give a report back on the first in our Teacher Development session held in Cape Town on Friday 1st March. Our teacher development programme is about sharing different technology tools and concepts that are being used around the globe with teachers in South Africa to promote effective learning for academic achievement. We have been researching meaningful teaching and learning tools and ideas that enhance these principles and have some lovely projects we can connect your school with which are centred on learning interests requiring teamwork, digital literacy skills, collaboration and communication. By engaging in authentic learning experiences about relevant issues, students and teachers work together, strengthening core learning while motivating learners and building self-confidence and skills necessary for the future. Teachers also learn how to use technology effectively in their classrooms. We will continue to host these sessions once a month. The next one will be on the 19 April. Please look out for the notices on our Facebook page to make a booking or email Debbie at e-classroom@mweb.co.za.
Please feel free to send me any stories that you may have about the ways you are using technology for collaboration that I can pass on in the e-classroom newsletters.
If you are interested in connecting with schools globally for projects, please email me at: natalie@e-classroom.co.za We already have enquiries from schools globally wanting to partner on projects involving literature, book projects, life skills and community based projects. Any successful collaboration starts with finding the right partner.
Competitions:
We have some lovely competitions for schools and learners. You will find these on our landing page as well as under our ‘competitions’ header on the website.
ViralChoice® have a fantastic competition running at the moment which involves children using their creative skills and technological minds to decorate photos of themselves wearing the ViralChoice® complimentary button badge and uploading their photo to URL: http://www.pharmachoice.co.za/vcj/. There are some fantastic prizes for the school and learners.
Collect-a-can has two competitions running – their 20th year celebration and rewards to schools for participating in can collection initiatives.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
We believe that every child has a right to education. Your sponsorship supports the development of critical education resources which are made available through the e-Classroom portal to primary schools for FREE. We have different packages available – for those who are interested, please contact me for further details: natalie@e-classroom.co.za. We do need your continuous support in order to keep providing this FREE service to schools. In return, we thank our latest sponsors for their support:
Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd
Lil-lets SA (Pty) Ltd
Rand Water – Water Wise
Please remember to follow us on twitter: @eclassroomsa and Facebook (E-Classroom South Africa) to see our updates. Please also remember to visit our online bookstore where we have lovely readers for children at very reasonable prices.
Yours in Education
Natalie
January 2013 Newsletter
January 2013 Newsletter
This is our first newsletter of 2013 and we’d like to welcome all teachers back to the classroom. Thank you for your support in 2012. We especially welcome all our new teachers in 2013. I’m sure the first few days were a source of both anxiety and excitement but by now you are used to flying solo, slowly putting everything you learned about teaching and classroom management into practise. We trust your year will be happy and fulfilling.
We hope you will all add a bit of sparkle to your teaching this year by using some of our free worksheets that are added regularly to our website http://e-classroom.co.za/. E-classroom is growing in leaps and bounds. Since Intermediate Phase CAPS begins this year we have expanded to include Maths and Science Grade 4-6 worksheets and Grades 4-6 Life skills worksheets. This will be followed by other subjects.
We start the year by launching our “Professional Development Programme” where teachers will have the opportunity to learn about how to use technology in their lessons. This programme aims to show that the current world-wide trend of introducing technology in the classroom extends to the preschool classroom. Our learners are digital, so we need to make the most of it where we can. These talks will be held monthly. The first one starts on 01 March and will be held in the auditorium at Canal Walk, Cape Town. Entry is free, and teachers will have a chance to network and browse new products afterwards at the lovely KHOKI store, and collect awesome goodie bags donated by BIC. However, space is limited, so if you would like to attend, please send an email with your name and school details to e-classroom@mweb.co.za to register for the event which will start at 17h00 sharp.
We have become active on Twitter this year, so please follow us on @eclassroomsa. Of course, we’d also like you to look at our new Facebook page for updates: e-Classroom South Africa.
Have you thought about participating with your class in a global project? Since our last newsletter I had an email from Karin Stadler at Elkanah House in Cape Town telling us about some of her amazing global projects. “I’d just like to thank you for mentioning my Crazy Crazes project in your September Newsletter. This is the first such project that I have initiated and I am extremely pleased by the response to it. We now have 16 international schools that will take part until May next year! It is early days yet, but our Grade 4’s love it so far! You also mentioned the Global Classroom Memento Scrapbook, which I had the privilege of working on when it was in Cape Town. I saw how it was presented at the Australian conference last week and there was a lot of excitement around it. This is truly a wonderful way of connecting schools and students around the world. ..”
Karen’s latest project is the travelling rhino project – a very worthwhile project which should bring international awareness of the plight of our rhinos. Take a look at Karen’s blog post about this new project http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/travelling-rhinos-project-save-our-rhinos/ Well done for all these initiatives Karen. Keep us posted about your rhino project.
Remember to develop a love of reading in your students. Please visit our new online book store http://e-classroom.co.za/shop/ to see what we have available. We are really excited about our bookshop and have recently added the lovely “Lula and Lebo” bilingual range. (isiZulu, Afrikaans and Sesotho). We also have the Science and Technology workbooks in stock for Grades 4-6 (English and Afrikaans).
We extend a special thanks to Bridgestone and Pick N Pay for their kind sponsorship of our recent worksheets. It is through sponsorship that I am able to keep developing free education content for you, so I am truly grateful to Companies who recognize the value in what we are doing.
Let’s continue to work together and support each other in 2013 for the sake of the learners in our care.
Yours in education
Natalie.
December 2012 Newsletter
Newsletter December 2012
2012 is rapidly drawing to a close with all its various challenges and opportunities in education. If we look back over the year, what positive changes and trends have we seen? I am just listing a few that I have noticed and have been thinking about.
The internet has become an indispensable part of learning, providing us with all the facts we need at our fingertips. With internet access becoming more global, the children of the poorest families will have an equal opportunity for quality education. Students are more able to be creative and create content with mobile devices in and out of the classroom. Many schools are starting to incorporate the use of tablets for learning. Consequently bandwidth is becoming a focus that schools and the government need to address to make the Internet available to all.
Many schools are moving towards digital learning and interest is growing in the “bring your own device” (BYOD) trend where multiple device types (laptops, slates, tablets, phones) are brought to school to support the technology environment schools want and need.
Global collaboration among classrooms has been very evident. The world is becoming more and more of a global village. I like reading about the mystery skype chats that many classes participate in. The entire class works together to try and find out where is the mystery class is located. Mystery skype is a great way to learn about geography and practice logical reasoning!
Podcasting is on the rise and is becoming popular as an educational tool. Every day one sees free educational webinars on all sort of interesting subjects being offered to teachers.
Everything is going digital. There is definitely a move to publish and distribute digital textbooks in the cloud. Textbook companies realise that they have to change. Siyavula which is well known in South Africa for their free textbooks written by groups of teachers has recently announced that their Natural Science Grade 4-6 workbooks are now free as PDFs on http://thunderboltkids.co.za. At the recent Apple in Education Awards in South Africa, an iPad textbook store was mentioned as a new development in 2013.
There has definitely been a rise in the use of social networking in education. Learning Management Systems like Edmodo and Obami are connecting students within classes to facilitate learning. Facebook groups are popular amongst high school educators. Many teachers and students make use of classroom blogs and wikis. Teachers are finding that twitter friends across the world provide great resources and ideas for the classroom.
Developments in neuroscience and cognitive psychology say that the psychology of how we learn will likely influence how we teach. I notice the emerging research on the brain and music. For example, the power of music to affect memory is quite fascinating. Mozart’s music and Baroque music, with a 60 beats per minute beat pattern, activate the left and right brain. This has all sorts of implications for learning.
Will 2013 prove to be a turning point for education?
Likewise, if I look back on the growth of e-classroom, we have introduced many new developments over 2012. We initially developed CAPS life skills support worksheets for grades R-3 and due to popular demand, we have had to develop same for the intermediate phase learners for various subjects, which will be available on line in 2013. We have also expanded our content reach to provide learners with education resources through various channels:
Breadbin interactive – who have developed a high powered computer in a touch screen kiosk format hosting a comprehensive repository of educational resources;
Paperight – a print-on-demand bookstore;
Khoki – our associate partner who will be launching their online stationery shop and bookstore through the e-classroom URL;
WCED – providing the e-classroom support worksheets on their e-learning URL for teachers to access;
e-Classroom mobile libraries – providing mobile libraries to disadvantaged schools by raising sponsorship for these;
Edunova – providing the e-classroom support material to their community centres.
Last but not least, we will be launching our professional development programmes from February 2013 with KHOKI, where teachers will have the opportunity to share their ideas on technology integration in the classroom as well as networking opportunities. So do look out for our announcements on these! These meetings will be very rewarding.
I would like to thank you for supporting e-classroom so faithfully again this year. This will be the last newsletter of the year and may I take this opportunity to wish you a restful holiday season, and that you are renewed in strength and vision for the opportunities that lie ahead in 2013.
Yours in education
Natalie
October 2012
Do any of you remember the days when you would sit in a classroom listening to the monotone voice of a teacher droning on and on as you fought a bout of sleepiness? How many times did you just wish that bell would ring! I recall a time when people would say that everything is undergoing so much change – except education. “Nothing has changed there and we’re still doing exactly what we always did in the 19th Century.” That is no longer true. We are currently going through an education revolution world-wide where technology is helping teachers engage their student in a variety of exciting ways.
I have read of two interesting projects that show how easily our learners connect with technology. Professor Sugata Mitra is well known with his “Hole in the Wall” experiments. In 1999, Professor Mitra embedded a computer within a wall in an Indian slum at Kalkaji, Delhi and children were allowed to use it freely. The experiment proved that kids could be taught computers very easily without any formal training. The children also freely collaborated with each other, exploring the world of high-tech online connectivity with ease. The experiment has since been repeated at many places, with similar results. Recently Professor Nicholas Negroponte of One Laptop per Child fame, began a similar project in Ethiopia. His team dropped dozens of boxed tablets into two extremely remote villages in Ethiopia, where the population was completely illiterate, dirt poor and had no prior exposure to electronics. Within three hours the children had opened the boxes and worked out how to turn on the tablets. After just a couple of weeks of unassisted use, the children were seen competing with each other when reciting the alphabet, which they learned from one of the many pre-installed apps. This experiment is still being monitored.
I am particularly interested in the potential of the tablet in the classroom. If anything could close the ever-widening digital divide gap in South Africa this could be it – the tablet. Not only is it portable, light, with a lengthy battery life, but it meets our digital students right where they are at. Hand an iPad or Android tablet to a child, and within minutes they’ve figured out how to interact with it at a basic level.
Many schools in South Africa right now are exploring a changeover to tablets. Some are going the route of using text books on the tablet at a fraction of the cost instead of the students carrying around large, heavy, expensive books. What I especially love about the tablet is that it puts the potential to create right into the hands of the students. Education can move right out of the classroom to other locations where the students can take photos, record movies, record sound, take notes, write paragraphs, collaborate and edit each other’s work; and put all this together in creative pieces of work to present to the rest of the class.
Of course, we can’t expect a tablet to teach our learners – the role of the teacher is ever-important; but it easily and seamlessly allows our learners to demonstrate their learning and share that understanding with their peers, a broader audience and even potentially the world!
As the digital age has enveloped us, we have dived in to start development of our very own interactive worksheets that can be used for tablets, as well as education apps that can be used for mobile learning. We are indeed enjoying the thrill of the digital revolution and have a lot of exciting ventures launching soon – all for the benefit of our teachers and learners. Thank-you to all our sponsors for their continued support – without them, we would not be able to bring the e-classroom service to you.
Serving you in education……
Natalie
September 2012
Newsletter September 2012
It is amazing how technology and the Internet can connect our students together in so many interesting and positive ways. Once-divergent cultures are now learning and working together. I have been reading about various global projects where classrooms around the world connect with one another via technology and share information in all sorts of unusual ways. One of the newest I have noticed is a scrapbook that is travelling around the world – the Global Classroom Memento Scrapbook. Each school it visits is asked to contribute in some way, and the Scrapbook has travelled from Australia to England, Romania and Cape Town to date. It is now returning to Australia to be showcased at the Australian Computers in Education Conference before continuing its journey around the world.
Equally interesting is a new project called Crazy Crazes that has been started by a Cape Town primary school teacher. This project invites students from classes around the world to give an idea of what is popular and fashionable in their part of the world. The goal is to provide students with a global view of what is happening elsewhere in the world, to share their experiences with others, to practice giving meaningful feedback to one another, and to learn about cultures and communities different from one’s own. There are already a large number of schools around the world who have signed up. Can you imagine what fun this must be in a classroom?
Another intriguing global project is the Dot Project. Its message is ‘Make your mark, and see where it takes you’. A teacher in Bangkok organised a Dots Around the World project using iPads and invited interested teachers and classes to collaborate. Thirty three classes across the world enlisted and the lovely dot art pictures from different parts of the world are being shared via technologies such as Twitter, Skype, blogs, email, gchat, Google+, YouTube, Slideshare, Facebook, Dropbox, Scratch and Flickr. What a creative way to connect students!
We cannot afford to not be part of the digital era. With this is mind e-classroom is surging forward and has introduced a new venture – the e-classroom online bookshop for primary school learners. This is now open! Log on to www.e-classroom.co.za to start shopping! In addition, our Term 4 Life Skills resource material for Grades 1 – 3 based on CAPS has been posted on our website. Do take a look.
We are indeed living in exciting times!
Serving you in education…
Natalie
August 2012
August 2012
I never cease to be amazed at the power of the Internet and how it can be such an invaluable aid to educators. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection and there is no end to what you can do as a teacher. Tim Berners-Lee from Britain is known to be the inventor of the World Wide Web, and he longed for it to be free. This is mostly happening in terms of education where educators are sharing their expertise so readily. The month of August has been Connected Educator month, and this term so aptly describes what the Internet is bringing about in education – connecting us to others. Never before has it been so possible to share with others and get ideas from others about every aspect of teaching. For example, the Internet allows me to easily connect with you and easily bring you constantly updated worksheets and useful resources for teaching.
One of the ways this connection is happening is through the use of webinars. A webinar is a talk given on line by someone with knowledge in that field by means of a webinar programme such as Adobe Connect, Microsoft Lync, and Go to Meeting among others. Interested educators tune in and listen right from the comfort of their own homes. They can also participate by means of a chat box where questions are posed and answered, and additional ideas can be suggested. You can read more about Connected Educator month and also view their feast of amazing free webinars that they have lined up until the end of August http://connectededucators.org/cem./ . Bringing the use of webinars to a local level, I have noticed that here is South Africa; SchoolNet presents a weekly webinar programme for educators. This programme can be viewed on their excellent blog: http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/.
Please may I take this opportunity of thanking you very much for your support for e-classroom. I felt honoured recently to be one of the four women highlighted on the Lead SA newsletter as women ‘who are making a difference to education in our country’. Let’s work together in making that difference.
In closing, our CAPS worksheets for Life Skills for term 4 have been uploaded onto the e-classroom website. Please make use of them and share the free content with fellow workers.
Chat soon
Natalie
Twitter Chats – July 2012
Twitter chats
It is quite amazing to see how social networking is changing things for many people. More and more people are using Twitter to communicate. An aspect that has interested me is noticing the increasing popularity of Twitter chats. Twitter chats have become an important networking tool. The idea behind a Twitter chat is that a group of like-minded people gather at a designated time each week to share ideas and discuss topics of importance. They use a specified hashtag for their chat so that everyone can follow along.
It’s not surprising to see that teachers who have signed up for Twitter are finding Twitter chats a great professional developmental tool. I have noticed that there is one taking place right here in South Africa for teachers on a Monday night from 8:30 – 9:30 using the #edchatsa hashtag.
There are several great benefits of twitter chats for teachers:
- Chats are a great place for teachers discuss relevant topics in education, and try to think of solutions for some of the really problematic situations that happen around education.
- Chats are really good for exchanging ideas with other teachers and being introduced to new viewpoints.
- Chats enable teachers to meet new teachers around the country and make new contacts.
- When teachers participate in chats they leave refreshed and inspired by others outside their own circle.
When I look at the #edchatsa website where teachers go to vote for the following week’s chat, namely http://edchatsa.co.za and look through the summaries from previous chats, I can see that our teachers are really benefitting from this form of professional development. So, I would like to encourage you to consider joining a Twitter chat in your area, and if you are in South Africa, why not join the weekly #edchatsa. If you would like to view a couple of the summaries, here are two links:
What can be done in South Africa to enhance the status of the teaching profession?
What criteria should form the basis for assessing a school’s effectiveness?
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
Chat soon
Natalie
Welcome back to school!
I hope you had relaxing holidays and that your mind is fresh and ready to start the new term. Over the holidays, the e-Classroom team has worked hard to develop support worksheets to assist you while planning your class work. Have a look at how you can use this support material for Life Skills for the foundation phase which I am sure you will find appealing. The content can be found under “CAPS CONTENT” on the www.e-classroom.co.za website. We are currently developing worksheets for English home language and Mathematics which will be uploaded soon for your accessibility. We hope you will find these useful. Please share this information with fellow educators!
This week we celebrate Mandela Day. Mandela Day is marked across the world on July 18 every year to inspire every person to take action to help change the world for the better. Let’s take action and inspire our youth through education.
All the best for a fun-filled term ahead!
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” - Robert Frost
Chat soon
Natalie
E-Classroom News: June 2012
May was an extraordinary month for me! I met numerous people wanting to collaborate with e-Classroom in different ways. Remarkably, we all share the same vision: to expand the education services we offer to the benefit of our learners. I have spent several enthusiastic hours meeting with key educators, and looking at fresh opportunities which are to be launched in the coming months. Here’s a sneak peak for you….
We have partnered with ebeam who provide interactive classroom solutions for schools. Many schools are interested in adopting ICT, but also have concerns. It is not an easy decision to make because the systems are costly and require technical expertise to implement and sustain. We are confident that together with our partners we can ease any apprehensions you may have involving the way forward. We will provide you with a free consultation and a thorough needs-analysis before considering any ICT requirements. Most importantly, we offer FREE technical training and support during and after installation.
A further development is the launch of our “Books to buy” section. This will be available at the beginning of next term and will afford you the opportunity to buy readers and text books online. We shall also be providing short stories in PDF format which can be downloaded FREE OF CHARGE for pupils to use for class reading. These will promote expressive reading, improved word recognition and vocabulary extension.
In addition, our conscious cooking classes kick off next term. I am thrilled about bringing this enrichment project to schools! The Conscious Cooking Course educates children about the impact that their food choices have on personal health, our communities, animals and environment. By working in groups to prepare wholesome and affordable meals, children learn the value of renewable and efficient cooking methods. The course ensures that children learn to identify good nutrition and making the healthiest food choices.
More detailed information will follow next term on our new projects.
COMPETITIONS:
E-Classroom is currently running a “classrooms of the future” competition during which we encourage all grade 6 learners to “think collaboratively and innovatively” to describe their ideal, future classroom. This competition has been a great hit. Entry forms can still be downloaded from the e-Classroom website.
Animation Generation Competition
The aim of this competition is to inspire learners to express their talent and creativity by drawing cartoon characters. This competition closes on the 3rd September. There are fabulous prizes and the top three entries in each of three age groups will have their artwork displayed on Cartoon Network!
Learners are invited to create their own unique and delicious fish dish! This competition is open to all schools and age groups and closes 30 September 2012. Log on to the e-Classroom home page where you can click onto the competition page to download the entry form.
CURRENT:
Our Father’s Day cards are on-line! We also have new Geometry and Phonics worksheets online for grades 2 and 3.
We are, as always, busy with development of our support material for the grades R – 3 CAPS LIFESKILLS curriculum, for the 3rd and 4th term. It is time consuming to source sponsorship for this development, but our user numbers are proving that we are a favourite education portal and sponsors are increasingly interested! We had 23 000+ users visiting and downloading content from our website in May alone. We are proud of our achievement thus far. As the word spreads, the numbers keep growing, so thanks to all of you for your continuous support.
Sponsorship thanks for May:
BIC – Father’s Day cards
FLIPFILE – Alphabet activity sheets
PICK N PAY – Healthy food worksheets
FABER CASTELL – Learn to draw activities
SAFARI FRUIT – Mathematics worksheets
Until next time………
Take care
Natalie
www.e-classroom.co.za
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela
New Content Online
Our new content is online. You may log on to www.e-classroom.co.za to download cards for Mother’s day and activity worksheets for Geometry, Phonics and Planets. Enjoy!
