In March 2016, a year to date, the Penreach Umphakatsi project introduced the first ever Toy Library to the community of Msholozi, based at Khula- Khula Day-Care Centre. This Toy Library has been a success in the development of the centre based as well as...
If you have ever been hungry, you will know how profoundly it affects your ability to think and work. It is no wonder that hunger and malnutrition is hailed as two of the greatest barriers to effective learning in South Africa’s poor communities. A newly established...
The top notch education and wide variety of activities offered at Penryn Prep School once seemed an impossible ideal for ten youngsters from local townships. This has, however, become a reality for these high achievers through the Penreach Shalamuka Bursary Project. The ten scholars hail from...
Broadening the skills & knowledge of our teachers Penreach Courageous Leadership Development Programme Launch Newsletter Term 1, 2016 Newsletter Term 2, 2016 Umphakatsi launch: Making ECD everyone’s business Penreach BayLab Byte Perspective from our partners ...
“I don’t look the time to knock off, I look the work!” It is statements like these, delivered with such emphasis by Foundation Phase teacher Joyce Khoza that validate the efforts around teacher development in Mpumalanga. Joyce joined the Penreach Teacher Development programme in 2006....
Name-calling and labelling: The actual effect it has on school children No name-calling week might sound unfamiliar to some, but did it ever cross your mind why such a week has been introduced in the first place and why it’s celebrated by hundreds of schools and supported...
As a result of poor performance in Mathematics at Grade 9, which stood at an average of 10.8% nationally (ANA Results, 2014), the minister of Basic Education said: “Our Achilles’ heel remains the unacceptably low performance in Grade 9 Mathematics. All ANA results and diagnostic reports...
Mrs. Nyundu Ngomane has 68 learners in her Grade 4 Mathematics class at Somcuba Primary School. Overcrowding, classroom control and ill-discipline are the main issues that demotivate and prevent her from effectively teaching a subject she once loved. In February 2016, Penreach administered diagnostic tests...
National Book Week 2016, which ran from 5 to 10 September saw hive of activities initiated by Penreach in its continued involvement with local communities. Prior to the Book Week, a Reading Camp stakeholders’ forum was hosted from 2 – 3 September at Bundu Lodge. The...