by Andrea George | Oct 24, 2017 | Latest news
The Wordworks team was privileged to spend some time with Jane Oakhill, Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex, and Prof Carsten Elbro, an expert on dyslexia from the University of Copenhagen. Jane was one of the keynote speakers at the recent 2017 LITASA...
by Andrea George | Oct 23, 2017 | Featured, Latest news
Thank you to the Co-ordinators who worked hard to assess the Ready Steady Read Write Programme Grade One learners at the beginning and middle of this year. At this workshop, we were excited to share with them reports that we compiled for each school indicating...
by Andrea George | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured
Did you know that our Ready Steady Read Write tutor Programme has benefitted 15 300 children since it started in 2005! In the October edition of our newsletter we hear from some of the literacy champions of this programme. Shelley O’Carroll shares some...
by Andrea George | Oct 12, 2017 | Stories from our network
I am a Foundation Phase teacher. I was teaching at George Dickerson primary school in 2010 in Grahamstown, when I met Cathy Gush. She introduced me to Wordworks (Ready, Steady Read Write and Home-School Partnerships programmes). I was hooked! The Wordworks’ programmes...
by Andrea George | Oct 12, 2017 | Stories from our network
My introduction to the Ready Steady programme was in 2009. I was honoured to be asked by the teachers at Cornflower Primary to assist with the parent programme. I then volunteered for the Ready Steady co-ordinator training where I felt my head was going to burst with...
