Workbooks available for download
You can download all the PDFs of the workbooks and Teachers’ Guides in English and Afrikaans at www.thunderboltkids.co.za To read a comprehensive blog post about the creation of these Natural Sciences and Technology workbooks in 2012, please visit our Siyavula blog...
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The second workshop took place from 22-25 March at St John’s College once again. Most of the teachers returned, plus we had 6 new teachers and curriculum specialists arrive. The new volunteers quickly got up to scratch with the content and tools we were using and slotted into the group really well. Day 1 The first objective was to look at what authors had managed to do in the interim between the first and second workshop. There was a “Checklist” to go through and assess the quality of...
Read MorePlanning Workshops
At the end of 2011 we hosted two full day planning workshops between the Siyavula organizers, members from Sasol Inzalo, a curriculum adviser from the Primary Science Project, the Research Officer from the UCT Schools Project and other interested parties. If you put a bunch of intelligent, motivated, insightful people, who are passionate about making a difference in education in South Africa, into a room for the day, the outcome is sure to be explosive! The workshops turned into “think...
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