With the generous sponsorship of RAM Hand-to-Hand Couriers over the past couple of years SmartBrain has been able to help give the Grade R learners of Bellville South Primary School in 
Cape Town a solid foundation as they embark on their schooling.
These learners are from vulnerable, previously disadvantaged homes and many come from homes still stricken with poverty and social ills. The feedback from teachers as they confidently send these learners to Grade 1 has been overwhelmingly positive and SmartBrain has become a well-loved member of the Bellville South family.
With the Covid-19 pandemic offering significant challenges in delivering the programme since the 2nd term of 2020, we have invested significant resources into developing our online platform (seen in action below) to minimise the risk to staff, facilitators and learners. This platform has been implemented by SmartBrain in one-on-one sessions and in groups with great success over the past 9 months!
SmartBrain Bethlehem has also added four more facilitators to their team this January. In the front sits Nomthandazo Maseko and Reabetswe Mofokeng and at the back we have Salminah Mofokeng on the left and Natasha van der Westhuizen on the right.
Navorsing in veld van neurowetenskap openbaar dat vroeë kinderontwikkeling die ideale tyd is om basiese lees en taalvaardighede aan te leer. Dit is die hoeveelheid taal waaraan ‘n kind tydens hierdie “venster van geleentheid” periode blootgestel word wat bepaal of kinders lewenslank gemotiveerde lesers gaan word of nie.
