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On: 2013-11-07 12:23:06
Sarah Hanton changed the project abstract to:
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The LifePlayer project is a collaboration of the British Council, the South African Department of Basic Education, the Victoria Girls High School awarenet group and Rhodes Drama, Digital Arts and Journalism students to produce teaching and learning resources to help with English Literacy at the Primary School level.
Voluntary groups teamed up to record children's poems, stories and songs for loading onto the LifePlayer.
A LifePlayer is a portable wind-up radio and mp3 player which can store mp3 podcasts that can be used to help teach the children across South Africa. It is able to tune into South African news and radio and able to recharge with solar energy using a built-in solar panel, so the learning never ends.
The LifePlayers are produced by
LifeLine Energy were supplied by the
British Council, and the VGHS students were able to record themselves, with the help of other volunteers, reading poems and stories that were loaded on to the LifePlayer.
The last phase of the project has been to use these resources to assist with extra literacy (reading, writing and comprehension) lessons at a local primary school.
The use of the LifePlayers in combination with the Department of Education workbooks proved a fun and focused way to practice English language skills. Learner both enjoyed listening to the stories and recording themselves reading.
Through the British Council and the Department of Basic Education LifePlayers will be distributed to 100's of remote schools in South Africa as a teaching and learning aid.
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On: 2013-10-15 15:59:23
Jillian Welkom changed content of section dbxu44h3fyzjcbi5cz to
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Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
had what I would call a very close shave
he stepped on a bear
that had dozed off in there.
I'm glad he was faster than brave.
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On: 2013-10-15 15:54:48
Samantha Olivier changed content of section 6ga2hnjg0k5j2g48fv to
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Venus Flytrap There's a venus in my garden
its true though it sounds bizarre
it usually grows in wetter places
like America and Zanzibar
ill manage here, said Venus
With a silly little shrug
ill find a fly or two to eat
Or perhaps indeed a bug
ill open up my saw-like mouth
And chomp it wing by wing
And when im finished eating him
ill wait for another thing.
Lesson Planning- Introduce ourselves.
- Tell them what are going to do with them
- Ask them what the Venus Flytrap is
- Read the story
- Ask them what happened
- Read the story again
Questions- What the story is about
- Ask a few of them to read it
Teaching Experience - Last week Friday, we (Chelsea and I ) taught at C.M Vellem Primary
School .. It was a great experience and it was very interesting. The
children were very excited when we got to the school.. when we walked in
the classroom the children got so excited and i was quite surprised to
see how eager the girls and boys are to learn. we started teaching them
and they were very shy to talk to us, but they looked very interested.
we gave them worksheets to do and they enjoyed them. at the end we took
the girls outside and we did a fun activity with them. we used the life
player and on the life player there was the song "if you happy and you
know it" and we used that song and we showed them what actions to do and
after a while they got everything right, after they got the moves
right, we made a presentation for the boys, Dr. Hanton and the teacher
of C.M Vellem and all they really enjoyed it. the boys and girls went
home extremely happy and i was happy to see them happy.
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On: 2013-10-15 15:53:09
Jillian Welkom changed content of section 73rrfe8kj29hu50bee to
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Five batty bats
Were hanging ‘beneath the moon.
"Quiet!" said the first.
"The witch is coming soon."
"She’s green," said the second,
"With a purple pointy nose."
"Black boots," said the third,
"Cover up her ugly toes."
"Her broom," said the fourth,
"Can scratch you - that I know!"
"I’m scared," said the fifth.
"I think we’d better go."
Five batty bats
Escaped into the night.
"Dear me," said the witch.
"That’s a scary sight!"
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On: 2013-10-15 15:46:01
Vongai Chindeka changed content of section pbzvd37nuaio3xvnle to
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Story:
Two 9-year-old schoolgirls from Greenway Primary School rescued a 6-year-old boy who fell from a tree yesterday.
Brenda Smith and her friend Mandu Shabalala were on their way home from their first aid class at Greenway Primary School. They discovered 6-year-old Benny Basson, who had fallen from a tree he had climbed into to pick some fruit. The girls rushed to help him. Benny had knocked his head and was unconscious. He had also cut his arm and could have bled to death if the two girls had not stopped his bleeding. The girls called for an ambulance and then managed to stop Benny's bleeding. Benny was lucky that the two girls were returning home from their first aid class and had their first aid boxes with them. They also had gloves, to protect themselves against possible HIV infection from handling another person's blood. They bandaged Benny's wound before the ambulance arrived.
Mrs Twala, the school principal, will be presenting the two girls with an award at the school assembly on Friday.
Join the Red Cross. Use your local telephone directory to find the number of your province.
Lesson Plan:
- Ask the learners if they like climbing trees and if they have ever fallen from one
- Ask if any of the learners know what to do when someone gets hurt
- Read story make the learners read some of the paragraphs
- Ask questions:
- How old are the schoolgirls?
- What is the name of the girls' school?
- How did Benny hurt himself?
- What did Brenda and Mandu do to help Benny?
- Why did they wear gloves?
- Discuss the story and the answers
- Spelling test of difficult words
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On: 2013-10-15 15:45:32
Vongai Chindeka changed content of section pbzvd37nuaio3xvnle to
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Story:
Two 9-year-old schoolgirls from Greenway Primary School rescued a 6-year-old boy who fell from a tree yesterday.
Brenda Smith and her friend Mandu Shabalala were on their way home from their first aid class at Greenway Primary School. They discovered 6-year-old Benny Basson, who had fallen from a tree he had climbed into to pick some fruit. The girls rushed to help him. Benny had knocked his head and was unconscious. He had also cut his arm and could have bled to death if the two girls had not stopped his bleeding. The girls called for an ambulance and then managed to stop Benny's bleeding. Benny was lucky that the two girls were returning home from their first aid class and had their first aid boxes with them. They also had gloves, to protect themselves against possible HIV infection from handling another person's blood. They bandaged Benny's wound before the ambulance arrived.
Mrs Twala, the school principal, will be presenting the two girls with an award at the school assembly on Friday.
Join the Red Cross. Use your local telephone directory to find the number of your province.
Lesson Plan:
- Ask the learners if they like climbing trees and if they have ever fallen from one
- Ask if any of the learners know what to do when someone gets hurt
- Read story make the learners read some of the paragraphs
- Ask questions:
- How old are the schoolgirls?
- What is the name of the girls' school?
- How did Benny hurt himself?
- What did Brenda and Mandu do to help Benny?
- Why did they wear gloves?
- Discuss the story and the answers
- Spelling test of difficult words
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On: 2013-10-15 15:44:28
Vongai Chindeka changed content of section pbzvd37nuaio3xvnle to
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Story:
Two 9-year-old schoolgirls from Greenway Primary School rescued a 6-year-old boy who fell from a tree yesterday.
Brenda Smith and her friend Mandu Shabalala were on their way home from their first aid class at Greenway Primary School. They discovered 6-year-old Benny Basson, who had fallen from a tree he had climbed into to pick some fruit. The girls rushed to help him. Benny had knocked his head and was unconscious. He had also cut his arm and could have bled to death if the two girls had not stopped his bleeding. The girls called for an ambulance and then managed to stop Benny's bleeding. Benny was lucky that the two girls were returning home from their first aid class and had their first aid boxes with them. They also had gloves, to protect themselves against possible HIV infection from handling another person's blood. They bandaged Benny's wound before the ambulance arrived.
Mrs Twala, the school principal, will be presenting the two girls with an award at the school assembly on Friday.
Join the Red Cross. Use your local telephone directory to find the number of your province.
Lesson Plan:
- Ask the learners if they like climbing trees and if they have ever fallen from one
- Ask if any of the learners know what to do when someone gets hurt
- Read story make the learners read some of the paragraphs
- Ask questions:
- How old are the schoolgirls?
- What is the name of the girls' school?
- How did Benny hurt himself?
- What did Brenda and Mandu do to help Benny?
- Why did they wear gloves?
- Discuss the story and the answers
- Spelling test of difficult words
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On: 2013-10-11 12:54:53
Sarah Hanton changed content of section 6ga2hnjg0k5j2g48fv to
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Venus Flytrap
there's a venus in my garden
its true though it sounds bizarre
it usually grows in wetter places
like America and Zanzibar
ill manage here, said Venus
With a silly little shrug
ill find a fly or two to eat
Or perhaps indeed a bug
ill open up my saw-like mouth
And chomp it wing by wing
And when im finished eating him
ill wait for another thing.
Lesson Planning
introduce ourselves.
tell them what are going to do with them
ask them what the Venus Flytrap is
read the story
ask them what happened
read the story again
questions
what the story is about
ask a few of them to read it
Teaching Experience -
Last week Friday, we (Chelsea and I ) taught at C.M Vellem Primary
School .. It was a great experience and it was very interesting. The
children were very excited when we got to the school.. when we walked in
the classroom the children got so excited and i was quite surprised to
see how eager the girls and boys are to learn. we started teaching them
and they were very shy to talk to us, but they looked very interested.
we gave them worksheets to do and they enjoyed them. at the end we took
the girls outside and we did a fun activity with them. we used the life
player and on the life player there was the song "if you happy and you
know it" and we used that song and we showed them what actions to do and
after a while they got everything right, after they got the moves
right, we made a presentation for the boys, Dr. Hanton and the teacher
of C.M Vellem and all they really enjoyed it. the boys and girls went
home extremely happy and i was happy to see them happy.
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On: 2013-09-10 16:04:24
Samantha Olivier changed content of section 6ga2hnjg0k5j2g48fv to
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Venus Flytrap
there's a venus in my garden
its true though it sounds bizarre
it usually grows in wetter places
like America and Zanzibar
ill manage here, said Venus
With a silly little shrug
ill find a fly or two to eat
Or perhaps indeed a bug
ill open up my saw-like mouth
And chomp it wing by wing
And when im finished eating him
ill wait for another thing.
Lesson Planning
introduce ourselves.
tell them what are going to do with them
ask them what the venus flytrap is
read the story
ask them what happened
read the story again
questions
what the story is about
ask a few of them to read it
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On: 2013-09-10 16:01:35
Jillian Welkom changed content of section cx4a9vbfbszqbt5loa to
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LESSON PLANNING
1. Introduce ourselves.
2. Explain what we’re going to read to
them (bats)
3. Read it to them twice, then ask if
they understand
4. Get them to draw what they saw when
we were reading the story
5. Ask them questions about it
6. Give them sections to read from
7. Let the whole class read together
afterwards
QUESTIONS
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What
are bats?
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How
many bats are there?
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What
are they afraid of?
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How
does this thing/person look?
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What
covers up the ugly toes?
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What
happens in the end?
