Mother Tongue Wednesdays: A backyard afterschool library in Joburg is reclaiming language and learning
ORANGE FARM: The chatter of children’s voices rises from behind a corrugated gate on a Wednesday afternoon in Drieziek 3, Orange Farm. Inside a small backyard... Read more.
Bridging Home and School: Why parents matter
ORANGE FARM: Experts have long held that a key to reading success is not exclusive to the classroom, but in the everyday learning that happens at home. “Learning... Read more.
These schools are turning language barriers into learning success
ORANGE FARM: At Laus Deo Primary and Lehae Primary School, teachers are demonstrating that language should never be a barrier to learning. In classrooms where children... Read more.
New data points to solutions for SA’s child literacy woes
ORANGE FARM: New research has highlighted both the depth of the problem with child literacy in South African schools – and pathways to solutions. The results were... Read more.
Sandpits and Story Circles – How Lenasia South and Orange Farm pre-schools are rewriting their own literacy story
ORANGE FARM: In a country where less than half of Grade 4 learners can read for meaning, educators in Orange Farm and Lenasia South are demonstrating the power of... Read more.