The educators at the Union Schools hit the ground running this term!
Not only did they welcome and settle their learners for the new term, but they also attended a ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น and ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ Keller Education session hosted by Gavin Keller, executive director of Keller Education on Monday afternoon.
Union Pre-School, Graaff-Reinetโs staff attended a session on โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ดโ โ understanding and embedding the sensory motor programme.
Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโs session focussed on โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ท๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏโ. The first 48 months of formal schooling will determine the future experience. Letโs understand how classroom management can change it all!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs session was entitled โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏโ โ are we preparing our learners for the dramatic changes they will experience during this season of their lives?
Union extends its ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to all the educators who so willingly gave of their time to attend these sessions, as well as to Gavin Keller, for making the trip down from Cape Town to ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ and ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ our teachers to benefit our learners!
These sessions are part of the Union Schoolsโ ongoing ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, initiated in January 2021.
The professional development offered by Keller Education keeps our teachers up-to-date on new research on how children learn, emerging technology tools for the classroom and more.

๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!