What makes the Platinum Natural sciences course unique? Skills focus pages cover process skills prescribed by CAPS and give learners opportunity to practice each new skill; high-quality artwork and real-life photographs enhance visual literacy and make the subject matter more accessible; key words boxes throughout the text and science language practice at the end of each topic makes scientific language accessible for learners; key concepts at the end of each unit and topic revisions reinforce new content and concepts; more resources pages make the subject interesting and applicable to everyday life. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

An in-depth discussion of the teaching of English as home language in grades 1, 2 and 3, as described by the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of 2011. Focuses on the practical side, with a strong research foundation that will enhance knowledge of literacy and how to teach it. Includes assessment of each language skill and a wealth of examples. Aimed at educators in search of basic and new ideas for the teaching of English as home language or as first additional language in the foundation phase; parents doing home schooling, and lecturers and students of the foundation phase at tertiary level.

What makes the Platinum Natural sciences course unique? Skills focus pages cover process skills prescribed by CAPS and give learners opportunity to practice each new skill; high-quality artwork and real-life photographs enhance visual literacy and make the subject matter more accessible; key words boxes throughout the text and science language practice at the end of each topic makes scientific language accessible for learners; key concepts at the end of each unit and topic revisions reinforce new content and concepts; more resources pages make the subject interesting and applicable to everyday life. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

Die title behandel die onderrig van Afrikaans as huistaal in Graad 1, 2 en 3 soos beskryf in die Hersiene Nasionale Kurrikulumverklaring (HNKV) binne die raamwerk van uitkomsgerigte onderwys (UGO). Die title bevat ook inligting vir die onderrig van Graad R. Die onderrig van luister, praat, lees en kyk, skryf, dink en redeneer asook taalstruktuur en -gebruik word breedvoerig bespreek en praktiese idees word gegee.

What makes the Platinum Natural sciences course unique? Skills focus pages cover process skills prescribed by CAPS and give learners opportunity to practice each new skill; high-quality artwork and real-life photographs enhance visual literacy and make the subject matter more accessible; key words boxes throughout the text and science language practice at the end of each topic makes scientific language accessible for learners; key concepts at the end of each unit and topic revisions reinforce new content and concepts; more resources pages make the subject interesting and applicable to everyday life. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

X-kit Achieve [subject, grade, e.g. Mathematics Grade 10] Study Guide has been revised to according incorporate the latest Assessment Guidelines (as outline in Section 4 of the CAPS), and updated with current trends to ensure the content remains relevant and applicable to learners. Written by experienced teachers, X-kit Achieve Study Guides are filled with step-by-step explanations, annotated diagrams and illustrated concepts, plenty of practice activities and answers, summary tables, and exam hints and tips.

The Cool Nguni is one of the winners in the Ibby Exclusive Books Children's Book Competition. The next title in the series is called "The long trousers", which is also about 'Gaps' the Cool Nguni calf. He is called Gaps because his hide looks like the gaps between the branches of a tree. In this new story, we find Gaps in the midst of frantic, colourful wedding preparations. His bug sister is about to get married. Now Gaps faces another problem: Father Nguni Bull has given him a brand new pair of trousers to wear to the wedding, but they are much too long! Gaps ask every cow in his family to shorten the trousers, but they are all too busy preparing for the wedding. Gaps gives up and goes to bed, leaving his trousers lying in the kitchen. Very early the next morning, as the cows enter the kitchen, they see the neglected trousers, and each in turn shortens them, with hilarious results. But Gaps comes out tops yet again!

Good reading and writing skills are not only essential for effective communication in today's world - they also form the basis of a child's continuing education and therefore need to be mastered in the first few years of schooling. Literacy in the Foundation Phase discusses the teaching of English as home language in Grades 1, 2 and 3 as described by the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of 2011. It also touches on the teaching of literacy in Grade R. Literacy in the Foundation Phase focuses on the practical teaching of English. In addition, the book's strong research foundation will enhance any researcher's knowledge of literacy and how to teach it. The assessment of each language skill is discussed and examples are provided. This edition offers a theoretical background to language development and basic literacy. The book is premised on the importance of a solid language foundation as key to effective learning and advocates the desirability of mother-tongue education. Contents include the following: Diverse approaches to teaching literacy; teaching of listening, speaking, reading and viewing, writing, thinking and reasoning; language structure and use; handwriting: print and cursive writing; classroom activities and ideas for assessment; storytelling methods and ideas;a CD-Rom with a Grade 1 font is included.