FEEDBACK
I think your newsletter offers an opportunity for kids to be aware of what is happening in the world without all the graphic detail found in traditional media
Robyn
Parent
This newspaper is in many circumstances the only reading material the learners and educators have access to. Please keep up the good work as we use these newspapers in all our classrooms in the Sedibeng district.
I am a Senior Education Specialist at the GDE. I support educators teaching English and Afrikaans. I give the newspaper to all the educators in my district to use in their classrooms.
Most of the people I give the newspaper to does not have access to the Internet.That is +/- 30 000 (150 schools with +/-200 learners in the Senior Phase). I estimate that it can even be more.
Monica Potgieter
Senior Education Specialist : Languages
Gauteng Department of Education
I find your articles are very suitable for comprehensions. I prefer them to any text book as they are topical and extend reading and knowledge I pass relevant hard copies of articles and worksheets to the Junior grades – 2/3 (Approximately 26 other children and two teachers. THANK YOU for all you do – this publication adds value to my teaching.
Worksheets: Absolutely – I particularly like the Maths ones
Amy Evans
Southern Cross Schools, Limpopo
Found this form of reading the newspaper and staying up to date with current events hugely beneficial. My children watch eNews, but obviously not always appropriate for my son in Grade 4.
Tracey Peter
Parent
We are an after school Childrens Club. P Section Association for Children & Youth. 98 Bongo Drive , Khayelitsha. This is a very helpful tool to expand the childrens world.
Brian Smart ; Thammi Makayi
Western Cape
I work for a rural development NGO- 4 integrated pillars of focus - Self Help, Education, Positive Health & Economic Development – Learn the News is printed and taken to a Rural School where they are taught in a multi grade system so it is really helpful to have work sheets to work from. The children love the worksheets and have so much fun.
The worksheets are a great help to the teachers since there are only 2 of them with 7 grades and they have not received their class 1 and 2 workbooks from the Dept. of Education yet!!
Learn the News is a great initiative and a wonderful resource for us.
Kathryn Court
Angus Gillis Foundation
Fort Brown, near Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
Very good articles. Makes good activities for teachers without Resources. I give to about 50 schools, so it's a lot. I use it in workshops when I am with Literacy/ Language/ library teachers.
Roster Chambale
Penryn Outreach, White River, Mpumalanga
Used as extension and remediation in an "academic extension" programme for G6, 7 pupils from three disadvantaged schools- completed as" homework". Usually we estimate 3 people per copy we make LTN has been a wonderful crutch- the knowledge that we have work we can fall back on, that is apposite, relevant, correct is liberating in planning and implementing our programme.
Tim Barnard
St Andrew's Outreach
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
As a remedial school, Learn the news plays an important role in providing high interest/easy text for children who struggle with reading. Our teachers find the worksheets most valuable.
Pam Cheesman
Pretoria Preparatory School, Gauteng
Learn the News is very useful that it has aroused interest of all community members of our school. It keeps us informed of the current news in and outside our country. It keeps our learners interested in working on the worksheets because they are designed in an attractive manner with illustrations.
Keep up the good work. Thank you. Ms Kgoroba (Principal)
Ms G. Kgoroba (principal)
Harmony Christian School, North West
I place 12 copies at the local tea room- some schools collect. For our rural children, this opens up a whole new world to them!
Hazel Stanley
Weenen Primer, KwaZulu-Natal
Great work. Wonderful contributions from schools broaden our sense of knowledge of others. Keep it up.
Charmaine Urquhart
St Andrew's Preparatory School,
Welkom, Free State
Your newspaper is a child friendly edition of current news. Our Grade 7's use it extensively for comprehension, quizzes and silent reading skills followed by discussion
Brenda Wepener
Athlone Primary, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Great part of our school week. Kids enjoy it very much. There is a lot for the younger children to read, so each week I just pick out certain parts of it.
Karen Hobson
St Andrew's Preparatory School, Grahamstown
Great work. Wonderful contributions from schools broaden our sense of knowledge of others. Keep it up. There is a great need for a children newspaper which the LEARN THE NEWS fills at this stage.
Emmy Bradshaw
Solid Foundations School
Kempton Park, Gauteng
We have really enjoyed Learn The News and have incorporated it into our daily lessons whenever possible. It's a great way to inform the kids about current affairs!
Amy Beckett
Homeschool
Cape Town, Western Cape
I am a teacher and I use Learn the News for extra lessons in English and Maths, as well as extension for brighter kids. The worksheets are great and I find them very useful for Extra Maths and English
Jane Horn
Oakhill School. Knysna, Western Cape
This is a really worthwhile way of keeping children informed without the gory detail of daily newspapers.
Lydia McIntosh
Cowan House, KwaZulu-Natal
It is seen by 800 learners in a rural state school.
Mamphekgo Calvin Wa-Makotanyane
Ubuhle Bolwazi High School
I use it on the Current Affairs board in the Creativity Centre at school. I also pass it on.
Shelley Leisegang
St Mary's DSG
Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal
The articles are well written, informative and useful.
Mrs V Pillay
St Anthony's School, Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
Great effort. Keep the faith.
Kevin Kirby
Gauteng
I always forward to my children's teachers too – just in case they don't receive it personally! I find it very useful! I've printed the latest issue (received this week) to take on our car trip.....
Lianne Booth.
Parent, Cape Town
I find it a wonderful newsletter and read it through every time; it's very interesting, particularly the "today in history" section. It provides a goldmine of information. The illustrations are very cute.
Firn Hyde,
Hideaway Homeschool, Heidelberg, Gauteng.
Please carry on! It is a unique resource and just so much fun to read and do with the children - it broadens their horizon like little else
Barbara Groeblinghoff
Parent, Gauteng.
Thanks for all your trouble. You make my load as a home school mom much lighter
Antoinette Pieterse
A very good learning and enrichment techniques for kids and parents. A very detailed/ highlighted information for quick reference and up to speed on different countries and their activities / surroundings
Anusha Sanjith
Parent
My kids can't wait for the newspaper. They have improved their general knowledge and are able to keep up with the day to day news without being exposed to the negative side of news. I think this is also contributing in installing a positive attitude to their country.
I am in a hospital working at a Gynaecologist room we give it to all our new moms as well as leave a copy in our waiting room for parents and patients to read.
Yes to my domestic and she takes it to her children's schools in Daveyton Benoni (4 copies)
Noeleen Haacke
Gauteng
I just found out about you last week, will be encouraging my teachers to use, when we are able to get them computers and internet access
I get it to around 600 children – copies are made for eight schools in KwaZulu-Natal Karenne
Bloomgarden
Umhlali, KwaZulu-Natal.
I use Learn the News selectively, as I use it during the library period. But the children have learnt a great deal since using it, they look for the countries on the map before we begin, discuss the topic and also try to find additional information in the rather elderly books in the library. Discussion is usually quite interesting, lots of questions are posed and I have also had a great insight into how these children see the world. Most of them find the worksheets quite a challenge. Although all the children are taught in English, they are still not as proficient as mother tongue English speakers. I find Sipho on Thursdays worksheet is easier for them to understand
Norma Russell
Faithway School, Himeville
I use the publication for my foundation phase class, and it is fantastic. Makes the work interesting - and increases general knowledge.
Susan Plumb
Poplar Primary, Gauteng
The worksheets are great and make using the news easy .I use comprehension, fact and opinion, language skills and problem solving activities all the time. It is really nice to be able to use up to date info as class room exercises.
Colleen, Southern Cross Schools, Limpopo
We put aside 2 hours each Fri morning and this is what we concentrate on
Karen Atherstone
Parent
North West
A great publication. Keep up the good work. We really enjoy your hard work and up to date news in a format that the children can understand.
Judy Wellbeloved
Drakensberg Choir School, KwaZulu-Natal
