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The Sunday Times Career Quest
is a standalone 48-page tabloid supplement, which will be published on April 17, 2011. It is aimed at learners in Grades 9-12, taking them from their subject choice dilemmas in Grade 9, to tertiary education concerns and career queries in Grade 12. In the 2011 edition there will be a special focus on scarce skills and how learners can make themselves more employable by getting the skills the country needs. For more information, contact: Margie Harris on harrism@avusa.co.za
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The Matric Q&A has been published since 2008 and contains Matric
exemplars and memoranda set by top teachers in their field. Each paper is checked for accuracy by curriculum advisers at the National Department of Basic Education. The Matric Q&A, which will be published in May, will give Grade 12 learners an opportunity to check their exam readiness during the June/July holidays, before they write their prelims. For more information, contact: Suzan Chala on chalas@avusa.co.za
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The newspapers in education programme (NIE),
which was launched more than five years ago, trains teachers at no cost in how to use newspapers as an additional resource in their classrooms. About 2 000 teachers are trained a year and also receive free workbooks full of ideas of how to use newspapers at all education phases from Grades R to 12. If you would like to attend one of our NIE workshops, please contact Nozi Canca on 011 280-5374. For more information, contact: Phanuel Mnguni on mngunip@avusa.co.za
o The NIE programme runs the ReadRight Rockz Club, which has 22 000 members; the Planet Power Your Future Sowetan Education Club, which has 7 200 members; and the Teachers’ Club, which has 8 200 members. The Sunday Times sends regular SMSs to the teachers and learners who are members of these clubs to keep them up to date with our educational projects, events and the supplements published in Avusa newspapers. To join the Teachers’ Club, SMS the word TEACH followed by your name, grade you teach and school to 32545. SMSs are charged at R1 For more information, contact: Nozi Canca on nozi.canca@avusa.co.za
Grade 4 learners, taught by Happy Khukhama (above left), take turns to read from a ReadRight cut-out-and-keep storybook