On 25 July 2022 we had the delight of opening a new afterschool project at Raithby Primary School in the Stellenbosch Winelands. Up until now, many learners have stood outside the school every afternoon, unattended, waiting for their transport to take them home. Now that […]
As an end of year treat 100 of the Boland children from the Anna Foundation had a fun picnic in Radloff park, enjoyed KFC kindly sponsored, and thereafter went to the Playhouse Theatre in Somerset West to watch an entertaining performance of Shrek! Well done […]
Renee Lighton is our educational trainer for our Anna Foundation facilitator workshops.The facilitators in the recent training day (whichoccurs monthly) benefited hugely from her innovative, educational ideas which the facilitators will pass on to their children in each of their school projects. We are delighted […]
This year’s Cape Wine Auction raised a staggering R22.3 million! This money will be distributed between 22 charities in the Winelands, of which the Anna Foundation is one. We are extremely grateful to all who supported this year’s auction! www.thecapewineauction.com
Reading (Education): Good auditory skills have amongst others, significant benefits for learning reading. This month our facilitators focus on auditory perception and how to apply it in shared reading. These listening skills are practiced by playing auditory games with the children on a regular basis […]
Reading (Education): The current worksheet theme is “My Body”. Facilitators are trained how to incorporate creative and exciting introductions to make lessons more effective and bring the theme to life. Hangman, spelling competitions and even drawing with feet or blindfolded is a huge hit but […]
We have been monitoring the children in our programme academically since 2012. This has been done as consistently as possible by means of a June and November exam administered to all children from Grade 1 until Grade 7 (and for a few projects until Grade […]