by Lara Philip | Jul 20, 2022 | Blog
It is a well-known fact that effective schooling takes place when teachers, parents and learners form a partnership and work together towards a common goal. However, in my experience, very rarely do all three parties come together in any meaningful way.
by Michelle McMenamin | Jun 9, 2022 | Blog
LATEST NEWS Dealing with disappointment and your child It’s every parent’s nightmare, receiving a call from their child’s teacher or Principal. As a Principal myself, I am often the one making these calls, however, this week I received one from my child’s school....
by Juanita Schippers | May 16, 2022 | Blog
LATEST NEWS The importance of building strong parent partnerships in schools When parents and educators develop effective partnerships within a school community, the positives far outweigh the negatives. Partnerships make for a positive school environment built on...
by Judy Hurrie | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog
LATEST NEWS The benefits of a Bridging programme in a mainstream school My name is Judy Hurrie and I am a single mom to a special young man of 7, Mazithi, who brings much joy to my life. I have been teaching for many years and I am incredibly passionate about my job...
by Brenda Leemans | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog
LATEST NEWS Bonding Time in the Car: A Blog for Dads My fondest childhood memories of my dad always involved a car trip. Sometimes it was a drive around Braamfontein on a Saturday morning, killing time while my mom was on a course in the city. Other times it was an...
by Tom Jordi | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
LATEST NEWS Fish don’t climb trees There is a saying that suggests that if we judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its life believing it is a failure. At Knights it is believed that our children must be secure in their uniqueness. Perhaps, at the...
by Tammi Carter | Nov 16, 2021 | Blog
LATEST NEWS What is Inquiry Based Learning? Do you remember that one topic in primary school? All the names, dates and places? No? Yea, me neither. In a world and schooling system so obsessed with jamming content down our throats, it is a relief that some of us (the...
by Avashni | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog
LATEST NEWS The importance of language development The importance of language development in Pre School – at home and at school Language development is about more than talking. It includes all the different ways a child understands and communicates, only part...
by Merlyn Smith | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog
LATEST NEWS The leap between pre-school and primary school As the year gears down to it’s last quarter, the Grade R’s are gearing up for their annual School Readiness testing. School readiness is determined when a pre-school child has already turned 6 years...
by Brenda Leemans | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog
Parents and children have been having disagreements as far back as parenthood goes, but our modern world provides children with ways of alienating themselves from their parents that simply didn’t exist 100 or even 20 years ago.
