Read about:
- Being a Buddy and volunteering at our upcoming Diepsloot Holiday Sports & Buddy Reader programme this July – 4th, 5th, 6th from 8:30am to 1pm daily. Please consider sponsoring a child if you are in a position to. Please also share the attached information.
- How to get a listing on our website to promote your private reading therapy, if you are already an Accredited Phono-Graphix Reading Therapist
- Read For Africa are offering accredited Phono-Graphix Reading Therapists an opportunity to work towards "ADVANCED" ACCREDITATION
- Read for Africa’s upcoming courses and events in 3 cities – July, August, September/October 2017
- The work that Read For Africa continues to do in partnership with St Peter's School and Edu Fun
Call for Volunteers - Holiday Sports and Buddy Reader Programme in Diepsloot - Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th of July
- 8:30am to 1pm daily
- We will meet at the Dainfern Valley Shopping Centre and car pool to Diepsloot each morning and travel back at 1pm.
- Volunteers needed for reading, sport and art activities - you can join for 1 morning or all mornings - your own children are welcome to join in and assist with the programme as well.
- No experience required - we will give buddy reader training on site
- Great opportunity for newly trained interns to get exposure to the programme and have an opportunity to practice your newly acquired skills
- See detailed information attached including the daily programme and our wish list
- Please share with anyone who you think might be in a position to assist us - either with their time or any financial contributions - it costs R280 per child to run the programme. We also have a wish list attached for certain items that are needed. Art and sport supplies, and some stationery.
- Tax Certificates available for cash donations and donations in kind.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION & DONATION DETAILS
Accredited reading therapist listing on our website and an opportunity to work towards being an "ADVANCED" Phono-Graphix Reading Therapist
If you are a certified Reading Therapist, you can pay R150 for a listing on our website site as an Accredited Phono-Graphix Reading Therapist.
Your accreditation number, together with your contact details will be listed http://www.readforafrica.com/index.php/therapists . Visit this page to see how your details would appear on the site.
This listing has proved to be a great way for “start-up” reading therapy practices or those individuals who are wanting to build up their private client base and want potential clients to see that they are linked to a bigger movement, are accredited and associated with an international brand. Sign up in the member area and complete your user profile with the details that you would like to be uploaded on the site. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information or to confirm your listing. The listing will be valid until 1 March 2018 when it would be due for renewal at R150 per year.
If you are already accredited and have attended an advance course, please enquire about the application to work towards "Advanced" Reading Therapist Status which will entitle you to a PowerPoint presentation template to give a free talk on Phono-Graphix to your colleagues and/or potential clients. You will also have a separate listing on the "Accredited" page on the website as you work your way up the Phono-Graphix ladder.
Our next Advanced Sound-to-Symbol-to-Meaning workshop will be held in Cape Town at the end of August, KZN in September and in Johannesburg in October.
The "advanced" workshop is a good refresher on basic concepts, skills and strategies whilst extending your knowledge of Phono-Graphix taking you from Sound-to-Symbol-to-Meaning - helping you to integrate Phono-Graphix into all curriculum areas including creative writing, logical reasoning and comprehension.
If you would like to attend a more in-depth refresher you are always welcome to attend one of our scheduled 1.5 day courses again at no charge. If you trained with us in 2015 or earlier than that and didn’t' start your internship, there might be a "late fee" for you to re-enter into the internship process. We want everyone who has done our course to be certified and utilise the programme fully and will support you as much as possible to achieve this.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND AN ORDER FORM
Edu Fun and St Peter’s Continue to REACH OUT in Diepsloot every Monday and Tuesday morning!
Our Diepsloot programme has expanded this year thanks to Monica Sloane at St Peter's and Avril Donnelly, the founding member of EDU FUN. We are now working with Grade 2 and 3 leaners with a larger group of passionate volunteers.
We run a Literacy Hour from 9:30am to 10:30am every Monday and Tuesday during the government school term time and we still NEED a lot of HELP to continue to provide more personalised attention to learners in need and to support the teachers who have 60 kids in their class at any given time …
We meet at Dainfern Shopping Centre at 9am every Monday and Tuesday morning and car pool to Diepsloot and back by 11am. 
Some of the St Peter's interns who have been trained in
Phono-Graphix and teach the Grade 2s on a weekly basis
Some of the children that we work with at Diepsloot Combined
EDU FUN is a non-profit organisation that has been operating in Diepsloot for the last 13 years.
Go to www.edufunsa.co.za to find out more about this organisation and how you can get involved in many of the great initiative.
Upcoming courses: Please share this information with friends or colleagues who may be interested in attending the initial 1.5 day Phono-Graphix Certification Course.
CLICK HERE FOR A DETAILED INFORMATION SHEET AND REGISTRATION FORM
Phono-Graphix Certification courses in Johannesburg in July/August; Cape Town at the end of August and in Durban in September / October 2017.
Attend a course and work towards a certification as an Independent Phono-Graphix Reading Therapist from R 1 750 per person.
Johannesburg
Weekend Saturday 29 July 2017 (full day) and Saturday 5 August 2017 (half day)
At Reddford House Northcliff - off 14th Avenue
Mid-week Next Mid-week course is scheduled for 3 consecutive Wednesdays
Wednesday 25 October, 1 November, 8 November 2017
9am to 1pm at Psych Assess in Bordeaux, Randburg
Cape Town Friday 25 August (1/2 day) and Saturday 26 August (full day)
Venue to be confirmed
Durban North September / October 2017 - dates and venue to be confirmed
If you have any queries on School Readiness, IQ, Learning Difficulties or Career related assessments, you can contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at Psych Assess who are both psychometrists and Phono-Graphix Reading Therapists, Trainers and Mentors.
Please stay in touch with us:
Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to be a Buddy and get involved in any of our programmes, or require more information about our courses.
Like our Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/readforafrica or join our group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/166538845748/.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in the Phono-Graphix Reading and Spelling method and your contribution to teaching Africa to read - one child or class at a time :-).
To update your "Finding your 70" template or to be reminded of our vision and how we plan to teach Africa to Read go to http://www.readforafrica.com/index.php/find-your-70
Wishing you all safe and happy travels over this upcoming holiday period.
"Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes .... including you"
Ann Lamott
Jenny and the READ FOR AFRICA TEAM :-)