👩🏽‍🏫uThisha Omuhle👩🏽‍🏫 Profile picture
Your sister-in-Education👩🏽‍🎓 Departmental Head (Foundation Phase) 🇿🇦B.Ed (NWU Alumni) || 🌈 friendly❤️ Award Winning Co-Parent🤱🧑‍🍼 City Moms Are Up🍾🥂
Sep 9 4 tweets 1 min read
I'm really no longer entertaining the Reading Crisis in Grade 4 anymore.

We KNOW what the issue is from Foundation Phase but we are deliberately NOT listened to. We are constantly told to adjust marks during the Verification Process.

As a Departmental Head and FP SAT co ordinator, I can confirm that we receive a mandate to adjust marks by 5% in core subjects.
Aug 26, 2024 11 tweets 2 min read
Hi guys!

This evening I am a making a very short but hopefully informative thread on how to improve counting skills, particularly at Grade 2 Level.🌺 Why is counting so important?

That might be the question on a lot of parents' minds.

A child's ability to count helps him/her with sequencing / ordering. Your child gets to understand the importance of routine through counting.

It also serves as a foundation for Maths skills.
Nov 6, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
As a woman, nothing will ever prepare you for the pain of being in love with someone who views you as a wife and mother but NOT a sexual being. They completely disregard that at a point, you were a sexual being before becoming a mother or wife . They can't see you in lingerie. They prefer seeing you close your laptop, read the Bible and come straight to bed and call it a night.

Meanwhile in your head, you want him to say "pause work a bit, I miss you."
Oct 27, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Teachers, when you are changing schools; DO NOT allow your principal to bully you into filling in a resignation form.

They know the system‼️. If you are changing schools; particularly interprovincially; you don’t fill in a resignation.

It will wipe you OFF THE DATBASE‼️‼️😩 And once you are OFF the database, you will NEED to start over.

And guess what?

Another 6 months waiting for a salary!!!

If you are changing schools, consult your HR, just provide your new appointment letter to the school you’re leaving and start at your new school.
Aug 22, 2022 13 tweets 2 min read
“Why do our children need cursive?!” 😭

I get asked this question quite often. So I’m going to share the importance of cursive handwriting 🌸 especially in Early Childhood. 1. Cursive develops the Fine Motor Skills of a young child.

This means; a child would have to fully focus on his/her pencil grip when forming cursive letters.

This practice improves their ability to tie shoelaces, tie knots, squeeze a sponge etc.