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We are currently accepting applications for another group of ECD students in the DRAKENSTEIN VALLEY (Paarl and surrounds) for an Online QCTO Occupational Certificate at NQF LEVEL 4. This course runs for 12 months and will finish in 2027. We invite all interested students to complete the application form by clicking on the link provided.

Please also upload all required documents on or before FRIDAY 1 MAY 2026 should you wish to be considered for this opportunity.

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We're hiring! Are you a teacher / remedial therapist / occupational therapist who is passionate about making a difference in the future of our country? We'd love to hear from you!

Exciting news!

We are currently accepting applications for another group of ECD students in the DRAKENSTEIN VALLEY (Paarl and surrounds) for an Online QCTO Occupational Certificate at NQF LEVEL 4. This course runs for 12 months and will finish in 2027. We invite all interested students to complete the application form by clicking on the link provided.

Please also upload all required documents on or before FRIDAY 1 MAY 2026 should you wish to be considered for this opportunity.

Click on this below to apply:
https://forms.gle/Ng13Abos5SiCYVWC8

www.amazingbrainz.org

Did you know that reading for pleasure has a stronger impact on educational achievement than the socio-economic status of parents?

"Even infants and young children are affected adversely when significant stresses threaten their family and caregiving environments."

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University




Photo credit: Unsplash, Johann Walter Bantz

Did you know that the GDP in South Africa would be 23% to 30% higher if all South Africans were sufficiently literate to participate in the formal economy?





(Source: M. Gustafsson, S. Van der Berg, D. Shepherd and C. Burger. 2010. "The costs of illiteracy in
South Africa.")

Do we only use 10% of our brains? Evidence shows that over a day we use 100% of the brain. Even in sleep, areas such as the frontal cortex, which controls things like higher-level thinking and self-awareness, are active.

It's not just important to read, it's important to read for pleasure.

Numerous studies show reading for pleasure develops vocabulary, grammar, writing style and spelling.

Literacy development happens when we understand what we read.

Brain development in utero forms a small but powerful part of all AmazingBrainz SmartTeaching training.

Awareness of the effects of a mother's choices on her unborn child enables her to make life-altering decisions for her child's future.

Babies and toddlers who hear more words develop a larger vocabulary. As a result, when they go to school, they read better because they understand more.

Toddlers who know more words, read better later in life, and school-going children who read for pleasure perform better in all subjects, including maths.