The latest WCED Employee Health and Wellness newsletter provides you with a practical guide to a flu-free winter! 🌨️Read here 👉bit.ly/3V39z2K.

Calling all parents! 🌟📚 Encourage your children to unlock the magic of reading every day! 📖✨ It opens their minds, sparks creativity, and builds essential skills. Visit the WCED's online library to download books to read to your child 👉bit.ly/372XTYl.

Fantastic news! I’m so proud of the WCEDNews team! 👏

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Don’t Wait‼️ Confirm your choice of school today. Read here 👉bit.ly/3VouKhg.

Nominations for the 2024 National Teaching Awards close TODAY, 31 May 2024! 🙌We have many exceptional teachers in the Western Cape who deserve to be recognised. Nominate them today! For more info, visit 👉bit.ly/NTAEnter.

Meet the newly elected Provincial Principals Forum! Read here 👉bit.ly/3V5J10G.

Don’t wait‼️ Outcome of 2025 school applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 are now available. Accept or decline offers before 14 June 2024. View outcome here 👉bit.ly/apply2025 #DontWait

Don’t wait! Outcomes of admissions applications available from 30 May 2024. Read statement by Western Cape Minister of Education David Maynier here 👉bit.ly/3KpI1Q1.

Day 2 of the training workshop on the Online Safety Curriculum Guideline kicked off with a feedback report from WCEDNews that they've run in schools. The Life Orientation coordinators were also grouped to hash out the relevancy of the concepts contained in the guidelines.

Nominations for the 2024 National Teaching Awards close this Friday, 31 May 2024! 🙌We have many exceptional teachers in the Western Cape who deserve to be recognised. Nominate them today! For more info, visit 👉bit.ly/NTAEnter.

The Western Cape's rich biodiversity faces many threats including unsustainable resource use, fires, climate change and invasive species. Have solutions?💡Join the 2024 Big Biodiversity Challenge! For more info, visit 👉bit.ly/3R2Dve3

The DBE, in partnership with Google, WCEDNews and Karen Walstra Consulting, have developed an online safety curriculum guideline for Grades 8-12.

Today in Pretoria, Life Orientation coordinators from the various provinces have gathered to be workshopped on the guidelines.

WCEDNews My daughter is in the choir. 😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕

Over 9 500 teachers are set to receive support this year through our #BackOnTrack programme! 🙌

This year, we will spend R292 million on our #BackOnTrack initiative aimed at addressing learning setbacks from the Covid-19 pandemic and enhancing educational outcomes in the Western Cape.

Teachers participating in the 1 + 9 intervention are taken out of class every 10 days for dedicated professional support. #BackonTrack

Our 1 + 9 #BackonTrack teacher training is taking place at our Cape Teaching and Leadership Institute!

“We must continue to investigate ways of expanding access and introduce new technologies to help improve the quality of special needs education in this province and we value the continued support of our partners in education, like DEPASA.” - Brent Walters

“This year alone, we will be building 30 additional classrooms for learners with special needs at special and existing schools.” - Brent Walters

“As a Province, expanding access to quality education is one of this Government's priorities, and special needs education is no exception to this.” - Brent Walters