Video games: good, bad or both?
Gaming has become more popular due to lockdown. Is this good, bad, or a combination of both? Read what the experts have to say.
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Impaq can help you make the switch to full-time homeschooling
By Louise Schoonwinkel, MD of Optimi Home, a company that operates Impaq, South Africa’s largest home education curriculum provider.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all aspects of human life. It has made people across the globe think differently about how we work,...Read more
Covid -ed Out… It’s enough already!
You’d think that by now we’d have gotten used to living with the Covid pandemic. I mean, it has been like 15 years hasn’t it? Sure feels like it – or am I just Covid-ed out?
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Schooling during COVID, part 1: What the evidence says?
By Dr Despina Demopoulos a paediatric intensivist at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre#VoicesThatCare In the lead up to the start of the academic year for 2021, conflicting views regarding schooling during Covid were expressed. Government, teacher trade unions,...Read more
Schooling during COVID, part 2: Ensuring schools are safe
Safety and precautionary measures to ensure schools are safe for learners, teachers, staff and parents.
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Is my allergy acting up again, or do I have Covid-19?
The 5Cs in allergy management. For patients who suffer from allergies, there is much conflicting discussion and opinions in the medical world, as well as in the media, regarding the risk level that COVID-19 poses to this population.
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COVID’s 2nd wave and sending kids back to school
A doctor’s advise about sending kids back to school during Covid’s 2nd wave with ideas about what risks to consider and safety precautions to take at school
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11 Extra Murals Online and Offline: now just a click away
With just a click of the mouse, extra murals online and even offline can now be enjoyed. Choose from Coding, Dancing, Horse Riding, Drama and Dance.
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Awesome back-to-school shopping offers to jazz up 2021
Awesome back-to-school shopping offers, at affordable prices. Suppliers of stationery, school bags, labels and even personalised items to jazz up your year
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Alternative schooling options: homeschooling, cottage school, online & more
What schooling options do you have and how would you go about switching from mainstream to any other school?
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Impaq: Your guide to homeschooling in 2021
Whether you are a homeschooling veteran or a nervous newcomer, Impaq is your best homeschooling guide in 2021.
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As a parent, I am exhausted …
I’ve never lived through a pandemic. You’ve never lived through a pandemic.
And our teachers and schools have never had to work through a pandemic.
It’s a first time for everyone.
No one has the answers.
No one is getting it right.
And no one is to blame.
I am just so tired and sad for my children right now.
Covid 19: New Year, New Strain – what you need to know
Dr Sheri Fanaroff answers your most common questions regarding the new COVID strain. How does it affect quarantine periods, school, work, domestic helpers and more
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