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Teacher Marenda Venter initially began writing Grades 4 to 7 math books for her own personal use in the classroom, which eventually led to her developing a curriculum for the foundation phase in the form of textbooks, which she has since published and released to the public.<\/p>\n

Venter, who is one of the founder teachers of Pharos Primary School in Jeffreys Bay, and is currently their academic head, head of the hybrid home school and curriculum developer, is a Grades 4 to 7 teacher with 30 years of experience.<\/p>\n

Since Venter has always been passionate about curriculum development, she began writing Grades 4 to 7 maths books for her own classes.<\/p>\n

As time passed, she decided to also write Grades 4 to 7 Afrikaans language books, with the aim of making them teacher- and learner-friendly, with enough examples and explanations.<\/p>\n

Venter, who trains and mentors younger teachers, said she noticed that there was a huge need to show teachers how to integrate subjects with the Bible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, therefore, embraced the opportunity to make biblical values and truths part of all the different learning areas. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was placed on my heart to ensure students saw academics from the root of God\u2019s word,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone once said, the things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling. <\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that I had found my calling. God has gifted me with an extraordinary love for writing and developing curriculum content.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Books\"<\/p>\n
Set of grade R books, Grade 1 Bible, life skills, phonics and language books were all available in English and Afrikaans. <\/div>\n
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She said it was therefore a natural progression for her to move on to a natural science and social science curriculum, which included YouTube video links to assist the teacher, making the learning process easier and more fun. English language textbooks were then next on her to do list.<\/p>\n

To assist the additional language students (Afrikaans and English), she added \u2018dictionary blocks\u2019 which showed the meaning of difficult words in the learner\u2019s home language.<\/p>\n

After completing the Grades 2 and 3 maths textbooks, Venter said the school\u2019s principal, Fanie Vermaak, encouraged her to continue developing a curriculum for the foundation phase. \u201cI will forever be thankful for the opportunity and push he gave me in that direction,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

She said a set of Grade R books, Grade 1 Bible, life skills, phonics and language books were all available in English and Afrikaans. <\/p>\n

In November last year, Pharos School and Venter went into a joint venture and decided to make the textbooks available to the public. <\/p>\n

The textbooks were also advertised on the Association of Christian School International (SA)\u2019s website page. <\/p>\n

She said home school parents throughout the country and especially Afrikaans speaking families, jumped at the opportunity to buy these books. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo our astonishment, 1 070 books were sold in just the first two months,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so blessed and it is such an awesome journey I find myself on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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