The BAT Junior Dancing Pencils Writing Club which has been running under Ms Veena Gangaram for four years is back in action. It takes place in the library at the BAT centre ... Continue Reading →
By Zithini Dlamini
Four learners who are all in Matric from St Marks High School in Nelspruit are receiving training on right brain writing. The project started in February 2014, ... Continue Reading →
Khulkani Magubane began his publishing career at the age of 16 when he became a member of the Bubbles Dancing Pencils Writing Club in Estcourt. Each year he was a regular contributor ... Continue Reading →
Deep in the Valley of a Thousand hills, the Narrative Foundation gave a book launch to honour 82 year old Makhosi Nokusho Bhengu who has been a Sangoma for 49 years.
The launch was ... Continue Reading →
Last February Dancing Pencils held a party with the theme “paradigm shift to success.” This February, the theme for the party was “success stories.” About ... Continue Reading →
The story highlights changes in a child's life from having the opportunity to learn to write stories and to read. The child starts out as an orphan in a squatter camp, and finishes up as a bright little girl with her own book launch and published story. It aims at getting funding in our NPO to enable the NPO to help with literacy by training children to write stories, publishing them and then giving books to disadvantaged children and so encouraging reading of child written books. This helps with literacy as children will read what children write.. The little orphan is the daughter of Bonga Zondo, who was the cameraman and editor. The teacher is Bonga's wife. The script was written by Felicity Keats who is also a right brain trainer and a niche publisher. the voice is Detlev Diegel, also a colleague.
Scenes at some of the Dancing Pencil book launches
Grade 3 Learners in five districts in the Free State, South Africa write books in five different home languages.