{"id":1090,"date":"2024-01-09T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:25:33","slug":"balancing-sport-chores-and-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/balancing-sport-chores-and-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Sport, Chores and Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1090\" class=\"elementor elementor-1090\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGood teaching looks at the whole learner, not only the marks. A child who is tired, hungry or worried will struggle in class, however clever they are.\n\nAt Leerkring we begin each term with a short chat about how the learner is coping. Then we set a study plan that fits their week.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Marks go up when a learner feels safe to ask questions. We work on that first.\n\n<cite>Lerato Molefe, Study Group Coordinator<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nOur Study Skills and Exam Stress Basics course is free and open to all learners in Kimberley. Come and ask us about it at our centre.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"Smiling young Black South African male tutor holding an open textbook and a pen, standing in front of a green chalkboard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a study table with plain notebooks, a past-paper practice sheet, highlighters, a calculator and a smartphone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to build confidence in class<\/h4>\n\n<p>Let learners explain a problem to a friend in their own words. 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