Endorsement Educanda – Heart Matters Academy

In 2019 the Educanda Training and Education Team had the privilege of working with Heart Matters Academy on a series of Teacher Summits run throughout South Africa.

  • “Heart Matters has enhanced our SACS programme in many ways. Our children are more emotionally aware and able to regulate their feelings in an acceptable manner. It is simply superb!”These are the building blocks of positive self-esteems and healthy friendships.”

    Sue Defty, Grade R teacher SACS

  • “The Heart Matters program has been invaluable to my daughter & our family. It has helped my daughter to have a better understanding of her emotions & guided her on how to appropriately deal with these emotions. We have seen first hand how the practical skills she’s learning have been applied in her life and she’s often teaching us how to handle our emotions! I can’t recommend this program enough. Shanley is wonderful & the children adore her. She has the most incredible teaching approach & the children are like sponges absorbing all she has to teach them.”

    Shelley Parr, Parent at The Lea Pre-primary

  • “As a Grade R teacher of 5 to 6 year old boys I have found the Heart Matters Programme to be profoundly beneficial. For me the social and emotional development of the children in my care is the most important aspect of their development. It is challenging to make significant progress in the classroom environment with regards to this area of development. Heart Matters has added so much value to our Grade R programme. The lessons learnt at Heart Matters are easily transferable into the classroom and the home, once the children have been introdouced to the concepts and vocabulary in the small Heart Matters groups. I would highly recommend this programme to any Preschool.”

    Nina Hampton, Grade R teacher, SACS

  • “Heart Matters is more then just an extramural! It is a vital life skill that can prepare our girls to cope better with conflict, to be more confident in life and to better understand and regulate one’s emotions. Heart Matters can filter into everyone’s homes to assist all family members to set necessary boundaries and to grow holistically to become better humans.”

    Caroline Lunn, Class teacher Grade R, HOD Foundation Phase

  • “Heart Matters has given the boys the tools they require for life. One parent said, “Heart Matters should become part of the Western Cape Education Department School CAPS Curriculum! ” She spoke of how her child mediates between her and her husband during conflict situations and corrects them on how they should be speaking to one another and resolving the issue in a more positive way. The examples the boys are given in lessons are relevant for their age and easy for them to understand and make sense of. It is an exceptionally helpful extra mural and extremely beneficial to all who care to implement it. Heart Matters gets a double thumbs up from me!”

    Jo Ashwell, Grade R Head of Department – SACS

  • “My daughter attends Heart Matters and she absolutely loves it! she has learnt so much about herself and how to handle her emotions. She cannot wait for every lesson. I honestly think that this extra mural should be compulsory for every learner in Grade R and 1.”

    Nina Smith, Rustenburg Junior parent