Milestones and contributions

Professional journey and contributions.

Selected appointments, publications and documented contributions. Each record keeps its type, collaborators and evidence visible.

2017
Listed chair and presenter

Teachers’ Experience in Supporting Learners With Impairments in Full-Service Schools

SAERA Conference. The official programme lists Lorna Sako as a session chair and presenter on support for learners with impairments.

Contributors: Lorna Sako

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2020
Doctoral thesis

Integrating inclusive practices at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in Limpopo Province

Lorna Pheeha Sako

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2021
Journal article

Teachers’ Experience in Supporting Learners with Impairments in Full-Service Schools

J. M. Mamabolo, L. P. Sako

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2022
Book chapter

The implementation of the Bala Wande programme in Grade 1 in three provinces: Lessons learned

Ingrid Sapire, Permie Isaac, Sihlobosenkosi Mpofu, Lorna Sako, Mmapula Seoloana, Thobeka Ndamase, Vuyokazi Mafilika

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2023
Workshop abstract in proceedings

Using the Bala Wande training videos – ideas for creative teaching of Foundation Phase mathematics

AMESA National Congress. The workshop abstract connects training videos to place value, equal exchange and number-line activities for Grades R–3.

Contributors: Permie Isaac, Lorna Sako, Thobeka Ndamase

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2023
Listed short paper and published abstract

Moving away from counting as an operation strategy: preliminary evidence from the Bala Wande programme

SAARMSTE Conference. The abstract reports early shifts towards structured manipulatives and number-sense routines among selected high-agency Grade 1 teachers in three provinces.

Contributors: Vuyokazi Mafilika, Lorna Sako

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2024
Listed workshop contribution

Capacitating Learners for the Digital Space by developing Number Sense using Bala Wande materials

AMESA National Congress. Programme lists a number-sense workshop using Bala Wande materials, with a repeat session.

Contributors: Samantha Morrison, Lorna Sako, Ingrid Sapire

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2025
Listed workshop contribution

Teaching multiplication and division as inverse operations in the Foundation Phase using the Bala Wande resources

AMESA National Congress. Programme lists a Foundation Phase workshop on the relationship between multiplication and division.

Contributors: Lorna Sako, Mahlatse Sekgobela, Samantha Morrison

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2026
Presentation documented in supplied photographs

Bala Wande Foundation Phase Mathematics Programme

Yidan Prize Conference, Dakar. At the 2026 Yidan Prize Conference in Dakar, Dr Lorna Sako shared Bala Wande Foundation Phase mathematics work with fellow education delegates. The conference ran from 29 June to 1 July 2026 and explored education’s role in Africa’s development, including multilingual foundational learning.

Contributors: Lorna Sako

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A programme listing establishes a listed contribution. Confirmed delivery and photograph-supported appearances are labelled separately. Qualifications, appointments and publications are not relabelled as individual awards.