Bellavista-trained
Specialism in learning support through Bellavista S.H.A.R.E. — South Africa's reference institution for Foundation Phase remediation training.
— About
Hi, I'm Chelsi.
A Foundation Phase teacher, building a small remedial practice on the KZN North Coast. Bellavista-trained, SACE-registered, slow on weeks where slow is the right answer.
Bellavista-trained · BA Education · SACE registered · SAALED member
— 01 / The story
A teacher first. Then everything else.
After teaching Foundation Phase for several years, I was drawn to the children who were clearly capable but for whom reading was not landing.
That curiosity led me to Bellavista S.H.A.R.E. training and to formal registration with SACE as a remedial Foundation Phase teacher. After supporting readers inside mainstream classrooms for years, I now work one-to-one with Grade R–3 children in Ballito.
Wild About Learning is the practice I've built around the way I actually work — carefully, evidence-led, with a written plan a child can read for themselves. The work is anchored on Foundation Phase, Grade R through Grade 3, because that's where the early reading, writing and number-sense foundations are either built or skipped. Skipped foundations are what the practice is set up to find.
— 02 / Training & principles
Why the credentials matter.
BA Education
Bachelor's degree in Education, with a Foundation Phase specialisation. Classroom-trained first, then specialised — the right order.
SACE registered
South African Council for Educators registration in good standing. The minimum required for any teacher running a private practice.
SAALED member
South African Association for Learning and Educational Differences — the professional standards body for remedial practitioners.
Vision & mission
What this practice is set up to do.
— Vision
To become the place on the KZN North Coast where a Foundation Phase child whose reading isn't landing gets seen — across remedial teaching, screening, and the therapies that sit alongside them.
— Mission
To provide targeted, results-driven interventions in a nurturing environment, working collaboratively with educators, parents and specialists to ensure the best outcomes for every learner.
— 04 / Operating model
Today: a freelance practice. Tomorrow: a centre.
Wild About Learning operates as a freelance learner-support service partnering directly with local schools and families on the KZN North Coast.
The longer arc is a dedicated centre — a single home where remedial teaching, educational screening, and (in time) occupational and speech therapy all sit under one roof, with one teacher across the plan.
For schools interested in partnership, see For schools. For families, the discovery call is the right place to begin.
— What next
Want to talk it through? A call is twenty minutes.
No card, no commitment. You tell me about your child; I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit, or who is.