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Pre-Primary

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Age 2 - Grade 0

A fun, safe and nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 6 years old. Our highly educated, enthusiastic and dedicated team focuses on the emotional, social, physical and cognitive development of every child. We embrace diversity and inclusion and assist children to reach their personal potential in a loving, caring and respectful way.

The Playground of the Future

We have created a groundbreaking playground to address the physical and cognitive needs of today's sedentary children. 


The playground focuses on:

  • Spatial Awareness
  • Proprioception (Kinesthesia)
  • Core Muscle Strength 
  • Balance
  • Vestibular Awareness

Click below to view our playground 

Learning Focus

We offer classes for specific age groups which follow an age-appropriate CAPS aligned curriculum.


Our Classes consist of:

  • Grade 0000 - (Age 2 to 3 years)
  • Grade 000 - (Age 3 to 4 years)
  • Grade 00 - (Age 4 to 5 years)
  • Grade 0 - (Age 5 to 6 years)

Our Early Years Programme Includes

  • Language
  • Mathematics
  • Music Lessons
  • Life Orientation
  • Digital literacy
  • Physical education
  • Additional languages – Afrikaans, IsiZulu and Sepedi (conversational)
  • Global Competencies and RDI
  • Edtech & Robotics
  • Learn to swim
  • Number Sense

 

Extra-Murals (external providers)

  • Tumbline Tigerz
  • Karate
  • Swimming
  • Transition Football
  • Dance Mouse and Ballet





Our Academic Programme Includes

  • Resolute (Robotics and Coding programme) – Grade 0-9
  • Time2Read – Grade 0-3
  • Guided Readers - Grade 0 -3
  • Reggio Emilia – Grade 0
  • Inquiry Based Learning – All Grades 0-9
  • Number Sense Grade 0-3

Aftercare

Aftercare is available from 2pm to 5:30pm at an extra fee. We encourage all families to sign up in the case that the service might be needed at any time. A hot, cooked meal and a snack is provided.

Assessments and Reports

We are a three-term school.
 
Our aim is to observe and monitor student progress with our focus being on formative assessment types. This affords us the opportunity to provide any necessary support and scaffolding as we design the students personal learning journey.

Grade 0 Reporting

WA progress report is issued twice a year - Mid-Year and End-of-Year. The reporting and feedback process is further supplemented in the first term with Parent-Teacher interviews, and in the third term with a Student Led Conference.