Akademie – Durbanville Voorbereidingskool

MEER OOR ACADEMICS

Hier by die Voorbereidingskool is elke leerder uniek. Ons poog om, as ‘n span, elke leerder se volle potensiaal te ontwikkel.

STEP BY STEP WE ARE BUILDING THE YOUTH OF OUR FUTURE

OBJECTIVES

Excellence
Happy, relaxed and content learners
Sound knowledge of the curriculum and methodology

We offer:

Didactical aid and enrichment for our learners
We develop each learner holistically and encourage a feeling of belonging in order to build on their self-esteem.
Good communication between educators and parents is maintained.

We focus on four subjects:

Home Language
First Additional Language
Mathematics
Life Skills

Attention is continuously paid towards the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that learners should reach within the various subjects.
We create enrichment opportunities, and we offer support to learners who present with barriers to learning.
Each learner develops holistically and has a special place in the system.
Good communication between educators and parents is maintained.

CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

As a school we believe that reading, writing and mathematics are the basic building blocks of a good education. We strive to give learners this important foundation, despite the curriculum changes.

There are four subjects:

HOME LANGUAGE
consists of:

Listening and Speaking;
Reading and Phonics;
Handwriting and Writing.

FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
(Afrikaans) consists of:

Listening and Speaking;
Reading and Phonics;
Writing and Language Structure.

MATHEMATICS
consists of:

Numbers, operations and relationships;
Patterns, functions and algebra;
Space and shape;
Measurement;
Data handling.

LIFE SKILLS
consists of:

Beginning Knowledge: Social Sciences (History and Geography), Natural Sciences, Technology.
Personal and Social Well-being: How people feel and function both on a personal and social level.
Creative Arts: Dance, drama, music and visual art.
Physical Education: Locomotor and perceptual motor, rhythm, coordination, balance and laterality.

Robotics, Coding, Computers and Xhosa is included in the curriculum for Gr. 1 – 3.

ASSESSMENT

Each subject has a very specific content with minimum requirements to be met every term.

We use the seven-point scale of achievement for assessments. We also make use of continuous informal assessment and formal assessment tasks throughout the year.

ACHIEVEMENT CODES

7 – Outstanding achievement
6 – Meritorious achievement
5 – Substantial achievement
4 – Adequate achievement
3 – Moderate achievement
2 – Elementary achievement
1 – Not achieved

REPORTS

Learners receive a formal report at the end of each term.
Formal parent appointments take place at the end of each term.
Discussion with parents take place on a regular and continuous basis – communication is very important to us.

Durbanville Preparatory School