learning tree pre-school
our pre-school
Henties Bay PRIVATE SCHOOL has 2 pre-school classes with students from the age of 5 (Grade RR) to the age of 6 (Grade R). Classes are dual medium (Afrikaans & English) and lessons are CAPS aligned.
OUR CLASSES
Our classes are named after well-known Namibian trees:
grade rr
grade r
DAILY SCHEDULE
pre-school themes & curriculum
The Pre-School programme is based on 20 themes (5 themes per term). Each theme stretches over 2 weeks and is linked to sub-themes providing for stories, rhymes and discussion points to introduce the new topic to the learners in order to master new concepts.
Each theme contains Life Skills, Language and Mathematics activities, creative activities, rhymes and songs, movement, drama and music activities to bring the theme alive in the classroom. All activities are aligned to the subjects and content, concepts and skills for the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) with integration for Grade R.
The themes are:
Each theme contains Life Skills, Language and Mathematics activities, creative activities, rhymes and songs, movement, drama and music activities to bring the theme alive in the classroom. All activities are aligned to the subjects and content, concepts and skills for the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) with integration for Grade R.
The themes are:
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
assessment during the year
Students are formally assessed 4 times a year (March, June, September and November). Assessments are done over a 2 week period. Assessment reports are compiled after each assessment and a symbol mark given per subject. All assessments are kept in a file and we welcome all parents to page through your child's file after each assessment.