ENROLL A CHILD
OUR CURRICULUM
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PRESCHOOL
AGE 3 YEARS – 5 YEARS
Our Preschool curriculum encourages children to be mentally inquisitive and to take responsibility and initiative as they move into this more structured phase of their life.
Our Preschool curriculum:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language
- Mathematical Development
- Physical Development
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Literacy Development
FOUNDATION PHASE
GRADE RR – GRADE 3
Our Foundation Phase curriculum promotes four aspects of achievement:
- The ability to express in oral and written form.
- The ability to apply knowledge through practical tasks and in problem-solving skills.
- The development of personal and social skills.
- The development of self-confidence.
Each student from Grade 1 will be required to own a personal iPad.
Our major subjects and areas of learning are as follows:
- Languages
- Mathematics
- Life Skills
INTERMEDIATE PHASE
GRADE 4 – GRADE 6
Our Intermediate Phase curriculum encourage investigating, modelling and designing solutions, engaging our learners in science, collaboration and presentation skills, critical thinking and problem-solving. Each student will be required to own a personal iPad.
Our major subjects and areas of learning are as follows:
- English (Home Language)
- Afrikaans (First Additional Language)
- Mathematics
- Natural Science and Technology
- Social Sciences (History and Geography)
- Life Skills – which includes Creative Arts
SENIOR PHASE
GRADE 7 – GRADE 9
In our Senior Phase learners have to decide on subject choices, career direction when they finish school after Grade 9 (the last compulsory year of schooling). This means they must make very important decisions that will impact not only on what subjects they take in Grades 10 to 12, but also on their working life after school.
In this phase the same literacy principles as in previous phases are included in the home language teaching, with a bigger emphasis on language and mathematics allowing for a more focused problem-solving approach. Each student will be required to own a personal iPad.
Our major subjects and areas of learning are as follows:
- English (Home Language)
- Afrikaans or isiZulu (First Additional Language)
- Mathematics
- Economic and Management Sciences (EMS)
- Natural Science
- Social Sciences (History and Geography)
- Life Orientation – which includes Physical Education
- Technology
- Creative Arts (Music, Art and Drama)
FET PHASE
GRADE 10 – GRADE 12
Queens Park Schools provide a grounded educational programme. We offer all 12 subjects learning areas of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). Under FET phase (Grade 10-12) learners can choose from a wide range of subjects as per the National Curriculum provided by the Department of Education (DoE). Queens Park Schools is also in preparation to be affiliated with the Independent Examination Board (IEB). This will give an optional opportunity to matriculates writing the IEB National Senior Certificate Examination. Each student will be required to own a personal iPad.
Our major subjects and areas of learning are as follows:
- English (Home Language)
- Afrikaans (First Additional Language)
- IsiZulu (First Additional Language)
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Literacy
- Accounting
- CAT
- Economics
- Business Studies
- Life Science
- Physical Science
- Geography
- Tourism
- History
