Our youngest group is the Grade R class. They will be ready by the year-end to enter Grade 1 next year. Their day is spent engaging in stimulating and structured play and activities designed to develop their young minds and bodies in preparation for the more formal environment of Grade 1.

Their activities involve several of their senses at a time; the introduction of music into their activities infuses further enjoyment into their learning environment. Some of the activities Grade R children participate in include: drawing and colouring, numeracy, literacy, life skills, physical education, computer literacy, music and movement, and a variety of outdoor and indoor structured play.

Reports are prepared on each child’s progress and furnished to parents each term. At the end of the Grade R year, the little learners are tested by the Head of Department (FP) for readiness to enter Grade 1 in the new year, and pass out into the “big school” at a colourful graduation ceremony custom-made for them.