Introduction
The Intersen Phase comprises of Afrikaans and English speaking learners from Grades 4 to 7. There are currently 13 register classes. The learners in Grade 4 receive classical teaching. Grades 5 to 7 classes have specific teachers within the grade to receive specific learning area curriculum. The Revised National Curriculum is currently implemented with huge success by qualified and dedicated teachers. Teachers teaching Grades 4 to 7 form part of “clusters” that ensure that the curriculum is implemented, renewed and refined on a continual basis. It is still our aim to send the learners into the world holistically well-adapted and motivated with firm foundations. In the Intersen Phase, the focus is on corrective behaviour so that our learners are shown what is socially acceptable behaviour. All our discipline is based on the Code of Conductand is consequently implemented. Learners in this phase are also stimulated by their weekly visits to the computer centre where they follow computer enhancing skills. They also have the opportunity to research inormation for their projects. Physical development is addressed by the weekly physical education classes that learners attend. These classes are conducted by a qualified person and forms an integral part of the Life-orientation curriculum. The gross motor development adds to the holistic development of the learner.
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL : Lizette van Niekerk
HOD : Delyse Ras
Educators in the Foundation Phase
Grade 1
Mrs E Simes
Me T Moloney
Me R Pretorius
Grade 2
Mrs A Ward
Mrs E Swart
Mev L Louw
Mev M van Dijk
Grade 3
Mrs S van Dyk
Mrs K Bezuidenhout
Mrs T Moran
Mrs AC van Heerden
Mrs M Diesel
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Classrooms
Each classroom has a walk-in storeroom and 12 lockers. The number of learners varies from class to class, with a maximum of 20 learners per class. Rooms with high windows on opposite sides of the room to ensure the limiting of external distractions. The classrooms are carpeted to minimise noise and are heated in the winter. Ceilings are made from acoustic boards to reduce sound reverberation.Equipment
- Basic Maths kit ? consisting of logic blocks, clocks, calculator, capacity measures, idem, mathematical dice, memory game, number rings, garden of number, arithmetrix abacus.
- Gross Motor ? peg boards, threading blocks, beads, laces, slate boards, lacing cards, pick-?n-pick, crazy daisy, tricky fingers.
- Perceptual ? puzzles, Audiblox, building blocks, which way please, card games, hardboard feet figures of hands, constructa, arrow cards.
- Sensory ? paint, play dough, texture games, color games, plasterane.
- Cognitive Development ? brainy blocks, aba cards, memo-spell, let me think, tic-tac-toe.
Playground Facilities
- Quiet Zone - a pleasant, sheltered grassy area is set aside for learners who want to play board games, or sit and talk quietly together.
- Active Zone - where ball games, team games, running, skipping and jumping games can be played.
- Paved Areas - two paved areas for lining up and ball games.
- Shade - shading nets cover paved areas, 2 big trees shade the sandpit area.
- Project "paint a game" - on paved areas, which can be used in all learning areas.
- Sandpit.
Outings and Visits
- The school is situated near to main routes. Outings to the zoo, museums, farms, shopping centers are arranged for different grades.
- Puppet shows or visits by Community Services are held through the school year.