Curriculum

Epworth Pre-Primary follows the Revised National Curriculum Statements (RNCS) and uses Outcomes Based Education (OBE) assessment standards for the preparation of lessons, observation of the learners and when writing reports.

The Foundation Phase is organised into three learning programmes:
Literacy
Numeracy
Life Skills

The learning outcomes covered are as follows:

• Languages
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading and viewing
• Writing
• Thinking and reasoning
• Mathematics
• Numbers, operations and relationships
• Patterns, functions and algebra
• Space and shape (geometry)
• Measurement
• Data handling
• Life orientation
• Health promotion
• Social development
• Personal development
• Physical development and movement
• Arts and culture
• Dance
• Drama
• Music
• Visual arts
• Technology (investigate, design, make, evaluate)
• Natural sciences (plan, do, review)
• Social sciences (history and geography)
• EMS (entrepreneurship)

We celebrate the arts by preparing lessons around a 2 weekly theme as well as with an annual spring concert for the junior groups and a Nativity Play for the Gr R’s. Our daily programme, which is theme related, incorporates the three learning areas in an incidental way in the junior groups and in a more formal way in Gr R. At this stage we follow a “school readiness” programme along with Alphaland (South African based) and Thrass – teaching handwriting, reading and spelling skills. The Gr R learners also attend assembly and chapel once a week and are involved in specialist lessons with the primary school each week.

Tuesday – information technology
Wednesday – music
Thursday – sport (swimming 1st & 4th terms, ball skills 2nd term, athletics 3rd term)

Each morning ends back in the home base/classroom with a story and language extension and a small resting period before home/aftercare or extra-murals.

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” Anonymous