Primary
(Grade 1 -7)
Welcome to Excelsior Academic College Primary School. We believe that learning should be enjoyable, and school should be fun. We focus on personal excellence. The learning environment stimulates curiosity, develops positive personal qualities and physical and emotional well-being. Happy children are more likely to be successful and achieve their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally.
We are a small school with small classes, we can aim at the fundamentals of the curriculum. We have time to enrich the children. Our small classes enable us to know everything about our children, we know how they learn and how to help them learn better! We are able to focus on each child and to ensure that they make progress. We identify and nurture children’s individual strenghts as learners and as people.
We encourage independence, innovation, and curiosity right from the start and encourage all children to make decisions for themselves. Our aim is to equip your child for the ever-changing world with resilience to cope with challenges they may meet on their journey. Whatever their ability, we give children the opportunities and the encouragement they need to develop self-confident and kind young adults.
Kindness and mutual respect are the key values. We provide the opportunities and the encouragement she or he needs to develop to their personal potential. We value every child in our care.
We focus on personal excellence. Each child is working towards having the skills and ability to pass the IGCSE and AS level program. The skills are developed throughout their time at Excelsior Academic College.
Our primary school is a place to bring out the best out of your child. The quality teaching and broad action-packed curriculum in 10 subjects from grade 1 will enable your child to reach their potential academically, socially, and emotionally.
Prime areas
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and language
Physical development
Specific areas
English
Afrikaans
isiZulu
Mathematics
Science
Art
Life Skills
Geography
History
ICT
Grade 1
We adopt a creative, hands-on approach developing their curiosity, to be inquisitive and ask questions to develop their thinking.
The subjects taught are English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, Mathematics, History, Geography, PE, Art, ICT, Life Skills.
Grade 2
The children show more independence and take on more responsibilities.
Grade 3
The children show more maturity and we encourage more independence with their learning.
Grade 4
Children are encouraged to work together and work on tasks independently. They also take responsibility for their learning and to speak to their teachers if they have any issues.
Grade 5
Assessments are given for all subjects during the course of the year for the children to work independently on. A stimulating atmosphere, where the pupils feel safe and valued, enables them to meet challenges, secure in the knowledge that they will be supported and encouraged. We aim to make learning as enjoyable and relevant as possible.
Grade 6
The children are encouraged to produce work of the highest standard to their ability and they are academically prepared for high school. The children are more mature, ambitious and independent approach to study and recognize their commitment across their curriculum. At this stage of learning, we also focus on teaching students new strategies to become responsible and empowered learners in their thinking skills and build strong interpersonal skills.
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