The Grade R year is spent preparing our precious Red Robins, age 6 turning 7, to be ready for ‘big school’.
Our school readiness programme is built around meeting each unique child where they are at and developing them as a whole throughout the year.
This whole child approach centres on developing physical, social, emotional, intellectual, aesthetic and spiritual maturity to ensure that every child can enter Grade 1 with confidence!
Varied arrival time activities such as board games, puzzles and free drawing
Greetings, calendar, register and devotions
Numeracy
Children choose an area of play to further explore the week’s theme, e.g. fantasy, creative and physical play
Life skills: Discussion, drama, developmental play, design and music
Table manners, nutrition and time with friends
Children choose an area of play to further explore the week’s theme, e.g. fantasy, creative and physical play
Phonics and literacy
Pack belongings and enjoy story time
Parents to fetch children from the door.
