Language or Learning and Teaching

• Grade R Reception Year:   

A literacy rich bilingual class where English and Afrikaans are used.

Grades 1 and 2:

Language literacy (formal teaching of reading and writing) and numeracy are in English while the rest of the curriculum will remain bilingual

Grade 3:

The introduction of formal teaching of reading and writing in Afrikaans as the first additional language

Grades 4 - :

Bilingual classes where parents choose the language of preference for textbooks, tests and examinations. Both English and Afrikaans will be used in class.

Motivation /Motivering:

• It is an educationally sound practice to establish the foundation of literacy and numeracy in one language before introducing a second language.  As this process takes place during Grades one and two, the language of learning and teaching will be English during those two years at this stage.

• Afrikaans en Engels sal gebruik word gedurende die graad R jaar. In graad een en twee sal leerders eers formele onderrig in die aanleer van skryf en lees in Engels ontvang voordat hulle formele Afrikaanse onderrig in skryf en lees in graad drie ontvang.  Vanaf graad vier het ouers ’n keuse of hul kinders handboeke/toetse/eksamens in Afrikaans of Engels wil ontvang / aflê.

• The feasibility of offering one language or another is determined specifically by the demand for that language.