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Four quiet differences. Six safety promises.

We are not a private academy and we do not pretend to be. What we do offer, after forty years of practice, are a few things we’ve learned to do well — and a list of safeguards that we honour for every child, every day.

Five learners building a small rainwater collection model together at a long classroom table

Differentiators

What we do differently — and why it matters here.

Each of these is built into the timetable, not bolted on for marketing. They cost us almost nothing extra; they cost a lot of attention.

Four children reading aloud from an English picture book on a worn rag rug, a teacher kneeling beside them

Promise — literacy

Daily English Reading Hour

Every learner reads aloud, in English, for sixty unbroken minutes a day — in pairs, with a teacher listening. We measure progress in pages, not points.

Five children collaborating on a project building a small rainwater collection model

Promise — curiosity

One Project a Term

A real, useful problem from our community: a rainwater filter, a vegetable bed, a hand-drawn map of who needs help during load-shedding. Children build, test, present.

Three Grade 6 learners exploring a block-coding programme on a shared older laptop

Promise — STEAM

Resourceful STEAM

Two donated laptops, a kit of recycled materials and a stubborn refusal to wait until the budget “allows” it. Block coding, simple machines, design thinking — with what we have.

Two girls quietly reading paperback books in the school's reading garden corner

Promise — rooted

Local Heritage Curriculum

Setswana folktales, Bojanala history, the names of the trees outside the gate. A child who knows where they are is a child who can leave and come back.

“The opposite of a poorly-resourced school is not a fancy one. It is a school where the resources we do have are used with full attention.”

— A note for new teachers in their first week

Care & Safeguarding

Six promises we keep, every day, before lessons begin.

Drawn directly from our SGB safeguarding policy, our partnership with Bojanala District Health, and our local SAPS satellite station. Reviewed each term.

Campus Security

A locked perimeter gate, a uniformed local security officer on duty from 06:30 to 17:00, and a clipboard visitor log every adult signs on entry. Class teachers personally hand learners over to their guardian or to the school bus.

School Transport

Two community-run minibus routes serve neighbouring farms. Drivers are certified, vehicles are inspected each term, and a parent monitor rides in the back row. Pickup and drop-off times are sent on the parents’ WhatsApp every Friday.

Daily Nutrition

Hot meals served every school day under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP). Menus rotate weekly and are designed by a District-registered dietitian. Allergies are tracked on a kitchen wall chart.

Health & Medical

A small first-aid room is open from 07:30 daily, staffed by a trained NSNP nurse two mornings a week. We keep a fast-track agreement with Rustenburg Provincial Hospital for any emergency referral.

Wellbeing & Counselling

A part-time school counsellor visits every Wednesday and is available by appointment. A monthly ‘circle time’ assembly invites learners to share, in their own language, anything pressing on them.

Emergency Preparedness

Fire and evacuation drills are run twice each term. A signed Memorandum of Understanding with the local SAPS satellite and the Bojanala Fire & Rescue ensures a documented response time. The principal’s office maintains an emergency contact card for every learner, updated annually.