Our main aim in the Foundation Phase is to equip our learners with the necessary building blocks for numeracy and literacy development, as well as social integration in a small group environment.

Learners in the Intermediate Phase access the CAPS curriculum on laptops (not tablets) via Google Classroom, as well as through face-to-face teaching and learning, using textbooks and scripts.

• Home Language / Huistaal
• First Additional Language / EAT
• Mathematics / Wiskunde
• Social Sciences / Sosiale Wetenskappe
• Natural Sciences / Natuurwetenskappe
• Life Skills / Lewensvaardighede (Drama/Music, Visual Arts, PSW (Drama/Musiek, Visuele Kunste, PSW)

• Afrikaans Huistaal – 50%
• Engels Eerste Addisionele Taal –  40%
• Wiskunde –  40%
• In enige 2 van die ander vereiste vakke moet ’n minimum van 40% behaal word om te slaag.

Requirements for English Home Language Learners to pass Grades 4-6

• English Home Language – 50%
• Afrikaans First Additional Language –  40%
• Mathematics –  40%
• In any 2 of the remaining compulsory subjects, the learner needs to achieve a minimum of 40% in order to pass the grade.

Learners in our Senior Phase access the CAPS curriculum on laptops (not tablets) via Google Classroom, as well as through face-to-face teaching and learning, using textbooks and scripts.

• Home Language / Huistaal
• First Additional Language / EAT
• Mathematics / Wiskunde
• Life Orientation / Lewensoriëntering
• Social Sciences / Sosiale Wetenskappe
• Natural Sciences / Natuurwetenskappe
• Technology / Tegnologie
• Creative Arts / Skeppende Kunste  (Drama and Visual Arts) (Drama en Visuele Kuns)
• Drama en Visuele Kuns
• EMS / EBW

Slaagvereistes vir Graad 7

• Afrikaans Huistaal: 50%
• Engels Eerste Addisionele Taal: 40%
• Wiskunde: 40%
• In enige 3 van die ander vereiste vakke moet ’n minimum van 40% behaal word om te slaag.

Requirements to Pass Grade 7

• English Home Language: 50%
• Afrikaans First Additional Language: 40%
• Mathematics: 40%
• In any 3 of the remaining compulsory subjects, the learner needs to achieve a minimum of 40% in order to pass the grade.

We are housed in a residential area within the community, for the community, and focus on remedial teaching. Therefore, we do not offer traditional extra-mural activities. Our learners join clubs for cultural and sports activities outside school hours.

Beaumont Primary School / Laerskool generously allows our Edusmarties to join their afternoon extra-curricular programme at their campus in Somerset West. These costs are for the parents’ own account.

For more information, please view these links:

• https://beaumont4u.co.za/culture/
• https://beaumont4u.co.za/sport/

Therapeutic Art classes offered at Futuresmart Academy, 68 Mills Street, Strand by Mrs. Tanya O’Connor on Mondays & Tuesdays.

• (Gr. 1-3) 14:30 – 15:00
• (Gr. 4-7) 15:15 – 16:15
• (Contact Tanya on 0845881106 / banshee.tanya@icloud.com).
  These costs are for the parents’ own account.

Soccer Club with coach Karl Jansen (Shibobo) Wednesdays from 14:00-15:00 at Futuresmart Academy. These costs are for the parents’ own account.

These enhancement sessions form part of our daily school programme, and are included in our school fees.

• Chess
• Group Occupational Therapy
• Edublocks and Remedial classes for individual learners.
• Active Living Skills (offered as part of our remedial programme between 13:00 -14:00 for Foundation Phase learners.
• Dance with Mr. Angelo Arnolds

At Edusmart Academy, we look beyond the classroom to the world around us. We believe that learning to care for our community and environment is just as important as academic success. Our Social Responsibility Program is designed to foster empathy, giving our learners the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of others. Throughout the years, we have organised various drives to support causes close to our hearts right here in the Strand, Western Cape area. We are proud support:

• Strand Care Old Age Home: Building intergenerational connections by visiting and spending time with the elderly members of the local community – reaching out and showing our care.

• Santa’s Shoebox Project: Our Edusmart staff and students brought joy to the children of Morkel’s Cottage informal settlement in Rusthof, Strand Area in partnership with Smiling Child NPC in 2025.. Santa came early, bringing shoeboxes wrapped in Christmas cheer, filled with books and stationary and treats for students of this poor and underprivileged community. This is a project that will surely be repeated in the future.

HEY! Project: Edusmart Academy is proud to host the wonderful volunteers from the HEY! Project – a Christian worship initiative where its volunteers come to our campus to share the Word and lead our students. Edusmart NPC generously donates to this non-profit initiative every year.

School Times

Our doors open at 7:20 every morning.
Official lessons start promptly at 8:00 for ALL Grades.

• Foundation Phase: Grades 1-3
  Formal lessons end at 13:00. Remedial sessions are from 13:00 – 14:00.
• Intermediate Phase: Grades 4-6
  Formal lessons end at 14:00. Remedial sessions are from 14:00 – 15:00.

Our school is situated in a residential neighbourhood. please assist us to respect our neighbours’ privacy and to ensure the safety of our learners!

We ask parents to respect the following rules regarding traffic in front of our schools:

• Grade 1-4 learners must be walked to the Front Door Gate by a parent or guardian and handed over to a designated staff member. Parents cannot send a child unsupervised to cross Myburgh Street.
• Grade 5-7 learners may Only be dropped off and fetched at our Edu College Campus Entrance (102 Mills Street) in order to alleviate traffic.

Aftercare

Aftercare for all learners commences at 14:00 at Ruimte Centre, 96 Mills Street, Strand.
Aftercare from 14:00 – 17:00 is included in the school fees for all learners.

Our Aftercare Assistant, Mr. Jacobus de Villiers, meets the learners at Edusmart Academy. Learners are to be fetched and signed out at 17:00 latest Mondays to Thursdays via the MILLS STREET entrance of RUIMTE.

Our school closes at 13:00 on Fridays and NO aftercare is offered on Fridays, Public Holidays, or during school holidays.

Parents could arrange Friday aftercare at their own account with RUIMTE:
(Contact Mrs. Gerda de Bruin,
021 854 8234.
Address: 96 Mills Street, Strand).

Remedial Sessions

Remedial sessions are offered free of charge on Tuesdays to Thursdays:

• 13:00 – 14:00: Foundation Phase.
• 14:00 – 15:00: Intermediate Phase.
• Grade 7: Included in the academic programme (School day ends at 15:00).

A termly timetable is shared with parents via the class WhatsApp Group.