Grade 8

Your high school career officially begins. Your introduction into high school gets you to familiarise yourself with how academic content lives beyond a classroom and how it has a natural link with the everyday world.
Find your feet with a broad foundation of knowledge and skills across the six subjects below, required for lifelong learning:

English
Afrikaans
isiZulu
Mathematics
EMS
Natural Science.

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  • Grade 8 English

    4 seasons

    English is the most common language used across the globe in various interactions whether it be on the internet, in entertainment, first encounters, in business or politically. For this reason, it is important to be able to speak, read and write it correctly. This subject produces students who ar...

  • Grade 8 Natural Science

    4 seasons

    Natural Science takes you through the study of life through scientific investigations, formulating hypotheses and carrying out experiments. The frontiers of the unknown such as why climate change is occurring, are explored. An understanding of natural phenomena and the history of science are also...

  • Grade 8 isiZulu

    4 seasons

    Learning isiZulu enhances bilingualism and intercultural communication, especially in the South African landscape as it is the most widely spoken first language in South Africa. Basic reading and writing skills are developed but listening and speaking skills are focused on intensively through the...

  • Grade 8 Mathematics

    4 seasons

    Mathematical concepts and techniques are used in various contexts to solve problems. The mental processes involved in mathematics play a key role in enhancing accuracy, critical and logical thinking skills, as well as problem solving abilities. Having these skills is not only beneficial for mathe...

  • Grade 8 Afrikaans

    4 seasons

    The core focus of Afrikaans is the development of interpersonal, cognitive, and communication skills across a variety of topics to encourage bilingualism. In this subject, we explore terminology, visual analysis, language structures and conventions, reasoning skills, presenting as well as deducin...

  • Grade 8 EMS

    4 seasons

    EMS is about various governmental, economic, and business-related topics. The year begins with a revision of topics from grade 7 such as traditional societies, bartering, types of money, and banking. We then dive into the roles and levels of government and government expenditure, tax, accounting,...