HIGH SCHOOL Curriculum

Academic offer: Grades 8 & 9

All Dainfern College students follow the same curriculum for Grades 8 and 9:

• English – Home Language
• Afrikaans or isiZulu – First Additional Language
• Mathematics
• Life Orientation
• Creative Arts (Students choose from Dramatic Arts, Music and Visual Arts)
• Economic & Management Sciences (Accounting & Business Studies)
• Geography
• History
• Life Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Xtend-it (inquiry-based module that includes Design & Technology)

Academic offer: Grades 10-12

Students in Grade 10 take seven subjects, comprising four compulsory subjects and three electives. They also have the option of studying an eighth subject, should they so choose.

Subject choices: Subject choices for the National Senior Certificate written at the end of Grade 12 (‘Matric’) are made at the end of Grade 9.

Compulsory – 4 subjects:

• English – Home Language
• Afrikaans or isiZulu – First Additional Language
• Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy
• Life Orientation

Electives – 3 subjects chosen from:

• Accounting
• Business Studies
• Computer Applications Technology
• Dramatic Arts
• Engineering Graphics & Design
• Information Technology
• Geography
• History
• Life Sciences
• Music
• Physical Sciences
• Visual Arts