School Life

Our yard, our headlines, our small wins.

A walk around the campus, a count of what we have managed in 2024, and the news that came out of an ordinary school year.

Around campus

What we have, kept clean and used well.

No glass walls, no swimming pool. What we have is enough — six classroom blocks, a library room, a kitchen, a yard with shade, and a Grade R room with a soft mat. Click any image to enlarge.

Classroom with chalkboard, learners' desks, and Setswana posters on the walls

Classroom block

Six well-lit classrooms with chalkboards, group desks, and learner artwork on every wall.

Library reading corner with bookshelves and floor cushions

Reading room & library

Around 2,400 donated and DBE-issued books in Setswana and English, plus a reading-aloud corner with cushions.

School kitchen with two large pots on the stove and ladies stirring

NSNP kitchen

Hot lunch served daily by three rostered aunties; menus follow the National School Nutrition Programme standard.

Bright Grade R classroom with a soft mat and counting blocks

Grade R room

A soft-mat learning space with low shelves, counting blocks, picture books and outdoor sandpit.

Multipurpose room set up for art and music with shared instruments

Arts & music corner

A multipurpose room shared between visual art and recorder ensemble. Instruments donated by alumni.

Dirt sports field with goalposts and acacia trees in the background

Sports field

A dirt field with two goalposts and a netball court marked in white paint. Where most of break happens.

School food garden with raised beds and learners watering

Food garden

Raised beds of spinach, beetroot and tomatoes, tended on a Grade 5 and 6 roster.

Small school office with two desks, a noticeboard and a sign-in book

Office & sick room

A two-desk office that doubles as the visitor sign-in point and a small first-aid room with a bed.

Schoolyard with acacia trees, benches and learners walking between classes

Yard & courtyard

Centred around two old acacia trees and a covered shelter where Friday assembly happens when it rains.

Our promise on the yard: a swept floor, a working tap, a teacher in every classroom, and a meal at first break. The rest we add when we can.

2024 in numbers

Quiet wins from a small school year.

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Average daily attendance, 2024

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Awards at district level (sport, choir, spelling)

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Of Grade 7 leavers entered local high schools

Choir holding up a certificate at the regional competition

Regional Choir, Silver Certificate

Ngaka Modiri Molema District · September 2024 · Grade 5–7 choir, 22 learners

Learners with athletics medals after the inter-school meeting

Inter-school Athletics, 3 medals

Mahikeng cluster meet · April 2024 · Long jump, 100m, relay (Grade 6)

Reading marathon winners holding certificates and books

DBE Reading Marathon, top 15 %

National Reading Marathon · September 2024 · All Grade 3–7 learners participating

Wide aerial view of the schoolyard during morning assembly with all learners gathered
A small school assembled, every weekday at 08h20.
Recent news

Headlines, in the size we actually make them.

Whole-school assembly on the first day of term with the principal addressing learners

15 January 2026

Term 1 begins: the gates opened at 07:50, on time, again.

Two hundred and twenty-eight learners reported for the first day of the 2026 academic year. The five new Grade R children were walked to their room by their Grade 6 buddies. The bus from Letsopa farms arrived at 07:42, ten minutes early. A good way to start the year.

Parents touring the classrooms during the open day

22 November 2025

Open Day welcomed 38 prospective Grade R families

A brisk Saturday morning, koeksisters from the SGB stall, and a chance for new families to meet the Foundation Phase team.

Choir on stage at the regional competition

14 September 2025

Choir brings home a Silver from the district stage

Ms. Mokoena’s Grade 5–7 choir performed two Setswana pieces and one isiZulu round, taking Silver among twelve schools.

Learners on a riverside outdoor learning trip identifying plants

28 August 2025

Setlagole River walk: birds, beetles and a bag of litter

Grade 5 and 6 learners walked five kilometres along the river identifying species. Returned with three bags of plastic, picked up along the way.

Older and younger learners reading together as a pair

06 August 2025

Friday Buddy Reading begins its third year

Ten minutes a week, Grade 6 paired with Grade 1, has lifted shared-reading scores by a full level for the youngest cohort.

Learners harvesting spinach from the school food garden

12 May 2025

First spinach harvest of the year goes into the kitchen pot

Two crates of spinach from the food garden made it into Tuesday’s lunch. The aunties said it was the best samp and beans of the term.

Children in heritage outfits performing on Heritage Day

24 September 2025

Heritage Day: Setswana songs, isiZulu dance, a poem in English

An afternoon of poems, drumming and shared food. Grandparents and toddlers crowded the courtyard. The koeksisters again sold out.