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oct 22, 2020
Day Scholar Transport Routes

Due to popular demand, 2 transport routes are available from Pietermaritzburg.
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oct 22, 2020
Welcome Ms Karen Ehlers

Etham College warmly welcomes Ms Karen Ehlers, the new Executive Head.
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oct 22, 2020
2021 Registrations Open

For more information call 079 045 3554 or email info@etham.co.za.

Redefining Private Education

Etham College is a co-educational school with boarding, offering Grade R to 9 in 2021, with the first group of Grade 12’s matriculating in 2024. From January to June 2021 Etham College will operate from the existing King’s School located in Nottingham Road, as the college is being built in Hilton. Day scholars from Hilton will be offered access to a daily bus service. Boarders will initially be housed in Loxley House in Nottingham Road and relocate in July 2021 to boarding in Hilton.

SEE

Learner's are encourage to identify problems in class and in their communities.

THINK

The thinking routine encourages learners to make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations.

INNOVATE

Learners are encouraged to back up their interpretation with detailed explanations for their thinking.

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A brief message from Executive Head Karen Ehlers

Etham College, Hilton, an independent, co-educational day and boarding school, is currently being developed to suit the very real and futuristic needs of our children.

Our school will emphasise Christian-based, technologically innovative, socially conscious learning within an individualised, blended learning model, 21st century skills development, entrepreneurship master classes, EQ development programmes, tech-enabled teaching and learning environments.

We have to re-think education and how to prepare this generation to take advantage of the plethora of opportunities and overcome the challenges enabled by ever-increasing technological change. For our children to be prepared to engage in a world alongside smart machines, we have the responsibilities to educate them differently than in the past. As we move further into the future, we must support our children to develop skillsets and mindsets to do anything in their future, rather than a particular something. This new generation must partner with machines rather than compete with them. Our children are to make sense of this new world through hands-on experiences that emphasise collaboration and creativity.

We invite you and your children to join us, cementing a holistically equipped and enabled education for our future leaders.

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Value Offering

Edinvest schools offer personalised blended learning, enabling adaptability and flexibility in our new covid world. Etham College will emphasise Christian based, technologically innovative, socially conscious learning. Etham College is set to offer learners an experience where academic excellence is realised through tech savvy educators within an Individualised Blended Learning Model, 21st Century Skills Development, Entrepreneurship Masterclasses, EQ Development Programme, Tech enabled teaching and learning environments and homely boarding facilities.

Phases

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Grade R

  • Our educators in Grade R emphasise nurturing, self-development, care, love and individual excellence within the whole curriculum. The utmost care is taken to know and understand every learner. For children, play is serious learning.
  • Learning through Play forms an integral part of daily activities. We inspire our learners to be themselves while living the values of our school.
  • The main language of instruction is English, with iSiZulu and Afrikaans as First Additional Languages.

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Grade R
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Junior Primary

  • Our educators in Grade 1 – 3 emphasise nurturing, self-development, care, love and individual excellence within the whole curriculum. The utmost care is taken to know and understand every learner. For children, play is serious learning.
  • Learning through Play forms an integral part of daily activities. We inspire our learners to be themselves while living the values of our school.
  • The main language of instruction is English, with iSiZulu and Afrikaans as First Additional Languages.

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Grades 1-3
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Senior Primary

  • From Grade 4 to Grade 7 learners are actively engaged in exploring the various learning areas available as per the CAPS curriculum.
  • These are the stepping stones for their preparation for the High School Phase but we have added a number of programmes to enhance and deepen the learning experience.
  • Emotional intelligence and Entrepreneurship is integrated within every subject. All learners are introduced and taught various skills to be able to successfully navigate the world of LEGO® Robotics and Coding.

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Grades 4-7
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High School

  • Grade 8 and Grade 9 learners are thoroughly prepared for the FET Phase (Grade 10 to Grade 12).
  • In Grade 10 the learners have the following choice of subjects (depending on demand more subjects would be added) enabling them to obtain a Bachelors pass in the NSC or IEB examination at the end of Grade 12:
    • English Home Language
    • iSiZulu 1st Additional Language, Afrikaans 1st Additional Language,
    • Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy,
    • Life Orientation,
    • Business Studies, CAT, IT, EGD, Geography, Life Science, Physical Science.

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Grades 8-12