Riversands Primary Farm School

Mission

We are committed to provide quality teaching and learning that will promote and give each learner quality education. That will be relevant to the changing communities that we are serving.

Vision

Every learner feels valued and inspired in our innovative education system.

History

Riversands Primary School was established in 1959, On a farm far north of Randburg. The School was built mainly to educate the children of the people who used to work on the farm. The mushrooming of Diepsloot charged the whole scenario, hence today it caters for most of the children from Diepsloot.

Facilities

Identified needs

Curriculum

Grades Grade 1 - 7 — English, Mathematics, Technology, Natural Sciences, Economic Management Sciences, Setswana, Life Skills, Life Orientation. — Extra-curricular: Netball, Soccer.

Contact

Adopter

Chartis Insurance (AIG)

Additional sponsors

PPC, Oxford University Press, Seacom

Work done

• Construction of palisade fence
• Remedial educator training
• Teaching and learning support material and training for foundation phase educators
• Donation of winter sets ( beanies, scarves and hand gloves)
• Dictionaries

Future needs

• Renovation of the ablution facility
• Construction of a school hall
• Sports facility
• Construction of an administration facility
• Construction of a science laboratory
• Construction of a feeding scheme kitchen
• Educator development and classroom based support programmes in language and litercat, Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• Library books and librarian training
• School leadership advancement programme: Learning to lead
• Science equipment
• School uniforms
• Vegetable garden