rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade1-first-addl-language-english|Foundation|1|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_first_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_first_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 1 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 1, first additional language, fal, english||<p>In the Grade 1 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the First Additional Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The First Additional Language refers to a language which is not a mother tongue but which is used for certain communicative functions in a society, that is, medium of learning and teaching in education. The curriculum provides strong support for those learners who will use their first additional language as a language of learning and teaching. By the end of Grade 9, these learners should be able to use their home language and first additional language effectively and with confidence for a variety of purposes, including learning.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade1-home-language-english|Foundation|1|Home Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE HOME LANGUAGE GRADES R-3|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_home_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_home_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 1 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 1, home language, english||<p>In the Grade 1 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the Home Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).</p><p> The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade1-life-skills|Foundation|1|Life Skills|Outline of course material|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 1 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 1, life skills||<p>In the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) the subject Life Skills in Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) has been organised into four study areas: Beginning Knowledge, Personal and Social Well-being, Creative Arts and Physical Education. Life Skills has been organised in this way in order to ensure that the foundational skills, values and concepts of early childhood development and of the subjects offered in Grades 4 - 12 are taught and developed in Grades R-3. Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being are integrated in the topics. </p><p>Life Skills is a cross cutting subject that should support and strengthen the teaching of the other core Foundation Phase subjects namely Languages (Home and First Additional) and Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade1-mathematics|Foundation|1|Mathematics|FOUNDATION PHASE OVERVIEW|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of Grade 1 content|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|Grade 1 overview per term|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_mathematics_term_overview.pdf|RSA NCS CAPS Grade 1 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 1, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Foundation Phase covers five content areas. Each content area contributes to the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Foundation Phase. The five content ares are - Numbers, Operations and Relationships, Patterns, Functions and Algebra, Space and Shape (Geometry), Measurement, Data Handling (Statistics).</p><p> In Grade R - 3, it is important that the area of Numbers, Operations and Relationships is the main focus of Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade1-second-addl-language-english|Foundation|1|Second Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_second_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade1_second_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 1 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 1, second additional language, sal, english ||<p>The Second Additional Language (SAL) will be offered in Grades 1 to 3 in all 11 official languages. The focus of the SAL curriculum is on the development of oral communication skills. The SAL curriculum will cover these main skills, namely Listening and speaking: Oral communication and language development skills Emergent Literacy Skills (Phonological and emergent literacy skillsawareness, phonemic awareness, emergent reading and writing). </p><p>The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills. In Grades 1 – 3 learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade2-first-addl-language-english|Foundation|2|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_first_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_first_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 2 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 2, first additional language, fal, english||<p>In the Grade 2 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the First Additional Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The First Additional Language refers to a language which is not a mother tongue but which is used for certain communicative functions in a society, that is, medium of learning and teaching in education. The curriculum provides strong support for those learners who will use their first additional language as a language of learning and teaching. By the end of Grade 9, these learners should be able to use their home language and first additional language effectively and with confidence for a variety of purposes, including learning.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade2-home-language-english|Foundation|2|Home Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE HOME LANGUAGE GRADES R-3|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_home_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_home_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 2 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 2, home language, english||<p>In the Grade 2 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the Home Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade2-life-skills|Foundation|2|Life Skills|Outline of course material|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 2 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 2, life skills||<p>In the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) the subject Life Skills in Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) has been organised into four study areas: Beginning Knowledge, Personal and Social Well-being, Creative Arts and Physical Education. Life Skills has been organised in this way in order to ensure that the foundational skills, values and concepts of early childhood development and of the subjects offered in Grades 4 - 12 are taught and developed in Grades R-3. Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being are integrated in the topics. </p><p>Life Skills is a cross cutting subject that should support and strengthen the teaching of the other core Foundation Phase subjects namely Languages (Home and First Additional) and Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade2-mathematics|Foundation|2|Mathematics|FOUNDATION PHASE OVERVIEW|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of Grade 2 content|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|Grade 2 overview per term|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_mathematics_term_overview.pdf|RSA NCS CAPS Grade 2 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 2, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Foundation Phase covers five content areas. Each content area contributes to the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Foundation Phase. The five content ares are - Numbers, Operations and Relationships, Patterns, Functions and Algebra, Space and Shape (Geometry), Measurement, Data Handling (Statistics). </p><p>In Grade R - 3, it is important that the area of Numbers, Operations and Relationships is the main focus of Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade2-second-addl-language-english|Foundation|2|Second Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_second_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade2_second_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 2, second additional language, sal, english ||<p>The Second Additional Language (SAL) will be offered in Grades 1 to 3 in all 11 official languages. The focus of the SAL curriculum is on the development of oral communication skills. The SAL curriculum will cover these main skills, namely Listening and speaking: Oral communication and language development skills Emergent Literacy Skills (Phonological and emergent literacy skillsawareness, phonemic awareness, emergent reading and writing). </p><p>The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills. In Grades 1 – 3 learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade3-first-addl-language-english|Foundation|3|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_first_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_first_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 3, first additional language, fal, english||<p>In the Grade 3 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the First Additional Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The First Additional Language refers to a language which is not a mother tongue but which is used for certain communicative functions in a society, that is, medium of learning and teaching in education. The curriculum provides strong support for those learners who will use their first additional language as a language of learning and teaching. By the end of Grade 9, these learners should be able to use their home language and first additional language effectively and with confidence for a variety of purposes, including learning.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade3-home-language-english|Foundation|3|Home Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE HOME LANGUAGE GRADES R-3|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_home_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_home_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 3, home language, english||<p>In the Grade 3 Foundation Phase, the main skills in the Home Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade3-life-skills|Foundation|3|Life Skills|Outline of course material|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 3, life skills||<p>In the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) the subject Life Skills in Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) has been organised into four study areas: Beginning Knowledge, Personal and Social Well-being, Creative Arts and Physical Education. Life Skills has been organised in this way in order to ensure that the foundational skills, values and concepts of early childhood development and of the subjects offered in Grades 4 - 12 are taught and developed in Grades R-3. Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being are integrated in the topics. </p><p>Life Skills is a cross cutting subject that should support and strengthen the teaching of the other core Foundation Phase subjects namely Languages (Home and First Additional) and Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade3-mathematics|Foundation|3|Mathematics|FOUNDATION PHASE OVERVIEW|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of Grade 3 content|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|Grade 3 overview per term|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_mathematics_term_overview.pdf|RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 3, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Foundation Phase covers five content areas. Each content area contributes to the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Foundation Phase. The five content ares are - Numbers, Operations and Relationships, Patterns, Functions and Algebra, Space and Shape (Geometry), Measurement, Data Handling (Statistics). </p><p>In Grade R - 3, it is important that the area of Numbers, Operations and Relationships is the main focus of Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grade3-second-addl-language-english|Foundation|3|Second Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_second_addl_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grade3_second_addl_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 3 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade 3, second additional language, sal, english ||<p>The Second Additional Language (SAL) will be offered in Grades 1 to 3 in all 11 official languages. The focus of the SAL curriculum is on the development of oral communication skills. The SAL curriculum will cover these main skills, namely Listening and speaking: Oral communication and language development skills Emergent Literacy Skills (Phonological and emergent literacy skillsawareness, phonemic awareness, emergent reading and writing). </p><p>The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills. In Grades 1 – 3 learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grader-home-language-english|Foundation|0|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE HOME LANGUAGE GRADES R-3|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_home_language_english.pdf|REQUIREMENTS PER TERM|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_home_language_english_term_rr.pdf|||RSA CAPS Grade R Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade r, home language, english||<p>In the Grade R Foundation Phase, the main skills in the Home Language curriculum are Listening and speaking, Reading and phonics, Writing and handwriting. Thinking and Reasoning and Language Structure and Use are integrated into all 4 languages skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p><p>The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grader-life-skills|Foundation|0|Life Skills|Outline of course material|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade R Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade r, life skills||<p>In the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) the subject Life Skills in Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) has been organised into four study areas: Beginning Knowledge, Personal and Social Well-being, Creative Arts and Physical Education. Life Skills has been organised in this way in order to ensure that the foundational skills, values and concepts of early childhood development and of the subjects offered in Grades 4 - 12 are taught and developed in Grades R-3. Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being are integrated in the topics. </p><p>Life Skills is a cross cutting subject that should support and strengthen the teaching of the other core Foundation Phase subjects namely Languages (Home and First Additional) and Mathematics.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-foundation-grader-mathematics|Foundation|0|Mathematics|FOUNDATION PHASE OVERVIEW|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of Grade R content|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|Grade R overview per term|rsa_ncs_caps_foundation_grader_mathematics_term_overview.pdf|RSA NCS CAPS Grade R Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|foundation, grade r, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Foundation Phase covers five content areas. Each content area contributes to the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Foundation Phase. The five content ares are - Numbers, Operations and Relationships, Patterns, Functions and Algebra, Space and Shape (Geometry), Measurement, Data Handling (Statistics). </p><p>In Grade R - 3, it is important that the area of Numbers, Operations and Relationships is the main focus of Mathematics. The approach to learning Mathematics in Grade R should be based on the principles of integration and play-based learning. The teacher should be pro-active, a mediator rather than a facilitator. A mediator makes the most of incidental learning opportunities that arise spontaneously during a range of child-centred activities such as free play in the fantasy corner or block construction site, sand and water play activities as well as teacher-guided activities that focus on mathematical concepts such as counting, number concept development, space and shape, patterns, time and other emergent mathematics activities. Colour is not in itself a mathematical concept, but can be used to promote the acquisition of mathematical concepts in activities such as sorting, grouping and classifying. </p> <p>All aspects of Grade R, including the classroom environment and teaching and learning practice, should promote the holistic development of the child. Development that is an integral part of emergent numeracy includes cognitive development (problem-solving, logical thought and reasoning), language development (the language of mathematics) and perceptual-motor as well as emotional and social development. All these aspects can be developed through stories, songs, rhymes, finger games and water play, educational toys including board games, construction and exploration activities (mass, time, capacity, measurement, etc.), imaginative play, outdoor play and “playground games”. Many kinds  of games and play could include aspects of numeracy, for example measuring during cooking or counting during shopping.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-first-addl-language-english|Intermediate|4|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_first_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 4, first additional language, fal, english||<p>The First Additional Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions. In the Intermediate and Senior Phases, learners continue to strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. At this stage the majority of children are learning through the medium of their First Additional Language, English, and should be getting more exposure to it. Greater emphasis is therefore placed on using the First Additional Language for the purposes of thinking and reasoning. This enables learners to develop their cognitive academic skills, which they need to study subjects like Science in English. They also engage more with literary texts and begin to develop aesthetic and imaginative ability in their Additional Language.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-home-language-english|Intermediate|4|Home Language English|CONTENT AND TEACHING PLANS FOR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_home_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 4, home language, english||<p>The Home Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions. The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in. However, the emphasis and the weighting for Listening and Speaking from Grade 7 onwards are lower than those of the reading and writing skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-life-skills|Intermediate|4|Life Skills|ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 4, life skills||<p>The subject aims to develop learners through three different, but interrelated study areas, that is, Personal and Social Well-being, Physical Education and Creative Arts. In the Life Skills curriculum for Grades 4 to 6, Personal and Social Well-being is expressed as a study area containing three topics. The three topics are - Development of the self, Health and environmental responsibility, and Social responsibility. Physical Education (PE) aims to develop learners’ physical well-being and knowledge of movement and safety. Creative Arts provides exposure to and study of a range of art forms including dance, drama, music, and visual arts. The purpose of Creative Arts is to develop learners as creative, imaginative individuals, with an appreciation of the arts. It also provides basic knowledge and skills to be able to participate in creative activities. Creative Arts will be studied in two parallel and complementary streams – Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music).
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-mathematics|Intermediate|4|Mathematics|SPECIFICATION OF CONTENT (Phase Overview)|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of content for Grade 4|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 4, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Intermediate Phase covers five Content Areas - Numbers, Operations and Relationships; Patterns, Functions and Algebra; Space and Shape (Geometry); Measurement; and Data Handling.</p><p>Each content area contributes towards the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Intermediate Phase.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-natural-sciences-technology|Intermediate|4|Natural Sciences and Technology|CONTENT TABLES|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_natural_sciences_technology.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Natural Sciences and Technology Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, 4, natural sciences, technology, technology||<p>In this curriculum, Grades 4 to 6 Natural Sciences and Technology are combined into one subject which is compulsory for all learners. Natural Sciences and Technology are also both compulsory subjects for all learners in Grades 7 to 9.  In this curriculum, the knowledge strands are used as a tool for organising the content of the subject Natural Sciences and Technology. </p><p>Natural Sciences strands are Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond. Technology strands are Structures, Processing, Systems and Control.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-second-addl-language-english|Intermediate|4|Second Additional Language English|Spreads of texts across Grades 4-6|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_second_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, 4, second additional language, sal, english||<p>In Grades 4 to 6, learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages. By the time learners enter Grade 7, they should try to communicate in their Second Additional Language at both interpersonal and social levels. However, the reality is that many learners still cannot communicate well in their Additional Language at this stage. </p><p>The challenge in Grades 4-6, therefore, is to provide support for these learners at the same time as providing a curriculum that enables learners to meet the standards required in further grades. These standards must be such that learners can use their additional language at a level of proficiency to prepare them for further or higher education or the world of work. The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-social-sciences-geography|Intermediate|4|Social Sciences Geography|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_social_sciences_geography.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Social Sciences Geography Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, 4, social sciences, geography||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. </p><p>This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future. </p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade4-social-sciences-history|Intermediate|4|Social Sciences History|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade4_social_sciences_history.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 4 Social Sciences History Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, 4, social sciences, history||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. </p><p>This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future.  History is about learning how to think about the past, and by implication the present, in a disciplined way. History is a process of enquiry and involves asking questions about the past: What happened? When did it happen? Why did it happen then? It is about how to think analytically about the stories people tell us about the past and how we internalise that information.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-first-addl-language-english|Intermediate|5|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_first_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, first additional language, fal, english||<p>The First Additional Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions. In the Intermediate and Senior Phases, learners continue to strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. At this stage the majority of children are learning through the medium of their First Additional Language, English, and should be getting more exposure to it. Greater emphasis is therefore placed on using the First Additional Language for the purposes of thinking and reasoning. This enables learners to develop their cognitive academic skills, which they need to study subjects like Science in English. They also engage more with literary texts and begin to develop aesthetic and imaginative ability in their Additional Language.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-home-language-english|Intermediate|5|Home Language English|CONTENT AND TEACHING PLANS FOR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_home_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, home language, english||<p>The Home Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions. The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. </p><p>This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in. However, the emphasis and the weighting for Listening and Speaking from Grade 7 onwards are lower than those of the reading and writing skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-life-skills|Intermediate|5|Life Skills|ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, life skills||<p>The subject aims to develop learners through three different, but interrelated study areas, that is, Personal and Social Well-being, Physical Education and Creative Arts. In the Life Skills curriculum for Grades 4 to 6, Personal and Social Well-being is expressed as a study area containing three topics. </p><p>The three topics are - Development of the self, Health and environmental responsibility, and Social responsibility. Physical Education (PE) aims to develop learners’ physical well-being and knowledge of movement and safety. Creative Arts provides exposure to and study of a range of art forms including dance, drama, music, and visual arts. The purpose of Creative Arts is to develop learners as creative, imaginative individuals, with an appreciation of the arts. It also provides basic knowledge and skills to be able to participate in creative activities. Creative Arts will be studied in two parallel and complementary streams – Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music).</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-mathematics|Intermediate|5|Mathematics|SPECIFICATION OF CONTENT (Phase Overview)|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of content for Grade 5|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Intermediate Phase covers five Content Areas - Numbers, Operations and Relationships; Patterns, Functions and Algebra; Space and Shape (Geometry); Measurement; and Data Handling.</p><p>Each content area contributes towards the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Intermediate Phase.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-natural-sciences-technology|Intermediate|5|Natural Sciences and Technology|CONTENT TABLES|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_natural_sciences_technology.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Natural Sciences and Technology Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, natural sciences, technology, technology||<p>In this curriculum, Grades 4 to 6 Natural Sciences and Technology are combined into one subject which is compulsory for all learners. Natural Sciences and Technology are also both compulsory subjects for all learners in Grades 7 to 9.  In this curriculum, the knowledge strands are used as a tool for organising the content of the subject Natural Sciences and Technology. </p><p>Natural Sciences strands are Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond. Technology strands are Structures, Processing, Systems and Control.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-second-addl-language-english|Intermediate|5|Second Additional Language English|Spreads of texts across Grades 4-6|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_second_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, second additional language, sal, english||<p>In Grades 4 to 6, learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages. By the time learners enter Grade 7, they should try to communicate in their Second Additional Language at both interpersonal and social levels. However, the reality is that many learners still cannot communicate well in their Additional Language at this stage. </p><p>The challenge in Grades 4-6, therefore, is to provide support for these learners at the same time as providing a curriculum that enables learners to meet the standards required in further grades. These standards must be such that learners can use their additional language at a level of proficiency to prepare them for further or higher education or the world of work.</p><p> The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-social-sciences-geography|Intermediate|5|Social Sciences Geography|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_social_sciences_geography.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Social Sciences Geography Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, social sciences, geography||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future. Geography is the study of the human and physical environment. Geography is an integrated discipline that examines both physical and human processes over space and time. Geography helps us to understand our complex world. It offers us a bridge between the human and physical sciences. There are many branches of Geography. Physical Geography examines natural processes and features including the atmosphere, landforms, and ecosystems. Human Geography is concerned with the activities and impact of people on the earth.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade5-social-sciences-history|Intermediate|5|Social Sciences History|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade5_social_sciences_history.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 5 Social Sciences History Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 5, social sciences, history||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future.  History is about learning how to think about the past, and by implication the present, in a disciplined way. History is a process of enquiry and involves asking questions about the past: What happened? When did it happen? Why did it happen then? It is about how to think analytically about the stories people tell us about the past and how we internalise that information.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-first-addl-language-english|Intermediate|6|First Additional Language English|OVERVIEW OF THE LANGUAGE SKILLS AND TEACHING PLANS|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_first_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 First Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, first additional language, fal, english||<p>The First Additional Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions.  In the Intermediate and Senior Phases, learners continue to strengthen their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. At this stage the majority of children are learning through the medium of their First Additional Language, English, and should be getting more exposure to it. Greater emphasis is therefore placed on using the First Additional Language for the purposes of thinking and reasoning. This enables learners to develop their cognitive academic skills, which they need to study subjects like Science in English. They also engage more with literary texts and begin to develop aesthetic and imaginative ability in their Additional Language.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-home-language-english|Intermediate|6|Home Language English|CONTENT AND TEACHING PLANS FOR ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_home_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Home Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, home language, english||<p>The Home Language curriculum is packaged according to the following skills - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, Language Structures and Conventions. The Home Language level provides for language proficiency that reflects the basic interpersonal communication skills required in social situations and the cognitive academic skills essential for learning across the curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at this language level. </p><p>This level also provides learners with a literary, aesthetic and imaginative ability that will provide them with the ability to recreate, imagine, and empower their understandings of the world they live in. However, the emphasis and the weighting for Listening and Speaking from Grade 7 onwards are lower than those of the reading and writing skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-life-skills|Intermediate|6|Life Skills|ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_life_skills.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Life Skills Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, life skills||<p>The subject aims to develop learners through three different, but interrelated study areas, that is, Personal and Social Well-being, Physical Education and Creative Arts. In the Life Skills curriculum for Grades 4 to 6, Personal and Social Well-being is expressed as a study area containing three topics. </p><p>The three topics are - Development of the self, Health and environmental responsibility, and Social responsibility. Physical Education (PE) aims to develop learners’ physical well-being and knowledge of movement and safety. Creative Arts provides exposure to and study of a range of art forms including dance, drama, music, and visual arts. The purpose of Creative Arts is to develop learners as creative, imaginative individuals, with an appreciation of the arts. It also provides basic knowledge and skills to be able to participate in creative activities. Creative Arts will be studied in two parallel and complementary streams – Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music).</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-mathematics|Intermediate|6|Mathematics|SPECIFICATION OF CONTENT (Phase Overview)|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_mathematics.pdf|Clarification of content for Grade 5|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_mathematics_term_clarifications.pdf|||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Mathematics Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, mathematics||<p>Mathematics in the Intermediate Phase covers five Content Areas - Numbers, Operations and Relationships; Patterns, Functions and Algebra; Space and Shape (Geometry); Measurement; and Data Handling.</p><p>Each content area contributes towards the acquisition of specific skills. The table below shows the general focus of the content areas as well as the specific focus of the content areas for the Intermediate Phase.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-natural-sciences-technology|Intermediate|6|Natural Sciences and Technology|CONTENT TABLES|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_natural_sciences_technology.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Natural Sciences and Technology Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, natural sciences, technology, technology||<p>In this curriculum, Grades 4 to 6 Natural Sciences and Technology are combined into one subject which is compulsory for all learners. Natural Sciences and Technology are also both compulsory subjects for all learners in Grades 7 to 9.  In this curriculum, the knowledge strands are used as a tool for organising the content of the subject Natural Sciences and Technology. </p><p>Natural Sciences strands are Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond. Technology strands are Structures, Processing, Systems and Control.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-second-addl-language-english|Intermediate|6|Second Additional Language English|Spreads of texts across Grades 4-6|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_second_addl_language_english.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Second Additional Language English Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, second additional language, sal, english||<p>In Grades 4 to 6, learners start to build their oral and literacy skills. They also apply the oral and literacy skills they have already learned in their Home and First Additional Languages. By the time learners enter Grade 7, they should try to communicate in their Second Additional Language at both interpersonal and social levels. However, the reality is that many learners still cannot communicate well in their Additional Language at this stage. </p><p>The challenge in Grades 4-6, therefore, is to provide support for these learners at the same time as providing a curriculum that enables learners to meet the standards required in further grades. These standards must be such that learners can use their additional language at a level of proficiency to prepare them for further or higher education or the world of work. </p><p>The Second Additional Language level assumes that learners do not necessarily have any knowledge of the language when they arrive at school. The focus upon exposure to Second Additional Language is on developing learners’ ability to understand and speak the language - basic interpersonal communication skills.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-social-sciences-geography|Intermediate|6|Social Sciences Geography|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_social_sciences_geography.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Social Sciences Geography Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, social sciences, geography||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future.  Geography is the study of the human and physical environment. Geography is an integrated discipline that examines both physical and human processes over space and time. Geography helps us to understand our complex world. It offers us a bridge between the human and physical sciences. There are many branches of Geography. Physical Geography examines natural processes and features including the atmosphere, landforms, and ecosystems. Human Geography is concerned with the activities and impact of people on the earth.</p>
rsa-ncs-caps-intermediate-grade6-social-sciences-history|Intermediate|6|Social Sciences History|OUTLINE OF WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT|rsa_ncs_caps_intermediate_grade6_social_sciences_history.pdf|||||RSA NCS CAPS Grade 6 Social Sciences History Curriculum|south africa, national curriculum statement, curriculum assessment policy statement, ncs, caps|intermediate, grade 6, social sciences, history||<p>The subject Social Sciences consists of History and Geography. Both History and Geography should be taught and assessed during every term of the school year. Although the two disciplines are kept separate, this curriculum is designed to complement the knowledge (content, skills and concepts) outlined in each. This Social Sciences curriculum aims to provide opportunities for learners to look at their own worlds with fresh, critical eyes and perhaps more importantly, it aims to introduce learners to a world beyond their everyday realities. Schools should be special places that provide learners with knowledge to which they would otherwise not have access. </p><p>History is the study of change and development in society over time. The study of History enables people to understand and evaluate how past human action has an impact on the present and how it influences the future.  History is about learning how to think about the past, and by implication the present, in a disciplined way. History is a process of enquiry and involves asking questions about the past: What happened? When did it happen? Why did it happen then? It is about how to think analytically about the stories people tell us about the past and how we internalise that information.</p>