School Phases Senior Phase
Senior Phase
The Senior phase consists of classes from Grades 7 to 9, with a maximum of 15 learners per class.
Class groups include:
- One Afrikaans class per grade (Grades 7 to 9)
- One English class per grade (Grades 7 to 9)
In the Senior Phase
- Learners follow Paarl School’s value system to guide them in the process of maturity and excellence
- Learners receive structural assistance to accommodate ADHD and other serious attention distractors
- Learners have access to electronic learning content for study purposes
- Assessment accommodations, including reader, writer and prompter, are provided to support learners with barriers during formal assessment
- Individual computers are supplied to learners with physical challenges and motor co-ordination difficulties, for written tasks
- Learners have access to an equipped assessment accommodations computer room where they can listen to their work and can record answers to questionnaires and/or assessment papers with the help of voice-to-text and text-to-voice software
- The foundation on which the Intermediate Phase builds is based on positive reinforcement by expanding a learner’s self-esteem; therefore, this phase follows a holistic approach through support to empower the learner