School Mission and Principles

Our student culture plays a key role in the experience at Izotsha Primary School. At the heart of our school lies the interest and support of the parents, and it is the same belief and pioneering spirit of courage, foresight and vision that led to the founding of this school, that has kept it stable and secure.

The mission of the school is to serve the needs of the children with quality primary education according to the resources of our infrastructure and in the process aim to achieve a school striving for excellence at all times.

Our ultimate aim is to provide an affordable and well balanced education in a happy, caring environment. In the education of our children - our future - we wish to achieve a better school, a better community so that in our own small way we can ultimately contribute to achieving a better country.

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The principles to be strived for at Izotsha Primary School in the education of your children are as follows:

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1. Education should be child-centred, ie. the child's level, needs and interests should be carefully considered. Children should be actively involved in the learning programme.

2. Education is concerned with more than the acquisition and reproduction of factual content. The development of skills, concepts and attitudes must also receive emphasis. Language development should occupy a central position in the overall learning programme.

3. Knowledge should not be fragmented - a holistic approach, ie. cross-curricular teaching should be applied, as far as possible.

4. All children should be exposed to a learning programme that provides for both the consolidation of basic skills and enrichment (higher order thinking / problem solving)

5. Differentiation should be accommodated in the teaching / learning programme. The curriculum should be multicultural in its design and application.

6. Teaching / learning should be evaluated on a continuous basis, with an individual child profile providing a global in-depth overview of each child.