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- info@radfordhouse.co.za
- 224 Cornelis Street โ cnr 3rd Avenue, Fairland, Johannesburg, RSA
Pre Primary School
Pre Primary School
At Radford House, our pre-primary phase encompasses Grade 000, 00, and 0, each class led by a dedicated teacher and a class assistant. With an impressive teacher-to-pupil ratio of 1:5, we ensure that every child receives personalised attention and care.
Our pre-primary approach focuses on nurturing foundational skills and fostering a love for learning. This phase emphasises:
Our pre-primary approach focuses on nurturing foundational skills and fostering a love for learning. This phase emphasises:
- Providing enriching learning opportunities, while focussing on the social and emotional development of the children.
- Ensuring that our children learn through the senses and providing experiences that range from concrete to abstract.
- Encouraging questions, teaching open-mindedness and fostering critical thinking.
- Creating opportunities for children to express themselves through discovery and exploration.
- Ensuring flexibility in the pace at which learning opportunities are provided.
- Our smaller classes allow for individualisation, so the children are not limited to their age group outcomes but can be accelerated in accordance with their ability.
- Allowing children some control over the direction of their learning by being involved in the process of choosing a theme each term.
Academics
Reflex motor, gross motor, and fine motor development
Life skills
Perceptual skills
Numeracy and literacy concepts
Development of reading skills
Weekly Zulu and Afrikaans lessons
Six Bricks, a Lego initiative
Chess
Music
Swimming by certified instructors
Philosophy for Kids
Weekly baking activities
Tech โ computational thinking and computer instruction
Extra Mural Activities
Yoga
STEM challenges
Arts and Crafts
Mini Soccer
Traditional Games
Puzzles and Tangrams
Playdough Creations
Wondering Minds
Big Builders (by Young Engineers)
Ballet (external facilitator)
Karate (external facilitator)
Pottery (external facilitator)
Electives
The Arts
What's That Invention
Ice Age
Medieval Times
Amazon
Out of the Blue
Jurassica
"What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for themselves and others, allow them to develop in their own way among adults who are sane and responsible, who know the value of the world and not its economic potential. It means art, it means time, it means all the invisibles never counted by the GDP and the census figures. It means knowing that life has an inside as well as an outside. And I think it means love." - Jeanette Winterson
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Continue Your Radford House Journey
Pre-Primary is just the beginning. See what comes next, and learn how to enrol.
Primary School โ
Once your child is ready for Grade 1, our Primary School continues the gifted-education journey with thematic learning and small classes (max 18 pupils).
Admissions Process โ
Learn how to apply to Radford House: required documents, assessment, and the timeline from enquiry to enrolment.
2025 Tuition Fees โ
View our Pre-Primary, Primary, and High School fee structure with sibling discount information.
