We will not pretend to be a private school. What we will do is keep four small promises every working day — and answer for them at every Tuesday-night SGB meeting.
Our promise: every Grade 3 leaver reads a 200-word story aloud in both languages.
Setswana is the language of the kitchen. English is the language of the workbook. We refuse to choose. The Foundation Phase runs paired-text lessons four times a week — same story, two languages, side-by-side — so neither tongue is treated as the ‘backup’ one.
Our promise: a hot, balanced lunch every school day for every learner, no questions asked.
The National School Nutrition Programme cooks 550 lunches in our on-site kitchen daily. Spinach, beetroot and pumpkin come from the garden the Grade 5s tend on Tuesdays. The menu is pinned to the gate so caregivers can plan the evening meal around it.
Our promise: a registered school counsellor on site three days a week, free.
Through the North West DSD partnership, Mrs. Mokoena (HPCSA-registered) sees learners on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is no waiting list and no parental consent form for a five-minute chat — only longer cases require sign-off. The room has curtains, two cushions and tea.
Our promise: parents control 100% of the maintenance budget, in public, every month.
As a Section 21 school, our SGB administers funds directly. Every cent is read aloud at the monthly meeting and pinned outside the principal's office for two weeks. We believe public money in a public school should be read by the public — not filed away.
None of this is glamorous. All of it matters when a child sprains an ankle on the way to assembly, or stays late waiting for an aunt who is late from the taxi rank.
A two-metre fenced perimeter, a single signed-in front gate, two contracted security officers covering 06:30–18:00, and SAPS sector commander on speed-dial.
Two PED-approved scholar buses, GPS-tracked, with an on-board supervisor who reads the register at every stop. Caregivers receive a WhatsApp ping when their child boards and disembarks.
The route covers eleven stops across Madidi, Mathibestad and Maboloka, with the first pickup at 06:15 and the last drop-off by 15:40. Drivers hold valid PrDPs renewed every twelve months, and both vehicles are inspected by a contracted mechanic on the last Friday of every month — the report is posted on the office noticeboard.
If a child is not at the stop, the supervisor waits ninety seconds and calls the listed caregiver before the bus moves on. If a caregiver is not at the afternoon stop, the child returns to school and waits in the office under staff supervision — never alone, never on the kerb.
NSNP-funded menus designed by a registered DBE dietitian, on-campus kitchen with daily ingredient tracing logs available to any parent on request.
Five cooks — all caregivers from the surrounding wards — serve a hot meal to all 550 learners between 10:30 and 11:10 every school day. The weekly menu rotates pap, samp, brown rice and bread with a protein, two vegetables and seasonal fruit. Spinach, beetroot, pumpkin and onions come straight from the school garden when in season; everything else is sourced from two local suppliers vetted annually by the SGB.
Halaal preparation is honoured every Wednesday and Friday. Allergies and dietary needs declared on the admissions form are listed on a laminated card pinned above the serving counter. Leftovers are never re-served the next day — they go home with the kitchen team or to the two ECD centres next door.
On-site sick bay staffed by a part-time school nurse on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fast-track referral agreement with Odi District Hospital for emergencies.
A registered counsellor on site three days a week, monthly wellness assemblies, and a quiet sensory room repurposed from the old book-storage cupboard.
Fire and evacuation drills two times per term, run with the Madibeng municipal fire service. Every classroom has a printed evacuation route inside the door.