Academic excellence is at the heart of Calling Education’s identity. This can only be a reality if teachers and students maintain the right mind-set. Recruiting outstanding teachers is therefore central to Calling’s philosophy. There are many examples of learners who excelled academically thanks to sheer grit and commitment to hard work. That is the work ethic expected from learners.

At Calling, we deliberately structure our timetable to promote self-discipline and autonomous learning. We wish for our learners to develop their ability to study. Self-paced learning is therefore integrated into the school day. The aim of this approach is not merely to help learners get good marks, but to prepare them for studying at a tertiary level where these abilities are even more important.

A range of initiatives is in place to promote academic excellence at Calling, including:

  • Mind-set investments in teachers and learners
  • Deliberate promotion of autonomous learning through self-paced learning
  • Integration of a digital study platform (School-in-a-Box) that allow in-class differentiation
  • Integrating a flipped classroom approach where appropriate
  • Use of the Oxford Tutorial Method to promote critical and structured thinking

FOCUS SUBJECTS

A heightened emphasis is placed on Maths and English in Grade 8 and Grade 9. This is achieved by supplementing learners’ Maths classwork with extra work on a whatsapp group and allocating self-paced learning specifically to Maths and English.

SUBJECT CHOICES

Calling Academy follows the national South African CAPS curriculum. We use a focused, but relevant, subject choice as a feature of our low cost model.

GRADE 8 AND 9 SUBJECT CHOICE

English Home Language
Afrikaans Additional Language OR SeSotho First Additional Language

Mathematics
Natural Science
Social Science
Economic and Management Science
Technology
Life Orientation
Creative Arts

Learners have to indicate their choice of additional language for Grade 8 and 9 on their application forms.