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BREAKING NEWS: EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT
Listen to Our Open Day Preview on Radio Tygerberg!
Join Allan Norton and Antoinette Gauché, our Heads of Faculty, as they share insights into life at MPS – Melkbosstrand Private School and what makes our nurturing, inspiring environment the perfect place for your child to thrive.
IEB Curriculum
MPS matric class of 2024 was its first group of Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams. The first IEB exam results were a huge success with students achieving an impressive 91.4% Bachelors Pass rate.
The school received IEB approval and acceptance to start with the implementation of the IEB curriculum in 2022.
MPS Primary School is affiliated with IEB while our High School is registered with IEB and the first Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams will be the class of 2024.
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The IEB NSC is an internationally benchmarked qualification and is equivalent to Cambridge AS level.
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The IEB NSC (National Senior Certificate) is also quality assured by UMALUSI (the council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education) of which MPS has already received accreditation in 2019.
IEB Curriculum
MPS matric class of 2024 was its first group of Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams.
The school received IEB approval and acceptance to start with the implementation of the IEB curriculum in 2022.
MPS Primary School is affiliated with IEB while our High School is registered with IEB and the first Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams will be the class of 2024.
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The IEB NSC is an internationally benchmarked qualification and is equivalent to Cambridge AS level.
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The IEB NSC (National Senior Certificate) is also quality assured by UMALUSI (the council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education) of which MPS has already received accreditation in 2019.
IEB Curriculum
MPS matric class of 2024 was its first group of Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams.
The school received IEB approval and acceptance to start with the implementation of the IEB curriculum in 2022.
MPS Primary School is affiliated with IEB while our High School is registered with IEB and the first Grade 12’s to write the IEB exams will be the class of 2024. received accreditation in 2019.
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The IEB NSC is an internationally benchmarked qualification and is equivalent to Cambridge AS level.
-
The IEB NSC (National Senior Certificate) is also quality assured by UMALUSI (the council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education) of which MPS has already
YOUNG ENGINEERS
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MPS is proud to announce that thanks to our partnership with Young Engineers, we offer Robotics as part of our curriculum from grade R through to grade 7.
The introduction engineering activities will help prepare our learners for the changing demands of the future workforce – helping them to be come #Changemakers who are equipped to go out and make a change in the world.
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Some three years after first intoducing the subject, Agricultural Management Practices to its ‘stable’ of subjects, MPS is incredibly proud of the learners boldly taking the reigns and their achievements thus far.
Isabella Rabie and Lulibo Dyani were the first MPS learners to take part in the Moreesburg Agri Youth Show in 2023, competing against 14 other experienced learners in the senior
meat cattle category. They also did us proud by bringing diversity to the show by being the only female learner and learner of colour at the show.
MPS is one of a few, if not the first, independent private school promoting Agriculture among the youth of South Africa for the future.
MPS is privileged to partner with Mr. Seymour Currie of Joyce’s Angus Stud who acts as a mentor to our learners, sharing with them his wealth of knowledge as a championship Angus breeder.
In addition MPS is excited to partner with RFID Experts Africa, a subsidiary of BKB, who are planning to erect a fully-automated electronic cattle handling facility on site to give our learners exposure to the latest precision technology used in agricultural management practices.
AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Some three years after first intoducing the subject, Agricultural Management Practices to its ‘stable’ of subjects, MPS is incredibly proud of the learners boldly taking the reigns and their achievements thus far.
Isabella Rabie and Lulibo Dyani were the first MPS learners to take part in the
Moreesburg Agri Youth Show in 2023, competing against 14 other experienced learners in the senior
meat cattle category. They also did us proud by bringing diversity to the show by being the only female learner and learner of colour at the show.
MPS is one of a few, if not the first, independent private school promoting Agriculture among the youth of South Africa for the future.
MPS is privileged to partner with Mr. Seymour Currie of Joyce’s Angus Stud who acts as a mentor to our learners, sharing with them his wealth of knowledge as a championship Angus breeder.
In addition MPS is excited to partner with RFID Experts Africa, a subsidiary of BKB, who are planning to erect a fully-automated electronic cattle handling facility on site to give our learners exposure to the latest precision technology used in agricultural management practices.
ACTIVE READERS
MPS Primary School proudly introduced its ACTIVE READERS programme in 2021!
BE ACTIVE
Spend your afternoons playing, surfing, chilling, being with friends, walking on the beach, skateboarding, riding your bicycle, enjoying sport.
BE A READER
Spend at least 20 minutes a day reading a book
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5 days a week – in your home language
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2 days a week – in your first additional language
ACTIVE READERS
MPS Primary School proudly introduced its ACTIVE READERS programme in 2021!
BE ACTIVE
Spend your afternoons playing, surfing, chilling, being with friends, walking on the beach, skateboarding, riding your bicycle, enjoying sport.
BE A READER
Spend at least 20 minutes a day reading a book
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5 days a week – in your home language
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2 days a week – in your first additional language