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LANd Of Oz NURSERY SCHOOL

TO LAUNCH GRAdE R

and of Oz, a well-known and beloved Nursery School for education, bridging pre-school and formal schooling. During Grade
children aged 12 months to 6 years in northern Johannesburg, R, children begin to learn to take responsibility for their choices
will launch a Grade R class at its Chartwell campus in 2022. and to act independently. “Our Grade R offering will include an
LThe school is 34 years old, has campuses in Fourways integrated literacy programme, phonological awareness, science,
and Chartwell, and is owned by Curro Holdings, the JSE-listed robotics, numeracy, and perceptual programmes. We also focus
independent education provider. specifically on the emotional and social skills that are so critical at
this stage. Our fees for Grade R are very competitive and there are
Executive Head, Sharon Konstantinou, joined Land of Oz Nursery no hidden extras. Plus, it opens the doors for children to be enrolled
School recently, bringing more than 20 years of teaching experience at any of the Curro primary schools across the country.”
and five years as a nursery school principal to her position.
Land of Oz has become a pillar of the Fourways and Chartwell
“Education of young children is my life’s work. I believe passionately communities, with parents who attended the school as young
that these years cannot be overemphasised as the foundation of a children now choosing to place their children in the school.
strong character, the building of a positive attitude to learning, and the Konstantinou believes this is due to their own positive experiences
development of a kind and loving soul. I’m committed to journeying and the fact that the school focuses on critical Early Learning
with staff and parents to ensure that Land of Oz remains true to its long and Development Areas (ELDAs) in its curriculum. These include
history of established traditions and Christian values,” she says. physical well-being (health and safety, gross motor and fine
motor development), identity and belonging (self-awareness,
“We’re thrilled to be expanding our Chartwell campus to include self-management, social awareness, and social management),
Grade R. There is a desperate need for more Grade R offerings in this communication (listen and understand, speak and communicate,
area as it is now a compulsory phase for education in 2022 and we make meaning and represent), mathematics (quantity and
will be offering small classes to ensure we that can nurture children numbers, measurement, patterns, shape and space, data collection,
individually across all areas of their development.” time and ordination), creativity (daily life and play, visual arts,
performing arts), and learning about the world (exploration and
Konstantinou believes that Grade R is a critical year in a child’s inquiry, knowledge and understanding, executive function).

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