Kimberley Girls' High School

Kimberley Girls’ High is an academic school and academics are our first priority. Our results consistently reflect the high academic standards that the school seeks to maintain and over the past 10 years our matric results have placed the school amongst the Top Three schools in the district. On two occasions the school has been the Top school in the Northern Cape Province.

The school has a staff of well-qualified, dedicated teachers and it is the policy in the school to use experts in the lower grades. The school operates on a 9-day cycle. Standardised tests are built into the cycle and are written twice a cycle throughout the year.

MATRIC RESULTS 2011

107 Candidates
107 Passes
112 Subject Distinctions
7 "A" Aggregates
88 University Entrances
19 Diploma Passes
Two girls in theTop Ten in the Northern Cape.
Top School in Kimberley
Third in the Northern Cape Province

Subjects offered

The GET curriculum for Grades 8 & 9 embraces 8 learning areas:-

Language (English & Afrikaans)
Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Human Social Sciences
Economic Management Science
Technology
Arts & Culture
Life Orientation

The FET curriculum for Grades 10 & 11 offers the following learning areas at Girls' High:-

English Home Language
Afrikaans: First Additional Language
Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy
Physical Science
Life Sciences
Accounting
Business Studies
Computer Applications Technology
Geography
History
Music
Visual Arts
Tourism

Religious Education is held once a week where ministers from different denominations take their groups.

Computer Literacy and Library are built into the GET curriculum. In Grades 8-10 two periods per cycle are allocated to a ‘Readers are Leaders’ computer programme, which is designed to improve english reading and comprehension skills.

Academic Enrichment Opportunities

Banango Traders, a business simulation game, designed and presented by the Johannesburg School of Finance is experienced by learners at a junior and senior level.
Science Festival in Grahamstown
Science Expo
Science Quiz
English Festival in Bloemfontein
Geography and History Excursions
Olympiads – English, Afrikaans, Maths, Science, Biology, World Knowledge etc.
Model UN Debating