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High School:
Hockey:
Hockey was introduced in 2008, the team has grown throughout and they have played at different competitions and championships. Four of our players represented Limpopo in the 2024 regional championships during the June holiday. Our coaches, lead by Ms Solome Baloyi, are worked hard to prepare the teams for the Circuit Competitions that took place in the third quarter.
AstroQuiz:
The team has done a lot in equipping and working with learners. Since 2015, we have participated up to provincial level and the highest achievement we have had was when we got 3rd place at the provincial finals in 2021. The school hosts AstroQuiz friendly competitions against other schools within and around Mokopane. Our AstroQuiz team also qualified for the provincial finals in 2023.
AMESA:
AMESA (Association for Mathematics Education in South Africa). Learners in Grade 4 up to Grade 7 learners participate in this program. Three of our Grade 6 learners were in the Mogalakwena District Top 15, qualifying for the provincial finals which took place on the 4th of August 2023. Two of the learners, Ompha Mbengeni and Namile Makgeta scooped first and second positions respectively.
The 2024 Regional Maths Olympiads took place on 2 August and we were there to support our team.
Horizon Maths:
This is a privately organized competition and one of our learners, Ompha Mbengeni, took 12th position out of 98,867 competitors.
Soccer:
In 2017, we had a competition and won our first trophy at circuit for our under 13 participants. In 2023, our girls won Potgietersrus circuit league as well.
Netball:
We have practice and training every week and we look forward to competing against other schools.
Athletics:
Our team represented our school at circuit level. Twenty-nine (29) athletes proceeded to district level, six (6) went through to the cluster level, while two (2) competed as far as the provincial Limpopo Athletes Competition in 2023.
Spelling Bee & Poetry:
Since 2015 we have achieved a lot!!! In 2022, one of our Grade 5 learners, Ompha Mbengeni, came second at the circuit Spelling Bee competition held at EMPC. In 2023, our very own Rethakgetse Toona got first place but was later eliminated at the District competition, however Mesgana Kebede and Mokgaetji Mokonyane from Grade 7 made it up to the district level.
In September 2023, our poetry team won 1 Gold certificate, 2 Silver certificates in Grade 5 while Grade 7 won 3 Gold certificates.
In May 2024, we competed in the Mogalakwena Local Municipality Library Spelling Bee Competition. Lerato Molebale got the first position. She proceeded to represent the Municipality against other surrounding Libraries in September. Rethakgetse Toona got the second position.
Robotics:
We have learners from Grade R up to Grade 7 who are part of the tech team! We introduced Robotics in our school to train and prepare our learners for the future digital world. This program develop our learners into critical thinkers and problem solvers, also equipping them with of information required in the Information Technology. In that way, they are trained to use the skills they learn to solve problems.