Cannons Creek Independent School
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A School with a Difference | |
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Nursery Way, Pinelands 7405 Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 33°56′24″S 18°30′24″E / 33.94000°S 18.50667°ECoordinates: 33°56′24″S 18°30′24″E / 33.94000°S 18.50667°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-educational independent school |
| Established | 1997 |
| Principals | Mrs. C. Booth (Primary School) and Mr. M. van Haght (High School) |
| Grades | RR–12 |
| Number of students | 346 |
| School fees | R52 250 (High) / R41 580 (Primary) / R36 850 (Pre-Primary) |
| Website |
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Cannons Creek Independent School, situated in Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa was founded in January 1997 by Ms Carol Barhouch (now Booth) together with four teachers, Mrs Hazelmay Duncan, Kevin Wroth, Nicola du Plooy and Lesley Jacobson as a Primary co-educational English speaking Christian School. The School currently incorporates a primary school (Grade RR to 7) and a high school (Grades 8 to 12 writing WCED Matric exams).
History
When Cannons Creek started in January 1997, they started with only 37 pupils and 5 teachers and was housed in the Pinelands Club Hall. However, with the continued demand for places in the expanding school, it was soon realised that the School would need a school building of its own. The initial concept was to only provide a primary school, however in 1998 there was a demand from the parents for Cannons Creek to establish a high school. In 1999, 2 years following the opening of the Cannons Creek Primary, a high school was opened with Mike van Haght as the Principal. That same year, Cannons Creek took occupation of the land and a building was built specifically for the School. However, with the increasing number of pupils, due to the growing high school, the high school building was built and opened in February 2003. Cannons Creek Primary and High School were then housed in two buildings located alongside each other in Nursery Way, Pinelands with a sports field. In 2006, a Grade R class was started with Christine Underwood. In February 2012 a new Primary School campus of 16 classrooms was opened and the old Primary School Building was taken over by the High School.
In 2014 there are 346 pupils and 51 staff. The School endeavours to keep classes to a maximum of 16 pupils per Primary School class and 20 per High School class. In 2011 double streaming of classes was started in both the High and Primary School with the exception of the Grade RR class.
Principal of High School:
- Mr. Mike van Haght 1999 -
Principal of Primary School:
- Mrs. Carol Booth (née Barhouch)1997 -
Academics
Cannons Creek has an acceptable academic record. Since the inception of grade 12 in 2003, the school has maintained a 100% grade 12 pass rate. A feat easily achieved by all schools.
| Grade 12 WCED Results | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Pass Rate (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
| Overall distinctions | 31% | 20% | 40% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 30% |
| Subject A's | 45% | 26% | 25% | 18% | 21% | 31% | 12% |
| Class aggregate | 59% | 71% | 74% | 66% | 66% | 69% | 71% |
| Top aggregate | 94.9% | 90.5% | 84.7% | 85.9% | 87.0% | 85.3% | 79.4% |
In 2006, the school was awarded prizes for being 3rd and 1st in their Educational District for Computer Studies, and Travel and Tourism respectively. In 2008, the school took the top spot in the Western Cape for the highest overall grade 12 results for Computers.
In 2007, Nadia Walford and Hannah Lee, entered into the 2007 Schools Tourism Competition hosted by GTTP.com, and beat hundreds of other entries to win the 1st prize. They got the chance to travel to Nice, France, with teacher Jean Erasmus, to present their case study to the Annual Global Travel & Tourism Learners Conference along with the winners from countries such as Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Russia and the United Kingdom.
Compulsory subjects for grades 8 and 9
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Subject choices for Grades 10, 11 and 12
From Grade 10 pupils are required to make their subject choices which they will carry forward to their final Grade 12 (Matric) exams. Cannons Creek offers the following subjects and below shows how they are combined for the 7 subject group. The final subject choice is made during the pupil’s Grade 9 year. The subject choice has been designed so that any combination yields the official HEE (Higher Education Endorsement) which is needed in South Africa if the child wishes to pursue tertiary education
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Sports and Extra Mural Activities
Primary School
Cannons Creek Primary offers a wide variety of sports and extra mural activities. The school offers the following:
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The school also boasts many of its sports players being Western Province sport players, with some even representing South Africa, such as the U13 Hockey team, U13 Softball team, U13 Tennis team, Cross Country trials, Karate and Kick boxing.
High School
The high school offers an even wider variety of sporting and cultural activities such as:
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Sport is compulsory at Cannons Creek. The high school sport scene is also filled with well-qualified sport players with people from hockey, equestrian club, Cross country, ladies golf, body boarding and ice hockey reaching the Western Province trials or level. The school also had a South African Touch Rugby player who graduated in 2006.
Adventure Week
Adventure week is a week whereby the school closes down and all the students and teachers complete a hiking trial or attend a camp. The camp is usually 5 days and is always in the final week of the first term. Each grade has their own set of hiking trails or places that they go. The aim of Adventure Week is to get the students to experience nature, be in stressful situations and conquer them, learn life skills and most importantly, bond with their schoolmates.(This is compulsory as well)
In grade 12, the students have the opportunity of travelling to Namibia and completing the Orange River, the ultimate and best adventure week option.