Helping students to appreciate a diversity of human attitudes, cultures and beliefs, as well as human ingenuity & technological development.

The term Humanities encompasses many disciplines and at OWLAG, it includes the study of Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, Geography and History, as well as CAT, IT and Technology. These disciplines help students to appreciate a diversity of human attitudes, cultures and beliefs, as well as human ingenuity and technological developments.

There are contexts that students must address and skills that must be developed over the five years of high school, which prepare students for their Grade 12 examinations as well as the world of work. In Grades 8 and 9, these subjects encompass aspects of interdisciplinary learning and include a strong focus on collaboration. Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) includes: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics. Social Sciences includes both History and Geography.

In Grade 10, students may elect to study any one of the subjects in this group (Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, History and Geography) to Grade 12. Accounting is only offered to students from Grade 10 to Grade 12. Students electing to study Accounting will acquire the skills and knowledge to record, analyse and interpret financial and other relevant data in order to make informed decisions; relate to real world situations in order to balance theory and practice, and learn to manage their own finances responsibly and effectively.

Developing young people who are critical thinkers and important and useful members of the societies in which they live.

As a Languages Department, we aim to develop young people who are critical thinkers and important and useful members of the societies in which they live.  Concepts that are crucial to our involvement with our students are facilitation, collaboration, and reflection.

Students complete the Independent Examination Board’s (IEB) curriculum and are assessed according to marks, percentages, and symbols. As our medium of instruction is English, this is offered as the Home Language and students then choose a First Additional Language from isiZulu, Sesotho, or Afrikaans.  When deciding which First Additional Language, it is our policy, as far as possible, to promote the study of Home Language and to recognise other home languages.   Furthermore, the department promotes the Advanced English Programme.

This is a relatively new subject offered from Grade 10 to Grade 12 and examined at the end of Grade 12, which further enhances critical thinking skills and a deeper engagement with both Literature and Poetry.

*Over the last 7 years (and we have only written matric for 8 years), the IsiZulu division maintained an A -Aggregate in Matric results.

Contributing to developing South Africa by developing young scientifically-minded African women leaders. As the economic health of a developing country hinges on the ‘mathematical literacy’ of its citizens to drive and support science and technology, Mathematics at OWLAG remains committed to contributing to developing South Africa by developing young scientifically-minded African women leaders who will lead the charge to use Science and technology in transforming the economic status of South Africa.

The ‘teaching’ of Mathematics at OWLAG, therefore, entails much more than the teaching of methods and techniques to solve routine, predictable high school Mathematics problems.

The teaching of Mathematics entails equipping students with the necessary skills, knowledge, beliefs, and values to develop thinking processes that are mathematical. The development of mathematical thinking encompasses the development of mathematical autonomy; the correct use of mathematical vocabulary, and an investigative approach to Mathematics that enables students to pose and solve problems. The ability to listen, communicate, think and reason logically when applying mathematical knowledge forms of studying. Our primary objective is to empower students who are able to do more than that which is taught by the teacher.

In the 21^st century, we find ourselves living in a technological era. We use a variety of machines and gadgets to entertain ourselves and to improve our everyday lives: cell phones, computers, washing machines, cars with electric windows and automatic gears, and even electric toothbrushes!

Our young people should know how to manage new inventions and the explosion of knowledge grabbing their attention on a daily basis. When our students have a basic understanding of how such things work, and then develop an interest in how to make use of scientific principles, they will have the tools they need to be able to join the industry as technologists or research scientists.

The Grade 8 and 9 science courses develop skills of observation, recording data, planning and designing investigations, analysing information, and coming to reasoned conclusions. The girls also learn how to interpret and solve problems related to Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (Life Sciences).

Science is an integral part of our everyday lives. It forms part of all the other disciplines. For example, through an understanding of science, the power of steam was discovered and developed, with steam engines doing the tasks of men and horses – the Industrial Revolution. Events in history have been shaped by scientific inventions, alongside political and social developments.