Deirdre Kempen
Founder and Principal
HDE Diploma: Junior Primary, Specialising in Remedial Teaching
FDE: The Gifted Child
MiniChess Franchisee
NBI Consultant
GoFocus Practitioner
"It has always been my motto - To teach is to change lives!"
Louise Vermeulen
Executive Administrations Manager
Grade R Teaching Diploma (UNISA)
GoFocus Practitioner
"What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?" - Erin Hanson
Maxine Hyman
Reception, Marketing, Content Management,
MiniChess Practitioner
Bachelor of Education; ECD: Foundation Phase (pending)
"Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there" - Rumi
Izel Theunessin
Grade 1 Class Teacher
Bachelor of Arts (Drama and Theatre)
Higher Diploma in Education
Diploma in Special Education (Cum Laude)
"Every child has a genius - believe in the possibility" - John Dimartini
Annemarie Long
Grade 2 Class Tecaher
B. Prim. Ed
B.Ed Honours Inclusive Education
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice" - Brian Herbert
Christa Eksteen
Foundation Phase HOD and Grade 3 Class teacher
HDE Diploma: Junior Primary, Specialising in Remedial Teaching
"Teaching is hard, because it matters!" - BF Skinner
Marcia Ungerer
Intermediate Phase HOD and Grade 4 Class Teacher
Bachelor of Education: ECD, Foundation Phase
FDE: Further Diploma in Education
LSE: Learners with Specific Educational Needs
"You can't reinvent the wheel, but you can put your own spin on it" - Lauren Beukes
Yolande Smit
Grade 5 Class Teacher
National Professional Diploma in Education in Intermediate and Senior Phase
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up and carry on.” – Vince Lombardi
Bev Patel
Grade 6 Class Teacher
Bachelor of Education
Bachelor of the Arts
Higher Diploma in Education
"You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop" - Rumi
Gillian Baker
Grade 7 Class Teacher
Certificate in Mathematics Teaching
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Higher Diploma in Education
Glynis Van Rooyen
Visual Arts
HDE Intermediate Phase Education
"Prepare each child to walk with confidence and courage into a world of endless opportunities"
Rosco Charles
Life Skills, Performing Arts and Drumming
"Music washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday life - Berthold Auerbach
Winning Ways
Phys Ed Coaching
Coaches JC, Charlene and Chad
Briley Powell
Owner at ABC Aftercare and Tutors
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Evelyn Hlelesi and Johannes Hafi
Our right hand man and left hand lady!