Children are meant to climb trees and get muddy feet… Playing, with specific intention, is how your child will learn. It is one of the most important aspects of our programme.
We offer the full Pre Primary education experience where we focus on the development of the whole child – socially, emotionally, physically, aesthetically and cognitively. Read more on this further down the page.
We have the best of both worlds, where your child can learn and explore in a caring, nurturing environment with well-equipped play areas including our specially-built Rock Garden, whilst enjoying the broader experiences offered by the ‘Big School’ such as computers, interactive white boards, library, music and sporting facilities.
Play is at the heart of education in our Pre Primary; it is the impetus for learning. Boys and girls, from age 3 to 6 (Grade RRR to Grade R) benefit from the best of both worlds at Cowan House.
Our children learn in small, nurturing and creative classes to explore the freedom of our expansive, well-equipped play areas. Added to this are the broader experiences offered by the ‘Big School’ – lessons in the Computer Lab; learning to dance, sing and play instruments in the Music and Drama Departments, getting lost in story time in the Library, and learning to co-ordinate movement in physical education and extra-curricular sports available on campus.
By the time our girls and boys are ready to move up to Grade 1, they are socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively ready, and eager, to face the Junior Primary phase of their education. The transition is seamless.
11 Dennis Shepstone Drive, Hilton, 3245, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
033 343 3261