High School at Roseway
High School: Class 8 to 12, then matric
Roseway High School runs from Class 8 to Class 12, roughly equivalent to Grades 8 to 12, followed by a full matric year in Class 13. Students write the National Senior Certificate (NSC), and Roseway is registered with the KZN Department of Education.
Pupils are guided through their final six years by a class guardian, with specialist teachers for each subject. Main lessons range from thermodynamics to Shakespeare and from trigonometry to the history of the modern world, alongside the arts, crafts and drama.
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matric subjects offered
High School at a glance
- Classes
- Class 8 to 12, plus matric in Class 13
- Qualification
- National Senior Certificate (NSC)
- Guidance
- A class guardian for each class
- Matric subjects
- 16 offered, learners choose 7
- Home time
- 14h45
Grade 8 equivalent, about 14 years old
Class 8
Class 8 helps young students move into High School as the primary school curriculum comes to its conclusion. Teachers bring learners up to date with world history, science, literature and the foundations of modern mathematics. Their expanding minds are given a sense of stability through work that consolidates ideas and answers the question of where they stand in the wider world.
Main lesson themes in Class 8
- Revolutions: industrial, French and American
- World geography
- Physics and chemistry
- Human anatomy
- Algebra and geometry
- The Class 8 play
Grade 9 equivalent, about 15 years old
Class 9
The Class 9 curriculum supports learners who are beginning to show a fascination for contrasts. They want to define, summarise, understand and form opinions about the modern world. They are drawn to the ideas of power and beauty, and they explore differences and look for the reasons behind them.
Main lesson themes in Class 9
- Modern history
- Geology and the earth
- Organic chemistry
- Black and white drawing
- Comedy and tragedy in literature
- Craft and practical skills
Grade 10 equivalent, about 16 years old
Class 10
As their thinking becomes more flexible, Class 10 learners begin to compare and find similarities where once they saw only differences. They grasp the process of transformation and develop a sense of wonder at the world around them: language, laws, culture, the earth itself, and even their own capacity to think.
Main lesson themes in Class 10
- Ancient civilisations and the origins of law
- Poetry and the study of language
- Inorganic chemistry
- Trigonometry
- Embryology
- Surveying and practical work
Grade 11 equivalent, about 17 years old
Class 11
By the eleventh year, learners are able thinkers who are quick to analyse and connect information and to use their power to reason. They want to understand the intentions behind the world in order to define themselves, their opinions and their ideals. They also begin to take responsibility for themselves, and to discover their identities as individuals.
Main lesson themes in Class 11
- Parzival and the medieval quest
- Atomic physics and electricity
- Botany and cell biology
- Music history
- Projective geometry
- The Class 11 camp
Grade 12 equivalent, about 18 years old
Class 12
Class 12 students bring perception to their thinking. From a new sense of individuality, they find their place within the community, and their awareness of themselves widens into an awareness of the world. They see the world from many points of view while recognising their own, clarify their opinions and establish their ideals.
The culmination of the Waldorf curriculum is the Class 12 play and the Class 12 project. Both are major undertakings that take up the first nine months of the year.
Main lesson themes in Class 12
- The Class 12 play
- The Class 12 project
- Architecture and art history
- Evolution and zoology
- Philosophy and world views
- The Class 12 eurythmy performance
Class 13
Matric
After twelve years of Waldorf education, the whole thirteenth year is devoted to a conventional matric. Roseway is registered with the KZN Department of Education, and learners write the National Senior Certificate.
Learners choose seven of the 16 matric subjects offered at Roseway:
- English Home Language, Afrikaans FAL and IsiZulu FAL
- Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy, and Life Orientation
- Physical Sciences and Life Sciences
- Geography, History and Economics
- Consumer Studies, Tourism and Religion Studies
- Visual Arts, Music and Dramatic Arts
Our Matric Department has achieved a 100% pass rate in recent years.
Life after Roseway
After matric
Roseway Waldorf students head out into the world in the same way as matriculants from any independent school. More than eighty percent go on to tertiary studies, completing undergraduate degrees, honours and masters in the sciences and technologies, commerce, the humanities and the arts.
We are proud to have had two Mandela Rhodes Scholars within our first six years of matric. Some school leavers take a gap year, and some go straight into full-time or part-time work.
What our graduates have in common is that they tackle life with courage and meet new challenges with the confidence that they are prepared for what comes next.
High School questions
Answers to the questions parents and students ask us most. If yours is not here, get in touch or call the school office on 031 768 1309.
Yes. After completing Class 12, students spend a full year, Class 13, preparing for and writing the National Senior Certificate. Roseway is registered with the KZN Department of Education.
Learners choose seven of the 16 subjects offered: English Home Language, Afrikaans FAL, IsiZulu FAL, Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Geography, History, Economics, Consumer Studies, Tourism, Religion Studies, Visual Arts, Music and Dramatic Arts.
Yes. More than eighty percent of our students go on to tertiary studies, and past pupils have completed degrees, honours and masters in the sciences, commerce, the humanities and the arts. Two Mandela Rhodes Scholars came from our first six years of matric.
Class 8 to 13 finish at 14h45. The school day starts at 7h45.
Each class has a class guardian who guides them through their final years, and specialist teachers teach the individual subjects and main lessons.
High School students have a one-hour games lesson each week over two terms, and an annual Sports Day. After school, volleyball, netball, soccer, cricket, ultimate frisbee, softball and archery are standard, with other options in different years.
Yes, we welcome applications for High School. Applications include your child's two most recent school reports and any assessments they have had. See Apply Now for the full process.
The twelve years of the Waldorf curriculum are treated as a whole, so every student completes the full programme, including the Class 12 play and project. The thirteenth year is then given entirely to the National Senior Certificate, so students can focus on their chosen subjects.
They bring together everything students have learned. Every member of the class takes part in the play, which is about the whole process and not only the performance. The project lets each student follow their own interest in depth, much like the independent work they will do after school.
The arts develop creativity, self-discipline and confidence, and the ability to work with others. Drama and speech are part of school life from Class 1 to Class 12, and many students go on to take Visual Arts, Music or Dramatic Arts for matric.
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