Aurora Private School
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Aurora Private School, commonly known as Aurora, is a private school
located in Sundowner, Randburg. The school was established in 1993 by three women, Wendy Benbow-Hebbert, Judy Nicholas and Debbie Adam.
. In 1998 the school moved to its current location, having bought the property from a TV production company. The two main throughways to the school are Taurus and Puttick roads.
The layout of the school is unconventional having building complexes built in circular shapes and named after the planets of the solar system.
Aurora is affiliated with the IEB independent assessment agency and strives for all of the matrics to graduate with their NSC at the end of grade 12.
From grades 7-9 the subjects given are:
English, Afrikaans/Zulu, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Human and Social Sciences, Natural Science, Economic Management Science, Physical Education, Computer literacy, Arts and culture and Technology.
From grade 10-12 English, Mathematics/Mathematics Literacy, Afrikaans/Zulu, Physical education, Travel and tourism and Life Orientation are compulsory, while THREE of the following subjects can be taken in addition:
Economics, Business Studies, Physical Science, Life Science, History, Geography, Drama, Design, Consumer studies, CAT and IT
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
located in Sundowner, Randburg. The school was established in 1993 by three women, Wendy Benbow-Hebbert, Judy Nicholas and Debbie Adam.
Location
The school was originally situated on TV Park Campus, which is presently the location of Willowridge SchoolWillowridge High School (Pretoria)
Willowridge High School,, is a public, English medium co-ed high school located in The Willows, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa....
. In 1998 the school moved to its current location, having bought the property from a TV production company. The two main throughways to the school are Taurus and Puttick roads.
The layout of the school is unconventional having building complexes built in circular shapes and named after the planets of the solar system.
Learning structure
Aurora is different from any other schools in Johannesburg, as they offer a number of external certificates which students can gain throughout their journey at Aurora, ranging from business management, event management and catering to the ICDL and ITSI computer certificates. .Aurora is affiliated with the IEB independent assessment agency and strives for all of the matrics to graduate with their NSC at the end of grade 12.
From grades 7-9 the subjects given are:
English, Afrikaans/Zulu, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Human and Social Sciences, Natural Science, Economic Management Science, Physical Education, Computer literacy, Arts and culture and Technology.
From grade 10-12 English, Mathematics/Mathematics Literacy, Afrikaans/Zulu, Physical education, Travel and tourism and Life Orientation are compulsory, while THREE of the following subjects can be taken in addition:
Economics, Business Studies, Physical Science, Life Science, History, Geography, Drama, Design, Consumer studies, CAT and IT