Donations

We appreciate cash sponsorships as well as goods, delivered to the school. If you want to sponsor us, please download the Transoranje School for the Deaf Wishlist 2022 to see what the school and the children need.

Cash donations

Please EFT your cash donation to:

ACCOUNT HOLDER: Transoranje Skool vir Dowes

BANK: ABSA Cheque account

BRANCH CODE: 630664

ACCOUNT NO:  040840311

REFERENCE: Donation, Your name and/or Company name

Email your POP and contact details to transoranje2@gmail.com

If you need a Sec 18A tax-deductible receipt for your cash donation, contact transoranjefinances@gmail.com before you make the payment.

Fundraising

The school has two sponsoring bodies that assist with funding:

• Deafability (previously known as Transoranje NPC) has been managing the fundraising for the school since 2000.  Visit the website for more information: https://deafability.co.za/
• TOIBO (Transoranje Institute) is the founder of the school. They raise funds for 5 schools (Transoranje, Transvalia, Prinshof, Sonitus, and Martie du Plessis). For more information, please visit the https://toibo.org.za/

Foundation Phase

The Foundation Phase is for learners in Grades 1 to 3.

In the Foundation Phase, our focus is on the holistic learner, where we develop the skills necessary for our learners to become valuable members of society, upstanding citizens, as well as independent and confident learners. Each Teacher in the department holds a professional teaching qualification and aims to identify each learner’s individual strengths to enhance and grow them and enable them to reach their potential. All classes have the aid of a Deaf teaching assistant who not only assists with teaching and classroom duties but also functions as a much-needed role model to the learners of both sign language and deaf culture.

The Foundation Phase department caters for learners between the ages of 6 and 12. We follow the CAPS curriculum set out by the Department of Education. In addition, we cater to learners with intellectual challenges and offer a multigrade DCAPS class that follows the official differentiated CAPS curriculum set out by the Department of Education.

For learners who enter school after the age of 8 for the first time and are yet to develop any language, we also have an ‘out-of-school’ class, which covers all skills necessary for school readiness, but mainly focuses on sign language to lay the foundation for communication and their future schooling career. The academic programme for all of our classes is rich and dynamic, offering flexibility where teachers can meet the needs of individual learners yet still maintain targeted curriculum outcomes.

Classes are kept small, with 5 to 10 learners per class, giving a high teacher-to-learner ratio, all a personal interaction for learners and teachers and support for each learner on an individual level according to their specific needs. We run an internal sports programme where our learners participate in soccer, netball, athletics and other sports.

Intermediate phase

The Intermediate Phase is for learners in Grades 4-6, with 9 teachers.

There are six (6) subjects in the phase, namely: South African Sign Language (HL), Mathematics, English (FAL), Social Sciences, Natural Sciences/Technology and Life Skills.

Learners in this phase are between middle childhood and early adolescence stage. Coming from the foundation phase, learners are still finding themselves and going through puberty (physical and emotional development). The phase moulds and equips them with the necessary tools to prepare them for the next phase (Senior Phase).

The phase follows the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS curriculum). To prevent the learner from being retained in this phase for longer than four years, a learner may only be progressed once. School-Based Assessment (SBA) is compulsory for promotion marks.

Dedication to education and teamwork among teachers is crucial in this phase; they build resources that accommodate Deaf learners to ensure the quality of their education. They use each other’s experience and expertise as another form of resource to empower the learner.

Parents’ involvement is essential in the Intermediate Phase. Parents are encouraged to support learning South African Sign Language (SASL). There is a WhatsApp group for parents to foster communication. Educational excursions planned in the Intermediate Phase are linked to the curriculum.

Senior phase

The Senior Phase is for learners in Grades 7 to 9.

The Senior Phase of Transoranje has the most vibrant teachers and what is nice about it is that we have grade 7 included in the high school so they can be acclimated soon and adjust to their new environment with hopes that they will strive in their academics. We push our learners to do their best in preparation for the FET.

The subjects we currently offer in the senior phase are as follows:

1. Mathematics
2. English
3. South African Sign Language
4. Technology
5. Economic Management Sciences
6. Life Orientation

In the next three to four years, we plan to implement the phasing in of the following subjects:

1. Creative Art
2. Natural Sciences
3. Social Science

We follow the CAPS curriculum with the hope that it will prepare the learners for the FET and also help those who wish to further their studies beyond High school.

FET phase

The FET Phase is for learners in Grades 10 to 12.

In the Transoranje Further Education and Training (FET) phase, we follow the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) curriculum. We aim to equip our learners to finish grade 12 with an endorsed National Senior Certificate (NSC) with six subjects.

The subjects we currently offer in the FET phase are:

1. Mathematical Literacy
2. English First Additional Language (FAL)
3. South African Sign Language (SASL)
4. Computer Applications Technology (CAT)
5. Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD)
6. Life Orientation

After being promoted from grade 11, learners move to a bridging class and then to grade 12. The extra year provides more time to finish and round off the curriculum and prepare our learners for their final exams. We give extra classes, for additional support to learners who struggle with subject content, to help them finish assessment tasks and prepare for examinations.

For the past 23 years, Transoranje School for the Deaf had a 100% matric pass rate.

Our focus is on equipping our learners for life after school.

A year’s highlight is the matric farewell function for grade 12 learners.

” Education is the passport to the future,

for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

– Malcom X

TOC phase

The HOD for the TOC Phase is Khothatso Maluleke.

Khothatso Maluleke – HOD of TOC Phase

The Technical Occupational Curriculum (TOC) teaches children with technical abilities valuable skills. These skills will prepare them for finding a job when leaving school. Having a skill helps them operate in the adult world.

The Technical Occupational Curriculum (TOC) seeks to ensure that all learners, regardless of their abilities, have opportunities. In TOC, they have the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills aimed at meeting challenges and seizing opportunities in the rapidly changing twenty-first century. We teach them to apply the knowledge and skills in ways that are meaningful to their own lives beyond the educational setting.

The TOC Section offers:

• South African Sign Language (Home-language (HL)) (SASL),
• English (First Additional Language (FAL)),
• Mathematics,
• Food Production,
• Maintenance,
• Upholstery,
• Information Communication Technology (ICT),
• Life Skills

The phase composes of 75% Practical and 25% theory. Learners in the TOC phase are from 14 and up.

• The transition from year to year within the TOC section stretches over four years. The qualification is equivalent to grade 9 after completion.
• We expose the final-year learners to the work environment during September Deaf awareness month.

The core value is to prepare learners for the work environment and provide them with a skill that can assist them in fending for themselves.

Extracurricular activities are nail tech in the beauty industry and essential car wash services.

D-CAPS phase

The D-CAPS is the Curriculum for learners with more than just deafness that may hinder their studies. We teach them valuable skills to enable a fulfilled life.

DCaps is a curriculum for learners with special needs, including:

• Neurological barriers
• Impairments
• Visual barriers
• Hearing loss
• Physical barriers
• Intellectual barriers
• Multiple barriers
• Severe behavioural and emotional barriers

Practical approaches to different disability fields for curriculum differentiation.

At the end of the learners’ schooling, the learner will receive an equivalent certificate for Gr5. Practical subjects are taught, such as food production, upholstery and maintenance. Maintenance includes a bit of electrical-, wood-, plumbing, and gardening maintenance.