Vista Junior Academy
Who we are
We understand that the road to success requires more than education alone. We embrace and value the process of laying a foundation from which successful education can be built. Children are our future and we need to do everything in our ability to give them the best chance for success.
Our History
Junior Academy is the actualisation of a long-standing dream for Mr Koos Engelbrecht, the founder and father of Edulife’s very first school, Academy of Excellence. His dream was to build a school from the ground up with a solid foundation and he did exactly that. With every brick laid, Mr Engelbrecht was present and he still continues to be involved with every phase of development. The school opened in 2016 with 1 classroom, 3 children and 2 teachers. Year after year, the school continues to grow, and presently, we have 240 children.
Our philosophy
At Junior Academy we believe in leading by example. Our goal is to provide learners with a safe environment away from home with teachers who are able to take the role of parents, at school. We understand that children are more likely to succeed if they are taught in an environment where they feel safe and have role models to look up to and to go to, for advice. We discipline with reward, reversing the process of punishment, and implement a system where learners strive to do better in order to do their parents, teacher and fellow students proud. We also understand that every learner is a unique individual and that behaviour is a direct reflection of the emotions that they have, due to experience in their social lives. We strive to get to know all our learners personally and take the child’s circumstances into consideration when dealing with discipline.
Being an independent school
Being independent means having freedom to express ourselves and our beliefs. It also allows us to imagine greatness without boundaries.
Junior Academy is a religious school and we provide our learners a safe place to express and grow their religion. Learners are taught the importance of having a living relationship with God and each teacher does Bible study with their class every morning.
Future Plans for our School
Our aim is to steadily grow the school at the pace that we are currently on, until we have two classes per grade and to have only the best teachers in each of these classrooms. We want to maintain the excellent discipline that we currently have. We will continue to build on the importance of the preparation for successful education and not just education as such.
We want to coach strong competitive sport teams. We would like to be well-known for having excellent educators.
OUR ETHOS
Our Vision
To be a positive example in education, providing a holistic, balanced, and dynamic education to all our learners in preparation for their effective functioning in a changing society.
Our Mission
To offer all learners the challenges and opportunities, through the guidance of committed educators, the positive, active involvement of parents, and community participation, to develop entrepreneurship, to become self-reliant and multi-skilled, whilst developing their sense of uniqueness in a progressive, happy, and secure learning environment that instils a sense of responsibility and pride.
Democracy
Human Dignity
Social Justice
Non-racism
Respect
Equality
Meet our Teachers
Our small classes ensure a close interaction between teacher and child. Our loyal, creative and committed team of in house experts encapsulates the dynamics of our unique approach to education.
Willie Havenga
Currently Vacant
Tuané Ferreira
Cherél du Plooy
Prisca Ndemanje
Aneleh Coetzer
Patricia Mahlobo
Tsholofelo Taylor
Lydia Matlhoko
Matseko Mcela
Alicia Gunnell
Chrisna Botha
Mariché Joubert
Melandri van der Westhuizen
Aneleh Coetzer
Elicia Blignaut
Juané Joubert
Kekeletso Makhubedu
Kelebogile Mosiane
Niëleen Smit
Litishia Masaka
Adriaan van Jaarsveld
Clarissa Smit
Palesa Maliboho
