School Choir Program
Our primary school choir is a group of young students, from grades 4 to 12 (ages 9 to 18), who come together to sing as a collective. The school choirs allow children to develop musical skills, work as a team, and express themselves creatively through song. Here’s more about what our primary school choir entails: […]
Foundation and Intermediate Phases Music Education as Part of the Life Skills subject Grades R-Grade 6
Incorporating music into the Life Skills Curriculum from the Foundation Phase to the Intermediate Phase ensures that children develop a wide range of skills necessary for their overall growth. It is not just an artistic discipline; music plays a crucial role in shaping cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development, helping children become well-rounded individuals. 1. […]
Visual Arts Project
Catapult Foundation derived an innovative way forward in terms of programming to support the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and learners from the Overstrand to achieve better learning outcomes. Our community-based approach incorporated health, social welfare and education to focus programme efforts on the whole child… The approach placed schoolteachers in an oversight and moderation […]
Community Outreach Program
Early experiences shape the architecture of the developing brain, they also lay the foundations of sound mental health. Disruptions to this developmental process can impair capacities for learning and hamper children’s ability to effectively relate to society. Reducing the stressors affecting children requires intervention to alleviate the stresses on their families. A technical note was […]
Early Childhood Development Program
The Catapult Journey to Success program was designed to address the unmet needs and limited choices of children in the Overstrand. The program complements and leverages existing Government efforts for maximum impact for those most in need. The program aims to effectively prepare children for lifelong learning with progression from early childhood development through the […]
After School Music Program
Catapult Foundation’s after-school music program is a major cornerstone, to provide for the development of learners so that each of them may take a meaningful place in society. The program is highly structured, and if learners need some time, particularly in after school hours, to unwind follow their own indications. Our after-school sessions normally last […]