Grace Primary School located in Cape Town , is a school that accelerated to popularity in a space of less than two years . Pressure mounted for them to extend their premises , with an estimated seven months to complete construction . United Fibre Cement Company ’ s ( UFCC ) involvement in the project had the school successfully operational ahead of schedule .
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Grace Primary School construction standing complete ahead of schedule .
UFCC eases construction pressure of primary school
Grace Primary School located in Cape Town , is a school that accelerated to popularity in a space of less than two years . Pressure mounted for them to extend their premises , with an estimated seven months to complete construction . United Fibre Cement Company ’ s ( UFCC ) involvement in the project had the school successfully operational ahead of schedule .
By Ntsako Khosa
Established in 2014 , Grace Primary School aimed to provide high quality , affordable independent schooling - based on Christian foundations - to Pinelands and the surrounding community .
Founded by three Pinelands couples , they were motivated by a desire for a richer , more stimulating education than the CAPS curriculum provides . The desired curriculum needed to be one which actively underpinned their value system and embraced a philosophy of education that was literature based , ideas-orientated , noncompetitive and nurtured the whole person of the child . The school initially leased its property from a local church while it searched for property to develop .
Grace Primary School currently has four classes ( a Grade 1 to 3 and a combined Grade 4 and 5 class ). They plan to grow by a new Grade 1 class every year .
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