Kuzwa’s Story: When We Look Beyond the Behaviour

Seeing classroom misbehaviour through new eyes. Kuzwa* is a 7 year old learner at The Kusasa Academy. He is a very bright, clever little boy, but once he joined our school we became concerned by his behaviour. Kuzwa struggled a lot with pushing, fighting and hurting...
Education That Transforms Families, Not Just Learners

Education That Transforms Families, Not Just Learners

At The Kusasa Academy, we remind parents of a simple but powerful truth: a child spends about six years at our school, but more than twenty years at home. This shapes how we approach education. Schools teach children, but families shape the environment in which...

Popcorn, New Friends, and Big Horizons

From Franschhoek to Germany: A Cultural Exchange Begins Our Grade 4 learners are taking part in a Cultural Exchange Programme with St Elisabeth School in Duderstadt, Germany. The project connects our learners with children from another part of the world. Through a...
Dreaming Beyond the Classroom: Our First School Camp

Dreaming Beyond the Classroom: Our First School Camp

This year, The Kusasa Academy reached an important milestone. For the first time, our Grade 3 and Grade 4 learners attended a school camp, held at SOS School in the Wilds outside Villiersdorp, over the first three days of the new school year. For many years,...