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ACADEMIC OFFERING

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Open Window High School caters for learners who have completed Grade 9 CAPS curriculum, or who have completed Lower Secondary Cambridge curriculum.

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IGCSE level. Cambridge subjects:

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Open Window enrichment subjects: Contextual studies + Creative Practice

* For university exemption learners must get a C-level pass on Mathematics

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A level. Cambridge subjects:

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Open Window enrichment subjects: Contextual studies + Creative Practice

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Mode of teaching

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Open Window High School learners join online classes in English, Afrikaans, Maths and science with the Alma Mater International School’s learners under the supervision of a teaching assistant in a classroom on the Open Window campus.
For the specialist art and design offering, learners will have full contact classes within the subject-specific studios.

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Requirements to enter The Open Window High School in 2022

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• Learners who have completed Grade 8 OR Grade 9 National Curriculum Statements (NCS), and are ready to specialise
• Cambridge learners who have completed the Lower Secondary qualification and are wanting to start IGSCE (Upper Secondary) level (presented over 2 years).

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Articulation

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The Open Window High School academic trajectory is, at minimum, 4 years (2 years IGCSE, 2 years A Levels). This may mean that learners joining OWHS at what would be the beginning of their Grade 10 year may end up having a 6 year high school career.

Learners exiting Open Window High School having successfully completed the IGCSE qualification, the three A Levels, as well as all 4 years of the OWHS Creative Practice & Contextual Studies enrichment subjects, will be able to articulate directly into the second year of an Open Window degree:

• Bachelor in Creative Technologies
• Bachelor in Film Arts
• Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design

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Accreditation

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