This is the Setswana Home Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Foundation Phase, Grades R-3, issued by the South African Department of Basic Education. It sets out what must be taught, learnt and assessed in Setswana Home Language across Grades R, 1, 2 and 3, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The document, written in Setswana, provides teaching approaches and detailed grade-by-grade teaching plans for listening and speaking, and reading and writing.
The following document, Setswana Home Language CAPS Document Grades R-3.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
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The document defines Setswana Home Language teaching around listening and speaking, and a focused period of reading and writing, and includes a dedicated Grade R subsection covering early literacy readiness. A glossary at the end of the document explains key literacy and language terms.
The document runs to 142 pages and is organised into three sections, written in Setswana: Section 1 introduces the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, general aims and time allocation; Section 2 (pages 8-23) sets out content, the integrated teaching approach, time allocation, and teaching methods for listening and speaking, and reading and writing, plus a Grade R subsection; Section 3 (pages 24-129) provides detailed content and teaching plans for Grade R, 1, 2 and 3; and the document ends with a glossary.
The subject aims to develop young learners abilities to listen and speak, read and write confidently in Setswana as their home language, building strong oral language and early literacy foundations from Grade R. It promotes an integrated, progressive teaching approach that carries learners from readiness activities to independent reading and writing by Grade 3.
Grade
R-3
Subject
Setswana Home Language
Phase
Foundation Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027