Setswana

The Setswana department at Thornhill aims to provide children with skills to help them develop confidence in Setswana language, which will allow them to cope better with the requirements of life after they finish school. A significant amount of the content is geared to Setswana culture. 

Throughout the standards, children are taught to understand Setswana and to use it correctly. They are expected to enjoy a gradual increase in the range and variety of appropriate forms and styles of the language. This is so that they can respond to and use the language as they move into the upper classes. 

The Setswana syllabus tries to achieve this through speaking, reading, writing, listening and cultural studies.