A confident start
to high school—
wherever you are.
Flexible CAPS-aligned learning, personal study support and a clear view of progress for every family.
- Grade 8 CAPS
- Weekly learning support
- Parent progress view
A clearer path through Grade 8
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Learn with structure
Step-by-step CAPS lessons with videos, notes and activities.
Life and living
- Characteristics of living things
- Cells: the building blocks
- Plant and animal cells
- Levels of organisation
Key idea Living things share common characteristics that help us recognise life.
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Get support when stuck
ChatBuddy is there to explain, guide and keep learners moving.
ChatBuddyAsk a question… - 3
See progress clearly
Parents get simple reports and can support with confidence.
Progress overview This week- Life and living On track
- Natural Sciences On track
- Mathematics Needs attention
- English Home Language On track
Made for South African
family life
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Flexible pacing that fits real life
Learn on your schedule. Pause, revisit and pick up where you left off—no pressure.
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Learning that keeps going
Resources work offline and sync when you’re back online, so load-shedding doesn’t stop learning.
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Home-education registration guidance
We help with registration and provide CAPS-aligned reports to keep things simple and organised.
Know how learning is going—not just whether work was logged in.
Grade 8–9 families need curriculum coverage, useful assessment evidence and reporting they can act on. That is the trust story we lead with.
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CAPS Senior Phase learning
Grade 8 lessons and assessment stay grounded in the South African curriculum.
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Assessment evidence
Tasks, tests and marks build a clear record of what your child has completed.
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Plain-language term reports
See progress, patterns and next steps without decoding a complicated dashboard.
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Registration guidance
We help families understand the provincial home-education process and paperwork.
Diipone Academy
Term 2 progress report
Grade 8 · Senior Phase
Next focus: build confidence with algebra basics through guided practice.
Illustrative report preview. Final reports reflect each learner’s completed work and assessments.
The full Grade 8 CAPS curriculum
A complete Senior Phase programme with room to understand, practise and build confidence.
- Mathematics
- Natural Sciences
- English Home Language
- Afrikaans First Additional Language
- Social Sciences
- Economic & Management Sciences
- Life Orientation
- Creative Arts
- Technology
Your path to the first day of school
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Join the early-access list
Leave your email — it takes ten seconds and costs nothing.
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Be first to enrol
The moment registration opens, we email you — before we announce it anywhere else.
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Start Grade 8 in January 2027
Your child begins the year with the founding class of Diipone Academy.
Everything you're wondering, answered
How does an online school actually work?
Your child works through structured, CAPS-aligned lessons, practice and assessments from home, at their own pace. The programme keeps them on track day by day, and our ChatBuddy gives friendly help the moment they get stuck.
What does home-education registration involve for Grade 8?
A parent or guardian applies through the relevant provincial education department. Diipone Academy helps families understand the process and provides CAPS-aligned learning records, assessment evidence and reports to support the learner’s home-education portfolio.
What will it cost?
We will announce fees when registration opens, and the early-access list hears first. Affordability is the whole point of Diipone Academy — our aim is fees often less than the petrol money of a daily school run.
What does my child need at home?
A smartphone, tablet or laptop with an internet connection is enough. The platform is built for South African realities: lessons and tests keep working through load-shedding, and work is never lost.
Which grades can enrol?
Our first intake is Grade 8 in January 2027 — so a child in Grade 7 during 2026 is exactly who we are starting with. We add a new grade every year after that, so the founding class grows with us all the way to matric.
Do I need to teach my child myself?
No. Lessons, practice and feedback are built into the platform, and the ChatBuddy supports your child on demand. You see progress at a glance and get early alerts when something needs attention — in the loop, without standing at a whiteboard.
Something else on your mind? Email us — a real person answers.
Be first to hear when enrolment opens
Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment families can enrol — before we announce it anywhere else.