Kloof High School

• Mr G.M.N. Goodwin (1960–1961)
• Mr Blake (Acting Principal until Jan 1962)
• Mr J.F. Dixon (Jan 1962 – Dec 1962)
• Dr G.S. Jackson (Acting Principal: Jan 1963 – July 1963)
• Mr Dudley Barton (July 1963 – 1978)
• Mr H.M. Puzey (1979–1988)
• Mr Hugh Deane (1989–1994)
• Mr Dave Seager (1995 – March 2005)
• Mrs Dawn A. Lefort (March 2005– October 2019)
• Mr Robert Holding (Acting Principal) (October 2019 - Present)

• 10-lane swimming pool.
• Main field.
• 2nd/ "Top" field.
• Six cricket nets and portable nets, with bowling machine.
• two tennis courts and wall.
• Rock Climbing wall.
• Hall fitted with lighting and an orchestra pit for productions.
• Pavilion and catering kitchen.
• Changing rooms.
• Grandstand on main fField.
• Portable stands on other fields.
• Chapel.
• Synthetic grass hockey field
• Dance room

Other facilities:

• Media Centre
• Drama Studio
• Two Tuckshops
• Auditorium
• Two Computer Centres
• The John Dixon Indoor Centre
• Gym and physiotheraphy centre

The Argus School (run by Mrs Dawn Crookes) uses the school during evenings. The service is involved in adult education of domestic workers and disadvantaged peoples in the area. ABET (Adult Basic Education and Training) are taught by members of the Kloof community, teaching literacy and numerous skills.

The school runs an annual spring school under the auspices of the Kloof Rotary Club. Subjects range from baking to flower arranging to poetry. It is held during the spring holidays.

• English
• Afrikaans/isiZulu
• Life Orientation (L.O.) [Includes P.E.]
• Arts & Culture
• Technology
• Economic & Management Science (EMS)
• Social Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• French
• Information Technology (I.T.)
• Optional: German

In a student's Grade 9 year, they choose one of the subjects from each Line set out below. In the case of the Optional line; students approach Mrs Roux for assistance — except for 'Additional Mathematics'.

Note: under the Optional heading, all of the languages stated can only be taken as 2nd Additional Languages — unless prior consent has been given by the Department of Education. These optional languages are taught by Mrs. O. Roux at either conversational level or NSC Examination level.

Mathematical Literacy

• The definition of Mathematical Literacy as taken from the National Curriculum Statement is as follows:

"Mathematical Literacy provides learners with an awareness and understanding of the role that mathematics plays in the modern world. Mathematical Literacy is a subject driven by life-related applications of mathematics. It enables learners to develop the ability and confidence to think numerically and spatially in order to interpret and critically analyse everyday situations and to solve problems‖. For many learners, mathematics is frightening, obscure and unattainable. Mathematical Literacy provides an excellent alternative to Mathematics, and learners who study it have found that, because it is rooted in real-life experiences, it is a subject that makes sense and is eminently do-able."

Life Orientation is unique to South Africa. Citizenship Education, in American schools, resembles this compulsory subject. There is no final NSC exam although learners must complete a final standardised task set by the KZN Department of Education in their Grade 12-year. The final Life Orientation mark is based on work from Grades 10, 11 and 12. This means learners build a portfolio throughout their FET phase.

Physical Sciences takes Chemistry and Physics and uses them to improve lives while still caring for the environment. In other countries, students take Physics PLUS Chemistry as electives but in the case of all South African Schools – Physical Science is the amalgamation of both.

Life Sciences (formerly Biology). Four themes are covered in each grade, namely:

• Cells and Tissues
• Organs and Systems
• Environmental Studies
• Biodiversity

Visual Art.

• As stated in the National Curriculum Statement:

"The subject Visual Arts offers learners a way to meaningfully engage with and respond to their world. It provides opportunities to stimulate and develop learners‘ intellect, engaging their creative imagination through visual and tactile experiences and the innovative use of materials and technology in the realisation of their ideas. This provides the basis for learners to develop an individual visual language, which in turn is informed and shaped by immersion in the visual culture of the past and present."

Engineering Graphics and Design is a communication and management tool that links those who design and plan with those who produce the artefacts and systems. It is used in the design phase to record and develop ideas, and in the manufacturing phase to guide those who do the manufacturing.

Business Studies deals with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values critical for participation in the economic sectors.

Consumer Studies (commonly referred to as Home Economics) focuses on enabling learners to become informed consumers of food, clothing, housing, furnishings and household equipment. Learners entering Grade 10 will not have any prior knowledge of Consumer Studies and will be introduced to the subject for the first time in their Grade 10-year.

Dramatic Arts is concerned both with the workings of the imagination and with the discipline of craftsmanship. Practical work and written work are equally weighted. Drama assessment is 50% practical work and 50% theory (or written work). There is a written and practical exam in June and at the end of each year, as well as continuous assessment throughout the year.

Information Technology (formerly Computer Science HG is a practically oriented subject that focuses primarily on software development. The Practical Assessment Task comprises a practical task or project using the applicable developmental tools. Core Mathematics is a prerequisite of this subject. IT is a new subject to Kloof High School as the school is phasing out CAT (Computer Applications Technology).

2nd Additional Languages. The school has a wide array of foreign languages spoken within its boundaries

• French 2nd Additional Language is the predominant foreign language at Kloof High School. French can be taken as an incorporated "7th" subject through the full-time French teacher or else as an "8th" (Extra) subject through Mrs Roux in the students own time. Examinations are necessary for students taking this subject as an elective subject and not on conversational-level.
• German 2nd Additional Language is taught by Mrs Roux on a Monday (after school) or Wednesday (Enrichment period and/or after school). German is an increasingly popular language, today as globally it is becoming a 'Business Language'. Examinations will be written in German. Once students reach the FET phase (Grades 10 – 12), a German expert from the Deutsche Schule Durban will then take-over and begin teaching essential core-Germanic learning materials. Examinations are necessary for students taking this subject as an elective subject and not on conversational-level.
• Italian 2nd Additional Language will be taught by Mrs Roux. Italian can only be taken after school in a students own time. Mrs Roux offers after-school lessons on a Tuesday afternoon for Italian. Examinations are necessary for students taking this subject as an elective subject and not on conversational-level.

Sports offered include rugby, hockey (both indoor and outdoor), water polo, soccer (football), swimming, and athletics as well as rock climbing and adventure racing, represented by both boys and girls teams. Boys can participate in cricket, while girls take part in netball and softball.