SACEE – Border Branch

National Language Challenge and Puzzle Parade

In 1991 the Border branch of SACEE initiated the National Language Challenge. The competition was introduced to provide an English language benchmarking service to schools. Over the past 32 years, it has expanded into a national initiative serving schools in all 9 provinces of South Africa.

The Border branch of SACEE is entirely responsible for the setting of the papers, all the administrative work involved in the running of the competition, and the marking and distribution of the results of each year’s competition.

To take part in the 32nd Annual Language Challenge and Puzzle Parade that will take place on the 6th September 2024 please download the forms below:

2023 SACEE PUZZLE PARADE AND LANGUAGE CHALLENGE REPORT

We are pleased to report that we have experienced yet again an increase in the number of schools who entered the SACEE National Puzzle Parade and Language Challenge.

Below please find the 2023 results with a comparison to the 2022 results:

Special mention should be made of the following schools and learners:

 Stirling Primary School had 26 learners achieve 100% in Grade 1
 Nizamiye Primary School had 20 learners achieve 100% in Grade 1
 King David Linkfield Primary School had 18 learners achieve 100% in Grade 1
 Montrose Primary School and King David Linkfield Primary School each had 8 learners achieve 100% in Grade 2        5 Learners achieved 100%
o  Grade 7:          Rosalie Thom (Deutsche Schule Durban)
o  Grade 9:          Clarice Pieterse and Philippa Stevens (Collegiate High School);
                                 Grace Coetzer (Our Lady of Fatima Dominican Convent School)
o  Grade 10:        Kyra Strauss (Merrifield College)

These learners and schools should all be commended and recognized for their excellent results.

We would like to thank all principals and teachers for their continued support – without you the event would not be a success. We trust that you will find the results informative and useful in benchmarking your school’s English Language proficiency against national norms and averages, and, for those schools which have participated in the past, plotting and measuring your progress against previous years.

We encourage all schools to recognize their top performing learners, particularly those who achieved outstanding results.   

Kind regards

Lisa van Tonder

PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE 2023 LANGUAGE CHALLENGES AND PUZZLE PARADES

For previous years results, kindly click on the year below:

2022 2021 2020

 

For more information, please email: saceeborder@gmail.com