The Life Skills subject is central to the holistic development of learners. It is concerned with the social, personal, intellectual, emotional and physical growth of learners, and with the way in which these are integrated.
The Life Skills subject is aimed at guiding and preparing learners for life and its possibilities, including equipping
learners for meaningful and successful living in a rapidly changing and transforming society. Through Life Skills
learners are exposed to a range of knowledge, skills and values that strengthen their
• physical, social, personal, emotional and cognitive development;
• creative and aesthetic skills and knowledge through engaging in dance, music, drama and visual art activities;
• knowledge of personal health and safety;
• understanding of the relationship between people and the environment;
• awareness of social relationships, technological processes and elementary science.
Course Curriculum
Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being | |||
Term 1: Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: What we need to live | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: What we need to live | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Everyone is special | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Everyone is special | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Healthy living | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Healthy living | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 2: Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Seasons | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Seasons | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animals | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animals | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animals and creatures that live in water | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animals and creatures that live in water | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animal homes | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Animal homes | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 3: Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Soil | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Soil | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Transport | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Transport | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Road safety | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Road safety | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: People who help us | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: People who help us | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 4: Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Our country | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Our country | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Ways we communicate | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Ways we communicate | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Life at night | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Topic: Life at night | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Religious days and other special days | |||
Life Skills – Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Beginning Knowledge and Personal and Social Well-being: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Creative Arts | |||
Term 1: Life Skills - Creative Arts| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 2: Life Skills - Creative Arts| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 3: Life Skills - Creative Arts| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Term 4: Life Skills - Creative Arts| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Creative games and skills | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Improvise and interpret | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 2D | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Create in 3D (constructing) | |||
Life Skills – Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Creative Arts: Grade 2 | Formal assessment | |||
Physical Education | |||
Term 1: Life Skills - Physical Education| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | |||
Term 2: Life Skills - Physical Education| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games | |||
Term 3: Life Skills - Physical Education| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games | |||
Term 4: Life Skills - Physical Education| Grade 2 | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Locomotor/Non-locomotor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Perceptual motor | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Rhythm | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Co-ordination | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Balance | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Spatial Orientation | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Laterality | |||
Life Skills – Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games | FREE | 00:15:00 | |
CAPS for Foundation Phase in Life Skills - Physical Education: Grade 2 | Sports and games |