OLYMPIAD FirST ROUNd
All or selected grade 6 and 7 learners write the first paper in March 2026. Each school selects a minimum of 5 learners per grade to participate.
OLYMPIAD SECOND ROUND
Learners achieving above the 70% mark in round 1 will progress to round 2. The round 2 paper will be written in July 2026.
Certificates
Certificates are awarded after the second round of the Olympiad.
Diamond Certficate - 90% +
Gold Certificate - 80% - 89%
Silver Certificate - 70% -79%
Bronze Certificate - 69% -
curriculum collaboration
We strive to collaborate with teachers through feedback and surveys that can help us improve and confirm the themes and langauge topics to cover for each combined grade 6 and 7 paper.
How it works? Isebenza kanjan?
Registration
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Fill in and submit the registration form to register your learners.
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Once we recieve the form, we will generate an invoice for your school.
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You can use the invioce to make payment and await confirmation of entry.
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Please esnure that your payments are made and reflect before 2 March 2026
Writing the papers
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The ROUND 1 Olympiad Paper will be shared to all participating schools electronically.
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Schools can print and write the paper on the day of the oympiad at their respective schools.
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Written papers are to be physically sent to St John's Preparatory School in Houghton, Johannesburg, as a point of collection.
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The Round 2 Olympiad Paper will be shared and submitted in the same format to the same location.
Results
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Once all papers have been recieved and collected. The marking process will begin.
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Results for ROUND 1 will be shared via email to each school representative. These will be the names of learners that make it to ROUND 2.
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Results for ROUND 2 will be shared in the form of certificates from Diamond to Bronze.