Our Story
In 1998, Yumna Allie, a young primary school teacher and mother started a playgroup at her home in Ottery, for her young 3-year-old daughter and a few neighborhood friends. Very soon the small play group grew, and an informal business was started in 1998.
Yumna furthered her education in the field of Early Childhood Development in 1999 and 2000, specializing in Grade R. In 2001, Kenwyn Primary’s School Governing Body (SGB) offered her the opportunity to start a Grade R class as a feeder to their Grade 1 classes. After 12 years at Kenwyn Primary, when the lease expired in July 2012, Yumna and her late husband bought the property in 30 Enslin Road Ottery and moved the pre-primary school there in July 2012. In 2014, the educational authorities, WCED (Western Cape Education Department) requested that the school’s name be changed since we were no longer in the suburb of Kenwyn.
Collaboration between the families at our school and the staff produced the new name for our school. We were delighted to start 2014 with a new name and logo – Otters’ Creek Pre-Primary. We still offer a tried and tested pre-primary school curriculum to children from 12 months to 12 years old, with school readiness as our focus. In 2018 we proudly opened the doors to Otters’ Creek Junior School, in Ferness Estate, offering Grade 1-7.
Our Vision
Otters’ Creek Pre-Primary and Junior School is a reputed educational institution. We deliver a dynamic curriculum that equips children from 12 months to 12 years old, with relevant knowledge and practical skills that support their existence in the world they live in. We value commitment to the children we serve, sincerity in our interaction with them and proficiency to deliver our material in a practical and concrete manner. We strive to leave our learners inspired and motivated through our child-centred approach to learning and teaching. We recognize the need to diversify our teaching techniques. We are committed to keep teachers’ skills up to date and relevant.
Our Mission
Our mission is to understand the personality, needs and strength of every child.
We commit to seek out every opportunity to enrich our learning environment.
We promise to keep our content diverse and our approach holistic and creative.
We dedicate ourselves daily to be productive and goal orientated.
We are strict to assess learner performance monthly.
We strive to revisit teaching strategies regularly, especially to maintain our ethos of inclusion.
We are dedicated to inspire and empower our teachers through regular staff development and training workshops.
We pledge to partner with parents and to involve them as much as possible in all school events.
We dedicate ourselves to pursue every avenue possible to invite individuals, organizations and companies to mentor and partner with us on a regular basis to benefit the learners, its staff and the school community.
