Silvermist Academy

19/09/2026

💧 Term 3 — Water: We discovered just how connected everything is.

Our big idea was:

Water is a connected system that flows through living things, landscapes and human communities.

We explored the water cycle and asked:

What does the water cycle actually look like on our farm?
And against this beautiful part of Table Mountain?

We learned about evaporation, condensation, watersheds, catchment areas and the simple truth that water flows downhill.

We even used the energy of the sun to separate fresh water from salty water and turning an abstract scientific process into something we could actually see and experience.

Then our questions took us beyond the farm. To Dalebrook Tidal Pools and to Love in a Bowl

We finished the term asking:

What makes water unsafe to drink?
A parent joined us as a Living Library, taking us along the Disa River in Hout Bay. She also connected us with the WaterCAN project, where our children collected and tested water samples and contributed their findings to a national water-monitoring system.

We will finish the term by finding out how sewage is treated and what happens when infrastructure fails...

18/09/2026

If you have a child aged 6–9 years and believe that education should be…

🛠️ Hands-on and experiential
🌱 Immersed in nature
🎨 Deeply creative
🧗🏽 A space for taking healthy risks

…then reach out to us!

The Big Farm School at Silvermist might be exactly what you are looking for.

Limited spaces for 2027

✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 0836278685

06/09/2026

🎙️Our learning community has limited space for 2027.

🐣The Little Farm School ages 3-6:
2 spaces

🐥The Big Farm School ages 6-9:
3 spaces

🪿Junior Academy ages 9-15:
waiting list

New Constantia Campus
Senior Academy ages 15+:
Currently interviewing.

💻“Our teens are looking for other teens, who are looking for a hot desk, to come and learn along side us.
Some of us are doing online curriculums, some of us bike, most of us game and all of us love horses.

We are .

🚴🏽We city school, engage in the community, have access to a workshop and explore beautiful places around Cape Town.

If you are looking for a collaborative and relational learning space, with a very low child to adult ratio, be in touch!

📌 Constantia Nek, Cape Town, South Africa
✉️ [email protected]

06/08/2026

Why we are a learning community and not a school.

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18/06/2026

Happy and confident to say that, at The Little Farm School, we offer EXACTLY what research says little people need in their early learning years!

Thank you Ms Sam, for doing it so beautifully and intentionally.

The International Early Learning Child Well-being Study is designed to help countries to improve children's early learning experiences, to better support their development and overall well-being.

01/06/2026

This week at The Little Farm School
we have been enjoying the season’s yields, some from our own beds and some from the generous work of others in our community.
The children enjoyed harvesting the abundance of parsley they planted last term. There was chopping, tasting and proudly sharing their own handmade “green sauce”.

Thank you for supporting your little entrepreneurs.

On Wednesday we ventured up to the vegetable garden and had the chance to harvest the biggest carrots most of us have ever seen 🤩 There were mighty muscles needed to pull them from the earth, squeal’s of delight, some good scrubbing and then munching away 🥕

This experience gave us a chance to consider how a carrot comes to be. Sitting together, the children took turns to give thanks……to the people who planted the seeds, who spent a year making the compost, and those who tended to the ground with care, (not forgetting the hardworking earthworm) to the sun for the warmth and light, the earth and soil, and the air and rain.
It is a wonderful reminder of the time, patience and energy it takes for our food to reach our tables. Moments like this help root gratitude and connection in our daily lives 💚

Wishing you a weekend of simple pleasures and shared meals 🫜

20/05/2026

Our kitchen is taking shape!

15/05/2026

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14/05/2026

“Hear, hear!”

08/05/2026

Dear Families

It has been a full and busy week as we’ve welcomed new friends into our space and begun to get to know one another.
Every child settles in their own time, in their own way, and we always aim to hold space for each child to find their own rhythm, and we trust that process. It is something we will all experience as new children join us.

Thank you to the Moms (and Dad) who joined us yesterday morning. Your presence meant so much.
And thank you to the children for setting up the garden. It was lovely to witness the care, laughter and teamwork between them as they prepared for your visit.

Wishing a very Happy Mother’s Day to all who are celebrating on Sunday ❤️
We appreciate you, and we’re grateful for all that you do.