Accounting Grade 10
Accounting focuses on measuring performance, and processing and communicating financial information about
economic sectors. This discipline ensures that principles such as ethical behaviour, transparency and accountability
are adhered to. It deals with the logical, systematic and accurate selection and recording of financial information
and transactions, as well as the compilation, analysis, interpretation and communication of financial statements and
managerial reports for use by interested parties.
The subject encompasses accounting knowledge, skills and values that focus on the financial accounting,
managerial accounting and auditing fields. These fields cover a broad spectrum of accounting concepts and skills
to prepare learners for a variety of career opportunities.
The table below indicates the three main topics and corresponding topics in Accounting curriculum.
Economic and Management Sciences Grade 9
The subject Economic and Management Sciences deals with the efficient and effective use of different types of private, public or collective resources to satisfy people’s needs and wants. It reflects critically on the impact of resource exploitation on the environment and on people. It also deals with effective management of scarce resources in order to maximise profit.Natural Sciences Grade 9
Science is a systematic way of looking for explanations and connecting the ideas we have. In Science certain methods of inquiry and investigation are generally used. These methods lend themselves to replication and a systematic approach to scientific inquiry that attempts at objectivity. The methods include formulating hypotheses, and designing
and carrying out experiments to test the hypotheses. Repeated investigations are undertaken, and the methods and results are carefully examined and debated before they are accepted as valid.
Physical Science Grade 10
Physical Sciences investigate physical and chemical phenomena. This is done through scientific inquiry, application
of scientific models, theories and laws in order to explain and predict events in the physical environment.
This subject also deals with society’s need to understand how the physical environment works in order to benefit from
it and responsibly care for it. All scientific and technological knowledge, including Indigenous Knowledge Systems
(IKS), is used to address challenges facing society. Indigenous knowledge is knowledge that communities have held,
used or are still using; this knowledge has been passed on through generations and has been a source of many
innovations and developments including scientific developments. Some concepts found in Indigenous Knowledge
Systems lend themselves to explanation using the scientific method while other concepts do not; this is still knowledge
however. Life Sciences Grade 10
‘Life Sciences’ is the scientific study of living things from molecular level to their interactions with one another and
their environments. To be accepted as a science, it is necessary to use certain methods for broadening existing
knowledge, or discovering new things. These methods must lend themselves to replication and a systematic approach
to scientific inquiry. The methods include formulating hypotheses and carrying out investigations and experiments as
objectively as possible to test these hypotheses. Repeated investigations are carried out and adapted. The methods
and results are analysed, evaluated and debated before the community of scientists accepts them as valid.
Knowledge production in science is an ongoing endeavour that usually happens gradually but, occasionally, knowledge
and insights take a leap forward as new knowledge, or a new theory, replaces what was previously accepted. As
with all knowledge, scientific knowledge changes over time as scientists improve their knowledge and understanding
and as people change their views of the world around them. Scientific investigations are mostly about things that
are poorly understood or not understood at all. Scientists are frequently involved in debates and disagreements. As
more people take on such investigations, they tend to reach consensus about the ways in which the world works. The
science theory that is taught in schools has been tested and is generally accepted. A good teacher will inform learners
of debates and arguments among the scientists who were the first to investigate a phenomenon.
Scientists continue to explore the unknown. They tackle questions to which no-one has definite answers, such as:
‘Why is the climate changing?’; ‘What is causing the universe to expand?’; ‘What causes the Earth’s magnetic field
to change?’; and ‘What, exactly, is the human mind?’. No one knows for sureNatural Sciences Grade 9
Science is a systematic way of looking for explanations and connecting the ideas we have. In Science certain methods of inquiry and investigation are generally used. These methods lend themselves to replication and a systematic approach to scientific inquiry that attempts at objectivity. The methods include formulating hypotheses, and designing
and carrying out experiments to test the hypotheses. Repeated investigations are undertaken, and the methods and results are carefully examined and debated before they are accepted as valid.
Mathematics Grade 10
CAPS for Further Education and Training Phase in Mathematics Grade 10: Driving the Adoption of Digital Transformation and eLearning Programmes in Schools.Mathematics Grade 9
CAPS for Senior Phase in Mathematics Grade 9: Driving the Adoption of Digital Transformation and eLearning Programmes in Schools.Mathematics Grade 10
CAPS for Further Education and Training Phase in Mathematics Grade 10: Driving the Adoption of Digital Transformation and eLearning Programmes in Schools.Mathematics Grade 9
CAPS for Senior Phase in Mathematics Grade 9: Driving the Adoption of Digital Transformation and eLearning Programmes in Schools.Physical Science Grade 10
Physical Sciences investigate physical and chemical phenomena. This is done through scientific inquiry, application
of scientific models, theories and laws in order to explain and predict events in the physical environment.
This subject also deals with society’s need to understand how the physical environment works in order to benefit from
it and responsibly care for it. All scientific and technological knowledge, including Indigenous Knowledge Systems
(IKS), is used to address challenges facing society. Indigenous knowledge is knowledge that communities have held,
used or are still using; this knowledge has been passed on through generations and has been a source of many
innovations and developments including scientific developments. Some concepts found in Indigenous Knowledge
Systems lend themselves to explanation using the scientific method while other concepts do not; this is still knowledge
however. Natural Sciences Grade 9
Science is a systematic way of looking for explanations and connecting the ideas we have. In Science certain methods of inquiry and investigation are generally used. These methods lend themselves to replication and a systematic approach to scientific inquiry that attempts at objectivity. The methods include formulating hypotheses, and designing
and carrying out experiments to test the hypotheses. Repeated investigations are undertaken, and the methods and results are carefully examined and debated before they are accepted as valid.
