What makes the Platinum Social sciences course unique? A variety of superior-quality sources that are relevant and realistic representations of historical periods and geographical concepts; all activities designed and scaffolded to provide consolidation and skills practice; target worksheets provide more practice for learners who need support or are ready for extension; extensive exam support that provides exam practice opportunities and guidelines on what learners must do to answer questions properly; expanded content provided in features: "Key words", "About our world" and a comprehensive glossary; the skills focus feature provides teachers and learners with clear guidelines on how to apply skills. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum Natural sciences course unique? Skills focus pages cover process skills prescribed by CAPS and give learners opportunity to practice each new skill; high-quality artwork and real-life photographs enhance visual literacy and make the subject matter more accessible; key words boxes throughout the text and science language practice at the end of each topic makes scientific language accessible for learners; key concepts at the end of each unit and topic revisions reinforce new content and concepts; more resources pages make the subject interesting and applicable to everyday life. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum English FAL course unique? Strong support for reading and writing skills, featuring annotations and models of all writing texts; integrated and explicit grammar teaching; predictable, consistent structure; high quality, relevant artwork; strong teacher support through explicit methods and assessment. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum creative arts course unique? Each discipline (dance, drama, music and visual arts) is presented in its own section in the book so you can clearly choose what you are teaching; fully illustrated dance exercise bank included in learner's book; music literacy worksheets enable teacher to consolidate theory easily; visual art content includes many stimulating examples of South African artists; all the content options for drama are included so that teachers can select the options they prefer. Platinum! Simply superior: superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets. Superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum mathematics course unique? Activities are stimulating and link to real life; separate mental maths section (grade 7 teacher's guide) and answer section (grade 8 & 9 learner's book); challenge and Did you know features will stimulate learner engagement; the text is suitable for South African learners in diverse school contexts; use of colour enhances the easy understanding of the text. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors. Superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners. Superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy. Superior quality = exam success!

• A special day (story) (p. 6)
• Taking off (poem) (p. 9)
• Why dogs chase cars (story)
• A true friend (story) (p. 13)
• Sorry! (social text: letters) (p. 16)
• Making a mobile (information text)
• Holidays (poems) (p. 20)
• A lucky escape (story) (p. 21)
• Finding out about fire (information text) (p. 24)
• Lighting up our lives (information text) (p. 26)
• Dudu and the evil giant – Part 1 (story) (p. 28)
• Dudu and the evil giant – Part 2 (story)
• Our teacher says (poem) (p. 34)
• Go, Slow and Whoa Foods (information text) (p. 35)
• It takes courage (media text: newspaper article)
• Cecilia Makiwane (media text: newspaper article) (p. 39)
• World of Birds (social text: postcard) (p. 40)
• Save the crane (media text: poster)
• Why the giraffe and the oxpecker are good friends (story) (p. 42)
• The four friends (drama) (p. 44)
• The wonders of Egypt (information text)
• A journalist’s world (social text: letter) (p. 54)
• Poems about jobs (poems)
• Swim safely (media text: magazine article) (p. 58)
• Funny poems (poems) (p. 60)
• Nomathemba’s fire (story)
• Be my friend (drama) (p. 66)
• Miss you! (social text: emails) (p. 70)
• Digging up the past (information text)

What makes the Platinum English FAL course unique? Strong support for reading and writing skills, featuring annotations and models of all writing texts; integrated and explicit grammar teaching; predictable, consistent structure; high quality, relevant artwork; strong teacher support through explicit methods and assessment. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum English FAL course unique? Strong support for reading and writing skills, featuring annotations and models of all writing texts; integrated and explicit grammar teaching; predictable, consistent structure; high quality, relevant artwork; strong teacher support through explicit methods and assessment. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!

What makes the Platinum Mathematical literacy grade 12 course unique? Key words boxes, remember boxes, Did you know? and term summaries in the learner's book, enhance understanding of important concepts; worked examples prior to exercises, provide a clear, visual example for learners to follow when completing exercises; margin notes assist learners to further understand important concepts; revision tests after each topic, in the learner's book serve as adequate test and exam preparation; term 4 in the learner's book focuses completely on exam revision and exam preparation; photocopiable target worksheets for each topic provide for additional remediation and extension exercises; photocopiable tests and examinations which satisfy CAPS formal assessment requirements; all formal assessments are fully photocopiable and have detailed memoranda attached. Platinum - simply superior: Superior CAPS coverage and written by expert authors; superior illustrations and activities to improve results and motivate learners; superior teacher support to save time and make teaching easy, including photocopiable worksheets; superior quality = exam success!