Extra-Mural Activities at Hout Bay Montessori

Hout Bay Montessori organises a host of extra-mural activities that are open to pre-school children (specially mentioned ones are available to nursery children too).

All the extra-mural activities have been chosen to give your child the opportunity to boost his/her self-esteem, enhance co-ordination, develop life-long skills and discover their own unique talents and interests. We offer playball, yoga, art, drama, grade R enrichment, marimba, judo and playball.

​The primary children have cricket, softball and soccer lessons as part of their weekly schedule.

Play ball

Lauren de Wet
Playball has been designed for children between the ages of 2 and 6. Our program is age specific with the children progressing from basic gross motor and ball skills to more structured sports participation.
All classes take place in a positive, safe and non - threatening environment. It is important to involve parents and teachers in the learning process which is why we provide regular feedback sessions with the teachers and give parents feedback twice a year in the form of written reports.
Lauren De Wet has been coaching Playball at Hout Bay Montessori for the past 15 years. She is passionate about the Playball programme and brings a dynamic energy to all her lessons

Marimba

Alistair Dickerson
Alistair grew up in Cape Town and is passionate about music. He is a qualified Marimba teacher and is very enthusiastic about spreading music to the people he teaches. He has been performing for over 10 years and teaching Marimba for over 6 years – in group lessons as well as private individual lessons. Alistair teaches Marimba to a group of children at Hout Bay Montessori, who are all experiencing music in a whole new way

Yoga

Anja Neugebauer
Anja completed her Yoga4Kids Teacher Training in 2009 and has been teaching since 2010. She is a Yoga Teacher in Cape Town, specialising in Kids Yoga. She is focused on blessing others with the gift of learning about the miraculous life changing benefits of Yoga, especially children. ​

Creativity

Rechinda S​lingerland
Richenda has been guiding Hout Bay Montessori children on colourful journeys of creative self-expression since 2006.  They experience joyful freedom while developing their confidence, fine motor skills and concentration. By utilizing a varriety of mediums and exploring an ever expanding love for art, as well as themselves, they flourish.

Speech & Drama

Bronwyn Marx
Bronwyn Marx achieved her Advanced Ballet Certificate and Teachers when she was 19 years old and taught classical ballet. Bronwyn achieved her Trinity College Speech and Drama Certificate when she moved to Cape Town 25 years back and has taught speech and drama in schools in Hout Bay and Llandudno. Bronwyn’s first drama classes started at Hout Bay Montessori and are held here every Wednesday for both pre-primary and primary students

Growing In Sports

Ashlynne Hendricks
Ashlynne is the CEO & Founder of Growing In Sport. He is a Sports Science, Gross Motor Development Specialist as well as an Early Childhood Bodily Movement and Nutrition Specialist. The Physical Ed program to develop gross motor skills, child's rhythmic skills, as well as coordination.

Learn to Surf

Liam Wood
Operating since 2001 we are one of the oldest and most qualified surf schools around. We are a fully registered, insured Surf School based in Hout Bay. We offer top professional surf/ SUP lessons, tours  across Cape Town with SA top qualified instructors (ISA & SSA Level 1|2) and offer top of the range core surf, SUP & Skate goods and board rentals at our Surf Store!
Liam Wood has a passion for the ocean, surfing and open spaces. Stepping away from a career in design, marketing and sport management, Liam and his Team of instructors  have come together to share their passion with the world..

​​Dance Mouse

The Dance Mouse syllabus offers an awesome foundation to many forms of dance: Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Jazz, African-Jazz, Freestyle, Disco, Cheerleading, Contemporary,Rock 'n Roll, Hip-Tap, Latin American Basics, Gymnastics Basics to name a few.
Warm-up is an integral part of the syllabus and includes Ballet, Modern, Body conditioning, Pilates Basics,Proprioception Skills and Silk training! Strengthening, Stretching and core training is part of our passion in warm-up!
The benefits to the child are incredibly diverse but include improved co-ordination, balancing skills,core strength, fitness, proprieception, spatial awareness and vitally improves confidence. These benefits allow the child to select their preferred form of dance in a safer environment while benefiting them in other sporting activities as well. Props such as scarves, hula hoops, fans, ribbons, poi etc are also included to promote these skills whilst dancing!