Starbound Reading

For my school or aftercare

A valuable literacy offering for your school community.

Astro and Nova, Starbound’s guides, waving hello

Starbound brings Launchpad, our structured, professionally facilitated early-literacy and phonics programme, to schools and aftercare centres. We provide the programme, materials and facilitation while working with each institution to create a practical, mutually beneficial partnership suited to its community, timetable and needs. Add an aspirational programme to your school’s extra-mural offerings without adding to your teachers’ workload.

What schools gain

  • An educator-developed literacy programme
  • Separate English Home Language and Afrikaans Home Language groups
  • A convenient on-site option for families
  • Minimal preparation for staff
  • Clear parent communication
  • Access to the future Starbound reading journey
A Starbound educator guides two children as they build words with magnetic letters at an outdoor table A boy joins words on a space-themed board to build a sentence A Starbound educator and a boy play a sight-word game together A boy taps out the sounds of the word “sat” on a letter xylophone

Hosting Launchpad on site

Preschools, schools and aftercare centres may offer Launchpad on site for groups of 8–12 children, with fees agreed with each school or aftercare centre based on its number of participating learners.

Schools with more than 20 participating learners may request tailored volume pricing. Smaller ECD centres, homeschool groups and study centres are also welcome to contact Starbound so that learner numbers, location and scheduling can be considered.

Launchpad runs as one contact session per week over 32 programme weeks, with quarterly assessments built into the programme weeks. The recommended session length is 45–60 minutes, but we adapt the programme activities to suit the timeslot your school or aftercare is able to give us, while still keeping the experience playful and age-appropriate for younger learners. Groups generally begin together at the start of the year.

Request a Starbound demonstration at your school
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Launchpad fees

Grade RR–R

Launchpad is one weekly lesson, ideally 45–60 minutes long. It can be taken in a small group in Noordheuwel, privately, or at a participating school or aftercare centre.

Group Launchpad in Noordheuwel

A small group of 2–7 children at the Starbound Reading Centre in Noordheuwel, Krugersdorp. Learners may join during the year, subject to placement and availability.

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Private Launchpad

One learner with one educator: a 45–60 minute private session per week during the programme weeks.

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Launchpad at school or aftercare

Group Launchpad is also presented at participating schools and aftercare centres, in groups of 8–12 children. We make agreements with each school or aftercare centre based on its number of participating learners.