
OUR SCHOOL
Bahia Formosa School is an English-medium, Harmony-accredited, independent school situated in Plettenberg Bay. We offer affordable private schooling, ranging from Grade RR to Grade 7. We are a small school with a family-like environment where we provide excellent teaching and learning for both boys and girls in the community.
Our main focus is the happiness and success of our learners. We continuously strive to support the child as a whole. We are able to offer small classes where individual needs can be accommodated and nurtured. Our school is surrounded by the beautiful nature of Plettenberg Bay, creating a calm, stimulating atmosphere, ideal for effective learning.
Vision
The vision of Bahia Formosa School is to develop the child as a whole.
This is achieved through an educational philosophy based on the use of imagination, a sense of truth and responsibility. Our school is a happy, loving environment that promotes holistic learning and playing in harmony with our beautiful environment.
Values
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Co-operation
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Honesty
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Respect
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Responsibility
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Kindness


Mission
Balance
Supporting emotional, academic and cultural
development
Accountability
Fostering leadership opportunities and skills
Harmony
Respecting your place in the local environment
Imagination
Bridging dreams and reality
Academia
Creating curious minds for continuous learning


Thandi Ntsali
Assistant Teacher and Mini Cricket Coach
1 Corinthians 13:1
Hobbies: Playing and watching Cricket, music and cooking

Jessica de Lange
Grade 3 Teacher and Social Media Manager

Marisa Woolley
Grade 4 Teacher
"There is nothing bigger than the little things"
Hobbies: reading and travelling

Michelle Slack
Senior Phase Teacher
"Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10
Hobbies: gardening and reading

Raywin Eksteen
PGCE Student Teacher

Estelle Mansfield
Creative Arts Teacher

Heline Botma
Intermediate and Senior Phase Teacher

Fezi
School Secretary, Finance Administrator, Computer and Aftercare Teacher

Eliana Phoni
Senior Phase Teacher

Elliot
Groundsman
Thessalonians 4: 11 - 12
Hobbies: working on cars

Amagene Koeberg
Intermediate and Senior Phase Teacher

Patricia
Cleaning Staff
OUR STAFF

Sarie Du Plessis
Principal
This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Live everyday to the fullest and bring joy to others.
Hobbies: Gardening, reading and camping

Marisa Le Roux
Grade RR & R Teacher
Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him
- T.D Jakes
Hobbies: reading and walks in nature

Janine Vincent
Grade 1 Teacher

Dani Durbach
Grade 2 Teacher
Cultivate love and kindness in a child to sow the seeds of compassion. And only then you will build a great civilization, a great nation.
Hobbies: hiking and being in the ocean