Grade 7 CAPS course guides

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These guides explain what South African learners cover in each Grade 7 subject under CAPS, term by term, with key ideas, worked examples, common mistakes and tips for parents. Grade 7 is part of the Senior Phase (Grades 7–9).

Every Grade 7 course is R100 per subject per year, with all four terms in one course.

Subject guides

• Grade 7 Mathematics – Available: R100 a year, enrolment through Coursebox. Integers, exponents, fractions, decimals, percentages, geometry, area, volume, data and probability, with worked examples and tips.
• Grade 7 English Home Language – Short stories, poetry, novels, drama, transactional writing and grammar, with examples and tips.
• Grade 7 Afrikaans First Additional Language – Short stories, poems, transactional texts and taal, term by term, with examples.
• Grade 7 Natural Sciences – Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, and Planet Earth and Beyond, with key ideas and examples.
• Grade 7 History – Mali and Timbuktu, the transatlantic slave trade, the Cape after 1652 and the frontiers of the 1800s: all 28 topics summarised.
• Grade 7 Geography – Street and sketch maps, volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, population growth, and conservation and water: all 28 topics summarised.
• Grade 7 Technology – Levers, pneumatics and hydraulics, structures, electrical circuits and electromagnets, and processing.
• Grade 7 Economic and Management Sciences – The economy, financial literacy and entrepreneurship, with examples, common mistakes and parent tips.
• Grade 7 Creative Arts – Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts, what schools teach and how to support creativity at home.
• Grade 7 Life Orientation – Self-development, health and safety, rights and responsibilities, the world of work and Physical Education.

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AI Buddies is an independent tutoring service. These guides follow the Department of Basic Education’s CAPS documents but are not endorsed by the DBE. Last reviewed: 31 October 2026.