At the Star Centre, learners receive guidance from our highly qualified team, addressing both their academic needs and emotional and social development throughout their school journey.

Star Centre – Support Centre of the DSK

The Star Centre offers holistic support for our learners’ well-being and learning, with a multidisciplinary team of school psychologists, remedial teachers, learning therapists, and learner coaches. When potential support needs are identified by the teaching staff, the Star Centre advises and supports the subject and class teachers and discuss the best possible way of support and accommodation together with all parties involved. This is not a tutoring center but a space dedicated to comprehensive educational support.

Learning Support

Students receive support based on their individual needs, either within the classroom or through individual and small group sessions. The Star Centre team works closely with teachers to enhance students’ self-esteem, independence, and motivation.

School Counsellors

Our school counsellors provide crucial support for students facing emotional or social challenges. They offer direct and immediate help by strengthening students’ resources and working with them to develop coping strategies, routines, and skills to navigate their school life. Through individual and group therapy and prevention programs, they help students build knowledge and skills in areas such as emotional resilience, study skills, healthy friendships, bullying prevention, anxiety management, consent, and neurodiversity. These services are, of course, strictly confidential.

Learner Coach

Learner coaching offers learners support in overcoming academic, personal, and social challenges, helping them grow in self-esteem, motivation, and resilience. Through mentoring and coaching, learners are guided in setting academic goals, managing stress, developing self-awareness, and building stronger communication skills.

External Support Providers

In addition to the services of the Star Centre, we offer external specialists as occupational therapists and speech therapists to provide individualized care.

Contacts for Learning Support

• Primary School (Grades 1–4): primary.starcentre@dsk.co.za
• Middle and High School (Grades 5–12): secondary.starcentre@dsk.co.za

Counselor

• counselling@dsk.co.za

Learning Coach

• Middle and High School (Grades 5–12): learnercoaching@dsk.co.za

The Star Centre is dedicated to creating a supportive learning environment that focuses on the academic and emotional growth of all DSK  learners.