This page is the Senior Phase hub for Coding and Robotics (Grades 7 to 9). It points teachers to the final Department of Basic Education CAPS, not the older draft.
The DBE now publishes SP Coding and Robotics CAPS 2025.pdf on the official CAPS hub. That final document organises the subject into three content areas: Coding, Robotics and Digital Concepts.
The older version of this page taught a four-strand draft model (Algorithms and Coding; Robotics Skills; Internet and E-communication; Application Skills) and promoted a site-hosted 2021 Senior Phase PDF. That draft model is superseded. Prefer the Final SP PDF from the DBE hub below.
CAPS123 is not an official Department of Basic Education site. Verify every claim against the Final 2025 CAPS on the DBE hub.
Official Final CAPS (use this first)
- DBE CAPS documents hub
- Senior Phase CAPS list (includes Coding and Robotics)
- Download: SP Coding and Robotics CAPS 2025.pdf
Related Final phase PDFs (same three content areas):
| Phase | Final PDF |
|---|---|
| Foundation (R-3) | FP Coding and Robotics CAPS Final 2025.pdf |
| Intermediate (4-6) | IP Coding and Robotics CAPS Fin Oct 2025.pdf |
| Senior (7-9) | SP Coding and Robotics CAPS 2025.pdf |
Plan from Section 2 (content areas) and Section 3 (grade and term clarification) in the Final SP PDF. Do not invent week maps or outcomes beyond what that PDF names.
For the cross-phase move from draft/pilot language to Final CAPS, see Coding and Robotics CAPS Orientation.
What this subject is for
Coding and Robotics in the Senior Phase helps learners practise logical and computational thinking, robotics ideas and phase-appropriate digital skills. It is concerned with solving problems through structured thinking in a digital world. It supports other subjects; it does not replace them.
It is also not Computer Applications Technology (CAT) or a generic ICT CAPS. Coding and Robotics is its own listed subject for Grades R to 9.
Keep the Final SP PDF open when you plan. This hub only orients you to the official document and to related CAPS123 pages.
How the final subject is organised
From Section 2 of the Final SP CAPS (same three areas as Foundation and Intermediate):
| Content area | What it covers (high level) |
|---|---|
| Coding | Algorithms and programming practices, pattern work as part of coding, debugging and related computational thinking |
| Robotics | What a robot is, components, design and construction, mimicking operations and following instructions |
| Digital Concepts | Digital citizenship, digital awareness, computing devices and digital skills in a Senior Phase context |
Pattern work sits under Coding. Related digital ideas sit under Digital Concepts. Do not invent extra strands beyond what the Final PDF names.
Draft CAPS vs final CAPS
An older March 2021 draft CAPS (often labelled PROPOSED AMENDMENTS) organised Senior Phase into four strands: Algorithms and Coding; Robotics Skills; Internet and E-communication; Application Skills. That draft model is superseded.
If you still see a site copy of the 2021 Senior Phase Coding and Robotics PDF (/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CAPS_Coding_Robotics_Senior_Phase.pdf or similar), treat it as historic / superseded only. Do not use it as current policy. Always prefer the Final 2025 SP PDF from the DBE hub above.
Senior Phase classroom focus
Senior Phase Coding and Robotics builds on the same three content areas used in Foundation and Intermediate Phase. Learners work with more structured coding and robotics ideas and with digital concepts that fit Grades 7 to 9. This hub does not list week-by-week outcomes. Those belong in Section 3 of the Final SP PDF.
When you adapt older materials:
- Keep activities that clearly serve Coding, Robotics or Digital Concepts for your grade.
- Drop or rewrite headings that still say Application Skills or Internet and E-communication as if they were current CAPS strands.
- Prefer the Final SP PDF wording over any 2021 site PDF mirror.
Subject advisors can use the three-area table as a shared language in workshops: ask teachers which Final PDF they opened and which content area a lesson serves. That is enough to stop draft-strand drift without inventing new codes.
Historic 2021 site PDF (do not use as current)
The live site previously offered a download CTA for a Senior Phase Coding and Robotics CAPS Document labelled draft, hosted at /wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CAPS_Coding_Robotics_Senior_Phase.pdf. That file belongs to the 2021 draft / PROPOSED AMENDMENTS family. This refresh removes that CTA as a primary download. If the file remains on the server, treat it as historic / superseded only.
Always download SP Coding and Robotics CAPS 2025.pdf from the DBE hub LinkClick above (ticket 1M7krZtYs24).
Planning from the Final SP PDF
- 1. Open the Final SP CAPS PDF and read Section 2 (content areas) and Section 3 (grade and term clarification).
- 2. Plan from the three content areas: Coding, Robotics and Digital Concepts.
- 3. Check your province or district for timetable and LTSM guidance for Grades 7 to 9.
- 4. Use older workshop notes or draft-era packs only as starting points, and re-check them against the Final PDF before you teach.
There is no standalone Coding and Robotics ATP listed on the national 2023 ATPs hub at the time of this refresh. Plan from Final CAPS Section 3 plus provincial or district guidance.
Foundation Phase teachers should also note that full FP classroom rollout was postponed to 2026. Senior Phase planning still starts from the Final SP PDF above, not from the 2021 draft.
Related CAPS123 pages
- Coding and Robotics CAPS Orientation
- Foundation Phase Coding and Robotics
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Coding and Robotics
- What is CAPS?
Disclaimer
CAPS123 shares teacher-facing links and historic files for convenience. It is not the Department of Basic Education and it does not publish official CAPS policy. Always verify planning against the Final SP Coding and Robotics CAPS on the DBE CAPS hub and against current provincial or district guidance.
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