Southern Cross SchoolsSouthern Cross SchoolsSouthern Cross SchoolsSouthern Cross Schools Weekly Newsletter 30 of 2011Weekly Newsletter 30 of 2011Weekly Newsletter 30 of 2011Weekly Newsletter 30 of 2011

College Fieldtrips Broaden Horizons

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Week 2 of September 2011 School for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the Planet

Important Dates:

College boys’ & girls’

cricket vs Nkowankowa

and Louis Trichardt

respectively.

10

Sept

U11 & U13 Cricket vs

Phalaborwa.

13

Sept

Grade 7 outing Chimp

Eden.

14

Sept

Grandparents Tea at

the Prep School.

16

Sept

Gr. 11 Committee Chick

Flick in Earth Circle.

16

Sept

College Spring Dance at

the Leadwood Lapa.

17

Sept

Spur Schools MTB

Challenge - 4th Round.

17

Sept

Family Build-it Day. 17

Sept

A Peek at Last Week …

• Our U7 to U9 hockey players

took part in matches at Draken-

sig on Friday 2 September.

• A number of SCS boys partici-

pated in provincial cricket trials

playing for the Letaba regional

team on Friday 2 and Saturday 3

September.

• Our College boys’ and girls’

cricket teams played against

Khanyisa and Capricorn respec-

tively on Saturday 3 September.

• Our Prep School tennis teams

performed very well against

Unicorn Prep on Monday 5 Sep-

tember.

• A number of our Grade 5 to 7

learners participated in the final

round of the AMESA competition

on Wednesday 7 September.

• Our U11 and U13 teams played

Namakgale Development on

Thursday 8 September.

Our Grade 8 to Grade 11 learners from the College spent a week away from school on educational trips from Monday 29 August to Friday 2 September. Each grade went to a different location and was accompanied by teachers from the school. The Grade 8 class went to the Schoemansdal Environmental Education Centre which is situated at the foot of the Sout-pansberg. The group had great fun completing obstacle courses and educational games. They also explored the mountain on an overnight hiking expedition. The Grade 9 class went on an adventure camp at Waterval Boven. Various activities including rock climbing, abseiling and hiking allowed the learners to face their fears and to experience life in the bush without home comforts.

The Grade 10 class headed off to the bright lights of Gauteng where they did a cultural and historical tour. They visited places like the “Cradle of Humankind” at Maropeng, the Voortrekker Monument, the Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef City and the Constitutional Court. Their understanding of South African history and culture was strongly enhanced by the experience. The Grade 11 class went on a course offered by Magoebask-loof Adventures. The course dealt with fear and trust, look-ing at leadership styles, challenging the learners by having them abseil off a 30m cliff, hiking up a mountain, tubing in freezing water and finally doing a magnificent canopy tour.

Thanks to all the staff that planned and joined these trips.

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Hoedspruit

Limpopo

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Phone: 015 793 0590

Fax: 086 530 5153

E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za

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Our U11 and U13 cricket

teams remain unbeaten

this season. Both teams

were, however, made to

work hard for their most

recent victories against

the Namakgale Develop-

ment teams. The U11s

played away and batted

first for the first time

this season. They managed

to post 125 runs for 1

wicket in their 20 overs.

The top batsman was Kieran McDonald who scored 59 not out. He was well supported by Michaela Naude

who scored 20 and Dewald Dumon who made 18 not out. Namakgale were then restricted to 82 for 9 in

their twenty overs. The U11s therefore won by 43 runs.

Our U13 team had a much closer game, also batting first, they were bowled out for 98 well before the end

of their 30 overs. Daniel Pearson top scored with 18 runs. Namakgale then lost some early wickets with

Kevin Braun and Mubashar Asif striking early. The middle order then managed to frustrate the SCS bowl-

ers and took the team to a position where they needed just 19 runs with 3 wickets in hand and plenty of

overs to come. Kevin and Mubashar again managed the breakthrough and got the last three wickets be-

tween them. Both bowlers ended up taking three wickets a piece and the team won by just 10 runs.

The Traveling School from the USA visited Southern Cross for the day on Tuesday 6 September. The group travels around Southern Africa and receives lessons as they go, from their accompanying teachers. They have been to Namibia and Botswana already and are now

making their way through South Africa.

Thank You:

• Clare Girardin for the re-

source conservation posters

for our classrooms.

• Mr Andrew Smith for his

offer of instant grass for

our Founder’s and Earth

circles.

• Colonel Moonsamy and the

Air Force Gymnasium for

the donation of books for

our library.

College Cricketers Struggle Against Khanyisa

Our U17 team from the College hosted Khanyisa at Drakensig on Saturday 3 September. Our boys batted first and were bowled out for just 46 runs. Shaun Michael Preston was the only batsman who managed double figures with 11. Despite losing an early wicket the Khany-isa boys easily passed our boys’ score to win by 9 wick-

ets.

REMINDERS:

• Despite all the reminders we

are still waiting for a number

of Spring Walk forms to

come in. Parents please help

us to get these forms re-

turned.

• Family Build-it Day is on Sat-

urday 17 September.

• The next Organic Earth Mar-

ket takes place on Sunday 25

September.

After a week of learning all about islands the Pre-school had an Island Day - the children dressed up as islanders and wore lei’s they all made at school.

Tennis Players Achieve Success

The Prep School tennis team went to Tzaneen to play Unicorn Prep on Monday 5 September. The girls played well but unfor-tunately lost their matches. The boys played superbly and showed a huge improvement in their serving. Marc Gómez – Olivé, having started tennis only this term, won his first ever singles match 6-1! The boys showed awesome skills at the net and both doubles partners won their games 6-1. The final score was 27-16 in our favour. Well done to all our tennis players.

Green AwardsGreen AwardsGreen AwardsGreen Awards The following Green Awards were presented at assembly on Friday 2 September: Grade R - Dite-bogo Mametja; Grade 1 - Emma Pinto & Tapelo Stuurman; Grade 2 - Calvin Duncan; Grade 3 - Thabang Mathe; Grade 4 - Aden Haussmann; Grade 5 - Anke Puttkammer; Grade 6 - Abigale

Smit and Grade 7 - Sasha Mittermayer.

Junior Hockey Girls Performing Well

On 2 September our junior hockey teams played against Laerskool Drakensig. Our U7s won 2 – 0, our U8s won 2 – 0 and our U9s drew 2 – 2. Congratulations on these good

performances, girls.

Staff Baby Picture Competition

Thanks to all who supported this competition. Mrs Caron MacDonald was voted the cutest baby by both the Prep and the College! Jamie den Dunnen won the competition in the Prep School and Nicole Wentworth won in the College. They each receive a R250 meal

voucher to the soon to be opened Spur in Hoedspruit.