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Fun, Excitement & Adrenalin for Grade 7 Class

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Week 1 of November 2011 School for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the Planet

Important Dates:

Grade 12 Life Sciences

Exam - PI (am).

07

Nov

Grade 12 Afrikaans Exam

- PI (am).

08

Nov

Prep School inter-house

gala.

08

Nov

College Fun Gala at the

school pool from 14h00.

09

Nov

SCS Environmental Quiz

in the Founders’ Circle.

09

Nov

Grade 12 Physical Sci-

ence Exam - PII (am).

11

Nov

Pre-school Tanda Tula

outing.

11

Nov

Grade 7 “No Apologies”

course.

11

Nov

PA Moonlight Walk Social

- starts at Founders’

Circle.

11

Nov

A Peek at Last Week …

• The inter-school gala with Dra-

kensig and Mariepskop was post-

poned due to the weather to

Tuesday 15 November.

• The Travelling Bookshop spent

two days at SCS on 1 and 2 No-

vember.

• Our Grade 7 class spent three

fun-filled days in Magoebaskloof

from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4

November.

• Our Prep School swimmers per-

formed outstandingly at the

Skukuza Gala on Wednesday 2

November.

• Our Grade 5s held a very suc-

cessful entrepreneurial day on

Thursday 3 November.

• The SCS Board of Governors held

their 4th quarterly meeting on

Friday 4 November.

• We held our annual Friends of

SCS sundowners in The Founders’

Circle on Friday 4 November.

• Our senior drummers participated

in the Tzaneen Eisteddfod Gala

Evening on Friday 4 November.

• The SCS Strategic Planning

Workshop took place on Saturday

5 November.

Our Grade 7 Class spent three fun-filled days on an adventure camp in Magoebaskloof from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 November. They participated in a wide variety of physical and mental problem solving activities as well a number of extreme adventure opportuniuties that got the adrenalin well and trully pumping, such as: kloofing; white water tubing; rock climbing;

The Parents Association under the direction of Mr Jurie Moolman has made great strides in the development of our very own sports fields. As things stand at the moment the following has been achieved:

• 2.5 hectares of school property have been cleared and leveled;

• A layer of top soil has been placed on the leveled area and fertilizer has been worked into the soil;

• The area has been cleared of small rocks and stones in preparation for planting grass;

• Two test plots have been prepared on the field on which different grass types will be planted;

• The fencing of the field has begun;

• The school dam which is part of the school’s grey wa-ter management wetland system has been enlarged to serve as a source of water to irrigate the fields;

• Water pipes to the field are being laid;

• The school architect, Mr Robin McIntosh is working on concept drawings for the infrastructure that will be built alongside the fields.

Watch this space to see just how you can be involved in helping us to complete this exciting project.

and a gorge criss-crossing cableway. By all accounts, the learners were very enthusiastic and made the most of these unique opportunities to test their nerve and face their fears. A special word of thanks to Mrs Colleen Taylor (Grade 7 calss teacher) and Mr Don de Boer (Bush Lore teacher) for driving and accompanying the learners on the trip.

Our Own Sports Fields Another Step Closer

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Phone: 015 793 0590

Fax: 086 530 5153

E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za

Learning About Other Cultures

The Pre-school learned all about Pakistan at school

on Monday 7 November. Amber Raja and Mubasha

Asif’s mother, Jasmine showed the children some

traditional dresses worn in Pakistan. They then did

henna patterning on the children’s hands. Amber

generously provided samoosa’s and sweets for the

children, to round off a fun lesson on the interest-

ing country and its culture.

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Thank you:

• To all parents and learners who

supported the Travelling Book-shop this past week. The school stands to get 5% of the total sales made, to purchase books

for our school library.

• Mr Ian Harper for the great work

that he and his team are doing on the sports fields and the new storage dam on the school prop-

erty.

Kids-4-Kids held their meeting to decide on lead-

ers for 2012 on Thursday 3 November. A commit-

tee was elected and the executive positions will

be Chairperson: Olga Ramothwala; Secretary:

Dikgetho Mametja and Treasurer: Alexis Mes.

outstandingly, managing to bring home 61 medals: 23 gold; 24 silver and 14 bronze, from the 56 events on offer. In addition to this 12 new records were set by our swimmers. These results were achieved despite the fact that our Grade 7 swimmers were away on a school trip. To cap a great day in the pool, the group saw a leopard in a tree on their way home. A special word of thanks to all the parents who helped with transport and provided such great support.

Green AwardsGreen AwardsGreen AwardsGreen Awards

The following Green Awards were presented at

assembly on Friday 4 November: Grade R - Alexia

Groves; Grade 1 - Rachel White & Tapelo Stuur-

man; Grade 2 - Jadon Speelman & Tahlia Spencer-

Wilson; Grade 3 - Ceilidh Ferguson; Grade 4 -

Serenell Moonsamy; Grade 5 - Amy Britz; Grade 6

- Tyron Aphane and Grade 7 - On a field trip.

Our Grade 5 class held an Entrepreneur Day at

which they made and sold items to the rest of the

school. Posters and announcements were made in

both English and Afrikaans at the school assembly.

Lots of fun was had by all.

Our Southern Cross Prep School swimmers participated in the Skukuza gala in the Kruger National Park on Wednesday 2 November. Our swimmers competed against two other schools, Laerskool Mariepskop and the hosts, Skukuza Primary. Our swimmers performed

Planning for our Children’s Future On Saturday 5 November a group of SCS Board members, Trustees,

staff and parents attended a day-long strategic planning workshop to

deliberate educating children at SCS for the future. Discussions

revolved around preparing children today for a future that is ex-

tremely hard to predict. A great deal of thought and discussion went

into agreeing that our children need to be equipped with skills, atti-

tudes and attributes that will empower them to tackle any future

scenario. Thanks to all who gave up their time to attend.

College Sports Captains:

Our College learners met in

their houses last week to elect

house captains for their respec-

tive houses.

The House Captains for Griffon

are Lloyd Frampton and Kayla

Parker and for Falcon, Nicole

Wentworth and Joshua de la

Rey.