Southern Cross Schools Weekly Newsletter 5 of 2013

World Cancer Awareness Day

Southern Cross Schools PO Box 116 Hoedspruit 1380 Phone: 015 793 0590 E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za

Week 1 of February 2013 School for the Planet

Important Dates:

Lessons after Half Term

Break resume at 07h15.

12

Feb

Winter sports pro-

gramme begins.

12

Feb

Kingfisher Invitational

Swimming Gala.

13

Feb

Valentine’s Civvies Day

for all learners.

14

Feb

Pre-school Parents’ Fo-

rum Meeting - 07h15.

14

Feb

Grade 4 - 7 Valentine’s

Social.

15

Feb

Mopani District Athletics

Meeting for Prep Schools

15

Feb

Mopani District Athletics

Meeting for Colleges.

16

Feb

IEB User Group Confer-

ences in Gauteng.

16

Feb

A Peek at Last Week …

Our College Social Crux Commit-

tee ran a very successful Cancer

Awareness Day on Monday 4

February.

Prep Zonal Athletics trials were

held at Drakensig on Tuesday 5

February.

The Prep Invitational Swimming

Gala was held on Wednesday 6

February.

College Cluster Athletics Trials

took place in Phalaborwa on

Wednesday 6 February.

The College Valentine’s Social

was held in the Earth Circle on

Wednesday 6 February.

Half Term Break began at 11h00

on Thursday 7 February.

SANESA Eventing Qualifier took

place on Saturday 9 Feruary.

Small Schools Inter-high was

held in Polokwane on Saturday 9

February.

Lessons after Half Term started

again at 07h15 on Tuesday 12

February.

the disease. Many people took the opportunity to write notes and then to tie them to one of the trees in the Earth Circle. The effect on those who participated was both heart warming and profound. Well done to all who participated and particularly to the Social Crux Com-mittee for this wonderful innovation.

College Valentine’s Social Our Grade 11 Committee ar-ranged a Valentine’s Social for the College learners on Wednesday 6 February. The social was held under the stars in the Earth Circle. This event is one of many fundraisers that will be organized by the Grade 11s to collect money for the Grade 12 Farewell Function which will be taking place towards the end of the year.

We Are All Special Our Grade 1 class offered the message at assem-

bly on Monday 4 February, that we are all special

in some way. It certainly was special seeing them

perform. Well done Grade 1 and Mrs Viegas.

The Social Crux Committee in the College introduced a very innovative way to raise cancer awareness on Monday 4 February. They invited SCS members to write notes of remembrance for people they know of who passed away due to cancer, or notes of encouragement and hope for those who may be cancer survivors or even still fighting

Soccer Fever at Afcon Semi-Final Mr & Mrs du Preez took a group of enthusiastic soccer fans to watch the Afcon semi-final between Ghana and Burkina Faso, played at the Mbombela Stadium, on

Wednesday 6 February. By all accounts it was a match and a night to remember.

Southern Cross Schools PO Box 116

Hoedspruit

Limpopo

1380

Phone: 015 793 0590

Fax: 086 530 5153

E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za

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o.za Swiss Exchange Teacher

Ms Fabienne Meier a qualified teacher from Switzerland spent three weeks at the College. Ms Meier was on an exchange pro-gramme from the University of Zurich. Swiss teachers are required to upgrade their English qualifi-cations which involves spending time in an English speaking school. Thanks to Ms Tracey Osborn for hosting Ms Meier.

Prep School Invitational Gala

Swimmers from Laerskool Mariepskop, Hoedspruit Christian School and Southern Cross gathered at the SCS pool on Wednesday 6 February for an invitational gala. There were many good performances from the swimmers and the competition was stiff throughout. Many parents attended to support their children and in the end a very pleasant day of competitive swimming was held by all. We would like to thank all who supported the gala particularly our neighbouring schools for their participation.

Thank You:

For the use of your gazebos

at our invitational gala on

Wednesday 6 February: The

Henning Family, The Naude

Family, Mr Steve Marsh, Pick

‘n Pay, Zandspruit Aero Es-

tate and Remax.

For donating towards medals

for the gala: Kruger Proper-

ties, The van der Burgh Fami-

ly and The Vorster Family,

To the Vorster Family for

donating trophies for the

gala.

SANESA Eventing Qualifier

A number SCS riders took part in a SANESA Event-

ing Qualifier in White River this past weekend. Two

riders in particular did very well in this event. Sasha

Mittermayer and Rebecca Behne both won their

events. The SCS equestrian team this year have the

opportunity of riding in both SANESA eventing qual-

ifiers which involve cross-country riding, and SANE-SA shows which include activities like show jumping

and dressage.

BLOOD DRIVE

We are very pleased to an-

nounce that all blood donors

can now donate blood at

Southern Cross Schools. Our

first blood drive will take place

from 11h00 to 16h00 on Mon-

day 25 February.

All senior learners, parents

and members of the

Hoedspruit community are

invited to come and donate

blood. Help save lives by do-

nating a pint!

Athletes from both the Prep School and the College have been involved in athletics meetings this past week. In the Prep School Christiaan Coetzee and Leria Inama excelled by quali-fying for the District Trials. Both will be competing in their respective long jump events in Nkowankowa on Friday 15 February. Our College athletes also competed in trials ahead of the District competition to be held on Saturday 16 February. Naeem Razak, Fumani Khumalo, Sven Moonsamy, Kwete

Mahapa, Bernadette Naude, Jennifer Mokoena and Lene Belcher all qualified for the District Trials. Seven College athletes also travelled to Mitchell House, over the half term break, to compete in the small schools’ inter-high. The small band of talented athletes netted 11 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals between them. Thanks Mr Neil de Boer for giving up your half term break to take these athletes through to Polokwane to compete.

Green Awards The following Green Awards were presented at as-sembly on Monday 4 February: Grade 1 - Kia Putter & Ayoub Ben Naceur; Grade 2 - Luke Fairhead & Ruvarashe Adam; Grade 3 - Will be awarded this week because Mrs McDonald was away; Grade 4 - Joshua Fairhead & Felix Putt-kammer; Grade 5 - Andre van der Merwe & Mohamed Yaseen Aboobaker; Grade 6 - Christiaan Coetzee

& Kutlwano Moagi and Grade 7 - Lara Engelbrecht and Murray White.