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Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012

College Climbers Scaling New Heights

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Week 1 of June 2012 School for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the Planet

Important Dates:

Prep School summative

assessment begins in

certain grades.

04

June

Grade 11 and 12 mid-year

exams begin.

05

June

Prep School soccer vs

Educare Primary. (H)

07

June

Grade 8 - 10 mid-year

exams begin.

08

June

College team sport pho-

tos will be taken.

08

June

Pre-school going to the

Air Force Base.

08

June

PA Aeroplane Party in the

Resource Centre.

09

June

A Peek at Last Week …

• Our Prep School soccer teams

played against the teams of

Acornhoek on Tuesday 29 May.

• Our Grade 3s enjoyed a wonder-

ful day out to Ntoma in the

Klaserie on Tuesday 29 May.

• Learners from Grade 7 to Grade

11 participated in the SCS Sci-

ence Fair from Wednesday 30

May.

• Our Foundation Phase sports

teams played against Kingfisher

on Thursday 31 May.

• Our College soccer teams played

against Frans du Toit on Friday 1

June. The U15s went down 3-0

and the 1st team drew 1-1.

• Our Foundation Phase had a very

successful cake sale on Friday 1

June.

• Our SCS riders travelled to

Polokwane for the 3rd SANESA

qualifier on Saturday 2 June.

• The internal Grade 12 English

oral moderation took place at the

school on Saturday 2 June.

The week-end of 25-26 May saw a group of seven

intrepid Southern Cross learners enjoying a pre-exam

outdoor experience at the rock-climbing Mecca of

Waterval Boven. With a little bit of encouragement

and persuasion from Mr Behne most of the group

explored their physical limits and discovered muscles

they didn’t know they had. Routes successfully top-

roped by various members of the group, were Little

Bonsai (16), Grizzly Behr (16), Baboons in Board-

shorts (15), Last Hurrah (16), Manslaves (15),

Smokey The Bear (16), and Hemp On The Hill (17).

Of particular note was Ryan’s successful leads of

Little Bonsai and Smokey The Bear, and a very good

attempt at leading the strenuous and tricky Grizzly

Behr. The newcomer to the group, Oliver Davies,

showed tremendous potential, and Matthew Wilkinson-Luck displayed raw determination in succeeding on the grade 17 climb.

An Outing To Remember

Our Grade 3 class had a fabulous outing to Ntoma in the Klaserie Private Game Reserve. Not only did they see elephant and buffalo, they also came across a pack of 10 wild dog on an impala kill. After completing their exciting game drive the group had a great time playing in the clear, cool water of the river that flows past the lodge. They were then treated to a birthday lunch for Joshua Fairhead at the lodge. All in all it was a great day out littered with once in a lifetime experiences. A special word of thanks to the Fairhead family offering our learners this wonderful opportunity.

SCS Science Fair

This past week has seen learners form Grade 7 and the

College presenting their research projects at the SCS

Science Fair. A number of very interesting research pro-

jects were displayed with many of the learners opting to

research topics related to the natural environment. Fran-

cois Dumon for example looked at developing a solar

water purification system and Cameron Blair tried to de-

termine whether there are any specific criteria determining

the nesting sites of Red-headed Weavers on Raptor’s

View.

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SCS Learners Shortlisted for “The Wild Kid”

It is very exciting to report that three of the six young-sters who have been shortlisted for the role of presenter of The Wild Kid TV series are Southern Cross learners and another one of them is a former Southern Cross learner. Current SCS learners, Kieran McDonald (Grade 5), Kgoao Mametja (Grade 7) and Daniella Cowden (Grade 8) and former learner Graham Wiggill (Grade 8) will be holding thumbs to make it through to the next round. All of these learners are likely to play some sort of role in the programme as it develops into the future. If you would like to find out more go to The Wild Kid on facebook. You will see that Daniella and Kieran are already regular contributors to the page. We wish them every success going forward.

SCS Riders Perform Well At SANESA Qualifier

Our Southern Cross riders participated in the 3rd SANESA qualifier this past weekend. They once again performed very well against tough competition. The results achieved were as follows: Erin Vogler: two 1sts for Dressage; Rebecca Behne: a 2nd in Equitation; Markus van Niekerk: a 2nd and a 1st in Dressage and a 3rd in Equitation; Rebecca Moolman: a 1st and a 2nd in

Jumping; Emma Gibbs: a 4th and a 5th in Jumping and a 2nd in Equita-tion; Zoe Moolman: a 1st and a 3rd in Dressage and a 1st in Equitation; Robert-Louw Booysen: a 1st in Prix Caprelli and Sasha Mitter-mayer: a 1st and a 3rd in Jumping and 2nd in Working Hunter.

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Green AwardsGreen AwardsGreen AwardsGreen Awards The following Green Awards were presented at assembly on Friday 1 June: Grade 1 - Elektra Gelletich; Grade 2 - Chloe Beretta; Grade 3 - Fatma Ben Azouz; Grade 4 - Andre van der Merwe; Grade 5 - Gabriella More O’Ferrall; Grade 6 - Amy Britz and

Grade 7 - Caitlyn Schulze.

Our Foundation Phase soccer and netball teams played against the teams of Kingfisher in Phalaborwa, last week. Our teams enjoyed great success and had a great deal of fun as well. Thanks to all the parents who supported their young stars in the making!

Foundation Phase Cake Sale Success

The Foundation Phase cake sale held on Friday 1 June raised over R1800.00. Well done and thank you to our parents!