Southern Cross Schools Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012 Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012 Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012 Weekly Newsletter 18 of 2012 College Climbers Scaling New Heights Southern Cross Schools Southern Cross Schools Southern Cross Schools Southern Cross Schools PO Box 116 PO Box 116 PO Box 116 PO Box 116 Hoedspruit Hoedspruit Hoedspruit Hoedspruit 1380 1380 1380 1380 Phone: 015 793 0590 Phone: 015 793 0590 Phone: 015 793 0590 Phone: 015 793 0590 E-mail: [email protected] mail: [email protected] mail: [email protected] mail: [email protected] Week 1 of June 2012 School for the Planet School for the Planet School for the Planet School 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.