GRADE 2 MESSAGES FROM ENGLAND! The Grade 2A class received an exciting envelope from Radlett Prep School in England! Thanks to Talitha’s contact within the school, their Year 2 class are going to be paired up with one of our class members this year and be pen pals. Our children were enthralled to open up the envelope and find handwritten postcards all about our new friends’ school, subjects, hobbies and even their different weather! Radlett chose to learn about South Africa for International Day – they learnt a traditional African lullaby and created their own African masks. They drew lovely pictures of our flag and wildlife on the back of their postcards too. They asked interesting questions which our Grade 2 children will need to answer for example: ‘do you have a winter uniform’, ‘have you seen a shark’, ‘is it sunny in South Africa’, ‘what do you think about your school’, ‘do you have PE’ and ‘can you see a beach!’ We look forward to hearing from our new friends soon!

VOLUME 9: 15 MARCH 2019

GRADE 6 WATER FILTERS The Grade 6 children were given the following design brief: Grade 6 are planning a camping trip. They have all the equipment such as tents, sleeping bags and mats. The only problem is that there is no clean drinking water at the campsite. For such a large group, the teachers cannot take enough bottles of clean water. So, we have decided that the group should build a filter to purify the muddy water from the nearby stream. We need to help them design and build a filter to purify the water on the camping trip. They then had to use local resources, sand, stones, grass, as well as a few camping resources like charcoal and cloth to build their own water filter.

GRADE 3 ALL ABOUT ME! As part of our "All about Me" theme, the Grade 3s are learning about the human body.

The last week of term was all about project-based learning. Here they are hard at work putting together their own life size bodies.

NEWS FROM THE ART ROOM Our Junior Prep Art club were super chuffed to have finished the up-cycling of their shopping bags. They now have new gift bags to give away - who will the lucky recipients be? Well done, children!

THE UMBRELLA BRIGADE! It takes a lot more than rain to dampen the spirits of these Grade 2s!

JUNIOR PREP BUILDING PROJECT It is with much excitement that we watch the progress of the Junior Prep building project! The classrooms and new bathrooms are starting to take shape.

Classes viewed towards East

Classes viewed towards West (swimming pool area in background)

Boy’s changing room on left with boy’s and girl’s toilets.

Girl’s toilets Boy’s toilets

Preparations for casting slab for new ‘grandstand’

A WATCHFUL EYE This owl was spotted keeping a watchful eye of the Grade 2 Wessels Class this week.

C ONGRATULATIONS, MIS VAN ROOYEN This morning the Grade 3s (and the rest of the Junior Prep) celebrated the fact that when Miss van Rooyen returns next Term, she will be Mrs Hendrikse! We all wish Leana all the best with the final wedding celebrations and hope that her special day is all that she dreamed it would be!

To Miss van Rooyen soon to be Mrs Hendricks. We hope you have a lovely wedding We had so much fun in Grade 3 VR, but now we will have more fun with Mrs Hendricks. You’re so sweet and make birds go tweet. Sophia Uys Dear Miss, almost Mrs. You’re the best person to hug and you’re a great champion in my heart. I hope you have a great wedding. I’m excited to call you Mrs. Hendricks. Taylin Hilliard-Lomas Dear Miss van Rooyen You laugh and smile all day, You make a violinist want to play, You’re always cheerful and kind. You always twist our minds and are such a highlight in the Grade 3 class, and we shout hip, hip hooray. You are the brightest, most beautiful blue and always very quick on your feet. We wish you two the most special wedding Mrs. Hendricks to be! Cassidy Scrace and Katelyn Siljeur Sweet and kind, amazing, kind and very generous. Gisele le Roux and Zinnia Petersen Dear Miss van Rooyen You’re the one that makes everything fun! I hope you have a wonderful wedding. Laura Wilson I love you’re smile it makes the whole world shine. You’re a person that is kind and amazing. Taylin Hilliard-Lomas

SPORTS NEWS SACS U12 HOCKEY FESTIVAL Ten of our U12 hockey players participated in the SACS Festival on Saturday afternoon from 15:00 – 19:00. They got the opportunity to join skill sessions, play friendly matches and to meet hockey icons such as Greg Clarke, to date, the most capped SA Hockey Player. Our boys had a wonderful afternoon and although they didn’t win their matches, they certainly gave their opposition a run for their money and were unlucky not to score on a number of occasions. A highlight was certainly bumping into 3 of our past pupils, who now attend SACS, James & Mikey Royden-Turner and Sebastian Devereux. All three boys have made A Hockey sides and are well respected at their new school. We are very proud of them as we were told that they bring great value to the SACS family. Well done, Boys!

GOOD LUCK ESTHER Congratulations to Esther Benson who has been selected for the Western Cape Athletics Team. Esther will be participating in the Girls U12 Long Jump at the National Event in Germiston this weekend and we wish her the very best of luck!

GOALKEEPING CLINIC Last Friday afternoon, Siena Williams, Jasmine Aitken and Thomas Basson attended a hockey goalkeeping clinic at Somerset College. The clinic was presented by Simon Mason, a British Olympian. Mr Ncaphayi and Miss Mac also attended the clinic and valuable skills and tips were learnt. It was lovely to see our 3 goalkeepers gain confidence and show so much improvement in the 3-hour session. Well done to all of you!

WESTERN PROVINCE TENNIS Esther Benson and Aidan Hughes represented the Western Province U12 Tennis Teams at Inter-Provincial tournaments this past weekend. Esther played in the Synergy Cup in Kimberley and had a fantastic tournament, winning 3 of her 4 singles matches and 3 of her 4 doubles matches. Aidan also had a superb tournament; his matches were played in and around Stellenbosch and Paarl. Aidan won 3 of his 4 singles matches and 4 out of 4 doubles matches. We are super proud of both Esther and Aidan and both of their Western Province Teams also won their tournaments. Congratulations to both of you, what super results, we are extremely proud of both of you. We look forward to seeing you in action on the courts again, during the 4th term.

HOCKEY, NETBALL AND RUGBY VS BREDASDORP PRIMARY Our 1st team squads kicked off their season on Tuesday afternoon with hockey, netball and rugby against Bredasdorp Primary. The weather was kind to us, and the rain held off. It was exciting to see our winter sporting codes in action again. Congratulations to all our pupils who played on Tuesday afternoon, the results were as follows:

• Girls U13A Netball - Lost 20 – 13

• Girls U13A Hockey - Won 1 – 0

• Boys U13A Rugby - Lost 49 – 12

• Boys U13A Hockey - Won 5 – 0

NETBALL CLINIC WITH THE SOUTHERN STINGS On Wednesday afternoon, a number of our girls registered for the netball clinic presented by the Southern Stings coaches. The girls seemed to enjoy themselves and looked cute in their pink t-shirts that they received. We hope that they are very excited for the up and coming netball season.

FALCON SHIELDS FOR SPORT: 1st TERM 2019 Falcon shields for Sport are awarded to Grade 7 players for excellence in a particular code. They may have achieved provincial colours or maintained a very high standard during one or more seasons. Congratulations to the following pupils who receive shields this term:

ATHLETE SPORTING CODE ACHIEVEMENT

Benjamin English Cricket Helderberg & District East Zonal Cricket Team

Aidan Herbertson Athletics Helderberg Athletics Team