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Matric Farewell “Winter Wonderland”

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Week 3 of October 2011 School for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the PlanetSchool for the Planet

Important Dates:

U13 provincial cricket

final venue TBA.

25

Oct

Tourism & EGD PI

Grade 12 Exams. (am)

25

Oct

Grade 6 outing to Wak-

kerstroom departs.

26

Oct

Possible U11 provincial

cricket final.

27

Oct

EGD PII Grade 12

Exam. (am)

28

Oct

Foundation Phase cake

sale.

28

Oct

Reach-a-Cross educa-

tors’ workshop.

29

Oct

SCS Swimming Acad-

emy coaching clinic.

29

Oct

Organic Earth Market

from 10h00 to 13h00 in

Founders’ Circle.

30

Oct

A Peek at Last Week …

• Our Grade 12s started their

study week ahead of the final

external examinations.

• Our Prep School swimming team

travelled to Tzaneen to partici-

pate in the Unicorn Gala on Tues-

day 18 October.

• The College drama production,

Time Warp, dress rehearsal and

performances took place from 18

to 21 October. To be reported

on in the next Babbler.

• The first Grade 12 final exam,

Maths Paper III, took place on

19 October.

• Our Grade 4 class headed off to

the Kruger National Park on an

overnight outing on Thursday 20

October.

• A number of Grade 6 and 7

learners participated in the

Adventure Challenge for Primary

Schools at Stanford Lake College

from 21 to 23 October.

Our Earth Circle was trans-formed into an elegant “Winter Wonderland” for our first ever Grade 12 farewell function. The

Grade 11 Committee responsible for the planning and organization of the event did an incredible job in presenting a truly memorable evening for our first Matric class. The Grade 12s and their partners matched the beauty and sophisti-cation of the setting on what turned out to be an evening of fond memories, excellent food, great company and fun.

College Leaders Announced

A newly developed learner leadership policy for the Col-lege was put into effect at the College Awards Evening on Friday 14 October. Eight Grade 11 learners were elected by the school to serve as its first Crux (Southern Cross) Leaders. The eight Crux Leaders will form a Learner Executive Committee (Lexco) that will have representa-tion at Exco. The Head Boy and the Head Girl will chair Lexco and the Learner Representative Council (LRC). The other Crux Leaders will chair six Crux Committees deal-ing with: Environmental Sustainability, Inter-house Sport, Community Service, Social Matters, Biosphere Matters

and Cultural Matters.

The Head Boy and Head Girl for 2012 are Matthew Wil-kinson-Luck and Nicole Wentworth, respectively. The other six Crux Leaders are Nike Mes, Megan Schulze, Kayla Parker, Joshua de la Rey, Lloyd Frampton and Tony

Mokoena.

Our Boarding House leaders for 2012 are Matthew Wil-kinson-Luck (Head of Jackalberry Lodge), Sheldon Wake-field, Joshua de la Rey, Wesley Frohling, Tony Mokoena, Nicole Wentworth (Head of Tamboti Lodge) and Eliza-

beth Tseka.

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Our senior drummers travelled to Tzaneen on Friday 14

October, to participate in the annual Eisteddfod. They

carried on the proud tradition of the past two years, once

again winning the percussion section of the competition

with a score of 95%.

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Thank you:

• Linleigh Anderson for donating

décor and special trinkets for the Matric Farewell.

• Roché den Dunnen and Wimpy

Hoedspruit for donating a meal to our Grade 3 class for winning the PA Spring Walk fundraising com-petition.

• All parents who donated items for

the drama props room.

• To all parents and members of

the public who supported our College production, Time Warp,

last week.

Our Grade 4 class spent two days exploring a

part of the Kruger National Park this past week.

They were very fortunate to spot a wide variety

of animals and birds. No doubt the experience

has broadened their knowledge of the bush.

The annual College Awards Evening was held in the Earth Circle on Friday 14 Octo-ber. Mr Tebogo Mametja delivered the keynote address and assisted in the pres-entation of the trophies. Subject awards were presented to all of the top performers in Grade 12. A number of special awards were also presented. These special awards included The Southern Cross Award pre-sented to a learner who exemplifies what a Southern Cross learner is expected to be. This year Gawaine Evans (Grade 11 seen in the photo right) was the recipient of this award. The Smith Family Tenacity Award presented to a learner who has succeeded despite experiencing significant adversity was presented to

Elizabeth Tseka (Grade 11, top left). Robyn McDonald (Grade 11, bottom right) received the Thomson “Pay it Forward” Award presented to a learner who has offered their time to work actively for the welfare of others, human or otherwise. The Dold Family Leadership Trophy was awarded to Devon Leibach, our 2010 Head Boy (bottom left). Other special awards included the EarthEthics Environmental Trophy which was presented to Vincenzo Carrozzo (Grade 12); the Girardin Family Cultural Trophy presented to Gregory Anderson (Grade 11); the de Boer Drumming Trophy, for a senior learner who has contributed significantly

to the success of drumming at SCS, presented to Vincenzo Carrozzo (Grade 12); the van Dyk Learners’ Grade 12 Learner Trophy presented to Precious Ratshana this year; the Rudi Clarke Sportswoman of the Year Trophy present to Shannon Thomson (Grade 12) and the Neil de Boer Sportsman of the Year Trophy presented to Tony Mokoena (Grade 11).

Our Grade R class has started wearing the school

sports uniform on Fridays to get them used to

wearing uniform. This will ease them into wearing

full school uniform in Grade 1 next year. They all

look very smart in their new uniform and seem

excited at the prospect of being in “Big School”

next year.

Green AwardsGreen AwardsGreen AwardsGreen Awards

The following Green Awards were presented at assembly on Friday 21 October: Grade R - Roscoe Scott; Grade 1 - Michaelle Provis; Grade 2 - Jester Mdhlovu; Grade 3 - Cathan Moore; Grade 4 - Kieran McDonald; Grade 5 - Troy Nxumalo; Grade 6 - Kgoao Mametja and Grade 7 - Marc

Gómez-Olivé.

30 October in Founders’ Circle 30 October in Founders’ Circle 30 October in Founders’ Circle 30 October in Founders’ Circle

from 10h00 from 10h00 from 10h00 from 10h00 ---- 13h0013h0013h0013h00

Tea Garden; Art & Crafts;

Baked Goodies; Herbs; Novel-

ties; Fresh Produce & more.

Come and enjoy a relaxed

morning with us!

College LRC Elected The first of the College Crux Committees was established

on Friday 21 October, when the different Grades elected

their LRC Reps for 2012. The following representatives

were elected:

Grade 8: Tammy Godding & Naeem Razak; Grade 9:

Virginia Mohlala & Ryan Strong; Grade 10: Emma

Smith, Olga Ramothwala, Stuart Burns & Nicholas

Smith; Grade 11: Elizabeth Tseka & Gawaine Evans.