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Southern Cross Schools
Weekly Newsletter 25 of 2016
School for the Planet
Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116, Hoedspruit, 1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za
www.southerncrossschools.co.za
Week 1 of September 2016
Solar Eclipse
Thank You:
 To Teacher Pauline, Captain
Maryke and Captain Michael
from 19 Squadron for a special
helicopter visit.
 To parents, friends and grandparents who attended the special Grandparents Assembly.
 To everyone that supported the
Cross Country, Entrepreneurs
Market, Grade Seven Games
and Trashion Show.
At SCS we place great value on
educating our children about topical events. The recent solar eclipse
was viewed by all the children from
the Pre and Prep School. The
amazement from the younger
children at how the moon was
trying to 'eat' the sun, as believed
by many people from the 'olden
days', was so very special. Sensitising our children to natural phenomena as and when it happens encourages them to take a ‘real’
interest in their beautiful world.
Grandparent’s Assembly
Grandparents and family members were entertained by all our Pre-schoolers, even the
tiniest of tots, during an assembly. Singing and dancing, the cuties held a captive audience. We thank all our grandparents for playing such an important role in the development of our children. Well done to all performers and to their teachers for we all know
that
getting
busy little bodies to stand in
place and perform as practised is no easy
feat!
Mini-Cricket at Drakensig
An exhilarating
day of minicricket games
was held at
Drakensig recently. Victories and losses
were experienced but Cricket was the ultimate winner. Our Grade
One to Three boys showed off their very good bowling
and batting skills. While the level of intensity and competitiveness varied
between the three
teams, they all did
us proud. Many
thanks to the parents who supported
and the dads and
friends who assisted
in managing the
teams.
Prep School Hockey Comes To An End
After a couple of weeks filled
with dribbling, pushing and
defending, the hockey girls
ended off their season with
big smiles. The hard work
of learning how to play together as a team paid off in
their last matches. With a
couple of wins, draws and two
defeats the Under 11s were
sad to see the season come to
an end. The Under 13 Team really
came into their own at the end of
the season, playing excellent
hockey but unfortunately battling
to reach the goal box; they
achieved a few losses and a number of draws. Well done to all of
the girls involved this season, for
showing great enthusiasm and
good sportsmanship throughout.