1. Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Southern Cross Schools
Hoedspruit
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za
Weekly Newsletter 7 of 2011
A Peek at Last Week …
School for the Planet Week 4 of February 2011
• A number of SCS teachers and
learners attended a netball um- SCS Learners Feature Well on the Adventure Circuit
piring course on Wednesday 23
February. Our Southern Cross paddlers performed exceptionally well at the X-Fest this week-end. Josh Duffus was the youngest paddler
in the Pro Race, by a long shot, and performed admirably, beating many older, more experienced paddlers, and well deserves
• On Friday 25 February the Pre- his prize. In the Beginner Race, Zoe Macchiarulo and Ryan Strong managed to achieve 1st and 2nd respectively, and each
school held its annual Froggy Gala received prizes. Zoe won a paddle for her efforts in the race,
at the school pool.
as well as winning a 50% discount on a new kayak in the
• A team of athletes from the Prep lucky-draw! A number of SCS cyclists also took part in the
Schools participated in the Edu- Sabie Classic MTB
care Fun Sports Day in Tzaneen Race. Vincenzo
on Friday 25 February. Carrozzo had a
great ride, taking
• A number of SCS learners took third place in the
part in the Blyde X-Fest on Sat- 15km men’s race.
urday 26 February.
Congratulations to
• The second Reach-a-Cross educa- all of our adventure
tor support workshop took place sportsmen and
at SCS on Saturday 26 February. women.
• The SCS Board of Governors held
Froggy Gala Fun
their 1st quarterly meeting on
Saturday 26 February. Moms and dads joined in the fun at the an-
• A large contingent of SCS cy-
nual Pre-school Froggy Gala at the school
clists rode the Sabie Classic MTB pool on Friday 25
Race on Sunday 27 February. February. A spe-
cial thank you to
Important Dates: all the parents
for their enthu-
Grade 5 Outing to 01
siastic support
Makutsi Game Re- Mar
and involvement.
serve.
Under 18 Netball 02 Grade 1s Have Fun Learning
Trials at Frans du Mar
Toit. During the week the Grade 1s had just learnt the
letter “d” when they went on to “discover dirty
dung beetles digging!” in their Bush Lore lesson on
Primary Schools Pro- 04
Monday 21 February. The children look clearly
vincial Athletics Mar
intrigued at the antics of the dung beetles as
Championships. seen in the photograph below.
High Schools Provin- 05
cial Athletics Cham- Mar
pionships.
1st SANEF Qualifier 05
The Grade 1s had great fun creating bird, butterflies
in Polokwane. Mar
and other animals out of papier maché and bottles.
Primary School Net- 05 Three Grade 6 learners were on hand to assist them.
ball Day at Groen- Mar In the photograph above they can be seen posing with
their colourful creations.
skool.

2. School for the Planet - Educare Fun Sports Day Enjoyed by All
Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Hoedspruit
Limpopo
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
Fax: 086 530 5153
E-mail:
raptor@scschools.co.za
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Save electricity by fitting
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1st SANEF Qualifier
your house. Just make sure
that when you dispose of the On Saturday 26 February,
The Southern Cross Equestrian
spent bulbs, you do so by Ms Kim Provis and Mrs
team will compete in the first Sally Wiggill attended an
making use of appropriate SANEF Qualifier in Polokwane informative and entertain-
disposal sites to prevent the on 5 and 6 March 2011. The ing talk by Dr Dereck Jack-
bulbs from contaminating soil team consists of 9 riders, four son, a well-known psy-
or water. from the Prep School: Erin Vo- chologist and public
gler Gr4; Sasha Mittermayer speaker. The talk, offered
Gr7; Rebecca Moolman Gr7 and by SAALED and held at
a Uplands Prep, saw Dr
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oo ls.c Jackson sharing his exten-
s ch the College: Robert-Louw Booy-
r oss sive knowledge while giving
nc sen Gr8; Callan Mittermayer
her practical advise on disci-
out Gr8; Zoë Moolman Gr9; Alex
w.s pline and conflict manage-
ww Jansen van Rensburg Gr12 and ment, two issues teachers
and parents deal with daily. Free-style Kayak Ramping for
Shannon Thomson Gr12.
the Young and Foolish!
Thank you:
• Mr Vance Luetz for donating
the books from Ms Elli Luetz.
Boarding House News
• Mrs Nicki Giles and Mrs Jane acceptable as long as “doing their own thing” re-
Frampton for the donation of sides within the realm of acceptability and does
books to our library. not involve contravention of the school’s code of
• Mrs Kgaogelo Inama for the 4 conduct. This is mentioned because of late some
boxes of paper and R5000 of our boarders have found it necessary to involve
donation to Reach-a-Cross. themselves in activities that are simply unaccept-
able. These boarders will have to face the conse-
• Mrs Sophia Aphane for the
quences of their behaviour. The photos show a
R300 donation to Reach-a-
craft session organized by Ms Osborn and a night
Cross.
walk on Raptor’s View.
• Mrs Mildred Inama for the
R100 donation to Reach-a-
Cross.
• Gabriella More O’Ferrall and The day staff of the school go all out to provide
Leonie Elbertse for donating weekend activities for our boarders on the week-
some of your books to the ends. Some activities are well supported and
library. seemingly enjoyed by those who participate and
others have not been supported at all. The idea is
to provide boarders with enjoyable and construc-
tive activities so that they are not “bored” on the
weekends. There are, however, a number of
boarders who would rather spend their time
“doing their own thing”. This is, of course, quite