1. Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Southern Cross Schools
Hoedspruit
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za
A Peek at Last Week … Weekly Newsletter 15 of 2011
• Our horse riders participated in
the 2nd SANESA qualifier on 14 School for the Planet Week 2 of May 2011
and 15 May.
College Sports Teams Excel at Pecanwood Festival
• The College sports teams trav-
elled to Pretoria to participate in
the Pecanwood Festival on Friday
13 May.
• Our Prep School netball players
travelled to Gravelotte for a full
set of fixtures on Thursday 12
May.
• A large group of our netball play-
ers did the practical component
of their umpires’ course on
Wednesday 11 May.
• A number of our hockey players
attended the second round of
hockey trials on Tuesday 10 May. A number of our hockey, netball and 7s rugby
teams travelled to Pecanwood College in Gauteng
• Our Prep School netball players
played a full set of fixtures
to participate in their inter-school sports festival were the girls’ hockey team who won the tournament and our
against Drakensig on Tuesday 10
this past weekend. Our players pitted their skills netball team who finished runners up. In addition to these
May.
against the players of five other schools and per- achievements our boys’ hockey, girls’ hockey and netball players
formed very well. Our best performing teams were also all awarded the floating trophies for sporting conduct.
• The Pre-school visited King’s Camp
on Monday 9 May.
HELP NEEDED FOR SCS BOOT SALE
• Our boys and girls played hockey The annual SCS Boot Sale will take place at Spar on
against Capricorn High on Monday Saturday 28 May. Please donate any old or usable
9 May.
items. We are looking for old clothes, toys and
• Our netball girls played against games in particular. Donations can be sent to Debbie
Stanford Lake College on 9 May. Davies who can be contacted on: 0825773411. The
Boot Sale cupboard is looking a bit bare so please
Important Dates: help! Simplify your life! Get rid of that clutter and
pass it on to us for the BOOT SALE.
Our Grade 3 class visit 16
the silk factory. May
The 2nd Round of the 17
Maths Olympiad. May Our equestrian team travelled to Polokwane to take
part in the 2nd SANESA qualifier on Saturday 14 and
Prep School netball vs 17 Sunday 15 May. Our riders achieved great results bring-
Groenskool. (A) May ing home seven 1st places, eight 2nd places and eight 3rd
places.
3rd round of girls’ pro- 17
vincial hockey trials. May
College netball vs Noor- 19
deland High. May
U8 6-a-side soccer vs 19
The Pre-school were privileged to be invited to
Kingfisher. (A) May
spend Monday morning at Kings Camp in the Timba-
Prep soccer and netball 19 vati. Warren and Lisha Moore treated the children
vs Kings Court. (H) May to a welcoming drink of hot chocolate and croissants.
This was followed by a game drive where the chil-
College hockey vs 21
dren saw elephants playing at a water hole, a white
Mitchell House. (A) May
rhino and a leopard on its kill in a tree. Thank you to
all the staff of Kings Camp for their hospitality.

2. School for the Planet - More Images from the Pecanwood Festival
Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Hoedspruit
Limpopo
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
Fax: 086 530 5153
E-mail:
raptor@scschools.co.za
The Pecanwood tour offered our learners a wonderful wood community for hosting our players and making
opportunity to compete against learners from like- this enjoyable tour possible. Thanks also to our SCS
minded schools. We are very grateful to the Pecan- staff for supervising the tour.
SCS PA Events:
The SCS Parent Association
has a number of fundraising
events lined up:
• 10 June - Aeroplane Party;
• 5 August - Night of a Hun-
dred Lots;
• 26 August - Spring Walk;
• 30 Sept to 2 Oct - Sus- Our Prep School netball teams had a very busy week again.
They started with a full set of fixtures against the teams of
tainable Living Festival; Drakensig. They performed very well winning two matches
• 29 October - SCS Golf Day against Drakensig, for the first time in the history of the school.
Support our PA in these fun Later in the week they were hosted by the teams of Gravelotte Primary. This time around they faced
events to raise funds for some extremely tough competition. Unfortunately they were not able to win any of these matches,
despite their best efforts.
school development projects. Green Awards
The following Green Awards were presented at assembly
a on Friday 13 May: Grade 1 - Aurora van der Burgh;
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oo ls.c Grade 2 - Tahlia Spencer-Wilson; Grade 3 - Leria
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oss Inama; Grade 4 - Erin Vogler; Grade 5 - Daniel Pearson;
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sout Grade 6 - Scott Nel and Grade 7 - Hannah Strauss.
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Grade 8 & 10 Academic Scholarships
Thank You: Prospective 2012 Grade 8 & Grade 10 learners are invited
• Don Priest and Val Morris for to apply for Academic Scholarships. Scholarship tests and
In the photo above Aurora van der Burgh is interviews will take place on Saturday 18 June. Contact Mitzi
the donation of workbooks and
awarded one of the 4 winners’ prizes in a colouring for scholarship application forms at (015) 793 0590 or on
learning materials. competition arranged by Engel & Volkers. raptor@scschools.co.za
Our Condolences: Boarding House News
Our prayers and thoughts are
Many of our boarders spent the weekend on the
Pecanwood tour this past weekend. It was a great
with the Blair family at this
opportunity for some of our Gauteng parents to
time as they mourn the passing come and watch their children play and it was good
of Dr Blair’s mother. We trust to see a number of our boarder parents alongside
that they will take strength the sports fields. Seven of the nine players in our
from our love and support at young 7s rugby team in the photo alongside are
this sad time. boarders and five of them had parents cheering for
them on the touch line. Thanks for your support!
A lot of sport lies ahead in the next few weeks,
although there is an increasing emphasis on prepa-
rations for the upcoming mid-year exams. Extra prep
sessions will be introduced shortly to ensure that all
boarders have enough structured study time to
prepare for exams. We trust that our boarders will
balance their sport with exam preparation.