This newsletter provides updates from Southern Cross Schools, including information about recent and upcoming events. It discusses the school's 10th anniversary celebration held on August 6th, which included looking back at photographs from 2002 and 2011. It also previews upcoming sports matches and academic competitions. Additionally, it provides details about the progress being made on new sports fields and recognizes students who received academic and athletic awards at the anniversary ceremony.

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 25 of 2011
• A Prep School and a College
team participated in the Let-
School for the Planet Week 1 of August 2011
sitele Kaskar Competition on
Saturday 30 July.
Ten Years of Growth and Development
• A Reach-a-Cross educator work- Saturday 6 August saw the school celebrating its
shop took place at the SCS annual Founders’ Day and 10 years of existence. The
Resource Centre on Saturday 30 photographs show the school’s learners in January
July. 2002 and then in July 2011. Ten years of growth and
• Our Prep School presented development and undoubtedly a great future ahead.
Charlie and the Chocolate Fac-
tory from 2 to 4 August.
• Our PA successfully held its
Night of a Hundred Lots fund-
raiser on Friday 5 August.
• The SCS Founders’ Day and 10th
Year Celebrations took place on
Saturday 6 August.
• The College trip to Inhaca Is-
land in Mozambique departed at
noon on Saturday 6 August.
Important Dates:
Lessons after the long 10
weekend resume. Aug
Mozambique, Inhaca 10
Island trip returns. Aug
Prep School cricket vs 11
Mariepskop (A). Aug
Prep School hockey 12
matches—opposition Aug
to be announced.
College cricket vs 13
Phalaborwa (H). Aug
Grade 1 to Grade 7 15
Conquesta Olympiad Aug
begins.
Sports Field Progress
Earth works have begun on
the area of our new sports
fields. The top soil is being
removed and stored till the Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Thanks to our sponsors:
area has been leveled. There It was fabulous to witness the creativity, joy and Pick n Pay, Spar,
is about a 4,5m drop over the energy on stage last week as our Prep School per- Kruger2Canyon News
length of the field, so a cut- formed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to en- and Raptor’s Lodge.
thralled audiences. Congratulations to all the children Thanks also to our par-
and-fill process is taking ents for their wonderful
for their wonderful performances. Well done to our
place to level the area. directors, Colleen Taylor and Maureen Lahoud. support.

2. School for the Planet - Letsitele Kaskar Fun & Games
Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Hoedspruit
Limpopo
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
Fax: 086 530 5153
E-mail:
raptor@scschools.co.za
Two teams including a total of eighty learners, from
Southern Cross, travelled to Letsitele on Saturday
30 July, to participate in the annual Letsitele
Kaskar Competition. Our learners had great fun.
Thanks to the parents who assisted transporting
our learners to the event.
Monthly Organic Earth Swiss Exchange Teacher
Market Green Awards We are very pleased to
Southern Cross will be host- have Mrs Antje Bermich
ing a fresh produce and The following Green Awards were presented another Swiss teacher
home craft market in its at assembly on Friday 5 August: Grade R - with us for three weeks.
Earth Circle on the last Mrs Bermich will be
Did not attend assembly; Grade 1 - Zahra
spending her time based
Sunday of every month Fortune; Grade 2 - Jadon Speelman; Grade with our Grade 5 class.
starting on 28 August. If
3 - Tricia Ndlovu; Grade 4 - Justin Schwae- She is here on a pro-
you are interested in a stall
gramme to expose Swiss
at the market please con- ble; Grade 5 - Devon Wilkes; Grade 6 -
teachers to an English
tact Sue de Boer on: Kgoao Mametja and Grade 7 - Liam Quinn. teaching environment.
sued@scschools.co.za.
Ms Letitia Blom is a post
graduate student
a
.c o. z teacher with Unisa and
ols she is doing the practical
ss ch o
c ro s component of her course
ern
uth at SCS. She will be with
w .so us for about three
ww
weeks and she is based
with Mrs Sally Wiggill
and the Grade 3 class.
SCS PA Events: We wish her well.
The SCS Parent Association
has a number of fundraising College Learners Awarded for Half Colours: for Hockey - Jennifer Mokoena
events lined up: Achievements (Gr10), Zoe Macchiarulo (Gr10), Lene Belcher
At the Founders’ Day service on Saturday 6 Au- (Gr10), Gawaine Evans (Gr11) and Nicholas
• 26 August - Spring Walk; gust a number of College learners were presented Smith (Gr10); for Netball - Dikgetho Mametja and
with awards for their achievements. Academic Zinhle Seerane; for Swimming - Nicole Wen-
• 30 Sept to 2 Oct - Sus- tworth (Gr11) and for Athletics - Jennifer
tainable Living Festival; and sport awards were made. The following aca-
demic awards were presented: Mokoena (Gr10), Nicole Wentworth (Gr11) and
• 12 November - SCS Golf Brains Bars: Tammy Godding (Gr8) and Virginia Tony Mokoena (Gr11).
Mohlala (Gr9); Full Colours: for Equestrian - Shannon Thomson
Day
Half Colours: Kayla Wheeldon (Gr10) and Robyn (Gr12) and for Gymnastics - Kayla Wheeldon
Support our PA in these fun
McDonald (Gr11); (Gr10).
events to raise funds for
school development projects. Full Colours: Emma Smith (Gr10) and Nike Mes Learners who receive Brains Bars and Junior
(Gr11) and Achiever awards will receive badges to wear on
Honours: Alexis Mes (Gr10). their blazers. Half Colours and Full Colours will
The following sports awards were presented: be represented by braiding on pockets and cuffs
Junior Achiever: for Equestrian - Callan Mitter- and scrolls on the blazer. The Honours award will
mayer (Gr8) and Zoë Moolman (Gr9); for Swim- be represented by full braiding on the blazer and
ming - Ryan Strong (Gr9), Brent Pearson (Gr9) an honours tie. College awards will be presented
and Kirsten Braun (Gr9). at formal school assemblies.