Southern Cross Schools held several athletic competitions last week. The Preparatory School competed for the first time at an Independent Inter-Primary Schools athletics meeting, with some students winning events or placing highly. The College also did well at the Independent Inter-High Schools athletics meeting in Polokwane, with several students winning events or setting new records. The weekly newsletter also discussed the Grade 7 families holding meetings, the Grade 12s officially welcoming the new Grade 8 students into the College at an induction assembly, and two young men completing nature conservation courses bringing new energy to the Bush Lore program.

1. Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Southern Cross Schools
Hoedspruit
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
E-mail: raptor@scschools.co.za
Weekly Newsletter 3 of 2011
School for the Planet Week 4 of January 2011
A Peek at Last Week … Independent Inter-Schools Athletics Provides Stiff Competition
• Our first Reach-a-Cross educa- It was pleasing to note that SCS is becoming a force to
tor support workshop took place be reckoned with at the Independent Schools athletics
at the school on Saturday 28 competition held in Polokwane. Our Preparatory School
January. competed for the first time this year. It was great to be in
a position to give our young athletes the chance to com-
• SC College attended the Inde-
pete. Some of the outstanding achievers in the Prep
pendent Inter-High Schools
School were Angela Trzeciak who achieved 1st places in
athletics meeting in Polokwane
shot put and long jump, 2nd in the 100m and 3rd in high
on Thursday 27 January.
jump. Daniel Dixon won the high jump with a new record.
• Mr Ant de Boer attended an IEB Ruben Caroto got a 2nd in the high jump, Daniel Pearson
Head’s meeting in Pretoria on finished 2nd in the long jump and 3rd in high jump and
Wednesday 26 January. shot put, Fritz Pohl achieved 2nd in javelin and Hannah
Straus placed 2nd in shot put. Our College athletes also
• Our Preparatory School athletes
Nicole Engelbrecht in Grade 7 (above) excelled at the Inter- excelled despite being one of the smaller teams repre-
travelled to Polokwane for an
Preparatory Schools competition achieving 1st place in the 800m sented they achieved an overall 5th place out of 11
Independent Inter- Primary
and 1500m races and 5th in the long jump and shot put. schools. Congratulations to all our athletes.
Schools athletics meeting on
Wednesday 26 January.
Tony Mokoena (far left in the photo) was one of the College’s out-
• Our Grade 8 learners were standing achievers at the Independent Inter-High Schools meeting
inducted into the College at an held in Polokwane. He won the shot put and set a new record. He
assembly held on Monday 24 also achieved 1st place in long jump, 2nd in discus, 100m and
January. 4x100m relay. Tony also anchored the College team’s continuous
relay, bringing them home in 3rd place. Other outstanding perform-
ances came from Nicole Wentworth who won the shot put with a new
record and came 2nd in the javelin, Naeem Razak who won the
400m and came 2nd in 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles, Shannon
Important Dates: Thomson who came 2nd in 100m and 200m, Jennifer Mokoena who
came 2nd in 100m and 3rd in long jump, high jump and 200m,
Netball Coaching 02 Megan Schulze got a 2nd in the shot put, Fumani Khumalo finished
2nd in 200m, Eric Mphande achieved 2nd in 800m, Eulender Mbetsi
Clinic at SCS for Feb got 2nd in 400m, 800m & 1500m, Chris Harel finished 2nd in 400m
U13 to U18 players. and Demi Prince came 2nd in 100m & 3rd in 200m.
Netball Coaching 03
Clinic at SCS for U7 Feb
Grade 7 Families Gather in the Prep School
to U9 players.
Netball Coaching 08
Clinic at SCS for Feb
U10 to U12 players.
Regional High 02
Schools Athletics Feb
Championships.
Pre-school Cake 04
On Friday 27 January the Grade 7 fami-
Sale for all learners. Feb lies held their first family meetings. The
Grade 7 learners facilitated a discussion
Limpopo Swimming 04
within their family groups on practical
Champs in Polok- Feb
ways of showing support for each other
wane. and caring for one another. The session went well bringing out many interesting, creative and useful ideas.

2. School for the Planet - Grade 12s Officially Welcome Grade 8s into the College
Southern Cross Schools
PO Box 116
Hoedspruit
Limpopo
1380
Phone: 015 793 0590
Fax: 086 530 5153
Starting high school is always a big thing for children who have
E-mail:
reached the end of their primary school careers. This is no
raptor@scschools.co.za different at Southern Cross Schools. The process of helping
Grade 8 learners fit into the procedures and routines of
Southern Cross College is managed by Mr Greg Gibbs, the
HOD of the College, and the Grade 12 learners, who serve as
mentors to the new Grade 8 learners. For the first two weeks
of the year the Grade 8s, who are known as Fledglings, go
through an orientation process under the protective wings of
Sustainable Living Hint:
their Grade 12 mentors. During this period they are issued
Send any used magazines and with floppy brown hats and their school caps are taken away.
empty yogurt tubs to the At the end of the orietation process the Grade 8s present a
school so that they can be Fledgling Concert ("Groentjie" concert) to the whole College
reused as useful resources after which they are ready to be accepted as fully feldged
at school. Glass bottles with members of the College. This acceptance ceremony took place
at the Grade 8 Induction Assembly on Monday 24 January.
screw-on lids can also be
During the induction the Grade 12s welcomed the Grade 8s as
sent to school where they
members of the College by taking back the brown floppy hats
will be processed for reuse.
and issuing them with their school caps. As part of the
ceremony an elected representative of the Grade 8 group, Kelsey Viljoen, addressed the College and
outlined the expectations and aspirations that the Grade 8s have of College life. This address was
. za responded to by the Head Boy and Head Girl of the College, Devon Leibach and Katelynd Strong
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ho o respectively. In their response these two Grade 12 leaders gave the Grade 8s valuable advice about making
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ww Bush Lore Receives Injection of Youthful Enthusiasm
Having two young men that have completed the theoretical compo-
nent of their nature conservation course certainly has brought new
THANK YOU:
energy to the Bush Lore programme at SCS. From Pre-school to
• All parents who assisted Grade 11 there appears to be renewed enthusiasm amongst the
with transport to Polok- learners for what is on
Green Awards
wane this past week. offer in the pro-
gramme. We trust that The following Green Awards were pre-
• André Nel, Cheryl Nel,
this emphasis on things sented at assembly on Friday 28 January:
Pauline Blunden, Terry
Dold, Zani Kunz, Riyaadh natural will make our Grade 1 – Emma Pinto; Grade 2 – Satchel
Razak, Rory Shackleford children true nature
Groves; Grade 3 – Leria Inama; Grade 4 –
and Rodney Wall for offi- lovers. Mr Justin van
Serenell Moonsamy; Grade 5 – Anke
ciating at the Inter-house Breda seen with learn-
athletics. ers in the photo. Puttkammer; Grade 6 – Tyron Aphane and
Grade 7 - Nicole Engelbrecht.
• Dr Mark Blair for ad-
News from the Boarding House
dressing the learners
about the sewage spill. Life in boarding appears to
have settled into a routine
• Simone Braun for the and the boarders seem, on
gazebo that was donated the whole, to be busy with
to the school. all things school. They also
appear to be happy and
enjoying each other’s com-
pany. Parents, please re-
member to book the shuttle
to Gauteng if you want your
child on it at term end.