This weekly newsletter from Southern Cross Schools provides updates on events from the previous week. It discusses field trips taken by different grades from the College to broaden their horizons, with the grades visiting places around South Africa related to history, culture and the environment. It also reports on sporting matches between the school's teams and other local schools, with the U11 and U13 cricket teams winning close matches. Other sections recognize donations received and upcoming dates, and one article discusses a visiting school from the United States.

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 30 of 2011
• Our U7 to U9 hockey players
took part in matches at Draken-
School for the Planet Week 2 of September 2011
sig on Friday 2 September.
College Fieldtrips Broaden Horizons
• A number of SCS boys partici-
pated in provincial cricket trials
playing for the Letaba regional
team on Friday 2 and Saturday 3
September.
• Our College boys’ and girls’
cricket teams played against
Khanyisa and Capricorn respec-
tively on Saturday 3 September.
• Our Prep School tennis teams
performed very well against
Unicorn Prep on Monday 5 Sep-
tember.
• A number of our Grade 5 to 7
learners participated in the final
round of the AMESA competition
on Wednesday 7 September.
• Our U11 and U13 teams played
Namakgale Development on
Thursday 8 September.
Our Grade 8 to Grade 11 learners from the College spent a The Grade 10 class headed off to the bright lights of Gauteng
week away from school on educational trips from Monday 29 where they did a cultural and historical tour. They visited
August to Friday 2 September. Each grade went to a different places like the “Cradle of Humankind” at Maropeng, the
location and was accompanied by teachers from the school. Voortrekker Monument, the Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef
The Grade 8 class went to the Schoemansdal Environmental City and the Constitutional Court. Their understanding of
Important Dates: Education Centre which is situated at the foot of the Sout- South African history and culture was strongly enhanced by
pansberg. The group had great fun completing obstacle the experience.
College boys’ & girls’ courses and educational games. They also explored the The Grade 11 class went on a course offered by Magoebask-
cricket vs Nkowankowa 10 mountain on an overnight hiking expedition. loof Adventures. The course dealt with fear and trust, look-
and Louis Trichardt Sept The Grade 9 class went on an adventure camp at Waterval ing at leadership styles, challenging the learners by having
respectively. Boven. Various activities including rock climbing, abseiling them abseil off a 30m cliff, hiking up a mountain, tubing in
and hiking allowed the learners to face their fears and to freezing water and finally doing a magnificent canopy tour.
U11 & U13 Cricket vs 13 experience life in the bush without home comforts. Thanks to all the staff that planned and joined these trips.
Phalaborwa. Sept
Grade 7 outing Chimp 14
Eden. Sept
Grandparents Tea at 16
the Prep School. Sept
Gr. 11 Committee Chick 16
Flick in Earth Circle. Sept
College Spring Dance at 17
the Leadwood Lapa. Sept
Spur Schools MTB 17
Challenge - 4th Round. Sept
Family Build-it Day. 17
Sept

2. School for the Planet - Some Close Encounters for U11 & U13 Cricketers
Southern Cross Schools Our U11 and U13 cricket
PO Box 116 teams remain unbeaten
Hoedspruit this season. Both teams
were, however, made to
Limpopo work hard for their most
1380 recent victories against
Phone: 015 793 0590 the Namakgale Develop-
ment teams. The U11s
Fax: 086 530 5153 played away and batted
E-mail: first for the first time
raptor@scschools.co.za this season. They managed
to post 125 runs for 1
wicket in their 20 overs.
The top batsman was Kieran McDonald who scored 59 not out. He was well supported by Michaela Naude
who scored 20 and Dewald Dumon who made 18 not out. Namakgale were then restricted to 82 for 9 in
their twenty overs. The U11s therefore won by 43 runs.
Our U13 team had a much closer game, also batting first, they were bowled out for 98 well before the end
of their 30 overs. Daniel Pearson top scored with 18 runs. Namakgale then lost some early wickets with
Thank You: Kevin Braun and Mubashar Asif striking early. The middle order then managed to frustrate the SCS bowl-
ers and took the team to a position where they needed just 19 runs with 3 wickets in hand and plenty of
• Clare Girardin for the re-
overs to come. Kevin and Mubashar again managed the breakthrough and got the last three wickets be-
source conservation posters
tween them. Both bowlers ended up taking three wickets a piece and the team won by just 10 runs.
for our classrooms.
• Mr Andrew Smith for his Tennis Players Achieve Success
offer of instant grass for The Prep School tennis team went to Tzaneen to play Unicorn
our Founder’s and Earth Prep on Monday 5 September. The girls played well but unfor-
circles. tunately lost their matches. The boys played superbly and
showed a huge improvement in their serving. Marc Gómez –
• Colonel Moonsamy and the Olivé, having started tennis only this term, won his first ever
Air Force Gymnasium for singles match 6-1! The boys showed awesome skills at the net
the donation of books for and both doubles partners won their games 6-1. The final score
our library. was 27-16 in our favour. Well done to all our tennis players.
College Cricketers Struggle Against Khanyisa
Our U17 team from the College hosted Khanyisa at
Drakensig on Saturday 3 September. Our boys batted
The Traveling School from the USA visited Southern first and were bowled out for just 46 runs. Shaun Michael
o. za Cross for the day on Tuesday 6 September. The group Preston was the only batsman who managed double
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ro sss they go, from their accompanying teachers. They have isa boys easily passed our boys’ score to win by 9 wick-
rn c been to Namibia and Botswana already and are now
the ets.
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Staff Baby Picture Competition
Thanks to all who supported this competition. Mrs
Caron MacDonald was voted the cutest baby by both
REMINDERS:
the Prep and the College! Jamie den Dunnen won the
• Despite all the reminders we competition in the Prep School and Nicole Wentworth
won in the College. They each receive a R250 meal
are still waiting for a number
voucher to the soon to be opened Spur in Hoedspruit.
of Spring Walk forms to
come in. Parents please help
Junior Hockey Girls Performing Well
us to get these forms re-
On 2 September our junior hockey teams played against
turned. Laerskool Drakensig. Our U7s won 2 – 0, our U8s won 2 –
• Family Build-it Day is on Sat- 0 and our U9s drew 2 – 2. Congratulations on these good
urday 17 September. performances, girls.
• The next Organic Earth Mar-
Green Awards
ket takes place on Sunday 25
September. The following Green Awards were presented at
assembly on Friday 2 September: Grade R - Dite-
bogo Mametja; Grade 1 - Emma Pinto & Tapelo
Stuurman; Grade 2 - Calvin Duncan; Grade 3 -
Thabang Mathe; Grade 4 - Aden Haussmann;
After a week of learning all about islands the Pre-school had Grade 5 - Anke Puttkammer; Grade 6 - Abigale
an Island Day - the children dressed up as islanders and wore Smit and Grade 7 - Sasha Mittermayer.
lei’s they all made at school.