Let's Pitch a tent and Floaties too...

 

We put all our fun lessons and information gathering about camping to good use and built our own tents and campfires. Although the weather didn’t allow us to fully enjoy our splashtastic day, the learners still had plenty of fun creating and decorating their own swimming pools and floaties. We hope this helped make up a little for the disappointment of not being able to jump in the water 🙂

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Campfire Games...

 

We had such fun playing some outdoor games and even some indoor ones "pretending" we were around a campfire. 

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Building forts

 We're never too old to build a fort, just ask our students! They scoured the classroom for every piece of material and peg they could find, turning it into the coziest fortress ever. Who knew learning could be so much fun and so structurally questionable?

End Of Term 1

 

Maths in the Junior Class

 Focused and working hard!

Boerewors, Burgers and Besties!!!

 

Braai-Masters, Boerewors and Burgers - The Three B's and what could be better? Maybe Fun, Friendship and Food? The Braai Day was a resounding success with great food and even better company. An enormous thank you to Paul Teubes for donating the meat, rolls, drinks and condiments and for spoiling our learners. 

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Abra Kadabra... It's MAGIC time!!

 

Today a past learner, Carlo Penso, visited the unit from the School of Magic to put on a spectacular magic show. Needless to say our learners were enthralled and it was such a hit. A huge thank you to Carlo for his wonderful demonstration and for giving us just a touch of magic to brighten up our day.

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End of Term Program is here again 😁

 Can you believe it's time for our final End of Term Program of 2025!

Here is what we can look forward to next week:

Cups of Fun!

 

The seniors had some "Ball"-listic fun today in the great PING PONG CUP TOSS CHALLENGE. Those who weren't competing, stood by to cheer their friends hoping for their top score! Great throw!

It's tee off time... Sorry we meant tea!

 

Sorry - we weren't teeing off at the golf course.. we actually learnt how to set a tea tray and carry it carefully, trying to walk without spilling. Although there wasn't any hot water involved, the learners took their tasks seriously and not a drop was spilled! Next time, we'll try the real thing. 

It's "Toast-ally" awesome!

 

Hmm.. what's burning? It's definitely not us because we made perfect toast today. The junior class learners had fun learning how to open and close a bread bag and operate the tricky toaster. But it was a unanimous decision... eating the toast was definitely the best part! 

Making a Splash - From Paddle to Podium

 

As part of St Joseph's Day, our learners participated in the Junior School Swimming Gala and we got the most cheers from everyone and boy did they love the support from all the parents and teachers even from those who weren't their own! Well done to our fabulous swimmers splashing their way to victory!

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Puppet Making Adventures

 

Today our learners discovered the creativity of puppets and what a resounding success it was when they made their own hand puppets and later used their puppets to make a puppet show or should I say, conversation central...

F Day the Feast Day of St Joseph

 What a special day we had today, choc-a- block full of joy and success. The senior class started the day off with an educational talk on Cyber Bullying. Then we all celebrated mass and received a blessing for St Joseph's Day. Thereafter the Junior Class had a showcase of their swimming skills in the SMJC Junior School Swimming Gala. Please follow the link to enjoy the pics from our day today.

 Junior School Swimming Gala. Please enjoy these pics from today

T Day - Team Building

 Today our learners took part in different timed challenges as teams. It was wonderful to see who could perform under pressure and how seamlessly the groups worked together. Please enjoy these snippets of our Team Building Day :

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Happy Braai Day!

 

We don't need it to be National Braai Day to enjoy a good Boerewors Roll. Our day was filled with the delicious braai smell that made the rest of the school jealous and our learners had a ball filled with sugar, spice and everything nice! What a wonderful day it was for everyone and a huge thank you to the Teubes Foundation for the generous donations.

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Team Building Triumphs

 

Today our learners tried their hands at working together to figure out problems and solve them as a team. What fun it was to see the laughs and joy. Even seeing the frustrations when they couldn't quite get it was wonderful because it was followed by sheer delight when determination paid off and they got it - it just shows there is always the hope and promise of success no matter how small or big when you put your mind and heart to it.

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Gr 7 Market Day

 We all had a chance to practice being a customer today. We went to the school hall, which was set up with different stalls manned by Grade 7 Entrepreneurs. There was everything from PlayStation booth  to nails and our personal favorite: SWEETS.

Activity week off with patterned bang

 This week is off to a good start, we are diving deep into African culture: getting to know about and try our hand at patterns as well as Ndebele patterns. Look at our work :

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Team Marist Run 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️

This morning the Junior Class at the SNU ran along with the Junior School in the Marist Run. Look at us go!

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