🎵 Cause We Never Go Out of Style...🎵

 

Welcome to The SNU Hair Salon - we are now taking bookings for break times; with our senior stylist. Call 0800 SNU RAINY DAYS to complete your booking. 😃.. Anyone else love that feeling of your hair being played with? As you can see, one of our learners was almost asleep while his hair was being combed. So fascinating all the creative ideas our learners come up with to keep themselves busy when the weather keeps us inside.

Food skills are skilling....

 

Something smells good.. Take a look at us cooking over the past few weeks of food skills.

Through the Eye of the Beholder

 

Photography is not just a skill... it's a passion too and we love to see the enthusiasm and joy that taking a simple photo brings to our learners so we set a few of them a task: find something spectacular around our beautiful school grounds… and boy did they deliver. National Geographic couldn't have done it better as far as we're concerned. Such incredible talent! 

Celebrating World Book Day 🤟🤓 📚

"The more that you read, the more things you'll know. The more that you learn , the more places you'll go." - Dr. Suess

This famous quote rings eternal especially on a day like today. We all took the time to appreciated books and book characters today. Did you?

Parent Connect Initiative

The transition to post-school life is a big step in the lives of our children. Parents often have many questions about what this pathway could look like. Every child is unique, and so is their journey. We know there is no one-size-fits-all solution but perhaps there are helpful pointers and tips that can be gleaned from the parents who are further down the road.

This week, we hosted a couple of parents whose children are now out of school and finding their way in the world. We heard their stories and got boat loads of inspiration and hope.

We would like to thank our parent body for the wonderful turnout last night. It was truly heartwarming to hear the stories and journeys shared by our past parents. Our moms spoke honestly and authentically about the obstacles they've faced and their ongoing efforts to find solutions that suit their children. Ali, our former student, was confident and proud as he shared about his first job, marriage and independence. Each speaker added great value to the evening.

Please click the link to see a few more pictures.

In the saddle once more

 

This week we returned to our beloved SARDA. 

Watch this brave and serious rider, mount and command her horse: 

Another Succecssful Table Cricket Tournament

The term is off to a wonderful start! We have just returned from the first Table Cricket tournament for term2! A small team went to play in a tounament at Newlands Stadium of course. And we returned WINNERS! Our team were the first to win the Table Cricket Spirit Award. We could not be more proud! And the award more fitting. 

Please click on this link to see some more pictures of the action

and 

Please click this link to view some of the highlights - Sporting Chance - Spirit Foundation and Lord’s Taverners Table Cricket Festival April 2026

Another Birthday Gal!

What a month for birthdays and guess what, there's one more this month! To our newest and dearest addition, thank you for spoiling us on your special day! May God bless you, happy birthday <3 All of us at the Unit.

 Please click this link te see some more special pictures

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 🙂

Please click here for extra glimpses of the day Tents and Floaties

Campfire Games...

 

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

For more photos and videos please click here Fort Building and Campfire Games

SNU Harvest

 

Through dedication,  

and team work

Our labour will produce many fruits : 

Please follow the link to see more pictures of our March Harvest

FARRIERS in action

The SARDA riders saw somehting amazing! They got to see the farriers give their horses new shoes. 

Birthday Bash

 

Happy Birthday to you Erin and a huge thank you for the time and effort spent in making the spaghetti for us and celebrating your special day with us, the kids loved it! 

"I was totally overwhelmed by the showering of love and spoils but what made my day was seeing the picky eaters lick their plates clean! I love my SNU family and thank you for treating me." - Love Teacher Erin ❤️

Please click here to view more photos of Erin's Birthday

Stir it Up and Fry it Too

 

Can we come for lunch? The Senior Chefs made Chicken Stir Fry and we can personally attest to how delicious it was. Just look at their concentration and focus as they chop up all the goodies and how careful they are at the hot stove cooking it all together. Great Job Chefs!

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🎵 Happy Birthday To You 🎵

 

Our Birthday Girl is 20! Woweee did we have some excited kids. What more could you want on your special day - huge smiles, delicious cake and even better friends! An enormous thank you for the cake and the spectacular party packs. Everyone went home with a smile!

Please click here to view more pics of the birthday girl Birthday Pics

Science or Magic?

 

We finished off February with quite a bang on an outing to the Cape Town Science Centre. It was an incredible experience getting to explore and enjoy all the different scientific apparatuses, virtual reality, real-life experiments and fun learning that the centre had to offer. Yes it was science but I'm sure we can all agree it came with just a touch of magic too.

Bigs and Smalls get along after all

The Unit has two classes- they are grouped together by age. We call the older students 'Bigs' and the younger ones 'Smalls'.  

What a pleasure to see how patient, supportive and encouraging the 'Bigs' are,  when there is an opportunity to play with the 'Smalls'

 

Spot the difference

 One of the junior classes highlights is our twice weekly Junior School break. We join their peers in the foundation phase for second break. We are often welcomed by a group of kids, waiting for our visit. Looking from the outside in, I am always amazed to see this inclusion in action. No one is telling them what to do, kids just all speak the same language! 

See if you can find the special needs kids in this picture...it's really hard to do! They just look like  group of foundation phase learners , making the best of their break time ❤️

Home at last 🕊️

 Our students come from all over the world. We love to hear them tell us about the places they have been and some of the things they've seen.

But once they find us, they know that they are finally home. 

Welcome to the Marist Family 🕊️

V Day Ball💖💃

 Our senior class learners went into Valentines Day with a bang. They all danced their socks off at the Senior School Valentines Ball. Just look at them! They grow up so fast 😍😎💖💃

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