Grade R Visitors 🚶

Visiting is a pleasure, but being visited is always a great joy... 

Macaroni Chicken Bake....yum yum!

 

Learners had fun following a recipe on how to make a pasta chicken bake.

What an achievement !! 🚲

 

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence", well done to one of our learners for completing the Cape Town Cycle Tour. 

It's always a good day to smell the roses

 

Even though it was raining, our learners made the most of their outing and were able to see some beautiful sights including a few frogs, the mountains and flowing rivers as well as learn some interesting facts about South Africa's flowers and a few alien ones... Eric, our wonderful tour guide was full of knowledge and facts about the gardens and each learner got to take a sample card with some of the flowers and trees that we saw at Kirstenbosch. In the photos you can see our learners helping each other with some colouring and discovery work as well as pointing out things in the garden, not to mention some stunning poses as we took advantage of the beautiful surrounds for some selfies.

Click the link for more photos of the outing to Kirstenbosch

The Integration Configuration

Every Tuesday, the Matrics come to visit our learners and they play a variety of games, build puzzles, visit our drawing and colouring stations as well as the reading corner. This week, the favourites were dominoes and memory games.

 

Happy Birthday

 

Wishing you a blessed and happy year ahead.

Washing Dishes

 After a busy Food Skills session, our learners all took turns washing the dishes. 

Have a look at their not so happy faces😒 

Swimming Costumes

 Our learners were all looking smart and ready in their SJMC swimming costumes.

Break time

 Break time with my friends, I get to chat, eat and relax with my friends. 

Learning new ways to move our bodies ⭕

 Coach Hilton always has new and interesting skills to teach us. This day we enjoyed the perfect weather and space of the field to practice some locomotion. It's really something to see facilitation lead to achieving something new. Watch coach Hilton lead one of the junior learners open a new movement pathway, then see the whole Unit practice their new found skill.

Click on the link to go to the gallery

Shrove Tuesday, the special day before Ash Wednesday

It is called Shrove Tuesday because Christians would go to church on that day to be Shriven. Shriven is an old word and it means that people had to confess all the things that they knew they had done wrong. The priest would bless the people, then they would go home and make pancakes using all the rich and fatty foods ready for.

Bless the hands that made our pancakes today and bless everyone's intentions as we make our way towards this Holy time. Peace be with you 🕊

A moment of peace and prayer 🕊

 

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Our Senior Class enjoyed their Religious Education class in the special RE room with Mrs Smith. They had  their lesson in that special room and enjoyed the quiet and comfort. They focused on mediation, mindfulness and prayer. 

Please see our RE gallery here

Horsing Around at SARDA

 Yesterday, our learners got to have their first experience riding their horses at SARDA. They practiced mounting, dismounting, exercises with various equipment and they even got to help adjust their stirrups. Above you can see one learner celebrating her first riding lesson with a big cheer and at SARDA it's not just the horses that offer love and therapy in motion, above you can also see our learners gathering around their trainer's dog "Shiba" to tickle and touch her.

Click here for more photos of the first official riding lesson

Art from the heart

 

The Senior Class enjoyed a colourful session in art. They worked with delicate colours in water paint and created to their hearts content. 

Have a look at these lovely pics

The BIG 21

 

Getting energised with Coach Hilton

The first look at our weekly PE sessions with Coach Hilton. Both classes join together every Wednesday and this week they did some athletics drills. Above you can see the learners listening with rapt attention to the instructions for the drills and our end of session Red Rover ball skills game. 

Please click the link for more photos of the PE session.

Getting started with Robotics

 Last Friday saw our junior learners getting started with their Robotics lessons. The learners had fun matching, ordering and making patterns with the cards and getting their friends to follow the steps. Looking forward to the start of computer work this week...

Matric Induction Ceremony

Today's ceremony was filled with tears of joy as we watched all the matrics and their parents participate in a morning of celebration. We were proud to see Simon represented in this group. 

We wish our Matrics all the best for the year ahead. 

Computers with Ayanda

 

Senior learners were taught how to connect a computer using all the different cables. While working in their groups they assisted one another to make sure that everything was connected properly. To view more pics click: Computers with Ayanda

Class Work

 

Early morning English lessons begin with a session of the Jolly Phonics Programme.

To view more pics click: 2 Feb class work