Regatta

Well we spent the weekend catering for the school's regatta ( about 12 private schools from Western and Eastern Cape get together once a year to row against one another for the weekend). We raise funds by catering for them - breakfast and lunch only. This year was a very cold and wet weekend with many schools from the Eastern Cape wondering if they would be able to get home due to flood washing away roads - luckily they all got home safely! Naturally everyone was exhaused by the end on Sunday! Well  done ladies you were stars!


Rain, rain go away!




101, 102, 103 - keep going!




3 exhaused ladies!




Our Headmistress doing her bit!



African Penguins and natural forests

 Last week was African Penguin day and the children did some lovely pictures of penguins.

We have also celebrated Arbor day and the children are very aware of our forests (We are so lucky to be surrounded by indigenous forests) I felt that a lesson on drawing 'proper trees' with light and shadow was in order and the kids did me proud - not one lollipop tree!



Busy drawing!





Some finished products.



 I also want to post a picture of the children using our spelling mat. They jump from letter to letter and spell out the weekly words - this has helped some of my weaker spellers - hurrah!!!!

Next weekend is our annual Fun Run at Leisure Isle - lots of fun for all!!!!!

Coastal Clean up day.

After a lovely 2 week break it was back to work for the final term! A hectic week getting the kids back into the swing of things in what I hope will be a more restful and less stressful term ( high hopes with reports, concert and Eco file looming!) As it is Coastal clean up week we ended the week off with a clean up of the lagoon area. We took a walk up to the lovely walkway overlooking Thesen Island and boy did we pick up a lot of litter and junk. Each piece had to be recorded by the group leader so that we could tally up the types of litter found for the Nature Conservation Group. The children did feel so important with their clipboards, gloves, bags and were very earnest in their duty. When we were 'all done!" We dropped off the litter at the waste depot and were treated to a demonstration of the conveyer dumping the rubbish into the compactor. The rubbish in our town is road railed to Mosselbay to be burned as we no longer have a landfill area. In order for it to be cost effective the rubbish is compacted before it is loaded onto the trucks.

Ready to go!

Thesen Island behind us!

Picking up and recording with Teacher Margaret's help!

Outside the waste depot.

Inside!

Pointing out the process!

Up the conveyer belt goes our waste!

A most enjoyable and educational outing!