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Achievements in Afrikaans
In Memory
Senior Soccer Team receives First Uniforms
During the soccer and netball matches arranged by our sport organiser this term, the lack of school sport uniforms suitable for matches came to attention. One of our parents took the matter further and the result was a lovely donation of a full kit for our senior soccer team. The new uniforms were received personally by the players during a special ceremony at I AM Global Ministries Church in Hatfield on 19 June. Their prophetic prayer was that each item would be a seed going out to wherever the boys will go.
New Teachers
Three new teachers joined Tshwane Christian School this term: Sannette Ferreira (Gr. 3), Trudi Daniels (Gr. 2) and Elias Muchinapaya (Social Sciences and Arts Gr 6 to 9). Marinkie Tsubella moved from Foundation Phase to the Gr. 5 and 6 English post.
Athletics Meeting at TUT
Towards the end of the first term an interhouse athletics meeting was held at Tshwane University of Technology's beautiful stadion in Pretoria West. The blue and yellow team competed against each other, with the aim of giving as many learners as possible an opportunity to participate, enjoy and use their talents.
Student Teacher from the Netherlands
Henk Treurniet has just spent three weeks at Tshwane Christian School. He is a student at the teacher training college of the HZ University of Applied Sciences, Uissingen, the Netherlands. After observing teachers in all subjects in Grade 4 to 8 classes, he presented some lessons himself or acted as class assistant during lessons. He also attended assemblies, sport and cultural activities, and assisted successfully with various administrative and computer tasks.
Visit from the Gideons
The Grade 8 learners received pocket Bibles from the Gideons International SA. The pocket Bible contains the New Testament and Psalms. The Gideons International is an interdenominational association of Christian business and professional men who are members of Protestant/evangelical churches.
Award Winner
Sipho Congolo (now Grade 12) won awards on regional and national level at the Escom Expo for Young Sientists. The Grassland Society of Southern Africa made the awards for the best ecological project in August and October last year. During assembly today the framed certificate and medal was presented again to Sipho in recognition of his excellent initiative. Sipho's team's project was titled "Taming the Lantana Monster" and was about managing invasive alien plants. Sipho entered for the expo at the University of Pretoria.
New Building
During January, the two Grade 4 classes moved to the admin office area to make space for other grades. One of them is now occupying a beautiful stone thatched building that looks like new. The building which burnt down years ago, was renovated with the aid of a sponsor. The aim is to start a remedial learning centre there.
Welcome New Learners of 2011!
The first few days of school at Tshwane were... busy, busy, busy! More than 30 pre-schoolers enrolled this year. A special word of welcome to you all! The teacher immediately let them start with games and stories and with learning the most essential sentences in English that they would need for everyday life. On the second day already these little ones all seemed to be feeling quite at home.
