From the Principal's Desk

Wow! Things are really hopping here at Greenwood. What a successful camp the Foundation Phase had. They enjoyed it tremendously and I have already had requests from some of the learners for them to return to Ingwe next year! Thank you to the teachers and parents who took such good care of our children.

The learners are all looking forward to the concerts. The preschoolers are doing all the last minute practising and the primary schoolers are putting as much expression and passion into their individual lines as possible. Once again we are in for a treat with the shows!

One of the most amazing moments this year was when we turned on the hot tap in the toddler kitchen to find actual hot water! This is all due to Gill and her Grade 1 class who took on this Eco challenge and put a natural hot water system up for them to use. Obviously it couldn’t be done without our incredible parents who were scrambling up and down the roof to do all the final connections. Well done!

Do remember to try your luck on Friday the 13th at our Golf Day, but, there is more to come. On 15 December we are having a “Beach Day” so keep that day open for fun, fun, fun.
We sincerely apologise for the fact that we had to cancel our Eco club. We will do all in our power to get it up and running next year. It is such a wonderful opportunity for the youngsters to learn about our beautiful area and how to care for it.

Please watch our calendar so that you don’t miss any of our events. Our parents support is tantamount to our success.
Enjoy and see you at the concerts.
Mary.

About the camp...

What an exciting camp the kids from Greenwood had last week. The children from in the intermediate phase (grades 1, 2 & 3) went to Ingwe Forest Adventures. They were placed into three teams - each team had to think of a team name, a song and paint a flag. Once this was done the groups did various activies including obstacle courses, walking together on a pole, running with tyres and making a stretcher out of hessian, rope and two poles.

Other team activites included making lunch, dinner and breakfast, as well as washing up after each meal! The kids slept the night there and this was an exciting experience for a lot of them. When I asked some what the best thing was about the camp the replies where "sleeping out in the 'dormatories'..."

Thanks to the teachers and parents who helped out - and a big thank you to Ingwe for providing us with such a wonderful experience.

NEWS

Successful visit with the mayor and municipal manager yesterday about the state of our road. Hopefully something will be done soon.

Our Grade 6 classroom is looking great. New desks have been ordered!

Good luck to our Grade 1, 2 and 3 classes for their camp. I am sure they are going to have lots of fun.

Thursday 22 Oct Thursday 22 Oct Thursday 22 Oct - Preschool Concert @ St Peters Hall - come along and be amazed by these little ones doing so well!

School Camp!!

There is great excitement amoungst the junior primary children as they prepare for their school camp on Thursday!! What this space for the stories from the camp...

From the Principal's Desk

Greetings and salutations to all our parents and pupils. The last term has come all too quickly. This new term brings new excitement; camp, concerts, Golf Day, Entrepreneurs Day………….
Our first few weeks we’ll be concentrating on the concerts and after that it’s seriously academic time again until the school closes on the 4 December.
We appeal to all the parents to help with the lifts for sport this term as we no longer have the use of the little “school bus”. Our summer sport programme will be tennis, cricket and athletics. (Swimming for the Grade 4 & 5 Class every second week).
Thank you so much to all the class representatives and parents of the various classes that spoiled the teachers yesterday on Teachers Day. They were so grateful for the gifts. It’s so rewarding for me to see that the parents appreciate our teachers as I feel that each and every one of them are stimulating teachers.
We unfortunately had to chop down the pine trees in front of the school to clear the way to put in a tennis court – a plan we hope to implement in the not-too-distant future!
Friday the 13th – All the golfers are invited to prove that this is your lucky day! Bring all your golfing friends and come and enjoy a day at Pezula Golf Course.

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

Have a wonderful term.
Mary