ACADEMICS
Zoo visit (San Ridge)
Public speakers
of note
Two Grade 5 learners excelled in the ATKV Orators’ Competition. Anika Vermaak
was named the provincial champion in Afrikaans first additional language orators
and Kate Sparks shares second place with an orator from Port Natal School. They
represented KZN at the national championships during August in Rustenburg.
This phenomenal achievement was made possible by their dedication and hard
work. Well done, girls!
On Thursday, 30 August 2018 the Lory Park Zoo
visited Building Blocks Pre-primary School San Ridge.
The children enjoyed being able to touch the animals
and take a closer look at them.
The children at Building Blocks San Ridge
enjoyed learning more about tortoises.
From left: Anika Vermaak and Kate Sparks
Some of the children felt brave enough to
inspect the snake more closely and touch it.
A super scientist
Life Sciences learners explore the mangrove swamps
Gary Louw in Grade 11 decided to enter the annual
National School Science Essay Competition hosted by
the Royal Society of South Africa. When the results
were released in July, Gary was placed first in his essay
topic category with 90%. To top it all he also obtained
the highest essay mark in all three categories, thus
placing him first in South Africa.
An exhilarating excursion for the Grade 10 Life Sciences learners was arranged to extend
their classroom learning into a practical outdoor experience.
Gary’s essay titled ‘A future with CRISPR’, is an
assessment of the implications of the potential uses of
CRISPR technology and was based on the essay topic:
‘Is CRISPR a new era for science-based medicine or
is it a dangerous new tool that can create monsters?’
Gary’s essay will be published later this year in the
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
Africa, the
society’s prestigious scientific journal.
From left: Juriana Filmalter (Head of High School) and Gary Louw
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Gary also receives a R5 000 cash reward and his
excellence is opening doors to his tertiary education
acceptance at UCT where he is currently planning to
study theoretical physics.
A local resident
of the magrove
swamps gets
some gentle
attention.
The group of unrecognisable learners!
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