A wonderful celebration of the cultures, traditions, stories and food that make up our diverse school community. The children shared family recipes, clothing, music, dancing and treasured objects, discovering that heritage can be expressed in so many different ways.
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Primary School Musical
Our Intermediate Phase learners wrote and performed their very own musical, bringing the magical story of Princess Tara and her chameleon Axolotl to life. A wonderful celebration of creativity, teamwork, imagination and confidence. We are so proud of every one of them!
Bows
Inspired by our ongoing study of the ǃKung, ǀXam, Nǁnǂe, Kxoe, Haiǁom, Ncoakhoe, Tshuwau, Gǁana and Gǀui — some of the peoples of southern Africa — one of our students took the opportunity to show her peers how she makes bows, sparking conversations about craftsmanship, hunting, and learning through doing.
San, Senses and Similes
Exploring restaurant-critic-style metaphors and similes, inspired by a real-life exploration of herbs and provoked by our study of some of the first known people groups in Southern Africa.
Evidence of Human Activity
Before asking the question, “How do historians and archaeologists use different kinds of evidence to learn about people from the Later Stone Age?”, we first explored our own space for evidence of human activity — and were surprised by what we found.
The Environment as Teacher
“What can we gather from our space?” A practical introduction to the ǃKung, ǀXam, Nǁnǂe, Kxoe, Haiǁom, Ncoakhoe, Tshuwau, Gǁana and Gǀui — some of the peoples of southern Africa known for their deep knowledge of foraging, observation, movement, storytelling, and relationship with the land.
Heritage Feast
We celebrated our diversity with the foods from each of cultures.
Information and Communication Technology
As part of the ICT curriculum students are encouraged to build a structure – a bridge (min span of 20cm, max span of 30cm), for example – using recycled materials, using shapes to ensure that their structure is as rigid as possible.
Peer Reviewing Photos
What we notice about still images of ourselves; focused on the mouth, the eyes, the nose, eyelashes, lids, cultures, emotions, to name a few.
Creative Arts
Our Foundation (6-to-9-year-old) students working with clay; rolling a slab and adding patterns that they have designed themselves.