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Editor: Nanette Snyckers Tel: 021 794 2103

26th July No. 22/2019

Class 7 1

School News 2

Sports Corner 3

Diary Dates 4

Information and Announcements

5

Classifieds 7

Class 7 Medieval Festival

Medieval festival

On Saturday the 8th of June, the Class 7’s from Constantia, Imhoff, Gaia, Michael Oak, Stellenbosch, Zenzeleni, McGregor and Hermanus all came

together at our school to celebrate the Medieval Festival.

We arrived at 8am and gathered on the field. We were separated into 6 castle groups, each with a teacher as their leader.

Throughout the day we took part in different activities such as: stick fighting, jousting, drumming, ribbon dancing, circle dancing and knife throwing.

Later, before dinner, we all got dressed up in elegant medieval outfits; it was fun seeing everyone dressed as royalty. We sat at long banquet tables in the beautifully decorated hall. Each of our castles performed a circle dance we had learned earlier in the day. We then had a delicious dinner and

sang songs together.

At the end of the evening, we were all knighted by our class teacher. It was a great experience and it was fun to spend time with people from the

other Waldorf schools.

By Sydney Brown, Class 7 student

In Class 7 we study the Middle Ages in order to bring to life the child's interest in the world. We do this by looking at

specific moments in history and the way it relates to all areas of people's lives.

We explored how people lived, interacted with one another and what values they held. It is important for Class 7 children

to look at these past behaviours to help them prepare for the changes they are about to experience.

We celebrated a Medieval Festival together with our sister schools, offering challenges in knife throwing, jousting, stick fighting and other team building activities which challenged the children to overcome a variety of obstacles by working individually and in teams. The day was held in the spirit of community and knighthood - upholding the code of chivalry we

created as a group.

School News

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

21st Jan - 27th Mar 14th Apr - 19th Jun 14th Jul- 18th Sept 6th Oct - 3rd Dec

Constantia Waldorf 2020 Term Dates

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

15th Jan - 20th Mar 9th Apr - 21st Jun 16th Jul - 20th Sept 8th Oct - 6th Dec

Kindergarten Term Dates 2019

17 Jan - 20 March (PG, KG)

22 Jan - 20th March (TG)

9 Apr - 19 June (all groups) 16 July - 19 Sept (KG)

(PG and TG)

18 Sept

8 Oct - 4th Dec

(Provisional Dates)

Constantia Waldorf 2019 Term Dates

MEDIA EVENING

Everyone is invited!

Constantia Waldorf School

Wednesday 21 August

6:45 for 7pm

Drama Hall

Speakers:

Ed Fox presenting on WiFi and anthroposophical viewpoint.

Jess Oosthuizen presenting her UCT masters research on media usage.

Karen Quail on how to manage boundaries and bad rules around media.

Sports Corner

Last year we managed to get our High School surf team up and running in the winter terms fortnightly Roxy Surf Comp.

Last Friday it was great to see our Primary School represented for the first time. Our five person team made up of two Class 7's, two Class 5's and

one Class 4.

Pictured: the surfers waiting for their teammate to finish his time in this tag team event.

Daniel Baum, Sports Coordinator

“The Wonder of the Word” - Wisdom-filled Light, Love and Life

Presented by Michelle Kaplan

Come and share the Love of the Logos and the wonder of its evolutionary journey through time. Date: Sunday 25th August 4pm until 5.30pm. Bring and share tea afterwards. Venue: Sophia House, 18 Firfield Road, Plumstead Cost: R40 and concessions for pensioners and students

Diary Dates Diary Dates

Sun 1

Mon 1 Holiday 2 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Tues 2 Holiday 3 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Wed 3 Holiday 4 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Thurs 4 Holiday 1 5 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Fri 5 Holiday 2 Readathon 6 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Sat 6 3 7 Class 9 Shakespeare Play

Sun 7 4 8 Cl 10 Survey

Mon 8 Holiday 5 9 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Tues 9 Holiday 6 10 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Wed 10 Holiday 7 11 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Class 9 Orange River Camp

Thurs 11 Holiday 8 PS and HS Cross Country 12 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Class 9 Orange River Camp

Music Concert

Fri 12 Holiday 9 Women’s Day - Public Holiday 13 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Class 9 Orange River Camp

Sat 13 10 14

Sun 14 11 15

Mon 15 Holiday 12 16 Class 10 Survey / Class 11 Social Practical

Class 9 Orange River Camp Return

Tues 16 School Begins - Term 3 ,

Normal Closing Time

13 Class 3 Parents Evening 6PM for 6:30PM 17 Middle School Closes 12:30 / Class 8 Camp

Class 11 Social Practical

Wed 17 14 18 Middle School Closes 12:30 / Class 8 Camp

Class 11 Social Practical

TG and PG School Ends Term 3

Thurs 18 15 Matric Drama Performance 19 Middle School Closes 12:30 / Class 8 Camp

Class 11 Social Practical

KG School Ends Term 3

Fri 19 Readathon Launch 16 Class 13 Parents Evening 20 Michaelmas School Ends Term 3 11:15

Sat 20 17 AGM and Special General Meeting 21

Sun 21 18 22

Mon 22 19 23 Holiday

Tues 23 Class 4 Parents Evening 6:30PM

Class 9 Parents Evening 6:30PM

20 24 Holiday

Wed 24 21 Media Evening 6:45 for 7PM 25 Holiday

Thurs 25 22 26 Holiday

Fri 26 High School Sports Tournament 23 Class 12 Project Presentations 27 Holiday

Sat 27 24 Class 12 Project Presentations 28

Sun 28 25 29

Mon 29 26 30 Holiday

Tues 30 Class 1 Parents Evening 6PM 27

Wed 31 28

Thurs 29

Fri 30

31 CWS Concert Series - CTYC 6PM (see page 3)

Information and Announcements

We invite applications for the following 3 - days a week, mornings only position:

Church Secretary for the community in Cape Town

To start in January 2020

Applicants must have general secretarial skills, be computer literate and be able to work

independently.

Applicants must have strong communication skills, to be able to communicate clearly and

effectively in many mediums: by email, on the phone and in person.

Knowledge of the Christian Community is a pre-requisite.

Please send your applications and CV to pippin@adept.co.za

Closing date: 25 August 2019

Should you not have heard from us by 27 September 2019, please consider your application unsuccessful.

The Christian Community reserves the right not to fill or interview for the position.

The application itself does not entitle the applicant to an interview.

Information and Announcements

Disclaimer: Not all articles or advertisements are necessarily the views or opinions of the Editor or the Constantia Waldorf School.

Classifieds

Constantia Waldorf School Craft Shop

Our Craft Shop stocks beautiful hand made felt, toys, bean

bags, biodegradable cleaning products and all the your sta-

tionary necessities like Stockmar pencils, crayons and craft-

ing wax.

The Craft Shop is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from

9AM to 1PM.

Look out for the arrival of “dragon capes” and “butterfly

wings”!

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