2019 – Third Term Newsletter

Oct 18 2019

Partnering with Sun Valley Primary

Sun Valley awarded ten of our learners Grade R places for next year. These children are so excited for the opportunities that lie ahead!

Another way that we are partnering with the school is that their Grade 3 learners join our children for a fun picnic, they collect donations of toys and we spend the morning together getting to know one another and having fun! This was a really special time and we even were surprised by an unexpected fly over by a naval helicopter that was flying with a large South African flag- memories for life!

Highlights From Term Three:

– We now have a really lovely outdoor climbing wall for the children to enjoy.

– We celebrated Heritage Day with an informal dress-up.

– We enjoyed connecting with other schools- Sun Valley Primary grade 3’s joined us for a picnic and we visited Fish Hoek Pre-Primary. Our Grade R teacher also visited Monterey and gained some great ideas.

– Rugby Tots began and is providing fun sponsored sport orientated learning opportunities for all our children.

– We are so blessed that our volunteer reader team has grown and more children can receive intentional small group reading time with such caring role models.

– We have received some really generous donations and our faithful partners continued support means our financial needs are being met.

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GivenGain Runners
The Cape Town Marathon and Freedom Fun Race took place this past term and we had two individuals take up the cause to run their respective races on our behalf and raise awareness and finances for us via Givengain. This was a great success and they each raised a few thousand rand which will be added to our learner partnerships funding. This is a really great way that sports people can get involved and help us here at iThemba. Check out their website and our profile here. Signing up is really simple and we would so appreciate the support!