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In Technology this year, the Grade Six learners
have produced iMovie presentations on the food
processes involved in producing a popular local
South African food; they have used their MacBooks
to research images and write bylines for their post-
ers on water purification; they have emailed letters
on the benefits and costs of electricity and they have
researched circuit projects for their electricity task.
In Grade Five, our learners made posters on the
properties of different materials in Pic Collage on
their iPads and they researched self-propelling cars
and simple movement mechanisms for toys.
In Grade Four, the learners made iMovie pres-
entations to display their animal habitat projects in
the first quarter. In the second quarter, they made
iBooks on the different structures used in the mak-
ing of African huts.They also made iBooks on African
instruments and made iMovies of their 'body bands'
when studying energy and sound.
Jessica Fritz
TECHNOLOGY
This year has been an exceptionally exciting one
for our Robotics teams.At the commencement of
the year, the learners undertook a diagnostic test
and were then further divided into teams comprising
of three learners each. Certain teams were fortu-
nate enough to be entered into theWorld Robotics
Competition in August. The competition encour-
aged learners to design, make and programme their
Robots to complete certain tasks. The competition
was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The learners of all
teams are to be commended on their commit-
ment throughout the year and we congratulate the
learners who were ‘scouted’ for showing potential
to solve, create and programme.
Gavin McKinney
ROBOTICS
XHOSA
The Department of IsiXhosa helps
learners to grow linguistically. It teaches
them the many forms of the Xhosa language.
Learners are encouraged to apply the rules,
vocabulary and pronunciation of Xhosa
when speaking to other people. During the
year, the learners have learned the following:
verbs, present tense, future tense, recent past
tense, numbers. Exercises were done as a
continuous assessment after each lesson.
Thabisa Ntsadu
Public speaking has had a very successful year.
The children participated in this activity, during the
Cultural Hour. The children were taught not only
how to deliver speeches but also how to write them.
The public speaking children were taught how to
maintain eye contact and to look at their audience.
They were also taught how to stand and how to
prevent themselves from fidgeting and swaying
during a speech. We also took a look at the
importance of voice moderation, tempo and pitch.
The children learnt these lessons through the fun
roleplaying of how NOT to deliver a speech.
The children were taught the importance of
creating a captivating introduction. They were
also taught the importance of including real-life
anecdotes, quotes and humour into their speeches.
We also covered how a speech should end by
making the audience think about what you have said,
long after the speech was delivered.
The children had fun creating individual speeches
and group speeches. We covered a variety of topics
such as: “What is most important to me in my life”;
“Why we should help the less fortunate" and “How
language affects our ability to learn”. I am sure that
they have learnt crucial skills that they will be able to
use throughout their schooling and beyond.
Marina Goetze
PUBLIC SPEAKING
