The Flag of Zimbabwe

For the sake of our Zimbabwean Bible student, Michelle Moyo, and our Gurure family, we have decided to hoist a Zimbabwean flag as part of our representation of different nationalities represented here at Langeberg Christian Fellowship. There was a tear shed by Michelle as it was hoisted for the first time.

• As the above picture of the Zimbabwe Flag indicates the flag has:
  • seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green
  • a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side
• According to Ancient and Heraldic traditions much symbolism is associated with colors. The colors on the Zimbabwe flag represent the following:
  • Yellow – mineral wealth
  • White – peace and honesty
  • Red – blood shed to achieve independence, hardiness, bravery, strength & valour
  • Black – stands for the native people
  • Green – the land and agriculture, hope, joy and love and in many cultures have a sacred significance

On a Roll – 1st Term 2011

Today we decided to have an “On a Roll” Honour Roll outing. A map of South Africa was given to the students and on pages 46 and 47 a circle indicating a 65km radius was drawn. The students were then given 5 minutes to decide where they would like to go within that radius. The five students consisting of Samantha Butcher, Karen and Clarise Gurure, Jean-Daniel Kretzen and Mackayla Grahame chose to do a sight seeing trip, and so we headed off to the BIG town of Ladismith. From Heidelberg we drove to Riversdale, through the Garcia Pass to Ladismith.

 

It was a perfect day for travel and very soon we arrived at our destination. We had lunch on the side of the road which was most enjoyable, and then we had something to drink at the local coffee shop. Outside the coffee shop, we saw this huge elephant sculpture which had been made by a very creative sculptor. He definitely is into “heavy metal”, much to Samantha’s delight.

The elephant has been constructed from all sorts of metal objects, ranging from camshafts, bicycle gears, spades, old balustrade rails,  hedge clippers and steering wheels from tractors. Anyway, if you look carefully at the photo, you will find more than I can mention. From there we departed, much to Clarises disgust, as she was left behind, on purpose, under the instruction from her sister Karen. The look on Clarises face when she came out the coffee shop would have made a perfect picture for the lost and found column in the local newspaper.

 

From Ladismith, we then …. ( oh yes, we did pick Clarise up to carry on with the journey) went on to Barrydale to show Jean-Daniel what lustre on a rock looks like. It seems the trip got to Jean-Daniel a bit, as he demonstrated to us how a cow goes ….maaaaaaaa and a sheep goes ….. mooooooooooo. We all had a good laugh. Through the Tradouw Pass we came across a big troop of baboons which we tried to photograph. They are definitely not related to the Cape Point baboons, as these ones ran away when we stopped.

We arrived home on time, as all good students should to be picked up by the respective parents. Well done to the Senior class on their good performance for this term, and we look forward to next terms outing. Yihaaaah!!!!!

No horsing around with this little girl…..

Hullo, my name is Cheyanne Hall and I love horse riding. My horses name is Patrys and she is a brown horse with a black mane and a black tail. Patrys is a pony, and we just love being together. She loves to eat that yellow stuff, (that’s what we call hay) and pills ( pellets) and she likes to ride with me and stuff.
 
Recently we took part in an event at the show. I had to walk my horse into the arena and once we were in the arena I climbed into the saddle. The man who was there told us to take our horses for a trot around the arena. When we had finished trotting, the man gave me a red rosette. I was very excited when I saw that Patrys and I had won 1st place. I then hugged and kissed Patrys. I really like my horse.

Congratulations!!!!

It seems that working as a teacher has its benefits when it comes to family numbers being added to. Mrs. Corne’ Janse van Rensburg recently left the school to go and add to her family by having the beautiful twins, John and Anja. Now, our Grade 1 teacher, Mrs. Catherine Smith, is following suite. We congratulate Geoff and Cath on their forthcoming addition.

The little “yellow” thingy!!!!!!

At all ACE schools, there is a piece of paper that is issued to the children as a notification of a corrective measure. This piece of paper is issued when there has been a violation of some sort or another on behalf of the pupil. This piece of paper is not to be seen as a form of punishment, although it may at times give that impression. It is often received with horror (a dent in my pride), with shock (what are my parent’s going to say?), with anger (I have been caught out), with disgust (why am I being reprimanded when you do the same thing) or with a “Sorry Sir / Miss (because I know and admit that I have done wrong).

Well, this week we thought we would add a twist to the daily routine, and ask the children to demerit us staff members, so we can see where our shortcomings are. And what an interesting day it proved to be. Some of the comments ranged from ……”This must be the best day of my life” to …… “Really, I can’t believe we are being given this opportunity.” 

A few teachers commented on some of the pupils armed with pens in their socks, the little “yellow” thingy’s in their hands, walking around looking for an unsuspecting “customer”. I myself received one for wearing nail polish on my toes. It proved to be a bit weird, considering I had closed shoes on, so how did they know I had my toenails painted. Some children have been blessed with a wonderful gift of discernment. Thank you Jesus, it’s finally paying off, all these prayers that are going out to the children.

Anyway, at the end of the day, the little “yellow” thingy’s were collected and the comments tallied up to see what had transpired during class time and break time. I must say, it was very interesting to say the least. Well done children, the matter will be seen to, the teachers given their detention slips, to BE SIGNED BY THEIR PARENTS and returned the next day for action to be taken.

For those who aren’t to sure what I have been talking about, the little “yellow” thingy is a …… Demerit slip.

On the positive side, many merits were also handed out. The experiment proved to be most rewarding and thought provoking. It brought to mind this scripture ……

1 John 3:18

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.