Dear school community, dear colleagues, dear parents and learners As term 3 of 2021 draws to a close, I would like to provide you with the latest news from the DSK. While the third Covid wave peaked in the Western Cape at the beginning of term 3 and some learners and staff members of the […]
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Pic 1: Dress Up Day – grades 1-5 at the DSK Cape Town having fun together. Pic 2: Book week fun at the Tygerberg satellite school. South Africa was celebrating National Book Week from 6 to 10 September 2021. The Primary School of the DSK was participating with a special project week, celebrating our
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Every two years, German schools in southern Africa get together and compete against each other in the prestigious Schulolympiade. This is where the best learners boast their talents in their respective age groups in disciplines of athletics, various ball games and swimming. The next Schulolympiade will take place in March 2022 at the DSJ (German
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On Friday, 3 September Kirsten Fitschen took part in the Western Cape Provincial Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Somerset West and won gold in the U7 age group for Level 3. Well done, Kirsten! You also seem to be an excellent climber! Rhythmic gymnastics combines ballet and creative movements to music, while working with ribbons,
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In the picture: Family Danner – Mom Petra, dad Franz und Sohn Paul (4a); Family Gerntholtz – Mom Heike, with sons Daniel (6a) and Lucas (5a) as well as foster daughter Taylor Rimmel (11c) Just before the winter holidays, K.I.D.S. organised a can collection for Ladles of Love. This Cape Town based non-profit organization is dedicated
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The Prelim IEB Examsstarted on the 20th of August and have just finished this week. The IEB NSC is a Proudly South African qualification that is equivalent to the UK AS level. In addition, Advanced Programme Mathematics and Advanced Programme English are equivalent to the UK A levels. The IEB has also had past learners
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Over the weekend of 28 and 29 August, Ariane Janata-Burns, Aline Schloemann and Jessica and Kirsten Fitschen competed in the largest ever Western Cape Climbing Provincial Championships. Jessica was crowned U11 Female Lead Climbing Champion by winning gold on Saturday at CityRock in Paarden Island and then followed that up by being crowned U11
Photo credit: Melissa Maeder Photography, permission obtained through the rider’s mother. The FEI World Dressage Competition took place over the weekend of the 28th and 29th of August 2021.Kalea Lagesse and her pony Rivendell’s Golde won the final Youth Event on Sunday and came second in the Warm Up event on Saturday. There was
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On Enrolment Day on 4 September 2021, we welcomed our new learners and parents of the 2022 Grade 5 English Stream. The visiting families split up and the learners got to meet their peers and were taken on a tour. At the same time, their parents attended a presentation given by the joint Heads
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A Birthday on Spring Day The Tygerberg School celebrated Spring Day by congratulating Frau Hahne to her birthday on 1 September. The children made cards and wrote stories, played their instruments and afterwards we enjoyed a delicious cake baked by the teacher. Due to current Covid-19 regulations, we could unfortunately not organise our usual