Last week, we learnt some new position specific skills (e.g. line out throwing). This was to enable the children to consider their own strengths and the strengths of their team mates. Some of the boys excelled in the new skills and some found them more difficult, but this provided a great opportunity for the children to learn to appreciate the skills of their team mates. It also provided the coaches with opportunities to encourage...
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Our Easter holiday program was called Rescuers and we were considering how we can help and support other people. Therefore, we arranged for the Fire Brigade to speak to the young people. The Fire Brigade taught the young people about the equipment they use and what characteristics Firefighters need. As you can see, the young people really enjoyed the day. Our older boys also appreciated the careers advice they received from the...
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Just before the end of term, we ran an inter-community games week. This is an opportunity to bring together players from different communities in friendly competition. Lwandle played Sir Lowry’s Pass at Soccer (pictured above), Sir Lowry’s Pass played Macassar in rugby and our Macassar girls played a local school team at Netball. Everyone had a great time and it gave the coaches an opportunity to consider the next set of...
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Last week, we took a team of coaches to Villiersdorp, which is about an hours drive into the mountains. We went to teach a group of young people some basic volleyball skills so that they could make use of the volleyball net they have been given. The young people really enjoyed themselves and learnt the skills needed to play a game of volleyball. It is great to be able to support other projects that have a similar vision to ourselves...
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Last week, Miranda visited the Helderberg Academy. Miranda is planning to set up a soccer project in Muizenberg and came to see how the Academy is run. Miranda had a great time interacting with the boys at our projects at Lwandle and Sir Lowry’s Pass and this has given her some ideas of how to begin her project. We will continue to work with and support Miranda in the hope that she will be able to have a huge impact empowering...
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Last Friday, the Helderberg Academy team ran its first ever quiz night to raise funds and awareness of the work that they are doing. The evening was a great success with over 100 people in attendance. There was lots of laughter and competition for the top prize and honour of winning the first ever Helderberg Academy Quiz Night! As part of the evening, a raffle was held with some very generous prizes that had been donated from local...
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