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Thank you to the uMngeni Community for investing in the UCSI.
Laddsworth Ballet Dancers took part in the American Academy of Ballet Performance Awards, which took place on Saturday 2 November 2019 in Pietermaritzburg.
The 14 girls ranging from Grade One to Grade Seven, from Julia Powell Ballet, all received a medal and certificate.
Level 1: Claire Dottridge (Grade 1) – Silver with distinction
Level 2: Erin Ford (Grade 2) – Silver with distinction
Kayla Bisset (Grade 2) – Silver with distinction
Hannah van der Merwe (Grade 2) – Silver with distinction
Abigail Moodley (Grade 2) – Silver with distinction
Level 3: Emilia Stuart-Hill (Grade 3) – Silver with distinction
Faye Firth (Grade 3) – Silver
Lily Freeman-Smith (Grade 3) – Silver
Christina Heafield (Grade 3) – Silver
Level 4: Molly Whitley (Grade 5) – Silver
Level 6: Keziah Smith (Grade 6) – Silver with Double distinction
Ella Shuttleworth (Grade 7) – Silver with Double distinction
Camryn Heafield (Grade 7) – Gold
Level 8: Crystal Viljoen (Grade 6) – Gold
Crystal Viljoen and Camryn Heafield, who were awarded Gold, have both been offered partial scholarships to attend the American Academy of Ballet Summer School in New York in July 2020.
Congratulations to all our Ballet Dancers!
Pictured above
Front L-R: Erin Ford, Abigail Moodley
Back L-R: Kayla Bisset, Molly Whitley, Hannah van der Merwe
Pictured below Front L-R: Christina Heafield, Claire Dottridge, Faye Firth
Middle L-R: Emilia Stuart-Hill, Lily Freeman-Smith
Back L-R: Camryn Heafield, Crystal Viljoen, Ella Shuttleworth, Keziah Smith
News supplied by Laddsworth Primary School.
iBeaute Therapy owner and therapist, Corne Mouton, has some delightful gift ideas to bring some Christmas joy.
Wow, we have had a busy year. From March to November, we have paid our knitters over R150 000 and donated over 3 000 bears to various organisations in need. In November alone, our knitters have been working incredibly hard as we have had requests for over 800 bears in the lead up to Christmas.
We have also had an exciting new project producing bears made to order as the official gift for the 2019 Matric Leavers of St Anne's Diocesan College. We are thrilled to have been given this opportunity by the St Anne's Old Girls Guild!
More great news is The Care Bear Project has been sponsored as an official member of the Midlands Meander, and for the first time, our bears are now available at the shop at the Mandela Capture Site in Howick.
We could not achieve any of this without our sponsors, and in this regard we would like to thank all our donors, and very specifically the following companies and individuals who make regular monthly donations, without whom our project would not be possible:-
N3TC Changing Lives Campaign
Hard Asset Trust
Ndaka Safari Lodge
Zylem CC
Umhlanga Holiday Rentals
Moore Roadlife (Litres for Education Program)
Booking.Com
Monique and Phil Bowmaker
Brigid and Nils Lutz
Sharon and John McNair
Michael and Camilla Porter
Bev Sinclair and Bronwyn Gordon
Rian van der Merwe and his amazing family
News supplied by The Care Bear Project.
St Anne’s Diocesan College student, Esmé Thornhill-Davis, has been selected to compete in the 2020 World Individual Public Speaking Competition in Shanghai as part of the South African team.
Households in Winterskloof, Hilton are doing what they can to compensate for non-delivery of road repairs. We appreciate the efforts of the Klein and Rautnbach families whose garden workers; Steve Zondi (pictured here LHS) and Nkululeko Zuma (RHS) began clearing drainage inlets and digging furrows today to better manage the water flow during this rainy season. This project will hopefully reduce the damaging impact of heavy water pummeling lower sections of Valley Road.
Asked about her hopes and aspirations, Andiswa said: “I aim to achieve exposure in a way that benefits me, as well as our School Restaurant - and to mature in my career. The responsibilities I have been given will help me in my endeavour to develop within the culinary industry and, one day, I hope to look back, with pride, at the people I have impacted.” Andiswa is aware of the testing time ahead.
“Challenges in a kitchen become a way of life,” she says, adding that she deals with them by telling herself that challenges come, and they go. “They are a part of life,” is her philosophical approach. Having been a student and an employee at the school, Andiswa is familiar with the ethics here.
As a teenager she waitressed, and was employed as chef de partie at Hartford House, so she is confident she will fill the position effectively.
Born in the Eastern Cape and raised primarily in KwaZulu-Natal, Andiswa has dreams of being a successful businesswoman.
Pictured above Andiswa Mqudlana.
I'm writing this email to you with a heavy heart and unable to hold back tears. Today's storm and heavy rain has destroyed our cabin which is used by the Grade 2.
As I write I'm standing in the ruins not knowing what to do or where to turn. I'm devastated, worried, confused and anxious as I don't know where I will put my children tomorrow.
I'm writing to you for help, I have nowhere to turn. Not only that I have to take some of the kids with me home as their shacks have been destroyed. If you can help,please,please help me.
Supplied by Zandile at Never Never Land Creche.
Hilton Travel at lower Quarry Centre is a dropoff point for donations. So far stationery and toilet rolls have been requested.
News supplied.
St Anne's Diocesan College Grade 12s hitching a ride to their final exams on the estate tractor.
It's time for year end functions and Christmas parties and we are serving up great food!
Book Elements Exclusively for your event or party and get a three course meal and after dinner coffee for only R295.00 pp.
Message us or call 082 309 1778 to book!
We do not have a liquor license so you are very welcome to bring your own alcohol to enjoy with your meal.
News supplied by Elements Market Cafe.
Laddsworth siblings Finn Starling (Grade 4) and Noa Starling (Grade 1) competed in the KZN Judo Competition in Westville on Saturday 9 November 2019.
Hilton’s POSH Market rolls out annually at ANEW Hotel Hilton, 1 Hilton Avenue.
Come shopping and enjoy food; Mexican, Indian and Vegan plus Bean 2 Cup coffee, treats and lemonade. Lions River Craft Brewery and Charcoal & Smith Craft Gin will add a new dimension this year.
For the children; a dip in the pool, face painting, ice-cream and Father Christmas has been known to make a guest appearance.
Pop-up entertainment will include pipers and dancers; Spanish, contemporary, fire and belly dance.
Join us between 9am and 2pm on Monday, 16 December for fine shopping, food and drinks. Be early because you will get the best first and stay late for end of day specials!
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News supplied by Hilton's Posh Market.
The best Christmas present you can give a loved one who needs increased blood circulation is a month of Bemer Treatment.
It's time for year end functions and Christmas parties and we are serving up great food!
This past October, Rich Wyngaard and 6 others completed an extreme cycling challenge called Everesting. In an Everesting attempt, an individual cyclist attempts to cycle the vertical metres of Mount Everest in one go. That means doing a total of 8848m total vertical elevation gain. Rich organized the event to also raise awareness about the need for quality Early Childhood Development in Sweetwaters, and the work iThemba Projects does in this regard. iThemba believes if a child in Sweetwaters (a community of 60 000 people) can get the nutrition and early childhood stimulation they need to develop in their first 1000 days, these kids will have the potential to transform their world.Since investments in ECD have massive long-term impact, these off-road cyclists with a passion for adventure were invited to push their limits to unlock the potential in thousands of lives by raising money for improving ECD in Sweetwaters with iThemba Projects by completing an everlasting challenge.
Even though he was still recovering from chicken pox, Rich, the event organizer, still participated and completed 27 hours of continuous riding, completing the 8848 vertical meters. Most of the other riders completed the height in about 20 hours, with the youngest cyclist Willie van Eck, completing in a world-class 16 hours. One rider, Ann Blewett, completed a 34 hour ride, doing over 10 500 vertical meters, setting a new ladies record. Of the 8 riders who started, 7 completed the challenge. The course was on the Hilton College Estate. Because of the extreme nature of the event, Hilton College boys did not participate, but were challenged to contribute to iThemba through a 5 mile fun run later in the term, raising 30 thousand Rand for the cause.
“A lot of people we spoke to about this event said “Oh that’s impossible, you can’t do that,” says Rich about the event. “Yet what I’ve learned is that yes, something is hard, but it’s not impossible. The limits we put on ourselves are not real. The human body is an amazing thing. It’s just a matter of mindset and saying, “I will do this and no one can stop me.”
Rich is already dreaming up his next extreme cycling event - hoping for an Everesting world record in December, or an extreme endurance ride in the new year. “I hope along with the extreme cycling events, we can also have some awareness raised about a bigger issue,” says Rich. If kids can get the foundation they need in life, the possibility of impact on their world is limitless.
Attached is a photo of Rich (his instagram is rich_ridr )
News supplied by iThemba.
On average, our UP.Ed users have progressed 2.5 grades over the past 10 months. This means that if a learner started a section on a grade 8, they have worked through grade 8, grade 9 and are now busy with grade 10.
We are giving free demonstrations of the UP.Ed app to local schools. If you believe that a school could benefit from the app, kindly encourage them to contact us.
“What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.” –Chuck Grassley
News supplied by UP.Ed.
It is time for our EARLY CHRISTMAS SALE weekend - this coming weekend from Thursday, 14th, until Sunday, 17th November, from 9am to 4pm daily, we are offering 20% off all our plants!!
Unfortunately this does not include roses or citrus trees, as we buy these in, so they will only be discounted by 10%!
The nursery is full to bursting with our gorgeous, home grown plants at our usual reasonable prices, less 20%, so don't miss out on these amazing deals.
There is a lot of rain predicted so perhaps wear gumboots or schloompy shoes that you don't mind getting muddy!!
News supplied by Tanglewood Nursery.