Social Activities for Home Schooling Children
Please advise if you are aware of or run any social activities for home schoolers so that I can include the details below.
Gauteng
Johannesburg Zoo Honey Badgers Club
The Johannesburg Zoo runs the Honey Badgers Club once a month on a Tuesday morning from 09h00 till 14h00 for homeschooling children aged 7 to 14 (ie. Grade 1 - Grade 7). The club focuses on the animal information and welfare of the Zoo animals. Your children will have the chance to learn what being a Zoo-keeper is all about. Membership is R450 a year.
Click here for the 2013 dates and Application Forms.
Northgate / Kempton Park Ice Arena
Home School Families are invited to get together one Friday a Month at the Northgate or Kempton Park Ice Arenas to enjoy a social event specifically for home schoolers. Contact Kathy le Cordeur on 011 679 4241 or Nelia de Meillon on 0828502100 / [email protected] (Northgate) or Joan Truby (Kempton Park) on 011 849 8250 for more information.
Tuisskool Koor in Roodepoort
'n Koor vir tuisskolers onder leiding van 'n professionele sang instruktrise met meer as 30 jaar se ondervinding in die lei van kore en sing in kore. Daar is 'n voorskoolse koor, 'n koor vir Gr. 1 - Gr. 7 en 'n hoërskool koor. Die kore kom bymekaar op Dinsdae vanaf 11h30 tot 13h15. Optredes is twee keer per kwartaal. Tydens die oefeninge kuier die ma's saam. Vir meer inligting kontak Magda Pieterse by Tel. 082 546 8555 of Epos [email protected]
Minor Melodies !! (4 – 6 years old) in Roodepoort
Meeting once a week...
Social interaction and many friends...
Learning about: Musical Instruments (String, percussion, brass, woodwind), The Orchestra, Bands & Keyboards,Rhythm, Beat, Tempo, Dynamics & Melody, Folk Music, Dramatic Improvisation & Dance, Instrument Making, Composers (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven & Aaron Copland). Meeting on Tuesday mornings from 11:30 – 12:00 in the Roodepoort, Johannesburg area. (Corner of Cutten- and Raath streets in Horison). Contact Magda Pieterse – 082 546 8555 or [email protected]
Netball
Celia Prinsloo runs Netball teams for all ages at various different schools across Johannesburg. Practice is once a week and children have opportunities to play matches against one another. Contact Celia on 082 851 0973.
SACSSA Athletics
The South African Christian Schools Sport Association (SACSSA) is an organisation that arranges sport events for private Christian schools. Clik here to visit their website. SACSSA arranges sport events on regional, provincial and national level.
The Association for Homeschooling has had discussions with SACSSA, and SACSSA offered homeschooling parents their assistance. Homeschooling parents can contact a SACSSA representative in their region, and this SACSSA representative will give them information about private schoosl in their area that is part of SACSSA. There children can then take part in the sport activities at that school, and through the school they can take part in regional, provincial and national events arranged by SACSSA.
The contact details of SACSSA representatives in the various regions are given below:
The Johannesburg Zoo runs the Honey Badgers Club once a month on a Tuesday morning from 09h00 till 14h00 for homeschooling children aged 7 to 14 (ie. Grade 1 - Grade 7). The club focuses on the animal information and welfare of the Zoo animals. Your children will have the chance to learn what being a Zoo-keeper is all about. Membership is R450 a year.
Click here for the 2013 dates and Application Forms.
Northgate / Kempton Park Ice Arena
Home School Families are invited to get together one Friday a Month at the Northgate or Kempton Park Ice Arenas to enjoy a social event specifically for home schoolers. Contact Kathy le Cordeur on 011 679 4241 or Nelia de Meillon on 0828502100 / [email protected] (Northgate) or Joan Truby (Kempton Park) on 011 849 8250 for more information.
Tuisskool Koor in Roodepoort
'n Koor vir tuisskolers onder leiding van 'n professionele sang instruktrise met meer as 30 jaar se ondervinding in die lei van kore en sing in kore. Daar is 'n voorskoolse koor, 'n koor vir Gr. 1 - Gr. 7 en 'n hoërskool koor. Die kore kom bymekaar op Dinsdae vanaf 11h30 tot 13h15. Optredes is twee keer per kwartaal. Tydens die oefeninge kuier die ma's saam. Vir meer inligting kontak Magda Pieterse by Tel. 082 546 8555 of Epos [email protected]
Minor Melodies !! (4 – 6 years old) in Roodepoort
Meeting once a week...
Social interaction and many friends...
Learning about: Musical Instruments (String, percussion, brass, woodwind), The Orchestra, Bands & Keyboards,Rhythm, Beat, Tempo, Dynamics & Melody, Folk Music, Dramatic Improvisation & Dance, Instrument Making, Composers (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven & Aaron Copland). Meeting on Tuesday mornings from 11:30 – 12:00 in the Roodepoort, Johannesburg area. (Corner of Cutten- and Raath streets in Horison). Contact Magda Pieterse – 082 546 8555 or [email protected]
Netball
Celia Prinsloo runs Netball teams for all ages at various different schools across Johannesburg. Practice is once a week and children have opportunities to play matches against one another. Contact Celia on 082 851 0973.
SACSSA Athletics
The South African Christian Schools Sport Association (SACSSA) is an organisation that arranges sport events for private Christian schools. Clik here to visit their website. SACSSA arranges sport events on regional, provincial and national level.
The Association for Homeschooling has had discussions with SACSSA, and SACSSA offered homeschooling parents their assistance. Homeschooling parents can contact a SACSSA representative in their region, and this SACSSA representative will give them information about private schoosl in their area that is part of SACSSA. There children can then take part in the sport activities at that school, and through the school they can take part in regional, provincial and national events arranged by SACSSA.
The contact details of SACSSA representatives in the various regions are given below:
- Eastern Cape
Email : [email protected] - Freestate
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (057) 651 5459 - Gauteng
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (011) 823 4437
Web : www.gautsacssa.co.za - Kwazulu Natal
Email : [email protected] - Limpopo
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (014) 785 0386 - Mpumalanga
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (017) 811 2459 / (083) 270 6584 - Vaal West
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (018) 484 2156 Uitb. 132 - Western Cape
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (023) 614 3657