hul kinders in 2010 vir die 2011 skooljaar ger egist reer het, bedank. Hy het met die v o l g e n d e woorde afges-luit: “ Doen altyd goed op elke moontlike manier en elke m o o n t l i k e plek, te alle tye en teenoor

almal. Doen goed solank as wat dit vir jou moontlik is” Op die foto’s verskyn al die nuwelinge wat “cheese “ vir die kamera geskree het. Me Hartnick met Graad R, Mev. E. L. Koeberg met Graad 1A, Mev S. S. Andrew met Graad 1B en Me. T. P. Msezeni.

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Die nuwe skooljaar vir 2011 het begin en vir baie van die nuwe Graad R tot Graad 2tjies was dit ‘n wonderlike en uitdagende ervaring. Blink gewas en uitgevat in hul splinternuwe skool uniforms, het hulle met breë glimlagte en groot oë hoewel tog ‘n bietjie bangerige, The Crags Primêr op Maandag 17 Januarie 2011, ingevaar. Die oggend het goed afgeloop. Alle leer-ders was reeds geregistreer en in klasse verdeel sodat ondderig en leer op die eerste dag kon plaasvind. Daar is twee nuwe onderwysers Mnr. J. Du Rand vir Graad 7-9 en Mej. C. Links vir Graad 6, aangestel. Die opvoeders was tydens byeenkoms in die skool-saal ‘n voorspoedige jaar by die skool toegewens. Die prinsipaal het die ouers teen-woordig daaraan herinner dat hul eienaarskap van hul skool moet neem en so meehelp dat hulle die skool ‘n opvoedkundige inrigting, waarop almal

in die gemeenskap trots kan wees, maak. Hy het beklemtoon dat basiese opvoeding en dissipline ‘n aangeleentheid is wat by die huis moet begin. Leerders moet die taak vir die opvoeders in die klaskamer makliker maak, deur kwaliteit samewerk-ing te gee en die regte ingesteldheid te openbaar ten einde ‘n leersituasie in die klas te skep. Hy het ook die ouers wat

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Cape for 17 years, and for a brief flash in time, history was reversed until once again man intervened. We have had a high success rate with treating our Rehabilitation patients espe-cially when they are brought to us time-ously by the community and as many as 133 have been safely released back into nature during 2010. The friendly little bush pig ‘Snorkey’ who was destined for the pot, was released at Amakhala Game Reserve where he promptly made himself at home at one of their 5 star lodges be-fore being banished to an uninhabited section of the reserve and is now ‘best friends’ with a Black Rhino. Last year we rehabilitated 64 African Pen-guins and most of these were success-fully released through both SAMREC in Port Elizabeth and SANCCOB in Cape Town. African Penguin populations have plummeted over the last 4 years and their status has recently been upgraded to ‘Endangered’. Without an urgent and collective intervention by conservation bodies, Rehabilitation Centres and the community we may see Penguins be-come extinct in the wild in the next 5 years. Rehabilitating Caracals which have been displaced from the wild, remains one of our priorities and the biggest challenge is to find safe places for them to return to the wild. Gondwana Game Reserve ac-

A BUSY 2010 FOR TENIKWA REHABILITATION CENTRE

Tenikwa’s Rehabilitation Centre has been really busy over the last year with an in-flux of penguin’s and lots of injured or abandoned wildlife. Our Rehabilitation Centre is quite unique in that we accept Marine as well as Terrestrial animals and birds. Of the 260 creatures admitted in 2010, we treated a variety of species such as Dui-kers, Blacked backed Jackal pups, Cara-cal Cubs, Bat Eared Foxes, a Pole Cat which we nicknamed “Domino”, Brown Hooded Kingfishers, Knysna Loeries, Black backed Gulls, Penguins and even a yearling sub-Antartic Seal and a newly born Cape Fur Seal. We were privileged to treat & release a rare ‘Ludwig’s Bus-tard’ which was found in Plettenberg Bay. One of the tragedies we witnessed was a Serval caught in a gintrap which we tried to treat but it later had to be euthanized by our vet due to the extent of it’s injuries. Servals have been extinct in the Western

cepted 2 such Caracal recently from Tenikwa for ‘soft’ release and another 2 were released at other suitable locations. Our monthly animal clinics in Kurland Village have received remarkable sup-port from the community and we have seen a definite improvement in the over-all condition of the animals and compas-sion shown by their owners. Tenikwa sponsored 2 successful Sterilization Clin-ics last year in the village where 173 township animals were sterilised. We are grateful to the local vets from Plett & Knysna for their support in this regard. Our school children program for this year included several snare sweeps on vacant land to combat the continuous depletion of our wildlife through bush meat trade. Through our Awareness Centre, which is open to the Public, we continue to raise awareness about threats facing the wild-life in the Garden Route, much of this man made and give our community and visitors the opportunity to see the Indige-nous Cats of South Africa . We are open 7 days a week. Come along to The Crags and meet our Indigenous Cats of South Africa and know that you are sup-porting the Rehabilitation and outreach work that we do. If you come across any injured Wildlife please contact Cape Nature on 044 802 5316 or Tenikwa on 044 534 8170 or for Penguins (Plett to Tsitsikamma ) Len 082 414 4416, (Buffalo Bay to Plett) Eve Joubert on 083 414 6730 or (George /Mossel Bay area) Carol Walton on

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knew what they want to be-come and the challenges lying ahead. Leslie-Ann wants to study Law, Norman - Infor-mation Technology and Carli wants to be a Doctor, with their great results, enthusi-asm and determination any-thing is possible. They had this to say to some of the young people in our commu-nity “The young people must not give up and always try to do their best, with God any-thing is possible and always try to do your best in every-thing, in order to achieve

great results is to sacrifice some of the activities that you enjoy and dedicate your time on your studies”. The community need to realize the only to financial free-dom is to invest in the future of our chil-dren and remember if the is no youth then the is no future. Masizakhe Members would like to con-gratulate those who pass their exams and matriculants, wish them all the best way forward. To those who didn’t make it we would like to encourage them to go back and try again.

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CONGRATULATIONS CRAGS 2010 GRADE 12 LEARNERS!

What a great achievement from 2010 matriculates from Crags and Plettenberg Bay area, with the Witterdrift High School 100 % pass rate, 59 % exemptions, 39 % Distensions and this what the principal: Mr. Andre’ Bouwer has to say “ We are very blessed for the student that dedi-cated themselves and worked hard, stu-dents from the Crags are wonderful chil-dren. I would like to thank Born In Africa, Bitou 10 Foundation and Michael and Nicole from the Learning Centre for the outstanding work in equipping young peo-ple” Plettenberg Bay Secondary achieved 81.1 % with 13 Exemptions and 43 Di-ploma candidates. Mr. Selwyn Bowers – the principal was very pleased with the students achievement and said “It’s amazing what we can achieve if Teacher’s, Students and Parents work together towards one goal, well done”. This is what 3 of the Kurland Village stu-dents Leslie-Ann Camphor, Norman Malatji & Carli Julies that achieved out-standing results have to say “We are very excited about their future and it was not easy but with hard work, determination and support from our Parents and families we were able to make them proud” what excited me most was the fact that they

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