Author: Tonie Konig

We have come to the end of the third term. We are very proud of the Riverside students for settling in so well into the new routine at school. We want to wish you all a wonderful, well-deserved holiday. Stay safe during the holiday and we look forward to seeing all our students back at school in the fourth term.

We want to take this opportunity to thank Miss Crause for her time at Riverside College and the effort, love and devotion she has put into the learners and the school. We wish her well in all her future endeavors. We also bid Teacher Amber farewell. We hope that she finds her new situation to be stimulating and challenging. [read more]

We are almost at the end of term 3 and I’m sure most of us can’t wait to have a well-deserved break. This whole year has been like none other before, but this term has definitely had its fair share of challenges. From starting off with e-learning, we made the gradual move back into the classrooms and we are so proud of how the learners met the challenge and adapted to the new rules that were set in place. As much as many of us enjoyed being at home, I think it was refreshing to come back to school, see our friends and start to feel a bit ‘normal’ again. As the assessments have officially ended hopefully the learners have worked hard and that it reflects in their results. I’m sure they have made their teachers, parents and themselves proud. [read more]

A thought on endurance…

ENDURANCE

Pushing to the limits
And then a little more
Preparing for the challenge
That may still be in store

We may not anticipate
The toll that things will take
But this is the commitment
That we did choose to make

And so we keep on going
The challenge drives us on
We would do this anyway
Even when this time is passed

This example of endurance
Is the bar we chose to set
An ongoing reminder
That we aren’t quite there yet

by Robert Langley [read more]

Digitalization

I had spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had to transfer some money. I could not resist the temptation and asked…

‘Dad, why don’t we activate your internet banking?’

‘Why would I want to do that?’ he asked…

‘Well so that you don’t need to spend hours here for something like a money transfer and then you can also do your shopping online!’

He asked, “If I do that, I won’t have to step out of the house?”

“Yes, yes”! I said. [read more]

Can you believe it is almost the end of the term already? Time does really fly, doesn’t it? With only a couple of assessments left, we wish all the learners the best of luck for the remaining ones. Please ensure that the learners have a nutritious breakfast at home and are well rested in the morning for their assessments. [read more]

Thinking Outside of the Box

In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan-shark. The loan-shark was a very old, unattractive looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner’s daughter.

He decided to offer the businessman a deal that would completely wipe out the debt he owed him. However, the catch was that we would only wipe out the debt if he could marry the businessman’s daughter. Needless to say, this proposal was met with a look of disgust. [read more]

We are starting our assessments next week which also means the end of term 3 is near! So far we have all been coping well with the new way of doing things. We need to keep working hard until the end and now will be the time for each learner to show what they are capable of. Thank you to all the parents who are helping their children to keep up. Make sure to get enough rest and prepare well in advance for the upcoming test week. Good luck to everyone! [read more]

Slowly but surely the learners are getting back into the swing of things and settling into their routines. They have thoroughly enjoyed being with their friends again, even though it has been from a distance. Humans are, by nature, social creatures and it is by being around others and sharing in every day’s trivialities with one another that we truly find strength in unity. [read more]

Life is a series of things that happen. Some expected, others totally unexpected. To live life, you only have one choice concerning the things that happen to you and that is the choice of how you will respond to these things. It is much easier to respond in a negative way, because a large number of people actually spend all their time been negative! The challenge, thus, is to stay positive in a negative situation. The funny thing is that the positive people often irritate the negative ones, because they thrive on sulking.  Yes, there definitely are many reasons to be worried and negative. Especially in 2020. [read more]

Welcome back to all the Grade 4 to 6 learners. We hope it has been a great week back at school and even though it is something new to get used to again, we really hope that you get used to the routine quickly. Keep on top of your work and make good use of any work time that you have as it is time to prepare for the test series that will be starting in September. [read more]