Nota Bene Learning Centre

Nota Bene Grade R Graduation day: 4 December 2020. Today we celebrated our Grade R learners, they have made it through this difficult year and will be going to Grade 1 in 2021.. We are so proud of them! 💕

Edukinetics

Hierdie Tannie Kinetika het dié week haar laaste Edukinetics les aangebied 😥💔

'n Gedagte, 'n droom en toe 'n werklikheid. Waar begin 'n mens met jou dankies aan iemand wat saam help bou het aan so 'n werklikheid? 💐

Thank you for the early mornings, late nights, behind the scenes work, tears wiped, smiles left, and tiny hands you held so selflessly. But most of all, thank you for the confidence you built, the stories you listened to and the wonder and curiosity that you instilled in the little minds we have the privilege of working with everyday. 👣

We will miss you Teacher Laurien! We wish you all the best for your new adventure. Please know that you will ALWAYS be a part of our Edukinetics family. 💚💙

Do you have the experience and necessary qualifications? We are looking for you to join our team! Please send your CV to [email protected]

Nota Bene Learning Centre

Everyone at Nota Bene are Super Hero's! Today we decided to display this by dressing up as a Super Hero. The learners loved it! Thanks to the parents for all the efforts.. 😁👩‍🏫👨‍⚖️👨‍🌾👨‍🍳

Everyone at Nota Bene are Super Hero's! Today we decided to display this by dressing up as a Super Hero. The learners loved it! Thanks to the parents for all the efforts.. 😁👩‍🏫👨‍⚖️👨‍🌾👨‍🍳

Brainiacs Tutoring

Math Antics describes the basics of Algebra. Our Grade 6 learners are starting to learn about Algebra and how it is used. It is very important to have a good foundation of this concept in order to fully understand it. This video makes it easy!
Source: YouTube

Edukinetics

💡DID YOU KNOW💡

That the regions in the brain that are responsible for MOVEMENT are also the regions that are involved in HIGHER LEVEL THINKING? 🧠🧐📚

Regular physical activity throughout the day is so important for a developing mind! 👣⛹️‍♂️🚴‍♂️🤸‍♀️🏊‍♂️

A moving child is a learning child💙💚

[10/10/20]   The Nota Bene Learners and Staff took on the Jerusalema challenge! Let us know what you think? 😁 Thank you @waydemichaeldavy for putting the video together for us!

The Nota Bene Team celebrated the up and coming Teacher's day with a breakfast at Skilpadvlei. Such a wonderful way to build our amazing team.

Nadia Barnard, one of our directors, is celebrating her birthday today. We wish her a very special day filled with lots of love and happiness! 🥳 Thank you for everything you do for us and always believing in us Aunty Nadia!

Edu-Play Group

Here’s a beautiful and insightful look into the journey of one of our own Mom’s of a Mito warrior and founder of Sparrow House Fund.

“MIA: Our Mitochondrial Hero

Now 9, diagnosed at the age of 5 with Mithochondrial complex 2 enzyme deficiency.

Unsuspected 1st time parents, leaving initial nervousness behind, the excitement took hold….our first born!!! Yay…how amazing!
Dreaming about what she will become, wondering who she will become, how beautiful she will be, praying for her future husband, her life, and then we met her 1 June 2011.
but then as time passed we realized, ….something was not right…..

Late physical development, very little verbal communication…doing her own thing, own world, not very active, looking tired a lot. Not quite what we imagined.
So, who is this little one?
And so, our journey started, at age 2, with therapists, psychologists, dr’s, the experts to ‘fix’ this delay (hahaha- very naïve mommy) but no amount of therapy, medication, prayer, dietary changes and money spent, ‘fixed’ my beautiful daughter.
THEN eventually at age 5 we got the diagnosis: MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE.

…..my tears were never far…always so eager to spill over……

How, why, what, whereto, ….

Shattering our ‘normal’ into pieces……God gave us a new perspective on this beautiful girl…..yes she is different, yes she is tired all the time, yes she is dependent on people around her, yes she can’t talk yet, yes her sisters get irritated, yes we are limited, yes to so many difficult challenges we face daily BUT
YES!! SHE IS ALIVE!!

We have so much to be thankful for, Mia’s eyes and smile can say 1000 words, we just had to learn a new way to look at this GIFT from GOD- He wrapped her a bit differently you see….

We just need some patience to unwrap what is really inside. Surprisingly, as we unwrap this gift called MIA, we grow in love, we change, become softer, better, stronger…and all of this because of Mia…our little Mito Hero.

We have started the SPARROW HOUSE FOUNDATION to help us give Mia and in the future other Mito warriors, the BEST care, therapy and education they so need.

A good friend and mentor once said….If it’s not good, it’s not the end…….please help us to keep going……

Thanks to Yvette for her initiative to help us, not only raise awareness but also money for our Mito hero, Mia.

Mia’s mom, Ilse”

Please remember to show your support and purchase your stickers for R10! We would love to share more awareness and make a difference.💚

Our rugby boys were so happy that they received their rugby jerseys today! Thank you Rugga Roots 😁 watch this space - these are the next Springboks! 🏉 🇿🇦

Please support us! We are selling Jaffles on the 30th of September 😁 Please share with friends and family 😁

Enjoying the sunshine with Nina’s Ice Cream🍦

Autism Resources South Africa

The Square Peg Festival will be held at Groot Phisantekraal, Durbanville on 19 September 2020 - showcasing products and services available to everyone on the Autism spectrum.

The Grade 2 and 3s are learning about patterning and they had such fun creating and designing their own patterns ☀️🌙☀️🌙☀️🌙

Bak en brou is hulle gunsteling! 🧁🍪🍰

A few of the Grade RR and Rs did their orals this week! The theme was : What do you want to be one day. We had doctors, mechanics, hulks and professional gamers 😁 We are inspired by these young minds 🌈

We are excited for the start of Term 3 tomorrow... Let's empower, embrace and enjoy the journey. If you need any guidance from your teachers, please do not hesitate to ask them. Nota Bene Learning Centre has professional and knowledgeable teachers who love and have passion for what they do 🌈

Happy Womens day!

Edukinetics

🤸‍♀️Another week full of FUN and ACTIVE learning 🤸‍♂️

Hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend! 🌞🌸🌿

Nota Bene received alot of blankets to donate for Mandela Day! We were so lucky to see the glow in people's faces when we gave them a blanket.. Thank you to everyone who made this possible 🙏

Today we had a visit from a CoronaTaurus! The learners (and teachers) loved it! Thanks to @theengraveslave for the visit! Roar! 🦖🦕

The Grade RR-R's did a sensory activity with jelly and small rubber toys today.
The learners had to take the rubber toys out of the jelly with their hands and tell their teacher what each toy was.
They also had an opportunity to taste the jelly!
It looked like alot of fun! 🐄🐂🐴🐱🐈🐒

Please collect blankets and drop them off at Nota Bene Learning Centre.. We will distribute them to those in need. We are doing our share for Mandela day 🤗🌸

Please share and tell your friends all about Nota Bene Learning Centre... Enrollments for 2020 and 2021 now open.. Limited spots available.. 🙏 For learners with Barriers to Learning and need that special touch💕

The intermediate class enjoyed their art today. They will be adding twigs and leaves to make funky hairstyles next week 🌿🍃🍂🍁

Happy Birthday to our special Tannie Charmaine!!!! We love you to bits and hope that you had a wonderful Birthday!!!!!!

This week the Grade 2-3's are learning about life cycles 🌸

The life cycle of a frog
Die lewensiklus van 'n padda

The life cycle of a chicken
Die lewensiklus van 'n hoender

The life cycle of a butterfly
Die lewensiklus van 'n skoenlapper

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Kyk hoe oulik lyk die Graad RR-R klas met hulle nuwe maskers 💕

Our grade 1s had a great week at school... They have been amazing with the new routines with regards to mask breaks and practicing social distancing during lunch breaks! 🎭💕

The grades 2-6 did art on the stoep today while practicing our social distancing... It's been a good 2 weeks back at school 🏫