We were invaded by schools in the last week before the spring holiday break took hold. From the 17th to the 21st of September, we had 27 school visits. That appears to be, wait, I'm counting on my fingers .. lots and lots of visitors.
The grade sixers from the dual language (English and Afrikaans) Panorma Laerskool in Parow, below the Plattekloof hills, came on three different days. It was all very equitably divided: one English and one Afrikaans-speaking class on Monday. Another on Tuesday, with organiser and grade 6 teacher Annaretha du Plessis. And on the Wednesday, two more Grade 6 classes: one English, one Afrikaans. 179 kids in all.
The Panorama Primary School visits were combined with ORTech, where made a racing car complete with axles and wheels. Then it was the Ericsson auditorium for the science show (the students love the idea that things in your kitchen cupboard can be used to make disgusting smells, shapes and smokes) and up to enjoy the Panoramic (gettit?) view of Cape Town at the camera obscura and some time on the floor.
''I think we start in grade 3 with visits to the science centre. This is the third year we've taken grade 6s and I can tell you the response was very, very positive. They all enjoyed it,'' said Annaretha du Plessis. ''Some of the children said they're going to ask their parents to bring them to the science centre, they want to go back.''
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