Die wind in die baai het gaan lê Die wind in die baai het gaan lê en rondom het dit oor Houtbaai, oor Kampsbaai en by Seepunt wit koppe bly waai. Maar, in die baai het die wind gaan lê: alles wil toegesluit lyk – byna veilig -; en ‘n seun het in ‘n blikskuitjie [...]
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To do or not to do
Posted in education, educational issues, General, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans songs, AG Visser, art, blues, braille choir, children's choir, Die wind het in die baai gaan le, education, gedig oor wind, Kentuky Blues, kids, kinderkoormusiek, Kinders van die Wind, Lauren Copley, music files, NP van Wyk-Louw, Prinshof skool koor, Rosa Rosarum, school, School for visually disabled students Pretoria, Secondary school, South African music, Sweef soos 'n arend, teaching, wind on 18/09/2009 | 10 Comments »
Le Jeu des échecs moralisé
Posted in Chess, Discipline, education, Jacobus de Cessolis, Latin, Le Jeu des echecs moralise, Society, The Moralized Game of Chess, tagged 13th Century writings, Cessolis, Chess, Chess and education, Chess and Society, chess quote, Discipline, education, Jacobus de Cessolis, Lasker, Latin, Le Jeu des echecs moralise, Society, The Moralized Game of Chess on 12/06/2008 | 7 Comments »
Images: http://roseandchess.lib.uchicago.edu/chess.html “When you see a good move, look for a better one” (Emanuel Lasker) In real life…when you want to do something good…try something better instead! Chess can be used, at least indirectly, as a component of character education. Michael Potts, “Chess and Aristotle’s Ethics,” in Chess and Education: Selected Essays from the [...]
Memories
Posted in Animation, dipping cattle, education, General, long term memory, memories, piano movie, piano story, short term memory, tagged Animation, dipping cattle, education, Elvis Presley, long term memory, memories, memory movies, memory quotes, music videos, piano movie, piano story, short term memory on 29/04/2008 | 4 Comments »
image: artfiles.art.com Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years Memories What kind of memories flash through your mind if I ask you about your childhood?… I think we all have some wonderful memories [...]
Show you care
Posted in Earth Day, Earth Day 2008, Earth day movies, education, environment, Environmental care, global warming, History of Earth Day, recycle, videos, tagged 5 most efficient green cars, Audubon, BBC Motion gallery, bird life, BMW 318d, conservation, earth, Earth Day, Earth day movies, ecosystems, education, environment, Environmental care, Fiat 500, Ford Focus Econetic, Ford Kuga, global warming, green cars, History of Earth Day, recycle, videos, VW Polo Bluemotion, wildlife on 21/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think enough has been said about our planet and what we should do…I think it’s just a case of everybody should do their bit and make sure you do it well. On the links in this post you can find different activities and I’m posting one activity only… this one is taking place in [...]
Bad for children?
Posted in education, tagged Children, education, Simpsons, TV-series on 09/04/2008 | 6 Comments »
This is quite interesting… I do sometimes watch the Simpsons…but overall I’ve always thought it’s not a good program for children. People have different views and values in life. What do you think? CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has forced U.S. cartoon “The Simpsons” off its airwaves, calling the show a potentially bad influence on children, [...]
Nothing better?
Posted in education, football, rugby, tagged David Beckham, education, football, rugby on 06/04/2008 | 2 Comments »
Man in the News: David Beckham I don’t have anything against football… I will watch it, only if it’s the world cup, only then and I won’t watch all the countries and if I miss a game, it’s not the end of the world…but, I love rugby, won’t miss one single world cup game and when I’m [...]
Afrikaans in Kiwi school
Posted in Afrikaans, culture, Dutch, education, languages, New Zealand, South Africa, tagged Afrikaans, culture, Dutch, education, languages, New Zealand, South Africa on 19/03/2008 | 10 Comments »
Your mothertongue is part of your culture. Wherever you go, it will be part of you. You can’t just “drop” it and say….it’s not part of me anymore…Like a switch which you turn off…..and one…. culture is you…it’s not the type that you grow in a petri dish…but I think some people need to “grow” their [...]
Science Experiment
Posted in education, iron, science, tagged cience experiment, education, iron, science on 06/11/2007 | 2 Comments »
A Test for iron! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Toondoo
Posted in cartoons, education, Literacy, toondoo, tagged cartoons, creative writing, education, Literacy, toondoo on 24/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the image for a larger view! This is a fun website…Toondoo.com…..you can create your own cartoons..like mine! easy to drag pictures….try it out! It is fun…even more for kids!! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
"Olympic" medals for South African Maths Team
Posted in education, Maths, South Africa, tagged education, International Mathematical Olympiad, Mathematics, Maths South Africa, South Africa on 17/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, this article dates back to 2004! But still, that shows you that SA was NEVER that behind with Maths as earlier reports said, I think it was in the middle 90′s! I mean, our Maths couldn’t pick up THAT fast!!! If you read the report of the 90′s, you will see which parts of [...]
WHAT!!??
Posted in discrimination, education, educational issues, news, racism, school, tagged America, discrimination, education, educational issues, news, racism, school on 27/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Click on images to read… By reading this article, I first thought, when I saw the link…”oh no, must be in South Africa”….and then….following the link….goodness gracious!!! America!!!!! THE country….of all that think they are well clear of “racism”…wow!! Read here the article of the first one further… Second article can be found here..… http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
One Laptop per child
Posted in computers, education, laptops on 26/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Follow this link to read more… Read this article on the BBC’s sitetoo…. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Peer Gynt
Posted in Animation, classical music, Eduard Grieg, education, Grieg, Hall of Mountain King, Hendrik Ibsen, Mountain King, music, music videos, Norwegian composers, Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt animation, Peer Gynt for children, Radio3, tagged Anitra's Dance, classical music, Eduard Grieg, education, Hendrik Ibsen, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Mountain King, music, music videos, Norwegian composers, Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt animation, Peer Gynt for children, Radio 3, trolls, youtube videos on 21/09/2007 | 5 Comments »
Chris from My kop op ‘n blok inspired me to write about Peer Gynt. I read his post about Peer Gynt and that took me back to my secondary school when I was 14. Our music teacher discussed the story about the music/play of Peer Gynt, composed by Edvard Grieg. I loved it, and “Anitra’s [...]
I wonder….
Posted in Chess, education, Germany, Lasker, primary, tagged Chess, education, Germany chess school, Lasker, news on 07/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the Lasker painting…and I’m trying to find more information about it! I do wonder what happened to this school! This article was written in 2004! Checkmate in sight for chess villagers By Michael Leidig and Oscar Kornyei in Stroebeck, Germany April 9, 2004A German village with a 1000-year-old tradition of playing chess is [...]
DUH!!!
Posted in education, food, hyperactivity on 06/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
WE KNOW (click on link here)THIS for AGES!!!!Wake up Britain!!! You are a FIRST WORLD COUNTRY!!!!!!!! The evidence has always been cleared!! Read THISon Yahoo…. As a teacher…I’ve always asked parents NOT to give their children these sweets, crisps, fizzy drinks and other rubbish….when I know their children are a bit hyper….this is really NO [...]
A day out!
Posted in education, London, school, tagged Arethusa, British schools, education, London schools, school on 04/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scroll down for a bit of English… Y5 taster trip…for the Y6 trip in the new year. Hierdie was ‘n uitstappie met die twee Jaar 5-klasse – my klas was ‘n gemengde klas, dus was dit 1 1/2 klas en nie twee volledige klasse nie – om vir hulle ‘n voorsmakie te gee van die [...]
Bosfontein Primary School
Posted in education, Laerskool Bosfontein, Mpumalanga, primary education, primary schools, South Africa, tagged Laerskool Bosfontein, Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika on 28/08/2007 | 7 Comments »
This is the school which my grandpa started. The original school is actually about 2 km down on the road (and my mum only told me that afterwards!) What I knew was, that he started the school in his very own house! I will have to go back next time to the original place! It [...]
Learning disabilities
Posted in dyslexia, education, learning disabilities, school, special education on 26/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I want to save this link to come back to it later! Best book if you’re a teacher in a Primary School. Readhere more about learning disabilitiesand the different types. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
The Highwayman
Posted in education, Highwayman, Literacy, poems, Poetry, teaching on 22/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Boris Spasski and chess champions
Posted in Boris Spasski, Chess, chess champions, education, Jacaranda trees, nature, poems, Poetry, school, sport, tagged Boris Spasski, chess champions, Jacaranda trees, poems, Poetry on 22/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
Boris Spassky, one of my favourite chess champions! Click for more World champions and a chess poem Click here for Class Tools http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess in a SA school as subject…wow!
Posted in Chess, education, Hennopspark Primary, primary schools, school, South Africa, sport, tagged Chess, chess in schools, education, Primary School Chess, South African Primary School on 22/08/2007 | 4 Comments »
Update: Oct 2008…these images were much larger, but due to the dead link! they also disappeared from my blog, but I could still save them from Google images, although they are now smaller, but you can still make out at least what they looked like! Wow! I hope they are still having it! Well done! [...]
School
Posted in animals, dogs, education, education South Africa, pets, Primary school South Africa, school, South Africa, teaching, tagged animals, dogs, education South Africa, pets, Primary school South Africa, school, schools South Africa, South Africa, teaching on 21/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
This is Annette, Head of Department of the Junior Phase. She’s a very caring person, will stretch herself to lengths to have something to eat for everybody for any reason! Always busy organising food-stuff for any simple occasion! Here, I caught her red handed with the scones! I arrived a bit earlier than I said….she’s [...]
HMS Belfast presentation
Posted in education, HMS Belfast, Poetry, rap, school on 19/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the children’s work….Rap and 2 songs, all done by them with some small changes done by me. I wish I could record their singing and post it here! Both songs were also written by the same children. Click on the image for a larger view. Tomorrow…last day!! One week and we’re going to [...]
Schools
Posted in education, schools, teachers on 15/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting reading….follow the link at the bottom read more… The Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, last week announced a raft of proposals for the country’s beleaguered schools.The spin was classic New Labour: for teachers, “greater flexibility” in the classroom; for parents, more focus on the basics; for the country, sickened by targets from the cradle to [...]
SATS Results
Posted in books, education, primary, SATS, school, tagged education, school on 10/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
We got our SATS results! Well, must say we are very proud and the Headteacher is over the moon. Our children did great and we feel good! My class did some “recycling” all morning…..we used plastic bags to make pom poms to go on to a sculpture for the Thames Festival in middle September. That [...]
School spirits in SA
Posted in education, school, South African schools, tagged education, school, South African schools on 08/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looking at this video, you can see what the spirits in our Schools are like, children and teachers alike. St Peters is a Secondary School in Johannesburg http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Athletics in SA schools
Posted in education, movies, school, South African schools, tagged Athletics in South African schools, education, movies, school, South African schools on 08/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Athletics always takes place in the first term of the new school year…which is January-March. In Primary as well as Secondary schools, all children take part…even if they are not an athlete. We have teams and children who are less athletic, got to put in e.g. team C or D….as long as they get the [...]
Children’s art in the style of Paul Klee
Posted in art, Children's art, education, Klee, Paul Klee, tagged art, Children's art in the style of Paul Klee, education, Klee, Paul Klee on 05/07/2007 | 2 Comments »
Paul Klee said..”A line is a dot that went for a walk”…and this was just me being silly! Paul Klee Art Enjoy the art of Y5/6 children in the style of Paul Klee. We looked at different pieces of Art completed by Paul Klee and discussed it, then tried our own ideas in the style [...]
Dyspraxia
Posted in dyspraxia, education, school, tagged dyspraxia, education, school on 01/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I had a boy in my class in 2001 that had dyspraxia. If you are a parent and you want to know more….follow this link. http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/services/ad_symptoms.php http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Kent
Posted in education, Kent, London, school, tagged Arethusa, education, Kent, London on 28/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Kent
Posted in education, Kent, primary school, school, tagged Arethusa, education, Kent, primary education England, primary school, school trips on 28/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our trip to the Arethusa Adventure Centre was really an enjoyable one! The children really enjoyed themselves. This was only a taster for what they can expect on their Y6-trip next year in January. They all are very excited and want to come back. Have a look at our activities and how they enjoyed the [...]
Outstanding
Posted in education, school on 27/06/2007 | 2 Comments »
Heard today that my “last minute informing of a lesson observation”, was OUTSTANDING! Coming from the Headteacher plus a Literacy Consultant….I really feel proud…not only of what I ‘ve achieved, but my kiddies were really fantastic with their drama. I acted out a character and they had to do the same/similar with their character…. heard [...]
Thursday……coming
Posted in education, school on 26/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today was quite relaxing, after yesterday at home with PPA. PPA is the 10% of “free” time British teachers get per week to do all kinds of admin/marking/planning…things you usually just don’t have time to do during other times. Sadly, most of our PPA-time gets used for “training”, which is most of the time a [...]
The Piano
Posted in Animation, education, Literacy, primary, school, you tube on 23/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Piano http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Learn Afrikaans
Posted in Afrikaans, education on 19/06/2007 | 4 Comments »
http://www.mieliestronk.com/phrase1.html They say it is in 10 minutes! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Everything Afrikaans
Posted in Afrikaans, education, school, South Africa on 18/06/2007 | 2 Comments »
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HMS Exeter
Posted in education, tagged HMS Belfast, London, Thames on 16/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
We were lucky….when we went for our BRASS-project to the HMS Belfast…the Exeter was there and we were allowed on it for about 20 minutes… This post is under construction, pics will be added again….July 08 http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
School…Refugee art
Posted in art, education, Refugee art, school, tagged Afghan girl, art on 12/06/2007 | 2 Comments »
As part of Refugee Week, we were looking at refugees and had a great discussion about the difficulties they have in different parts of the world, how they feel and what their needs are. Some children in our school come from those countries in Africa where circumstances forced them to flee their countries. Read the [...]




Istanbul Chess 2012
Biel Chess Festival 2011- Click the image for the official site

























Karen Asrian Memorial[click image for the link]
Tata Steel Chess
London Chess Classic
Dortmund 2010
South African Open 2010
British Chess Championships 2010
Nalchik 2010 Fide Women's Grand Prix -25 April to 8 May
2009 - 2-12th July - Dortmund Live 2009
SA Open 3-11 July in Cape Town
MTel 2009
Linares 2010
World Youth Chess Championships 2009

Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010



