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Crawford College North Coast
Crawford
College
North Coast
student,
Kiara Lee
Flaum in
Grade 12,
has always
been
intrigued
by intricate
machines, their moving parts and how they fit together.
That’s how she knows she wants to pursue a career as
an engineer. For Kiara, the trickiest part was figuring
out which faculty to specialise in. She chose Mechanical
Engineering which is a great foundation for exploring
the other types of engineering and career opportunities.
She hopes to complete a Robotics Engineering
degree focusing on Artificial Intelligence abroad. She
dreams that someday her designs fly off her desk and
straight into production, making a difference to the
lives of many. We are convinced that Kiara is up for the
challenge!
Crawford College Pretoria
In May, two
teams from
Crawford
College
Pretoria
participated
in the annual
CBC Afrikaans
Redenaars
kompetisie for
First Additional
Language
speakers. The Grade 8 team was awarded an A+ and
a Gold certificate for their performance and received
a special mention in the judge’s final comments. The
Grade 11 team also achieved an A+ and Gold certificate
for their outstanding performance.
The Grade 9
students of
Crawford
College
Sandton
recently
conducted
their first organ
dissection
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in Life
Sciences. The
students’ responses, when they were told about the
practical dissection, were interesting and varied. Some
prospective surgeons and veterinarians were excited,
while other students expressed concern about how they
would cope with the process. We are pleased to report
that all the students benefitted from seeing the theory
of kidney structure in practice.
Crawford
College
North Coast
student,
Ethan Luyt,
can’t wait
to graduate
so that he
Crawford College North Coast can put the
first South
Africans on the surface of the moon and Mars by
establishing the first private South African space
company. Sounding like our very own Elon Musk, he
hopes to also start an electric car company and help
South Africa transition to a more sustainable nation
with less of an impact on the environment. Typical of a
Crawford student, Ethan has many other passions, like Art
and entertainment. He dreams of winning an Academy
Award for either acting or directing. In the near future, we
might just find Ethan designing environmentally friendly
vehicles as part of the terraforming process on Mars.
Crawford College Pretoria
Students from
Crawford
College Pretoria
participated in
South Africa’s
first World
Scholar’s Cup
in May. It’s
comprised of
debates, collaborative writing challenges, multiple choice
tests and a team quiz that covers a number of different
areas of inquiry, ranging from Science and History to
Art and Music. Crawford College Pretoria took home 12
trophies and over 30 medals, winning the trophies for the
Top Scholar, awarded to Hussain Geldenhuys, as well as
Overall Top Team (Jeanette Meyer, Rookmaaker Katheke
and Hussain Geldenhuys). The team also qualified for the
mini-global round, which will take place in September
in Durban. At this event, the team that qualifies for the
global event at Yale University will be announced.
The Grade 8 students
of Crawford College
Sandton practised
observing carefully,
analysing similarities
and differences and
then classifying in
Life Sciences when
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they identified sweets
using a dichotomous
key. They then designed their own key. The teachers
assessed the functionality of each group’s key by providing
each group with an unknown sweet and the group had
to use their new key. All students had fun while learning
important skills and we have now trained a group of
potential taxonomists!
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