CNR Term 2 eNews

Trip to Nelson Mandela Capture Site

The Grade 5 Social Science curriculum is centred around explorations of the African continent; namely South Africa, its history and its heritage. This term we started off learning about important figures in South African history – namely Nelson Mandela. We visited the Nelson Mandela Capture Site for the day, where we delved into the former president’s life. A real humbling experience studying the television footage beamed up onto the walls of the museum, looking at a multitude of photos of Mandela’s daily life and the important people in it, as well as walking the timeline of significant events in his life on our way down to the ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ artwork. We all realised how many sacrifices were made by so many people to ensure that we could all be together, standing side by side as friends.

Khoisan day

The latter part of the term saw the beginning of our ‘journey’ through South Africa to explore different aspects of our heritage. One of these was the history of the Khoisan people and their art which has left an indelible mark on our land. We celebrated the Khoisan tribe with a special Khoisan Day, where we had to fashion bows and arrows out of materials that we found in Top Woods. We were then challenged to shoot balloons that were hanging from the trees. Inside each balloon was a ticket which represented an animal that the Khoisan would have had to hunt. We also had to forage for tickets that were buried under the leaves. Once we had collected all the required tickets, we were allowed to collect our lunch, which we had to cook on fires that we had lit. The day was such an exciting one, and most of us continued to practise our hunting skills at home over the weekend.

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