We are delighted to share the exciting success of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs revived Nieu Bethesda STEM camp, hosted this past weekend, Friday to Sunday, 1 to 3 September.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ 18 ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ (๐๐๐๐) ๐๐ช๐ฃ.
Under the guidance of dedicated educators, Mr. Elrich Jantjies and Mrs. Cathy Pringle, the learners embarked on their adventure in Nieu-Bethesda on Friday, where they received a warm welcome from their gracious hosts for the weekend, Ian and Katrin Alleman.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
Saturday was a day filled with both challenges and expert guidance, led by the experienced engineering maestros, Gustav Weich and Chris Schmidt. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ? ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐น๐๐ฒ. Divided into teams of three, the learners delved into the fascinating world of bridge design, expanding their knowledge and even learning about famous local bridges along the way.
Sunday morning brought the ultimate test for the bridges created. It was an exhilarating showdown, filled with anticipation.
Well done to the winners of this competition: Josh Neill, Sarah Wilmot and Emihle Wolfkop! Their bridge astonished everyone by holding an impressive 14 kilograms!
This camp went far beyond the excitement of building bridges; it provided an opportunity for the learners to explore, learn and bond together. In addition to gaining valuable knowledge, they formed new friendships that will undoubtedly continue to flourish.
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
In conclusion, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, illustrating that learning can be both enjoyable and enlightening. Here’s to a future filled with many more thrilling STEM escapades!
