Events
Our concert – South African Musical Moments
Continuing with our final term’s learning theme of “South Africa – Our Country,” we decided that “ local is lekker” and our year end concert saw the children of Montessori Life singing & dancing through a range of favourite South African Musical Moments… with snippets of typically local jargon — “Yislaaik it was a kiff…
Read MoreCelebrating Diwali
In acknowledgment of Diwali, the festival of lights, many of our little ones dressed up appropriately on the day & learned more about the diversity of their world.
Read MoreA Performance by Sibusiso the Magician
Sibusiso who often performs at our School returned this year to entertain us with his fascinating illusions and magical tricks. He remains as popular as ever and had the children in fits of laughter but equally wide-eyed & amazed!
Read MoreCelebrating Heritage Day
Heritage Day is traditionally celebrated on the 24th September, but we celebrated it 2 days earlier this year as our children stepped out in style to show off the extensive range of dress, culture and diversity that embodies the heritage of the many peoples that today comprise our South African nation.
Read MoreMontessori Life Art Auction
What is the single biggest predictor of success in children? Their capacity to be creative , flexible and to believe in themselves! Our Art Auction is all this….thank you for supporting our evening, we are so proud of what our children made
Read MoreHooked On Books Visits Montessori Life
“If you think reading is boring, you’re doing it wrong!”… That’s the buy line from Hooked on Books which has been igniting a love of reading across SA for some 22 years. Their talented actors enthralled our little ones by creating nail-biting dramatizations from a number of contemporary children’s books and soon had our children…
Read MoreTerm outing to The Model Engineer’s Society
There’s nothing like the exhilaration of riding a train- enjoying the wind in your hair and the world flashing by as the engine pulls its coaches and passengers along. The children of Montessori Life enjoyed every minute of their outing … with no end to the number of train rides they experienced on the day…
Read MorePajama Story Time Evening
There’s something quite special about a bedtime story : A crisp autumn evening saw parents & their children wrapping up warmly in their pajamas & slippers to listen to bedtime stories both funny & entertaining.
Read MoreTerm outing to Flag Animal Farm
What a delightful morning of cuddling , loving & feeding gorgeous farm animals – goats, piglets, ducks, sheep and chickens and even learning how to milk a cow!…just a few of the things our children experienced when we visited Flag Animal Farm on Tuesday. A fun conclusion to our “On The Farm” learning theme.
Read MoreCelebrating Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day falling on a Sunday this year we decided to celebrate this special day of love a little earlier … so Friday the 12th of February saw our children & teaching team dressing in traditional Valentine red. We decorated the tree at our entrance gate with hearts and ribbons and it features in…
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