"Extra Co-Curriculum activities that should be added at Pretoria Chinese School" by Tyler Ho-Tong and Khanyisa Motsepe Gr 7

In Pretoria Chinese school we do a lot of academics and sports because they are very important to our school.

·         From 7:30 in the morning to 16:00 we are at school.

·         5 days a week we are at school more than we are at home so it is important that we accommodate everyone.

·         From 14:15 – 16:00 we do sport’s, cultures and support classes.

·         There are some sports and cultures I would like to add for the school at senior preparatory which is from grade 4-7.

·         We want to accommodate everyone because not everyone does the same things that others do.

·         We don’t need to go and compete with other schools for the sports and cultural but we can simply have them to everyone to enjoy and have fun.

·      Doing extra activities after school is such an important thing in our daily lives such as sport’s, cultural and support classes.

·         The sports that we have currently for winter is:

• Netball
• Hockey
• Soccer

·         In summer there are a lot of cool sports like swimming and tennis.

·         Sports is very important to participate in because not only do you get exercise but you also learn new things like working as a team, learning to play a new sport, making new friends and you learn discipline.

Basketball:

·         We should add a basketball team for boys and girls for senior preparatory.

·         Every lunch break there are boys and some girls playing basketball.

·         I Tyler Ho-Tong actually play basketball; I practice every Saturday either at Pretoria Chinese school or at my house where I have a basketball hoop.

·         My grandfather played for the Chinese community and my dad has carried on the legacy of playing basketball for the Chinese community, that Is what I do.

·         Every Easter weekend, there are provinces which are part of the Chinese community play basketball come together and compete.

·         I’ve been playing basketball since I was 7-8 years old.

·         I love basketball it is one of my passions that I really love and want to share. We don’t need to play matches but the children would love.

Cultural:

·         Cultural activities are also very important.

·         They are like newspaper club, choir, Chinese dancing, drama club, eco club, Chinese drumming and readers are leaders and much more.

School Orchestra:

·         I want to add an orchestra to our school because a lot of the children in our school play instruments and it would be great to near them altogether not only that but a lot of the kids don’t play sports or do any cultural because they focus on learning their instrument. I personally think it would be a great idea They don’t have to compete but they can do it for themselves and for fun.

Art classes:

·      We do have art classes during the day as a subject but a lot of kids at our school like Khanyisa A lot of the kids have a great talent. It would be great for us to have an art class; this is for fun and for kids who want to learn more about art and for those who need help with art.

Support classes:

Support classes are to help children who struggle with certain subjects.

·    We have a lot of support classes like Chinese, math, English, Afrikaans and Zulu.

Message to all the teachers:

·      The teachers at Pretoria Chinese school are amazing and they teach us to their best of ability. We couldn’t ask for better teachers like them. We are blessed to have them as coaches and teachers!