On the 16th July 2007 Mrs. Naidoo received an invitation from the SAAO (the South African Astronomical Observatory) asking our Grade 7's to participate in an Astronomy Quiz.
There were eight Grade 7's who were interested and we set out to learn about the planets, comets, meteorites and black holes. We had an interesting visit to the Planetarium were we learnt more about interesting stars in our universe.
We studied the history of Astronomy and Space Travel and prepared ourselves for the first round of the Quiz on the 3rd August 2007.
Unfortunately we were only allowed to take a team of four with a reserve.
Thando Nombande from Grade 7W, Vusumzi Gubeni, Ayavuya Genu, Tefo Mahola, Lubabalo Ngejane from Grade7O.
Our team was placed second, jointly with Grove Primary School with 27 points out of 30. Ahead of them was Pinelands Junior School, in first place with 28 points. The team was very excited and are now preparing for the second round, to take place on the 23rd August 2007 at the Astronomical Observatory. Good luck with round two.
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