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Early Act Club
ACT CLUB
It was with great delight that the Early Act Club could start the year in full swing and resume club meetings as per normal from the start of the year. Many new members joined the old faithful members of the club. At the start of the year, membership remained limited to Grade 6 and 7 learners. However, due to the lifting of restrictions and social distancing, Grade 4 and 5 boys could join as the year progressed.
Something incredible about this year was the drive and determination that our club members showed to take the mission of Early Act and independently find ways of making a difference in their community. This is said with the M.A.D. (Make a Difference) group in mind. These boys formed a group of their own, outside of school time. One of their projects entailed helping Victoria Hospital with their project of building a library for the children at the hospital. Their purpose was to help make a child’s stay less scary and to help take their minds off whatever the reason is for being at the hospital. The Early Act Club assisted these boys in their cause by collecting books from our school community.
With the Winter season creeping during the course of the second term, we called on our Wynberg families to assist with knitting goods in support of Mandela Day. An incredible amount of knitted beanies, gloves, bed socks, blankets and other items were donated. It was a heartwarming experience to witness the generosity of our Wynberg family. This donation was forwarded to a haven for abused women and children, a girl’s orphanage, Mowbray Maternity Clinic and an old age home in support of Women’s month in August.
The Early Act Club Executive members were nominated, delivered their speeches and club members then voted for their leaders. The executive team for 2022 are Caleb Mill (President), Joshua Nyamimba and Danyaal Essack (Deputy Presidents) and Daniel Johnson (Recording Secretary). A big congratulations to these boys.
In Term 3, the Early Act Club encouraged our school to support Bandana Day in support of the Sunflower Fund Campaign. Our learners then donated new and old bandanas and topes to charity to be repurposed. Again, a large amount of bandanas and topes were donated.
The Term 4 had everyone in a buzz of excitement. We had two big events to look forward to. Both of these involved our Early Act Club members paying it forward to our extended community. On the third Friday of the term we hosted a group of learners from Heathfield Primary School who are being mentored by The Benjamin Project. Our Early Act Club members welcomed the boys by entertaining them with an afternoon of fun games and lunch. We exchanged wishes for the final stretch of the year and our boys gifted our visitors with treats and stationery bags for the up and coming examination. It really was a fun filled afternoon. Friendships were made and we hoped to leave everyone feeling encouraged to tackle the last period of the year with enthusiasm.
After our examination we visited The Douglas Murray Old Age home. This was an event we were all very excited about as we had not been to the home in two years. We took care packs along for our elderly citizens and entertained them with music and festivities.
The year 2022 was truly an enjoyable one for our Early Act Club boys. We were grateful to be able to enjoy most of our usual activities and more, prior to the pandemic. Thank you to our loyal Wynberg family who has always generously supported us.
Mrs O Woodman
