CONGRATULATIONS to Sunnyday students for attaining a 100% ZIMSEC grade 7 pass rate!

Sunny Day is a Co-ed School offering day, weekly and full boarding facilities. It caters for learners from ECD to Grade 7. The School's thrust is on Academic, Cultural and Sporting excellence for all children regardless of age. Children are exposed to a wide spectrum of competitive activities with other private institutions in Hockey/Rugby festivals, Quiz, Chess festivals, National Institute of Allied Arts Programs( Music, Poems, Art) throughout the year and many more.

The School has committed and qualified teachers who impart lifelong lessons of Christian values, hard work, respect, teamwork and others.

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Speech by Linda Longwe; Guest of Honour at Sunny Day Christian Primary School on Speech and Prize Giving Day; 4 December 2019

Salutation: With all respect to protocol. Good morning to you all.

It is an absolute honour being here with you today. 

May I start by congratulating the inaugural Grade 7 class pupils, parents and teachers of Sunny Day Christian Primary School on a 100% pass rate. To the pupils, teachers, parents and guardians many makorokoto, amhlope.

The theme for today’s Speech and Prize Giving Day is ‘Striving for academic, cultural and sporting excellence.’ The question is then asked: where does excellence come from? It comes from a mindset of focus, positivity, commitment, drive and determination. It comes from the realisation that if we give our best, we will rise beyond our wildest expectations. It comes from knowing that whilst things may not always be smooth-sailing, good and God always triumph in the end.

How do we achieve academic excellence? By being assertive leaners, by unlearning negative things, by being open to correction and being humble enough to ask for help when so required. By acknowledging that we all have different IQ’s, some like myself had to write O-levels 3 times, A-levels 3 times and by the time I graduated some of my classmates had almost completed their Masters degrees. Fast forward to today, 4 December 2019, you are looking at someone with a Bachelor of Administration degree from UNISA, and MBA from Nottingham Trent University, a doctoral research training qualification from Stellenbosch University, several post-graduate qualifications and who is now pursuing a doctorate at 55. What is the message therein? Some will read a page once and understand it; some might have to read the same page 7 times in order to grasp its contents; either way, be determined, be resilient, refuse to quit, refuse to listen to the noise of the world when it tells you it cannot be done.

What is cultural excellence? To the parents, guardians and teachers: it’s about inculcating and encouraging our young ones to celebrate who they are. It’s passing onto them the ethos of hunhu, humility, humanity and dignity, the very essence of who we are as Africans. It’s about knowing that the chocolate skin is a gift. It comes with the wonderful blessing of big families, the ability to celebrate through song and dance and the designer smile that only we can present. Let us encourage our children to bond with those family members whom we might consider being of a lower social class. Encourage them to go to the rural areas and high density suburbs because life is about seasons. I was born to affluence. For the first six years of my life all was well. My father had an MBA from Harvard University and was Managing Director for BAT IN Kenya and subsequently Unilever Kenya. I went to a top private school in Nairobi but suddenly found myself at a deeply rural mission school in Zimbabwe. I had to find ways of coping with that adjustment at a very young age. Let us teach our children life coping strategies for one never knows what tomorrow will hold.  

Sporting excellence entail knowing that sport and exercise is good for both the body and the mind. It improves joint flexibility and range of motion. One can indeed conquer the world through sport e.g. Tendai Mtawarira: The Beast, World Cup Rugby in Japan.

1. May I say to the girl child: you are beautiful as you are. To the boy child: you are handsome as you are. Celebrate your uniqueness, celebrate your DNA.. 

2.  To the teachers: teaching is a calling and sometimes thankless profession. Continue to take heart in knowing that for every nurse there is a teacher, for every farmer, entrepreneur, pharmacist, pilot, nuclear physicist, radiographer and surgeon, there is a teacher. Teachers and the entire Admin Staff, I salute you.

3. To the parents and guardians: time flies are only given 86 400 seconds a day. Let us spend some of this valuable time with our God-given young ones. We were once primary school pupils too.  It is not the quantity of the time or money that counts; it is the quality. Listen to them, assure them you love them, help them with their homework, help them when they have social issues no matter how trying the day would have been. It is not their fault that the day turned out that way.

4. To the pupils: continue to work hard and to endeavour each day to be the best of you. Always sy to yourself; Today is the best day to be the best of me. Sometimes you will not always get it right, if at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again.

Once again congratulations and well done to Sunny Day Christian Primary School and indeed to all of you. May you, as per your motto, continue to impart wisdom and knowledge for the glory of God.

May the Almighty Yahweh guide you all always so that you bloom wherever you are planted. Remember life is made of 3 C’s: Choices, Chances and Change. Let’s make wise choices, take calculated chances and embrace change as it is that only constant in life. Words are powerful, let’s keep them positive. 

In my language we say, Ambuye akudalitseni which means Mwari vakukomborerei, may God bless you all.

I thank you.

SUNNY DAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PRIZE GIVING DAY 

Principal’s speech 2019

I warmly welcome our Guest of Honour and all of you present on this Prize Giving Day event, where we are gathered to celebrate the success achieved by our pupils across the curriculum.

The fact that you came from all corners in these numbers is a clear indication that the welfare of our school is so dear to your hearts.

On this special day, I will highlight the major achievements for the year.

The learners who are going to receive prizes today is a clear testimony that this year has been the best year ever in terms of our academic, sporting and cultural achievements. However, throughout the year we kept you updated through our broadcast groups, newsletters, website and Facebook page.

As is customary on this day, I will start by reviewing our academic performance for 2019. I am absolutely delighted to inform you that our learners continue to raise the academic flag high as portrayed by the following results:

All children in the Ecd department are able to construct words, read, write their names, colour, tell stories and many other things which is quite commendable.

Grade 1 recorded a 100% in the just ended end of year examinations.

Grade 2: 100%

Grade 3: 100%

Grade 4: 100%

Grade 5: 100%

Grade 6: 100%

Grade 7: 100% in the school’s first ever Zimsec public examination.

I thank all the staff who prepared the learners for examinations because without their dedication, the sterling performance by learners would not have been possible. The academic results are a true representation of the commitment of staff, hard work by learners and the support and encouragement from parents and guardians from home. 

I encourage all our learners using words of RALPH MARSON who said; “do not lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.”

We want all learners to give the best across the whole curriculum. In order to do this, the school promotes a culture of genuine enthusiasm and this has been expressed among our learners in the achievements I will outline in sports, music, culture and service to others.

In Sports: the school hosted its invitational Cross Country meeting which had 6 schools taking part. Our athletes performed very well in term 1.

In term 2, the school successfully hosted colt’s rugby and fillies’ hockey festival which attracted 12 schools. This event was supported by OK Parktown.

The school was invited to Lomagundi College’s colt’s rugby and fillies hockey festival. The fillies B hockey team won all their matches against schools like lomagundi, barwick, Bishopslea, while the colts rugby team gave a good account of themselves.

The Grade 3 hockey girls also took part in lilfordia festival again for the first time. Our efforts are being recognized hence we are being invited to these major festivals that attract the best schools. The infants department also participated at the interschools infants Sport which was hosted by Acacia Junior School.

Our school also take part in Allied Arts Speech and Drama festival. Our learners excelled in poetry this year.

Under good citizenship where we train our children to be citizens who care: we are perennial leaders in donating to Jairos jiri Centre. Parents, you have a critical role in shaping the future of the children in lifelong attributes. We thank you for the various donations you made to the needy through our learners.

Ladies and gentlemen, I look with great pride at our achievements. I am proud of our learners and teachers not forgetting you our dear parents/guardians for the support. 

 One of the fundamental reason for our success as a school is the level of individual support that we give to the learners that enable them to achieve their full potential.

Grade 7 2020

Due to early dates for grade 7 public examinations, next year’s grade 7s will open early on the 6th of January 2020 to enable them to cover enough ground.

Fees

I am happy to report that you are good parents/guardians as almost 100% have paid their children’s fees, please continue to be good payers. The school has been approved by CABS for school fees School Card. Please visit the Equals Team from CABS for more details on how to access it. The Cabs team is here to assist you.

Uniforms

It is important that the school maintains its identity. Different shades of school uniforms have been witnessed of late. In the New Year, Please ensure that your child is dressed in appropriate Sunny Day brand.

School Bus

The school intend to acquire a coaster minibus next year that will be used for educational trips, sporting events and other events. In this regard a school bus fund will be launched from term 1, 2020. School bus fund will be communicated in due course after meeting with class reps.

School Dreams

The school dreams of acquiring a bigger solar system, installing interactive white boards, revamping the computer lab, complete paving of the front area, erecting a wall on the Southern end.

As I conclude, let me wish all of you a merry Christmas, a prosperous and blessed 2020.

I thank you