WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 10 – 2015
18 May 2015
From the Headmaster’s Desk Late coming and children not fetched after school Thank you to the vast majority of our parents for the tremendous support given to the school regarding getting your children to school on time and fetching them timeously. There are a small number of children still arriving late in the mornings. Excuses given include being stuck in traffic. I urge parents to plan accordingly and leave home slightly earlier. Names of habitually late offenders will be forwarded to the Gauteng Dept. of Education. A larger number of children are left at school unattended in the afternoons and in some cases, the evenings. These children are hungry, tired and have not had the opportunity to complete homework. Parents, this procedure might benefit your pocket as you did not enrol your child in an Aftercare Centre, but you are putting severe strain on your child by not making responsible arrangements with one of the aftercare centres in close proximity to our school. We have published the official opening and closing time of this institution and the onus is now on you, as a parent, to show the necessary care and not leave your child unattended on the pavement. According to the Child Protection Act, Act no. 38 of 2005, Sec 1 this could constitute ‘neglect’. Should this continue you are exposing yourself to the envolvement of The South African Child Protection Services. Children are to be fetched directly after school or after their extra-mural activities. The official opening/closing times at Waterkloof Primary School is: Open Closing
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07:00 14:30
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Monday to Friday Monday to Friday
Unacceptable Language We have had numerous reports from staff, parents and children alike, of our children using inappropriate language. We have an ongoing campaign to stop this unacceptable behaviour. Parents, please monitor your children re social media, and the company they keep. It is a very true saying that what comes out of the mouth often indicates what is dwelling in the mind and heart. Please support us in this campaign to stamp out this scourge that is creeping into our school community.
Exam Timetable
Term 2 - 2015
GRADE Grade 4
SUBJECT Natural Science English Afrikaans Maths
4 5 8 9
DATE June 2015 June 2015 June 2015 June 2015
Grade 5
Natural Science English Afrikaans Maths
4 5 8 9
June June June June
2015 2015 2015 2015
Grade 6
Natural Science English Afrikaans Maths
4 5 8 9
June June June June
2015 2015 2015 2015
Grade 7
Life Orientation Natural Science & EMS English & Geography Afrikaans & Technology Maths & History
3 4 5 8 9
June June June June June
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
Please note that children will write their exams and the Grade 4 to 6 children will continue with a normal academic day after the exam sessions. All eight lessons will be taught, but the periods will be shortened. The Grade 7s will have a study session between their papers.
RCL Cake & Candy
Dr P. Biccard
Thank you so much to Gr 1S, 4A and 4K for your generous donations of cake and other delicious goodies. Together with the civvies money, a total of R8100.00 was raised! All money raised by the Gr 7s will go towards buying much needed items at school. Watch this space - we will let you know what we will be buying.
Charity
Mrs J. Shee
Winter is on its way and our blanket drive is in progress. If you are at all able to, please send a warm blanket to school. All blankets will be sent to organisations who have come to rely upon our support of their efforts to assist the homeless during our cold winter months. Please be compassionate and generous - thank you.
Lost Property Children are reminded to collect their lost property from outside Mr Snyman’s office (Grades 1 to 3) and Mrs Shee’s classroom (Grades 4 - 7).
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Open water swimming - Congratulations to Kaitlyn Albertyn who
qualifies for full NTS colours for the 2014-2015 season. Well done Kaitlyn!
Soccer - The following boys were chosen to play in the John Collier
Tournament this past weekend - Fabio Bicego, Gabriel de Jong, Thando Dyantyi, Tsiamo Modise, Thando Ndlovu, Gino Sapalo and Zi Shandu. Well done on this achievement boys!
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