WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 13 – 2014
11 August 2014
RCL - 2014
Dr P. Biccard
Congratulations to the following Grade 7s who were elected onto the Representative Council of Learners for 2014. We wish them a successful and productive term of office. Noa Abramovitz, Bruce Anderson, William Anderson, Alessia Bellomo, Jayde Britton, Savannah Carvalheiro, Michelle Cazalet, Jaudynne Denton, Ruan du Preez, Declan Humphries, Alice Karato, Monica Martins, Phuti Mogoba, Sharna Moonsamy, Alex Paulsen, Grant Petzer, Logan Repko, Rea Shaba, Shani Smit, Kendra Wilkinson and Daniel Williams.
School Fees
Mrs P. Engelbrecht
Please note! Drastic measured are going to be taken against parents who have not paid at least 50% of the 2014 school fees.
Media Centre & Computer Room
Mrs J. Shee
Please note that if your child needs to use the Media Centre or Computer Centre after school for homework or research they will be required to make a booking on a booking form. Bookings are to be made the day before with Mrs de Jong for the Media Centre and Mrs Birch for the Computer Centre. These venues are being used extensively by our children and to prevent overcrowding and chaos this system has been introduced.
Thank You
Mrs J. Shee
A huge thank you to all our children and parents who so generously supported the Tateni collection for Mandela Day! R2709.50 was handed over at the end of last week and many toiletries will be bought with the contribution from WPS! Your kindness is never taken for granted thank you.
Annual National Assessments
Mrs S.C. Monyai
Between 16 and 19 September 2014 all learners in South Africa will be assessed to determine their level of competency in Literacy and Numeracy. The aim of these assessments is to improve the quality of education. No studying is required to prepare for these tests. Teachers and parents can help the learners to prepare by going through the previous year’s ANA papers. These papers are available on the education department website - www.education@gov.za See the timetable below when these papers will be written.
Subject Language
Language
Mathematics
Mathematics
Grade 3 6 1 2 4 5 7 3 6 1 2 4 5 7
Date Tuesday 16 September Wednesday 17 September Thursday 18 September Friday 19 September
Time 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 11:00 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:00 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 11:00
Recycling
Mrs L. Eagle
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This week the majority of the people who brought material for recycling had washed and cleaned and sorted them. This makes such a difference to the volume of work we have to do and time spent on it. Please take note that we are having an “open hour” from 07:00 to 08:00 on Wednesday 27 August 2014 at the recycling corner. We would like as many WPS families to see what happens here each Wednesday morning. So please take a few minutes to pop in, have a cup of coffee and see us in action. Remember to bring a bag of recyclable material as well. Please diarise - Wednesday 27 August 2014 : 07:00 to 08:00 A kitchen knife fell out of one of the bags we sorted at recycling on Wednesday 6 August. If it is yours, please collect it from Mrs Eagle.
Scripture Union
Mrs L. Eagle
There will be Scripture Union on Fridays from 14:00 to 14:45 in Mrs Sebastian’s classroom. This is open to all children from Grades R to 7. We would love to see you there - a good place to be if you have to wait for parents on a Friday! Children who are not fetched straight after Scripture Union will need to go to the waiting class.
Quiz Evening
Mrs J. Shee
Date: Thursday 21 August 2014 Time: 18:00 for 18:30, and ends at 19:30 Venue: WPS Hall Dress: WPS House T-shirt, jeans and takkies Tickets: R10 per spectator available from Mrs Shee during register period. All are welcome! Please come along and support your house.
Read-a-Thon
Mrs J. Shee
The WPS annual Read-a-thon will be held from 1 to 5 September 2014. Please see the sponsorship letter for details. We ask children and parents to give this year’s Read-a-Thon your full support as we would like to use the funds to upgrade the staffroom into a venue where teachers can prepare lessons and mark. The staffroom has not been upgraded in nearly two decades!
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Congratulations to Mercury on winning the Interhouse Athletics, and to Saturn on winning the spirit trophy. Qhayiya Vanda broke the U/9 Boys Middle Distance record. The U/11 Mercury Girls, Sara Fiachetti, Lesego Lefifi, Phakane Mtetwa and Riley Wearne, broke the U/11 Girls’ Relay record, and
Roberto McKay, Mooketsi Molai, Seun Osiname and Rea Shaba from Neptune broke the U/13 Boys’ Relay record. Sean Osiname and Mari Paz Ebang won the Championship race for boys and girls respectively, and are officially the fastest athletes in the school over an 80m distance! Practices have now started in earnest. Please attend these if you have made the school team, as we cannot take unfit and undertrained athletes to competitions. We remind athletes that they will not be included in the team if they are not dressed appropriately for practices and meetings. The dress code is as follows: Practices
white shorts and WPS or House golf shirt.
Meetings
white shorts and official athletics vest. These items are available from the school shop, and are priced as follows, depending on size. Athletics vest - between R95 and R110. White shorts - between R60 and R90. Athletes without the correct athletics uniform will not be allowed to leave on the bus. Thank you to all the children who took part in the Interhouse Athletics Meeting and congratulations to all the winners.
Chess - Andre Duvenhage and Leon Duvenhage in Grade 3; Ahmed Jafarli in Grade 7; Luke
Klopper and Daniel Wohlfahrt, both in Grade 6, took part in the third term Chess League at Laerskool Rooihuiskraal on Saturday 2 August 2014. Between them they played 36 games and only lost 6. Our chess team is playing on Friday 15 August 2014 in the D4 playoffs against Laerskool Lynnwood to determine the winners of the second term League. Well done, and good luck!
Karate - Kgomotso Orban has been selected to participate in the 19th Shotokan International Development Karate Championships, to be held in Namibia in October. Well done to Kgomotso who now has a red belt!