WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 14 – 2012
26 April 2012
From the Headmaster’s Desk
Important dates for the remainder of Term 2 2 May 2012 14 May 2012 18 May 2012 14 June 2012 15 June 2012 18 June 2012 19 June 2012 20 June 2012 22 June 2012
Winter uniform to be worn from today Parent Afternoon – Gr 1 – 7 – 15:00-18:00 RCL Cake ‘n Candy Sale Big Walk Gr 7 Entrepreneurs’ Day Inter House Soccer & Netball – 13:45 Inter House Soccer & Netball – 13:45 Mini Olympics for Grades 1 – 3 School closes for holidays – 11:00
Please note that Monday 30 April 2012 is a school holiday.
Congratulations It’s a Boy! Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Smuts on the birth of Tristan on Thursday 19 April 2012. Mom, Dad and baby are healthy and doing well.
Top 20 – Term 1
Mrs A. Wassenaar
Congratulations to Hanan Jeppie who made the Grade 6 Top 20 in Term 1. Well done Hanan! Her name was omitted from the list due to an error. The mature way in which Hanan addressed this unfortunate situation sets an example to all of us.
Parent Afternoon
Mrs J. Shee
All parents are invited to attend our Term 2 Parent Day on 14 May 2012 from 15:00 to 18:00. Please pop in to see any of your child’s teachers during the course of the afternoon.
Charity
Mrs J. Shee
Please send in warm blankets to school during the course of this term to make somebody’s winter more tolerable. Your cosy contribution to assist someone in need will be warmly appreciated.
Leapfrog glasses:
Please continue to send in old spectacles to support the Leap Frog Vision drive. The closing date has been extended to 8 June 2012.
SPCA
As from Term 2 SPCA ‘Change Tins’ will be in each register class. Please send in any extra change you have at home on a regular basis to support this wonderful organisation – thank you!
Concert
Mrs J. Shee
Congratulations to all our children and staff on a wonderful proudly South African – Homebru Concert. Thank you to the parents for your support and to all members of the audience during the various performances for your enthusiastic response to the children. We sincerely thank all parents and guardians for fetching their children at the specified times and for assisting us with not standing in the hall foyer, at the doors, etc. Your assistance made running the concert an absolute pleasure. DVDs and photos will be on sale shortly – please watch the newsletter for details.
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Extra mural activities – Please note that extra murals will begin as per extra mural timetable on
Wednesday 2 May 2012. The netball girls have been given a practice and match schedule. The U/13 netball team will be practising on Friday 4 May 2012 from 13:45 to 15:00, and not on Monday 7 May 2012, as Pretoria High School for Girls is having their Open Day on that Monday.
Thank you to all parents for bearing with us during the concert disruptions.
Chess – Our chess players have started the league and we now have a chess ladder, as follows. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10
Melen Naidu Daniel Wohlfahrt Christiaan Immelman Yorissa Naidu Yash Ramasamy Armand Meiring Amisha Gama Julien Neser Robert Bleloch Kgomotso Orban
Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 4 Grade 4 Grade 4 Grade 5
Congratulations to the chess team who won their first league match against Glenstantia Primary. Well done!
Netball – We hosted netball matches during the concert and the results were as follows: Tuesday 17 April 2012 against Woodhill College: Open A lost 16-6; Open B won 20-10; U/12A lost 21-5; U/12B won 15-10; U/11A lost 15-3; U/11B won 5-2; U/10A won 15-6; U/10B lost 13-11; U/9A lost 6-0; U/9B lost 2-0. Tuesday 24 April 2012 against Valhalla Primary: Open A won 29-1; Open B won 24-1; U/12A lost 16-3; U/12B lost 8-9; U/11A lost 23-5; U/11B drew 6-6; U/10A lost 25-6; U/10B lost 6-3.
Soccer - Results of matches: U/13A lost to Burgher Right Primary 4-1 and to Arcadia Primary 2-1. U/13B lost to Arcadia Primary 1-0. U/11A drew with Burgher Right Primary 1-1 and beat Arcadia Primary 1-0. U/10A beat Arcadia Primary 6-1. The U/10A and U/11A teams both won their matches against Oost-Eind Primary School. U/13s lost their matches and the U/14s drew their match.
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Congratulations to Aidan-Luc Marryatt who scored five goals in the U/10 match against Arcadia Primary. We were scheduled to play against Brooklyn Primary School in the Tshwane Cup on Thursday 3 May, but this has been moved to Wednesday 9 May 2012 so all teams will be practising on Wednesday 3 May and Thursday 4 May 2012 as we have many matches in the following weeks and we have not had sufficient time to practise. There will be a practice for the boys in the John Collier regional team on Friday 4 May 2012 at 14:30 at WPS.
Tennis – Barbara Alusala was selected to play for Gauteng North Primary Schools’ team which
competed in the Inter Provincial Tournament held in Bloemfontein from 31 March to 4 April 2012. The team did very well by winning the tournament. Congratulations Barbara!
Fixtures for Next Week Wednesday 2 May players.
Chess League at Crawford College – top six
The bus will leave for Crawford at 13:30.
Recycling
Mrs L. Eagle
Please keep up with recycling – our volumes have been considerably reduced this term, maybe because we have focused more on the concert?!
Now that the weather is turning colder, spare a thought for our recyclers who brave the chilly mornings. Thank you for your dedication, boys and girls, and the parents who bring them so early! Many bags of waste are brought to the school without having been sorted. It is no fun digging around through other people’s waste to sort it, especially when some of the waste is dirty and smelly! We even encountered some normal domestic waste, including disposable nappies – EEUW – not fun! Please check the contents of your waste, especially if you have someone else controlling the bags for disposal. Remember to wash out the containers first, and then sort as follows. Paper and cardboard together. Plastic, tins, polystyrene and glass must all be in its own separate bag or container. Remember – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle B.J. VAN NIEKERK Headmaster