WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 25 – 2013
20 September 2013
From the Headmaster’s Desk End of Term 3 We have reached the end of a very busy third term. Thank you to all members of the SGB, parents and children for your hard work and support during the past term. A sincere word of appreciation to all members of staff for your hard work this term. The dedication to our school and the high standard of work delivered speaks for itself when looking at our academic, sport and cultural results overall. We are heading into the last phase of 2013 and I have no doubt that all goals will be achieved this year. Rest well and may you come back revived.
Annual General Meeting & Budget 2014 The SGBs Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 24 October 2013. Documentation for the AGM will be forwarded to parents on Wednesday 18 September 2013, and will include minutes of the previous AGM, audited statements and the Agenda for the upcoming AGM. We request that all parents attend the AGM as school fees for 2014 will be proposed. The following stipulations were confirmed by the Governing Body Foundation as well as the Department of Education. Notification of the AGM must be sent to parents 30 days before the meeting. Copies of the proposed budget for 2014 will be available from reception 14 days before the AGM. A quorum of 15% is required for the AGM.
Heartfelt Thanks
Mrs J. Shee
Words cannot express the gratitude of the family and St Francis Anglican Church for the enormous contribution which was paid from the WPS community to assist the family with the funeral costs. R8 800 was collected and handed over. The response from our children and parents shows once again the true spirit of caring that we have at our school. A sincere thank you must go to Mrs Lubbe, Ms Voigt and the senior choir who opened the requiem mass with two beautiful songs. Our children conducted themselves with the utmost dignity under extremely upsetting conditions. WPS paid tribute to the two boys and their family in a befitting manner. Thank you to all the children and parents who helped in a small way towards the slow process of healing for the family.
October/November Exam Timetable Wednesday
30 October
Thursday Friday
31 October 1 November
Monday
4 November
Tuesday
5 November
Wednesday
6 November
Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr
4 4 7 4 4 7 4 7 4 7 7
–7 –6 –7 –7 –7 –6
Afrikaans PSW Technology SS English NS Maths A&C NS LO EMS
Read-a-Thon
Mrs J. Shee
Thank you once again to our parent community for supporting our Read-a-Thon 2013. The children went to town dressing up as ‘Royalty’ and they appeared to thoroughly enjoy the day. Hooked on Books dramatised a number of books, all of which are waiting in the Media Centre for the children to read! So far the day made a profit of R43 796! Thank you parents!
Gardens Spring is here and we are looking at brightening up our school gardens. All parents are invited to make donations of plants. We are looking for – rosemary bushes, red geraniums, and trays of seedlings, e.g. violas, pansies, etc.
Mrs J. Shee
If you would like to purchase any of the above and donate them to the school we would be most grateful. Please send items to Mrs Shee’s classroom. Thank you.
Averages
Mrs J. Shee
The averages below are for the report averages for Term 2. SUBJECT Natural Science/Technology Life Skills Social Science English Afrikaans Maths Life Orientation Natural Science EMS Art & Culture Technology
Science Olympiad
GR 4 62 64 68 62 68 69
GR 5 61 71 66 66 62 65
GR 6 62 72 65 58 65 63
Art Music
GR 7 57 59 55 65 62 59 55 66 65 60
Mrs L. Williams
Congratulations to Grade 7s, Noa Anthony and Nicolas Buys, on their selection to represent Waterkloof Primary at the Distr ict Science Olympiad held on 23 August 2013. Nicolas then participated on Monday 9 September 2013 in the next round. He did very well and came third. Congratulations Nicolas!
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Equestrian – At the Lower Inter Region held two weekends ago, Kelci
Cronje and her team achieved the following results – Individual Championships : 3rd place and in the Team Championships the Gauteng Team took 1st place.
Tennis – Congratulations to the Boys Tennis Team on winning all
their matches in the C5 Boys League. Brendan Els, Murray HudsonLamb, Aren Repko, Logan Repko and Daniel Williams played their hearts out. Well done to these up and coming stars!
Swimming – There will be swimming trials on Tuesday 1 October
and Wednesday 2 October 2013 from 14:00 to 15:30. Swimmers need only to be timed on one of these days. Fourth Term galas are on 11, 18 and 25 October 2013, and the B-team will be swimming in galas on 11 and 18 October 2013. The Inter House Gala will take place on Friday 15 November 2013 during school hours. We will be swimming in the Inter Schools A League in 2014 so we need dedicated swimmers in the team. Please start training so that we can hold our heads up high in March 2014!
Run for Rhinos – The Run for Rhinos 2013 race was held on Saturday 7 September 2013 in Hatfield. This is a fundraiser organised by veterinary students for the fight against rhino poaching, specifically to raise money to do ‘DNA profiling’ on every rhino. Megan and Michael Roux in Grade 4 and 2 respectively completed the 5 km run/walk. Well done to them!
Cricket – Cricket practices have started and will continue as per extra-mural timetable from Tuesday 1 October 2013. This means that the U/10 team will practise on the first day back.