WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 27 – 2013
14 October 2013
From the Headmaster’s Desk Waterkloof Primary School Waterkloof Primary School has once again, together with Lynnwood Ridge Primary School, been voted the best primary school in Pretoria. This accolade does not come easy, and is a team effort by teachers, SMT, SGB and parents. Well done, and thank you to all.
School Governing Body - AGM Budget 2014 We remind of you the School Governing Body AGM on Thursday 24 October 2013. We urge parents to attend this meeting as school fees for 2014 will be proposed and approved. The following stipulations were confirmed by the Governing Body Foundation as well as the Department of Education. Parents need to receive 30 calendar days notice for the AGM. Copies of the proposed budget for 2014 will be available from reception 14 days before the AGM. A quorum of 15% attendance is required to approve and accept the budget for 2014.
Technology Olympiad
Mrs L. Eagle
Towards the end of last term 5 Grade 7 learners from Waterkloof Primary School participated in the Technology Olympiad. They firstly had to write a test and then make a tower as tall as possible using limited materials. Our learners did us proud by coming third out of twenty-three participating schools. They were commended for their academic performance and for applying the structural principles they had learned at school. Well done Daniel, Diego, Nicholas, Lauren and Elize!
The olympiad was an experience that I will never forget! It was very scary but we pulled through with the help of our amazing teacher, Mrs Eagle! Thanks for the experience and good luck to next year’s competitors! Elize van Straten The technology olympiad was so much fun! At first it was a bit scary and difficult as we were trying to remember all that we had been taught by Mrs Eagle. Luckily, after a while it got easy and was fun. I think we all worked very well as a team and most importantly, did our best and had fun! Lauren Cook From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Golf - Brendan Els won the B-division (handicaps 10-18) played on Thursday 26 September 2013 in the
GNGU Junior Tournament played at Silver Lakes. He played gross 90 (nett 72) and 87 (nett 69). Well done Brendan!
Tennis - Congratulations to Brendan Els, Murray Hudson-Lamb, Aren Repko and Logan Repko on winning the C-league Tennis Championships. These boys beat Laerskool Lynnwood in the finals. Logan never lost a single game in these Championships. The school championships are underway and we are looking forward to some good tennis.
Cricket - The cricket boys had mixed fortunes in their matches against Lynnwood Ridge Primary School last
week. The Open A boys lost their match by 118 runs, and the Open B boys won by 9 wickets - Logan Repko took 4 wickets in his debut cricket match! The U/11A team lost by 7 wickets but Thomas Minnie scored 81 before being bowled. The U/10A boys beat Lynnwood Ridge Primary by 10 wickets.
Fixtures for this week Tuesday
15 October
Open A Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary School at Brooklyn Open B Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary School at WPS
Wednesday
16 October
U/10A Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary School at WPS
Thursday
17 October
U/10B Cricket vs WHPS at WHPS U/9 Cricket vs Laerskool Lynnwood at WPS
Friday
18 October
A Swimming team to Hatfield Christian School B Swimming team to Midstream College
Parent Talk
Mrs J. Shee
Well known speaker Mr Arnold Mol will be talking to ALL our parents on ‘Good Parenting Skills’ in the school hall on Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 18:00. Please diarise this important date. His talk is extremely informative and a definite not to be missed presentation.
Entrepreneurs’ Day - Grade 7
Ms R. Lee Fon
Thank you to all the children and parents for the tremendous support - it was a huge success! WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL - SUPPORTER SHIRT
GENTS R250.00 (including VAT)
LADIES R210.00 (including VAT)
ORDER FORM The PTA have designed a School Supporter Shirt for you to wear at school events. The purpose is to identify Waterkloof Primary School supporters amongst other supporters. We would like to create loyalty towards our school, especially when attending school activities.
I, __________________________________________, parent/guardian of _________________________________ in Grade _______________ would like to order my/our School Supporter Shirts as stated below.
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Please place the order form and the correct amount of money in a sealed envelope, addressed to Mrs P. Engelbrecht, Bursar.