WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 7 – 2015
9 March 2015
From the Headmaster’s Desk Lost Property
Mrs J. Shee
Lost property is hung in the passage, on hooks, outside Mr Snyman’s office and outside Mrs Shee’s classroom during the term. For the last two weeks of term it is placed in the hall foyer for collection. Please remember all lost property that has not been collected by 08:00 on the last day of the term is sent to charity. Children are strongly encouraged to retrieve their belongings.
Charity
Mrs J. Shee
Thank you to all the children and parents who so generously donated toiletries for this term’s charity drive. All items have been sent to the Tumelong Mission and the Winterveldt. Both organisations were overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness. Thank you!
Teddy Bears’ Picnic - Grades R - 3: A big thank you to all the parents who attended the Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Thank you for your support and especially for reading to your children. Much fun was had by all!
La Musique Est La Vie On Saturday morning, 28 February 2015, the Senior Choir hosted a very successful French morning with the Koeksisterzzz. Tables were decorated with French flair, and laden with croissants, quiches and petit-fours. A great musical morning was enjoyed by all the guests. Thank you to Mrs Lubbe, Mrs de Beer and Ms Voigt for their hard work in making this event the huge success that it was.
Mrs I. Pereira Mrs R. Haskins
SPCA Collection Mrs A. Stobbart For the duration of Term 1, SPCA collection tins have been placed in the classrooms and learners bring their small change to place their contributions into the tins. Any amount is appreciated as the SPCA desperately needs our help. Your generous contribution to this worthy cause will be highly appreciated.
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Athletics - Georgia Kennealy, Luke Klopper, Tshowa Katumba and Deborah Yemek were selected
to take part in the District Primary Schools’ Athletics Championships held at Pilditch on Thursday 26 February 2015 - congratulations. Deborah Yemek won two bronze medals in the 80m and 100m U/11 Sprints - well done Deborah!
Chess - Leon Duvenhage has been selected to participate in the South African Junior Closed
Chess Championships 2015 to be held during the April school holidays. Only thirty children per age group get invited to take part so it is a huge honour and accomplishment to be invited to play with the best in the country! The top three players get awarded full SA colours and the top ten get awarded CHESSA colours. We wish Leon, who is practising very hard at this stage, good luck for this prestigious event.
Swimming - WPS took part in the Interschool B-league swimming gala at Hillcrest on Tuesday 3 March 2015, and the results were as follows: First Southdowns College 984 Second Hatfield Christian School 779.5 Third Tygervalley College 728 Fourth Waterkloof Primary School 622 Fifth Rietondale Primary School 577.5 Well done to all the swimmers who took part, and especially to Rachel-Ann van Biljon who was the Victrix Ludorum on the day. The top three individual rankings were all WPS girls - Rachel-Ann van Biljon, Kaitlyn Albertyn and Kayleigh Adamson. Kayleigh Adamson, Jenna Grobler, Riley Wearne and Bianca Windt broke DSG’s record (2010) for the U/12 Girls’ Freestyle Relay. Well done girls! Results were as follows: Gold medals:
Silver medals:
Kayleigh Adamson - 2, Kaitlyn Albertyn - 2, Rachel-Ann van Biljon - 2 and Jenna Grobler. Kayleigh Adamson, Jenna Grobler, Riley Wearne and Bianca Windt - Girls U/12 Freestyle Relay Kaitlyn Albertyn, Cayla Hartzenberg, Jade Kühn and Rachel-Ann van Biljon Girls U/13 Freestyle Relay Kaitlyn Albertyn, Kayleigh Adamson, Cameron de Klerk - 3 each; Milla Fulton, Gabriel Gibberd, Rachel-Ann van Biljon, Riley Wearne and Bianca Windt. Cameron de Klerk, Gabriel de Jong, Gabriel Gibberd and Alessandro Montalto Boys U/13 Freestyle and Medley Relays. Cheyenne Barnard, Noiya Benami, Milla Fulton and Jenny Macdonald - Girls U/9 Freestyle Relay
Bronze medals:
Kaitlyn Albertyn and Gabriel Gibberd - 2 each; Rachel-Ann van Biljon and Bianca Windt. Luca Breebaart, Joshua Engelbrecht, Jayde Montalto and Aren Repko - Boys U/12 Medley Relay