WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER 9 – 2014
19 May 2014
From the Headmaster’s Desk School Governing Body As mentioned in a previous 2014. At a SGB meeting on Chairperson Vice Chair Finance Chair Finance
letter, Mr Frank Thomaz has resigned from the SGB effective 17 April Monday 12 May 2014, portfolios on the SGB were filled as follows: Mrs Melanie Dorfan Mr Don Williams Mr Jose Gomes (co-opted) Mrs Viloshnee Reddy (co-opted.
We welcome Mr Gomes and Mrs Reddy to the Governing Body and thank them for availing themselves for service to WPS. Thank you to Mrs Dorfan and Mr Williams for accepting their new portfolios and we wish success to all.
Staffing A sincere welcome to Mrs Daleen Joubert, who has accepted the position in the front office. We wish her well in the Waterkloof family. It is with sadness that we say goodbye to Mrs Linda Williams who has taught Gr 7 Science for ten years at Waterkloof Primary School. She certainly will be missed, but we wish her well for the future. Thank you, Mrs Williams, for your contribution to WPS. Waiting Class Thank you parents for supporting the new afternoon arrangments. Please note the following: Practical arrangements All learners not involved in extra-murals need to be collected from school by 14:15. All learners not collected by 14:15 are expected to report, with their suitcases, to the identified waiting class. A notice, with the waiting room number indicated on it, is up on the fence at the Julius Jeppe Street gate. Parents of waiting children must personally collect their child/ children from the waiting class. The waiting class is facilitated until 16:30 every afternoon, after which all learners will wait, unattended at the Rose Avenue gate for collection. Children of parents who have not paid the amount of R850.00 per month, in advance, still have to report to the waiting class for administrative purposes, after which they will move to the Rose Avenue gate. Please note that these children will not be allowed back on the premises. We strongly suggest that parents enrol them in an aftercare centre. Procedures within the waiting class Learners will be doing their homework or reading independently. No games of any form will be allowed. This is not an aftercare facility and no lunch or formalised homework classes will be facilitated. No sibling may come to sign brothers or sisters out on behalf of parents. Parents must do the signing themselves. Where alternative transport arrangements are in place, the responsible person/s must sign the child out.
Payment arrangements Parents who have learners in the waiting class will be charged R850.00 monthly, in advance. They will be invoiced for June by 5 June 2014. Children of parents who have not paid the amount by 13 June 2014, need to be collected in Rose Avenue. For your children’s safety we urge parents to place their children in an aftercare facility, as the children at Rose Avenue will be unsupervised. RCL Civvies Day and Cake & Candy
Dr P. Bi ccard
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the civvies day and Cake & Candy last Friday. A special thank you to the Grade 1s and 7s for bringing goodies to sell. A total of R7430.00 was raised! Thank you! Thank you!
Charity Blankets
Mrs J. Shee
Winter is coming and this term we ask if you can please send a blanket to school to make somebody’s winter more tolerable.
From the Sportsdesk
Mrs J. de Beer
Tennis - Logan Repko was selected for the A Gauteng North tennis team. Georgia Kennealy was selection for the B Gauteng North tennis team. Georgia is one of the youngest members of the team. Congratulations to Logan and Georgia on their achievements.
Netball - Congratulations to Habiba Fakey, Tshowa Katumba en Sharna Moonsamy on their participation in the District Netball trials.
Indoor cricket - Jared Jensen in Gr 5 was chosen for Northern Gauteng U/11 Indoor Cricket.
The tournament took place during the school break and the Northern Gauteng U/11 team won gold. They were unbeaten during the whole tournament. Jared has since been chosen for the South African U/11 Diaomond team.
Chess - Our chess team is doing very well and have won two of their
fixtures and drawn one. We have entered the U/13 league and two of our top players are only in Gr 3! Andre Duvenhage, Leon Duvenhage and Daniel Wohlfahrt took part in the Capablanca Open Chess Tournament held at Southdowns College from 1-4 May 2014 - Leon came third in his division. There was much excitement as Gary Kasparov, Grand Master and considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time, was there to hand over the prizes. Well done to these three boys on their dedication to the sport of chess.
Soccer - Our U/13, U/11 and U/10 teams took part in
the Crawford Malas Soccer Tournament on Friday 9 May. The U/13 and U/10 teams reached the quarter finals and the U/11 team went on to win the tournament!
Luca Breebaard, Jayde Montalto, Thato Nako, Lerou Mokati, Ruan Oberholster, Baatile Kambule, Ntobeka Qawu, Roelof Smit, Neo Morebidi and Benny Makhubela. The winning team:
Well done to all the boys and Collin Molekwa, their dedicated coach.
Life Skills
Mrs C. Monyai
Physical Education Tracksuit The children from Grades 2 to 7 are allowed to use their school track-suit for PE lessons with the school or house T-shirt. They must come to school dressed in their full school uniform and only change into their tracksuit for their PE lesson - they do this in the PE period. Takkies Children are to pack their white takkies for PE lessons as the field will be wet and cold in winter. No learner will be allowed to do PE in their school shoes. PE Lost Property Parents are to encourage their children to come and look for their missing PE items so that they can be correctly dressed for the next lesson. All items must be marked as they are all the same. Medication Children must please bring their asthma pumps and epipens to the PE teacher at the beginning of the lesson and collect them from the PE teacher after the lesson. Please ensure that your children eat breakfast before coming to school. This will help them to have energy for the lessons before break. Doctors’ Notes When a child needs to be excused from a PE lesson, a doctor’s note or a letter from the parent must be submitted to the PE teacher. The note must be written in the Homework Diary under the teacher/parent notes. No note written by the child and signed by the parent will be accepted. Assessment is made difficult when children miss PE lessons repeatedly, even if notes are submitted, and it is not possible to give a result that matches your child’s real potential. Missing lessons, even with permission, will ultimately impact negatively on your child’s PE result.
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