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Newsletter 11/2018 19 June 2018

Dear Parents Staff Roelien de Klerk leaves us at the end of the term to take a teaching position in Taiwan. We wish her well with this new venture and she will be sorely missed by the Groote Schuur Primary School community. End of term arrangements Thursday 21 June is a civvies day. You qualify for civvies day, if you brought a gift for the Bingo Evening which is on 20 July. We asking parents to diarise this date and please support the Bingo Evening which is a fundraiser towards the grade 7 tour. The second term ends on Friday 22 June at 11h00. The final assembly is held from 10h00 and families are welcome to attend. Reports will be sent home at the end of this term and should be returned by the first day of the new term. Please discuss the report with your child and set goals for the rest of the school year. The new term starts on Tuesday 17 July. A reminder that extra murals only start during the second week of the new term. Codes on reports Our pupils are coded on a scale from 1 to 7 as indicated by the national curriculum. Below are the codes.

Code Description

7 Outstanding achievement

6 Meritorious achievement

5 Substantial achievement

4 Adequate achievement

3 Moderate achievement

2 Elementary achievement

1 Not achieved

If you are concerned about the codes your child has received, this can be discuss with the child’s teacher. Parent meetings will be held during the first week of the new term. Teachers will inform you via letter. Lost property We currently have many items in lost property, most of these items are not marked or poorly marked that we can’t decipher the names of the children. Please ensure that you mark all your children’s property so that if it is missed placed and found that it can be returned to them. Majorettes Our drum majorettes will participate in the National Competition in Oudtshoorn from 1 to 7 July. As the 2018 Western Province champions the girls are extremely excited to participate. We wish them well and know that they will do us proud.

NEWSLETTER

Enter to learn: Leave to Serve

Claremont Library If your children are bored to death this holiday, The Claremont Library has an interesting and exciting holiday programme geared for primary schools. The programme is at the back of the letter. Music Lauren du Plooy, our music teacher ran a workshop for children from different schools at Stellenbosch University. A number of our pupils attended from 10h00 to 17h00 on Saturday 16 June. They learned four songs from scratch and then presented a concert to an audience. Thank you for allowing your children to attend and thank you to Lauren for the wonderful opportunity for our children. Thank you Salomi Smith for attending. BINGO BINGO BINGO Bingo civvies on 21 June. If you have already brought a gift or if you will still bring a gift on or before 21 June, you may wear civvies on Thursday 21 June. Let's go BIG - Let's BINGO!! Bingo evening is on Friday 20 July 2018 - the first Friday in the third term. Wellness Warriors Winter is rapidly approaching, and along with it brings cold, wet and rainy days. Our Wellness Warriors will be collecting warm blankets, old duvet covers etc for the Animal Welfare Society in Phillipi. Pep Stores and the Crazy Store sell lovely blankets for R40. We would appreciate it if you could purchase one when you are on your next shopping trip, or you may also wish to donate old blankets when you are clearing out your cupboards at home.

SPORT

UPCOMING EVENTS: 23rd June: SA vs England Test – 17h10 1st – 7th July: Majorettes National Tour 4th August 2018 – Derby Day vs Kronendal - GSPS 18th August 2018 – Zwaanswyk Sports Day – Netball + Rugby 25th August 2018 – Simon van der Stel – Rugby Day MAJORETTES: We are exceptionally proud of our Majorette girls as they took the title of Western Province Championship at the Drummie Comp two weeks ago at the Bellville Veldodrome. Despite the weather conditions our girls conquered and went on the take the title. Our girls have been Western Province Champions for the last three years. NETBALL: On Friday 8th June our U9 netball girls took part in an evening tournament at Kirstenhof Primary School, our girls could not wait to get to KPS to start playing. After much anticipation our girls eventually played their first match, after the final whistle our girls we knew this would not be as easy as they thought. All in all, we played 6 matches, with some great netball being played by our girls, they learnt a lot and are definitely ready to get started in the next term. We are proud of our young girls who showed great determination and great sportsmanship on and off the court. Thank you to our coach Zilke who gives up of her time to invest in our young girls, thank you to Ms Butler for always being keen to join the team, and the staff who came to support of girls.

SPORT: We will start all sport practice on 23 July 2018, that we will be the second week of the new term. Term 3 sport is the same as the term 2 calendar. I ask that you please encourage your child to participate in a sporting code as we find that pupils are not getting involved. Let’s encourage our pupils to do a sport next term. DERBY DAY: Due to Kirstenhof Primary School having a school production the same weekend as the scheduled Derby Day, we will not be able to have the derby day this year. So this year we will only have one derby day against Kronendal that we are excited for. HIP HOP: Our hip hop dancers competed in the SABOD Hip Hop National Championship on Saturday 16 June at the CTICC. Our girls that dance for The Rhythm Factory received 7 gold medals, 4 silvers and 3 bronze medals. We are extremely proud of our girls that represented our school at the competition. Ella Rose 7-8yrs – 1st Solo & 5th Duo / Leah Miller 8-10yrs – 3rd Solo, 3rd Duo & Special Award for stage presence / Alison Petersen 9-10yrs – 6th Solo & 2nd Duo / Skye Pearson [Top 8] 11-12 Solo & 13-14 Duo / Jana Hannibal [Top 8] 11-12 Solo & Duo. Well done to all our hip hop dancers, thank you to The Rhythm Factory for investing all your time in our girls. UNIFORM: Please note that the new stock has not arrived as yet. We do have the new GSPS sport socks in stock. We do encourage all pupils to have the socks for the following sports: Hockey, Cricket. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sport will start on the 23 July 2018. All sport practice will start, let’s encourage all kids to participate in a sport.

If any pupil has received WP or SA colours in any sport, please inform Mr Davids.

Yours sincerely VALENTINE NEFDT PRINCIPAL

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