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Circular 5.3 10 March 2017

Elim Farm Carlton Road Addo 6105

Tel: 042 234 0716 Fax: 086 770 5951

P.O. Box 282 Addo 6105

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hermitagehouse.co.za

10 March 2017

espite the rain and mud, the Herald Mountain Bike Race

and Farmers Market turned out to be a fantastic event.

This major event requires plenty of organizing and effort

from the School community. A huge thank you and well

done to all the parents and friends of the school who

contributed to make this event such a success. What was pleasing

to observe was the pleasant manner and enthusiasm our parents

showed towards helping on the day. It was great to be part of the

Hermitage House Team!

The renovations added to the success of the weekend, as there

were many happy campers and many pleased muddy mountain

bikers. Once again, thank you to those people who contributed to

these renovations.

As a result of everyone’s help, the event brought in

WELL DONE!

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Paintball

11 march

e look forward to the Paintball event tomorrow. It promises to be a fun day for the family with many side activities for the children and parents.

• Kids’ Corner • Hamburgers

• Sweet Table • Bar

Matches Start at 09:00am Players to arrive at 08:00am. Bring an umbrella or Gazebo as it looks to be a hot day.

We have had a busy few weeks filled with lots of laughs and learning. The Grade R

boys wanted to show us what clowns do at the Moscow Circus and how funny clowns

can be.

We painted different types of houses that people live in, from mud huts to colourful

houses. We discussed the different shapes we can use to draw a house and then the

correct naming words for all the parts of a house (e.g. roof, window, etc.)

We have also been concentrating on our fine motor skills and learning our personal

details like our birthdate, address and mommy’s cell phone number.

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This week we learned all about colours. We learned that there are primary and

secondary colours, and we learned how to make a secondary colour by mixing some

primary colours together. We also learned that there are light colours as well as dark

colours.

The little explorers blew bubbles in a cup and when the sun shined on the bubbles

they discovered that the bubbles had a colourful reflection.

We had great fun exploring everything “Under the sea” with our Summer theme.

We’ve made beautiful summer pictures and had some yummy Ice-lollies. “Shapes”

was our big focus point last week. Everyone enjoyed building the shapes on the

carpet and making colourful pictures using the four basic shapes.


With our colour theme we learned all about colours and mixing them. We painted a

beautiful rainbow. We built, drew and painted houses. Me made houses out of old

boxes, into what we could shine a flashlight.

ermitage ouse had their annual gala at Birchmore, Willem

and Henriette Bouwer’s farm on Friday, 24th February 2017. A BIG THANK YOU for the use of their farm as a gala venue. You always surprise us with extras! A BIG THANK YOU to our parents, grannies and grandpas and the friends of the

school who attended our children’s gala. We know it often takes a huge effort to get

off work and get away from one’s busy life.


This was the first time that Hermitage House held the gala

during school hours. It worked well and the children

seemed to have a good rest over the weekend before school

started on the Monday again.

We also want to thank our

team of moms that always

stands in to help filling the

tummies of our hungry

children after their

performances.

Nicky Bolton got a turn with the camera that day, and

did a fantastic job.

We must mention the private coaches that work so well

with the school and help us to take the swimming of

Hermitage House a little further –

• Helen Walton usually shows us what she had achieved so far with her grade R

swimmers at the gala.

• Lesley van der Walt has done well in fine-tuning our better swimmers. Lesley is

working on getting a team ready for gala participation in future. Thank you,

Lesley.

We thank Idelette Olivier for time being. She worked with the bigger children during

our weekly practices, helping them with their swimming styles. Please come back

when work pressure permits, Idelette! Thank you so much for your input in our

school swimming.

Results of the Gala:

Free Style Girls U/9 Zandri Knoetze

Boys U/9 Pieter Mostert

Girls U/11 Eloise Whittle

Boys U/11 Ross Pickels

Girls U/13 Nina Mouton

Boys U/13 Tyron Kleinsmidt

Back stroke Girls U/11 Eloise Whittle



Boys U/13 Alex Milne

Breast Stroke Girls U/11 Eloise Whittle

Boys U/11 Allan Benecke

Girls U/13 Shani Barnard & Nina Mouton

Boys U/13 Amani Tupanjanin Clase


Bravest Swimmer Kelly Pietersen

Most improved Senior Swimmer Hlomela Peter

Most improved Junior swimmer Emma Olivier

Best overall swimmers: Girls U/7 Gaby Webb

Boys U/7 Cole Potgieter

Girls U/9 Zandri Knoetze

Boys U/9 Pieter Mostert

Girls U/11 Eloise Whittle



Boys U/13 Tyron Kleinsmidt and Alex Milne

Interhouse Shield - Bunton (Green) - 67 Hayter/Orange 66 Carina Oelofse


Wednesday 22 February 2017

Theodor Herzel batted first and scored 109 for 3 after 20 overs.

Amani Tupanjanin Clase (2 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs)

Allan Benecke (1 wicket for 14 runs in 3 overs)

Hermitage House then went in to bat and managed to score 54 runs for 7 wickets

after 20 overs.

Hermitage House lost the match by 55 runs.

Mr. Clarke


On Wednesday 8 March, all of the Gr. 1-7 pupils played internal cricket matches at the

Polo Club. There were five matches played in total. Four of the matches were played

in mini cricket format and the other match was played on the turf pitch on the main

cricket field.

There were 68 players in total, and it was wonderful to see the Polo Club fields filled

with so many cricketers of all ages showcasing their batting, bowling and fielding

skills. The cricket was very entertaining and the parents that were watching seemed

to enjoy it very much. Thank you to all the teachers that helped officiate the various

matches. Mr. Clarke

ur tennis has been busy

the past few days due to the internal

matches we have been playing. The

learners enjoyed the good competition

and participated with a positive

attitude.

Our winner for the Gr. 2-3

group was Nina Stiemie

and our winner for the Grade 4-7

group was Isa Stiemie and Eloise Whittle. Miss. A. Spies

17 March – Top 6 (Girls) vs DSG in Ght

15 March – Introduction and run at school

16 March – Swim at Bouwer’s Pool


22 March – Cycle at school

23 March – Run at School

Each child will complete an event a day and their times will be added together to get

the times for the 3 disciplines. If a child does not have a bicycle, then he/she will do a

run that day.

Paintball Fun Day – 11 March 2017

Tuckshop (Hamburger for Sale) – 17 March 2017

Easter Performance – 30 March 2017

School Closes – 31 March 2017 at 10am

Hermitage House Golf Day – 20 May 2017

Please drop off your child at the Sunlands NG Church on Tuesday the 14th of March

between 07:00am and 07:30am. They will be practicing for their concert.

The learners will be transport back to school with the bus.

NOTE: 20 March - NO SCHOOL - School Holiday

21 March - PUBLIC HOLIDAY - No School

Tilla van der Merwe & Madder Visser – for adding colour

and excitement to our gala with lovely bright orange and

green arm bands.

Nicky Bolton – for taking the Photos at the Gala.

Rodney Bolton – Seeing to the servicing of the school’s fire

extinguishers, collecting the lock for the Polo Club fridge and

installing a tank at the Polo Club.

David & Margaret Pickels – for sponsoring and organising an air-con to be installed

in the Gr. 3 classroom. This will make a huge difference.


1. Henriette Bouwer - Meat, Breakfast, Labour, donations, décor, planning, caramelized onions,

lemon juice, mustard and many more.

2. Willem Bouwer - Meat, Lemons and Pears.

3. Rodney Bolton - Renovations, building, signs, banners, helicopter arrangements, unlimited

phone calls, electricity, assisting where possible, hard Labour, sweat, laughter

and tears.

4. Sharon Kleinsmidt - Organizing vegetable donations and for donating veggies.

5. Hanneke & Snyman Kritzinger - Donated: 200 Carrots, 30x10kg Potatoes

6. Freda de Bruin - organised everything for the pancakes, collected and delivered everything

back to and from the church, Sweet Donations, donated Pancake mixture for

±100 pancakes. Various décor for the table.

7. Louis de Bruin - Donated a Springbok for raffle. Sweet donations.

8. Leandre Jooste - Organizing and encouraging parents to partake in the anything goes table.

Donated Bar-One cake for raffle. Rusk, Ginger Biscuits, Chocolate

cupcakes, lemon meringue cupcakes, banana bread, condensmilk for syringes.

Donated Ingredients for baking goodies.

9. Kristie van der Westhuizen - Pilot at no extra charge.

10. SPAR - Donated: 5 x 7kg Onions, 1 x box Bananas, and 6 x cucumbers.

11. Crisbel and Francios Rudman - R1000 donation

12. Carmen and Eardley Rudman - Donated: 10kg sugar, cake, plants for the tables

13. Chantelle and Clint MacAleer - R1000 donation and organizing 5000 wrappers sponsored by

Freshgro Citrus Growers

14. Lindie and Harold Henry - R200 donation

15. Helga Vermaak - 15doz eggs, candy floss machine and 2 packets of candy floss sugar

16. Erina Stiemie - Organizing everything for the Lunch tables. Making

Fudge and Monkey Gland Sauce.

17. Margaret Pickels - Organising everything for the Lunch Packs

18. Lunch Pack Helpers - Nicola Chambers, Katie Tayler-Smith,

Marisa Wooley, Angela Taylor, Gail Davis,

Rosie Davis

19. Bokkie Kritzinger - Donated: Pears & Apples

20. Wilma and Gary Webb - Donated: Spanspek, Watermelon and

Butternut., Banana bread.

21. Hannes Joubert - Donated: Spanspek, Watermelon and Butternut

22. Greg Puttergill - Donated: Baby Marrows – Punnett’s

23. Riaan Killian - Donated: 10 x 10kg Onions

24. Rocket Seed - Donated: 5 x 10kg Onions, 1 x Box Bananas,

10 x cucumbers

25. Ronnie Beyl - Donated: 10 x Box Tomatoes

26. Nolie le Roux - Donated: 200 lettuce

27. Marlene Janse van Rensburg - R100 donation

28. Anri Janse van Rensburg - Donated: Pancake mixture for ± 100 pancakes

29. Madder Visser - Donated: 2.5kg sugar and 2.5kg flour. Supplied runner and décor items for the

sweet table.

30. Lize Knoetze - Donated: Pancake Mixture for ±100 pancakes.

31. Suan Pienaar - Donated: Pancake Mixture for ± 200 pancakes; Cookie Fudge. Arranging fruit

donations from family (prunes and plums)

32. Letabakop Farms - Donated: 26 boxes of pears.

33. Nicky Combrink - Donated: Buttermilk Rusk and plants for the sweet tables

Lunch Pack: Helpers


34. Vicky Whittle van Rooyen - Donated Variety of Biscuits

35. Lisa-Mari Swanepoel - Cupcakes and assisting Henriette with the meat table Saturday and

Sunday.

36. Michael Beneke - Braaiing for the people and getting the braai’s started on Saturday evening.

37. Antoinette Barnard - Donated: Brownies and syringes for the condensmilk

38. Nicky Bolton - Donated: sugar popcorn

39. Kierryn Keeton - Donated: Butterfly decorated bags filled with a

variety of sweets

40. Pre-School Teachers and Staff - Organizing the aftercare

facilities and entertainment

41. Primary School Teachers - helping with shifts

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