FROM THE OFFICE

The life of a woman is not always a bed of roses, as it is not easy to manage work, home and children at the same time, but ladies you have faced the difficult days with grace and dignity. When a child has a caring, loving and supportive mother, it makes a remarkable difference in their life. Best wishes to all the fabulous mothers on International Women’s Day.

All the best to all our cultural groups with their respective performances starting this weekend. A child should never be silenced as the spoken word is more powerful than the sword. We are extremely proud of our Afrikaans orators (ATKV) who have held our name on high at various competitions: Oppie Tong Af, Artistatue and the ATKV final round.

Between tennis, chess, hockey, cricket and cross country, our learners are very busy. All the best to our cross-country athletes who will be participating in a Cross-Country Meeting hosted by our school tomorrow. Please also note that for this reason, there will be additional traffic in the parking area tomorrow afternoon.

Thank you to everyone who was involved in a very successful Hockey Festival this past weekend.

Our tennis players in Bethlehem are doing well and are holding Midstream’s name high.

YADAH

This week we pray for:

All the toddlers, babies and pre-schoolers in Midstream. We pray for the pre-primary schools and nursery schools in the area and all the staff that work there.

MANDELA DAY

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” ― Nelson Mandela

MCP wishes to join hands with so many other companies and people all over the world to shine a bright light in honour of Mandela Day. Midstream, as a community, is always prepared to give generously, spread love and joy… and in this case, light!  Yes, we want to LITERALLY spread LIGHT to others this year. The Yadah and MCP want to support a nearby old-age home that suffers severely because of load shedding. They do not have the funding for generators or other sources of power during load shedding. The residents spend many hours in the dark because of this. Our goal is to collect  rechargeable lights and to donate them to this old-age home.
 
Please join us in this venture to lend a hand and spread ‘light’ to elderly people in need. Our goal is to collect at least 100 lights / lanterns to donate.

According to the home’s needs, our suggestion is to purchase lights from the following retailers:

1. LE ROY MERLIN
- Lantern mini USB rechargeable @ R120.
- Emergency light LED rechargeable 1.8 W @ R149

2. Britelighting.co.za
- Magneto Compact Rechargeable LED Lantern @ R129

3. MAKRO
- Camp Master rechargeable emergency light @ R149 (currently on special @ R89).

Should you, your family or your circle of friends decide to sponsor / donate a light, please buy one (or more) and send it to school to your child’s register class on or before 10 August.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:5

GOLF

The school would like to give our learners the opportunity to play golf with their friends on Tuesdays. Learners who are therefore able to play nine holes on their own, are welcome to join the golfers on Tuesdays where they will be able to play nine holes under supervision. This arrangement will start on 2 August and will continue until 13 September 2022 (excluding the following date: 9 August). Players must report to the golf course at 14:00.
THESE SESSIONS ARE NOT COACHING SESSIONS but provide learners, who can already play, an opportunity to play. For further information, please contact Mr. Kotze on (012) 661 0724 or email schalkk@midstreamcollege.co.za. (Cost: R60-00 per player per afternoon.) These games will be used as trials to determine our golf teams for the fourth term. All players need to attend a minimum of two of these sessions in order to be considered for the school team. Please contact Mr Kotze in person if this is not possible.

Should there be any learners who would like to start golf, or who require lessons, please enquire at the golf course.
Contact Details: Patrick O’Brien – 082 992 13 14 or via email patrick@pobgolf.co.za 
                              Christo Eagleton – 0825363354

CROSS COUNTRY

Term 3
Practice times:
Monday to Thursday 14:00 to 15:00

League races:
Friday, 5 August – Midstream College
Friday, 12 August – Eduplex
Saturday, 20 August – AGN championships
Saturday, 27 September – SA championships

Midstream College WhatsApp group link:

ADDITIONAL INFO

Enjoy the long weekend, Monday and Tuesday (8 + 9 August).
The next newsletter will be available on 18 August 2022.