FROM THE OFFICE
We remember all the good memories from 2022 with fondness and wish each learner, parent, and teacher 12 blessed months during 2023, filled with happiness, joy, achievements, and success.

                                                Don’t let the entire staircase overwhelm you. 
                                                     Just focus on that first step. – LifeRhino

We welcome and appreciate our parents’ positive energy and commitment to excellence in education and we, again, look forward to working together with our parents and learners this year. Our dedicated staff members are ready for the new school year.

To our new parents: We are ecstatic that you have joined our wonderful, caring learning community. We wish you much happiness at our school.

We would like to welcome Mrs Vasinthee Naidoo and Mr Rico Ferreira in the Mathematics department, Ms Sunel Swart in the Science department, and Anike van Rijswijk as an assistant.

IMPORTANT DATES

Click on the link below for important dates.

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING

The parent information evening will take place in the hall on Wednesday, 18 January at 18:30.
Thereafter, parents will proceed to their children’s register classes.

ATHLETICS INFORMATION

Please click on the link below for more information regarding athletics practices and other information relating to athletics.

With the athletics season fast approaching, we would like to bring the following arrangements to your attention which we have introduced to improve the effectiveness of communication between the school and parents.

We have created three WhatsApp groups that parents are encouraged to join, where all the athletics information will be shared. These groups have been created for specific grades and we request that parents only join the group that is applicable to their child. This year, we will not hand out any printed copies of letters to the athletes who have qualified for the team. We have replaced the letters with the following procedures:

• Information regarding the current week’s athletics meeting, the team list for the athletics meeting as well as the relevant programme will be posted on the WhatsApp group.

All involved parents will be able to see which events their child is participating in and the time thereof.

We trust that these steps will help improve communication between the school and parents.

Below are the links:

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS MEETING 2023

The Inter-House Athletics Meeting for 2023 will take place on Friday, 13 January from 08:30. Your child is encouraged to participate in the different events.

We request that each learner should wear a hat and apply sunblock regularly during the athletics meeting.

Parents are welcome to attend the athletics meeting as spectators.

Grade 1 to 3 learners may go home at 13:15, however, the rest of the learners are required to attend until the end of the programme (+/- 14:30). The teachers will accompany the Grade 1 to 3 leaners to Gate 2 at 13:15. The Aftercare teachers will wait at the various waiting points in the different blocks for the Grade 1 to 3 Aftercare learners.

LOCKERS

Lockers are available for all Grade 4 to 7 learners that apply for a locker. Once all the lockers have been allocated to these learners, Grade 3 learners will then also be given the opportunity to apply for a locker. The application for lockers will close on Friday, 20 January 2023. Lockers will be allocated to the learners on Monday, 23 January 2023. Please use one of the following links to apply for a locker:

TENNIS PRACTICE TIMES 2023

Grade 1:
Mondays and Fridays: 13:30 - 14:00

Grade 2 - 5:
Mondays and Wednesdays: 14:00 - 15:00
Fridays: 14:00 - 15:00  -  Team members only:  Official team practice

Grade 6 - 7:
Mondays: 15:00 - 16:00
Wednesdays: 14:00 - 15:00
Fridays: 15:00 - 16:00  -  Team members only:  Official team practice

Please note: Tennis practice for Grade 2 – 7 will start on Monday, 16 January.
Tennis practice for Grade 1 will start on Monday, 23 January.
Tennis league matches will start on Monday, 23 January OR Monday, 30 January.
Exact dates and league fixtures will be communicated to team members.

LOCKERS

Lockers are available for all Grade 4 to 7 learners that apply for a locker. Once all the lockers have been allocated to these learners, Grade 3 learners will then also be given the opportunity to apply for a locker. The application for lockers will close on Friday, 20 January 2023. Lockers will be allocated to the learners on Monday, 23 January 2023. Please use one of the following links to apply for a locker:

JUNIOR REVUE

The Junior Revue auditions will be held on Monday, 23 January from 14:00 to 15:30 for Grade 2 learners and from 15:30 to 17:00 for Grade 3 learners. Your child is required to learn a dance before he/she attends the audition. Please follow the link below to view the dance tutorial as this is the dance that they must be able to do during the audition.

We look forward to seeing your child at the auditions on Monday.

SENIOR REVUE

The Senior Revue auditions will take place on Tuesday, 24 January for the Grade 6 and 7 girls, on Wednesday, 25 January for the Grade 4 and 5 girls, and on Thursday, 26 January for Grade 4 to 7 boys. ALL learners who would like to attend the auditions must book a timeslot for their audition. Please click on the link below to book a timeslot.

Your child must learn a dance before he/she attends the audition. Please follow the link below to view the dance tutorial. This is the dance they must be able to do during the audition.

CHESS

Chess practice starts on Tuesday, 17 January and will take place every Tuesday at the following times:

Grade 1 and 2: 13:30 – 14:00: Venue: Mrs Memory Brooks’ Class
Grade 3 and 4: 14:00 – 15:00: Venue: Mr Mark Bailey’s Class
Grade 5, 6 and 7: 15:00 – 16:00: Venue: Mr Mark Bailey’s Class

SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS

As in the past, the Science textbooks (Science Dissected) are ordered directly from the publishers, by the school, in order to eliminate the middleman and keep costs lower. It is the school’s own textbook and can unfortunately not be purchased from another publisher. For this reason, you were not able to order this textbook from MC Primary Bookshop. An amount of R230-00 for Grade 4 to 7 Science textbooks will be levied to your February 2023 account.

TECHNOLOGY
The Technology department welcomes you back and wishes you a successful 2023.

The textbook for this year will be distributed in class and will be invoiced to your school account at the end of February.

The price of the textbooks for Grade 4 – 6 is R110-00 and the Grade 7 textbook’s price is R234-00. Please see the order form and information pertaining to the materials needed for practical projects for the year. These materials can be purchased directly from Eventology. You may, however, also purchase them elsewhere.

Should you wish to order from Eventology, the order, payment, and collection thereof must be done through Eventology directly. Remember to indicate only the items you need on the list and submit this to Eventology. They will then pack your order – which may take up to a week – and notify you regarding collection. Unfortunately, the school will not administer this process.

Follow the links below on the icons to access the order form for each grade.

MUSIC STUDIO

The past year has been a very successful year in the Music department, with winners in different categories at various competitions. We have talented, professional musicians offering music lessons. Students attend 30 lessons per year with the payment thereof divided into 4 instalments. The lessons are 30 minutes per week and the music lessons are attended at the Midstream College studios. Music lessons take place in school hours during non-academic periods such as: L.O., Music, and Art, as well as after school.

The department is in high demand and a limited amount of space is available for 2023. If you are interested in enrolling your child for lessons for 2023, please follow the following link for more information on the webpage.