Proudly Camps Bay Competition

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Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s)

An exciting two weeks lies ahead with the Inter-House Athletics Meeting taking place on Friday 13 February followed by the Valentine’s Week from 16 – 20 February 2009.

We will also be launching a new initiative this Friday in the Assembly slot called ‘Family Time’ in which the school will be divided into ‘families’ consisting of a Grade 7 pupil as the head of the family, a grade 6, a grade 5, a grade 4 and a grade 3 pupil comprising the ‘family’. The aim of this initiative is to promote friendly interaction and closer co-operation across the grades. The ‘families’ will meet once a term, under the guidance of a teacher, to discuss various topics such as bullying, what warrants a demerit and other pertinent issues.

PROUDLY CAMPS BAY PRIMARY ART and WRITING COMPETITION
Thank you to those parents who have donated prizes, however, we still need many more prizes. Some suggestions: CD voucher, movie tickets, Exclusive Books voucher, a slab of chocolate or packets of sweets. We need your child to be ‘Proudly Camps Bay Primary’! Closing date for submission of entries is Friday 13 February 2009.

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS: FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2009
You should have received two comprehensive documents from Mrs Hamber explaining in detail the arrangements for the Inter-House Athletics that will be held at the high school track on Friday 13 February 2009. Please consult these documents closely. A further reminder of the Inter-House Athletics Practice which will also be held at the high school on this Friday 6 February 2009 from 13:30 – 15:30. All athletes MUST attend and all the staff will also be present. Please arrange transport for your child to the high school as well as arrange to collect your child from the high school at 15:30. The plan of this practice is to familiarise the athletes with various procedures such as running in lanes and to have a trial run of their respective events before the ‘big day’! We will also be holding the High Jump and Long Jump events on this Friday afternoon 6 February 2009.

VALENTINE’S WEEK: MONDAY 16 TO FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2009
This new event is causing great excitement in the school and lots of rumours!
Information will be given, on all the planned events for this week, to the pupils on Friday in the Assembly slot by the teachers who are organising this week, namely, Ms Sobey, Ms Jensen and Ms Adams. As a start the Valentine’s Dance is for Grade 6s and Grade 7s as well as the Grade 8s from the high school only. Dress is CASUAL and entrance tickets are R10 for a single ticket. (No double tickets)

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY
The School Governing Body had their first official meeting on Wednesday 4 February 2009 and a number of important decisions were made. Information and feedback will be provided to you in the next newsletter. Included will be the identification of the various Grade projects according to the needs of the school. Each grade will be allocated a project to achieve before the end of the year. For your information, the lines on the Tennis Courts (next to the Symmonds field) have been repainted and the nets have also been repaired.

DONATE-A-TREE PROJECT
We are planning to create an atrium with trees and benches on either side of the Netball court. At present we have Cape Ash trees lining one side of the court. We need six Cape Ash trees, but they have to be 3 metre trees to prevent them been blown away by the south-easter wind. The cost of a 3m Cape Ash tree is R600 per tree. Any ‘tree-hugging’ parent who would like to donate a tree, please contact Mrs Noleen Knott at 021- 438 3112. Two trees have already been donated by Mrs Noleen Knott and an anonymous donor respectively. We, therefore, effectively only need another FOUR trees to be donated.

EXTRA-MURALS:
Teachers in charge of the extramural meet the children at a set venue (like their classroom or outside the school entrance nearest the kitchen) where they take the register before leaving together for the main venue.
For all extra-murals that take place on the Symmonds Field the children will be walked to and from the fields by the teacher-in-charge of the practice. PLEASE DO NOT LIFT YOUR CHILD TO AND FROM THE FIELDS. This creates a lot of confusion for the child and the teacher who takes the register before they leave for the field. We would also prefer you not to collect your child from the Symmonds Field because in the event you are late, we cannot leave any child alone waiting for you to arrive and we cannot delay the rest of the team who are going to be collected back at school.
In the event of any changes of venue we always try to notify parents via the answering service on the secretary’s phone. An appeal to you to please ensure that your child wears the school cap and applies sunscreen at each practice.

SUPERVISED HOMEWORK SESSIONS
We often find that pupils do not have the necessary self-discipline and work ethic to do their homework and at times, as working parents, it is difficult for parents to closely monitor and assist with homework. Mrs Maureen Karakondis has kindly offered her services to the school to run homework classes from Monday to Thursday afternoons from 14:30 – 16:00 at a cost of R200.00 per pupil per month. Mrs Karakondis will supervise and assist your child with their homework. Homework supervision classes will take place in the following venues: Mondays and Wednesdays in the classroom opposite the kitchen and on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Kumon Room. If you would like to register your child for these supervised homework classes, please contact Mrs Karakondis directly on 083 570 5322.


UNIFORM SHOP NEW OPENING TIMES FOR 2009:
The Camps Bay Clothing Shop is situated on the High School’s campus and is operated by Janet Burger who may be contacted on 021-438 1507. The new opening times for 2009 are stated below:
Mondays 13:00 – 17:30
Tuesdays – Fridays 12:00 – 15:30

Important: ensure that your child has a sense of belonging by equipping him / her with all the necessary correct items CLEARLY MARKED.


PHONE CARDS / OFFICE PHONE USAGE: We appeal to all parent(s) / guardian(s) to please ensure that your child(ren) are in possession of a phone card. These are available from the Bursar, Mrs Caldis for a cost of R20. NO telephone calls, unless it is an emergency will be made from the office. Also please remember that NO CELL PHONES are to be brought to school.


AFTERCARE FOR GRADE 3 - 7: A reminder that the After-Care facility for Grades 3 – 7 is run by Elaine Allen from the end of school until 17H30 each day. She can be contacted on 082 720 7705.

APPEAL FOR ITEMS FOR OUR ART ROOM: If you could help us with any of the following items for the Art room it would be much appreciated:
An old washing basket you no longer need.
Purity jars and / or large glass jars with lids.
Old wrapping paper and / or magazines.
Yoghurt containers.
5L buckets with lids.
Wool and Scraps of fabric.
Old advertising stock books which are excellent for drawing reference.
Thank you, Ms Gibbs.

PROVISIONAL DATES TO DIARISE:

DATES TO DIARISE – 1st TERM 2009

February 2009
Fri, 13
Inter-house Athletics 07.30 am at Camps Bay High School
Grade 3 Social

Mon, 16
Valentine’s Week
Fri, 20
‘Red and White’ Civvies Day
Grade 4 Social
Grade 6, 7 & 8 Valentine’s Dance

Mon, 23
Inter-Schools Athletics

Tues, 24
Colin Sunkel photographs Individual

Wed, 25
Grade 7 Open Day at CBHS

Fri, 27
Inter-house Gala 08.30 am.
Grade 5 Social
March 2009

Thurs, 5
Birthday – Mrs Linda Anders

Fri, 6
Inter-Schools Gala
Grade 6 Social
Grade 7 Social
General Knowledge Round 1
Notes4Notes Concert

Tues, 24
Grade 7’s go to camp.

Fri, 27
Grade 7’s return from camp.

Fri, 27
Parent (Adult) Social

Tues, 31
Inter-house General
Knowledge Quiz

April 2009
Wed, 1
Reports issued to Parents
Fri, 3
1st Term ends at 11:00


Proudly Camps Bay Primary





S.P. COLLIER
PRINCIPAL


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