Caring Week

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s)

We had the most wonderful launch of Character Counts and particularly ‘Caring Week’ in our assembly last week. Chaeli, a grade 9 learner in mainstream education, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy was at our assembly accompanied by her mother, Zelda. A video, shown on Carte Blanche, highlighting the work of Chaeli and her friends in raising funds for an automated wheelchair was shown. Chaeli is confined to a wheelchair and is unable to dress herself or feed herself. In the assembly Kelsey Mayhew and her team, Carmen and Meghan Howell, Katya Allan and Julia Landstedt handed over the cheque of R2 363-00, from their initiative of selling cupcakes, to Chaeli. It was a touching and heart-wrenching story – you could hear a pin drop in the assembly but what was so amazing and a lesson for all of us was not only to appreciate what we have and how fortunate we are but also to learn from Chaeli’s outlook on life which is not to focus on what we can’t do but what we can do! Chaeli’s mom also showed us a short video snippet of Chaeli ballroom dancing in her wheelchair with a partner!

Equally as special was an impressive presentation by Joshua Guenther, a grade 6 learner, who informed us of his family’s visit to Nicaragua during the holidays to support an organisation called ‘Compassion’. Joshua informed us of what you can do with R250 a month – Joshua and his family are sponsoring two disadvantaged children in Nicaragua and the Guenther family went to meet the children who are now in regular contact with Joshua and his brothers. Well done, Joshua on an outstanding speech to the school.

I did bring the concept of ‘caring’ closer to home and to within the school. We will continue with ‘Caring Week’ for another week and the children are encouraged to be caring. At the next assembly, once we have collected all the ‘caring’ reports, we will hand out medals to those pupils who have been caring to others. The following week we will move on to ‘Respect Week’.

This week in the assembly the P.T.A. Moms will be launching their first main fundraiser of the year: Senor Chef and the sale of spices and Ina Paarman products. Please support this two week fundraiser (15 May to the end of May 2009). The prices are market related prices and the school receives 25% of all sales! Be prepared for the sales forms etc to be brought home on Friday.

Please make an effort to attend next week’s Founders’ Day Assembly on Friday 22 May at 09h00 as well as the Camps Bay Schools’ Soiree (Variety Show) next week Friday 22 May and Saturday 23 May 2009 which includes staff participation, including the Principals! Please see details below but tickets are open to the preparatory, primary and high schools and tickets are been sold fast – don’t be disappointed. Along with this week’s newsletter each child has received a flyer / booking form for the Camps Bay Schools’ Soiree. Please return this to your child’s class teacher as soon as possible.
HAIR AND UNIFORM INSPECTION: Please take note that we will be having a hair and uniform inspection on Monday, 18 May 2009. Please ensure that your child(ren) are properly attired in the correct school uniform and that their hair is appropriately styled according to school guidelines.

SPORT CALENDAR: Each child received along with today’s newsletter a Sporting Calendar detailing all the sport fixtures for the remainder of the second term.

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY ELECTION: You should have received a notification letter last week. Nomination forms can be collected from Pat Readman. Camps Bay Primary’s SGB election will take place on Wednesday 27 May 2009 at 17h30 in the Bernie Segal Memorial Hall. Please diarise this date and make an effort to attend – it is an important election for the future of our school and we have to have a quorum of 15% of the parent body present for the election to take place.

ASCENSION DAY: Please take note that the Camps Bay Schools will be closed on Ascension Day 21 May 2009 this year. (Consult previous newsletter for further information)

P.T.A. SENÕR CHEF FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE: The PTA will be launching the Senõr Chef, an exciting fundraiser at assembly on Friday, 15 May. Parents are invited to attend assembly for details of how we can all be part of working towards our aim of smartboards for the school.

FOUNDERS’ DAY: Founders’ Day is taking place on Friday 22 May 2009. Each school will be hosting a special Founders’ Day assembly. We would like to extend an invitation to all parent(s) and guardian(s) to join us in celebrating this special day in the history of our school. The times for the assemblies at each of the schools are indicated below.
Camps Bay Prep Assembly – 08:15
Camps Bay Primary Assembly – 09:00
Camps Bay High Assembly – 10:00

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY PLANNING COMMITTEE
The School Governing Body have formed a Planning Committee to co-ordinate and prioritise projects for the school. The committee consists of Charles Thesen, Alten Hulme, Liesel Visagie and myself. There are a lot of projects that we would all like to do around the school but we need to look at the ‘bigger picture’ and prioritise. If you have any suggestions, please email a detailed proposal to Pat Readman who will then forward your suggestions to the Planning Committee for consideration. However, for 2009 the following projects have been identified:
Smartboards
Playground upgrade (benches, jungle gym, resurfacing)
Upgrade of bathroom and toilets
Furniture (desks)
Science Lab – has been completed with minimal costs
Grade 2 classroom for 2010

MERIT AWARDS: Congratulations to the following pupils, each of whom was presented with a merit award at our assembly last week. We are proud of each one of you and would like to encourage you all to continue doing your best at all times.

Mika Duangprom
Jemma Hartog
Sipho Fanti
Isabella Tambusso
Lelethu Mkhwela
Ella McCarthy-Page
Alice Thesen
Brenda Mulunjwa
Juliano Joannides
Jacqueline Phillips
Samuel Hulme
Matteo Greyling
Kai Millar
Andrew Kangwa

DONATE-A-BENCH: The trees have been planted on either side of the Netball court and we are ready to proceed with the next step to organise FOUR benches. Any family who would like to donate a bench and a family plaque will be placed on the bench. The cost of a concrete and wooden bench (same as public benches) is R2500-00. We only need THREE benches as the Grobler-Muller family have kindly donated the money to purchase the first bench. Thank you very much to the Grobler-Muller family for their generosity in getting this project off the ground. If there are any other families who are willing to assist, please contact me personally. More than one family are also more than welcome to make a joint donation of a bench.

GRADE 4 CAKE SALE: Please note that due to the 21 May being a school holiday the Grade 4 Cake Sale has been postponed until Friday, 29 May 2009.

THANK YOU: A sincere thank-you to Mr Friedman for fixing the kitchen trolley – it is running very smoothly now!

SMS SYSTEM: We recently sent out a letter to establish which parent’s / guardian’s cell phone `number to use as the point of contact for our sms service. If we have not received the reply slip back from you please note that we will be placing the mother of the child as the point of contact. Please contact the office should this not be the case with your child. Thank you.

LOST PROPERTY
Keanu Allan has kindly offered to take over Lost Property. We are trying to improve the present lost property system and would appreciate your support and feedback. Please note lunchboxes that are not claimed by the end of each week will be donated to Feedback.

Could the following pupils please collect their marked clothing from outside the kitchen:
Tops: Sade Allcock, Mikaela, Carla, AB, Thenon, Fagan , SD, A Dickie, Saskia, ML, Orijar, Adeed.S, Andre,
Sikho C.
Pants: Lydia H, Christian Byrnes.
Caps: Theo Madzivadando, Luka Augoustides, Jesse, Akira, HA, M.L.H
Costumes: Devlin, Hasser, M.L.H
There are 62 items of clothing waiting to be collected. Please mark all your child’s clothing clearly.

LOST: The following item has been lost. Should you find it please hand it in at the secretary’s office. Thank you.
Laylah Sujee has lost her fleece top. It is clearly marked, please check to see if you have taken her ‘fleece’ in error.

SPORT: WELL DONE
Satya Jones (Grade 5D) played in an informal tennis tournament at the Strand Tennis Club, organised by Pierre and Lienkie Montgomery (tennis coaches in the area). This is unfortunately not one of the Boland tennis series. He played Intermediate, against various age groups. However, he must be complemented for his tenacity and fighting spirit as he managed to come out tops of the 42 players that were in his group. Well done Satya we are proud of you.
On Saturday, 9 May, Marc van der Meer represented Western Province at the World Shotokan Karate (WSKF) Nationals, held in Somerset West, and won the Gold Medal for his green belt in Kata.


CULTURAL:
CAMPS BAY SCHOOLS’ SOIREE – PERFORMANCE EVENING:
The Camps Bay Preparatory, Primary and High Schools will be combining their talent to stage a variety show to be held in the Camps Bay High school hall on Friday 22 May and Saturday 23 May. The cost for tickets on Friday will be R20 for children and R30 for adults. There will be a cash bar and tuck-shop available. On Saturday 23 May the ticket prices are R60 each and this includes platters of snacks and a cash bar will also be available. Both nights will start at 19:00 and should be over by 21:30 at the latest. Make sure you book in time to avoid disappointment. All booking may be done through Vivienne Ashcroft or at our school office. Tickets are now available from Mrs Caldis. Come and support your school and see your teachers on stage!

MUSIC EVENING: We have found that with our increased number of music pupils the yearly recital has become long and cumbersome. We are experimenting this year with termly concerts. Our first concert will be on 27 May 2009 – More details will follow from Ms Attwell.


NOTES4NOTES BARN DANCE: Notes4Notes looks forward to hosting a Barn Dance on the second last night of term Thursday, 25 June 2009. This is a real family event where the whole family can dance together and socially we can all get to know the school family. Diarise this date and watch out for details.

BALLET & CLASSICAL GREEK: We had a most successful Eistedfodd. Not only did the candidates dance beautifully and look good but they had a most positive experience in an atmosphere filled with the “Joy of Dance.” Our adjudicator was most encouraging and the results were fantastic.
1) 7 – 8 Demi-character Ballet: Kaliya Arumugan – Diploma, Katherine Marks – Diploma,
Cheyenne Rhoda – Honours, Jessica Page - Honours, Rachel Volkel – Honours.


2) 9 – 10 Classical Ballet Novice: Mia Neethling – Honours, Tenille Bjerring – Honours.


3) 9 – 10 Demi-character Ballet: Joshua Schreiber – Diploma – Danced in finals,

Mia Neethling – Diploma – Danced in finals, Tenille Bjerring – Honours.


4) 9 – 10 Classical Greek Novice: Joshua Schreiber – Honours, Katherine Hartzenberg – Merit.


5) 11 – 12 Demi-character: Jessica Way – Diploma – Danced in finals, Brittany Ferreira – Merit.

Perhaps the “cherry-on-top” for our studio was that Londiwe Khoza a past pupil of Camps Bay Prep and Primary was awarded the Adjudicators Award for the most promising dancer at the Eisteddfod. Congratulations to all.
Mrs G and Lisl.

GENERAL:
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: Camps Bay Primary school sold the most Silk Roses out of all 3 schools this past week and we thank everyone who supported this worthy cause.

JUNGLE GYM COMPONENTS: We are appealing to anyone who has any Jungle Gym components that they are not using to please donate these to the school. We would like to use these components as part of the Jungle Gym which is on order. Please contact the office should you be able to assist us.

RECYCLING – greenOFFICE FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE: Please remember to support the greenOFFICE fundraising recycling initiative by bringing your empty ink and laser cartridges and putting them into the greenOFFICE recycling bins. One bin is located in the printing room and the other one outside the kitchen. We hope you will all support this initiative. Thank you.

MONDI RECYCLING: We have received R1969-41 from Mondi Recycling for February and March 2009. Thank you to all of you who contributed paper for recycling!

MY SCHOOL: We have received R1135.00 from the My School programme for the month of April 2009. Thank you to all the parent(s) / guardian(s) who continually remember to swipe their cards at participating stores.
SATURDAY SOCCER: All parent(s) / guardian(s) and children are invited to partake in Saturday morning soccer at 9am on the promenade opposite Winchester Mansions. This is a very fun morning activity for parents and kids alike. Please call Tracey Rushmere for more information or for a weather call on 082 376 3383.

PROVISIONAL DATES TO DIARISE:

DATES TO DIARISE – 2nd TERM 2009
May 2009
Wed, 20 Grade 5’s depart for SOS Camp
Thurs, 21 Ascension Day – School Holiday
Fri, 22 Grade 5’s return from SOS Camp, 3 School’s Concert at CBHS
Sat, 23 3 School’s Concert at CBHS
Wed, 27 CBPS Music Evening
Wed, 27 CBPS SGB Elections
Fri, 29 Shavout, Grade 4 Cake Sale


June 2009

Mon, 1 Assessment week starts.
Wed, 10 Notes4Notes
Fri, 12 Assessment week ends.
Mon, 15 School holiday
Tues, 16 Public holiday – Youth Day
Wed, 24 Grade 5 Cake Sale
Thurs, 25 Notes4Notes Barn Dance
Fri, 26 Term 2 Ends at 11h00.

Proudly Camps Bay Primary


Stuart Collier
PRINCIPAL


S E L L I N G B E E

LIFT CLUB REQUIRED: I am wanting to start a lift club in the mornings from Vredehoek, Ludlow Road to Camps Bay Primary. Either myself or my au pair can lift of alternative mornings or drop my child off at a required residence. If you are interested in a flexible arrangement please contact me, Zaan de Villiers on 082 716 6417.

BEAUTY TREATMENTS SPECIAL OFFER: I am raising money for the prescribed textbooks for a child who due to financial difficulty did not have theirs through the first term of this year. By contributing 50% of each payment for Beauty Treatments you book with me I hope to raise the R340 (I have already given the books to the child). So think of a treatment you most need/want and it will help towards the total. If anyone is aware of any other kids still without text books I shall extend this through May. Please quote this fundraiser ad when booking so I know you want to contribute. Janette 072 9473511
CAROO TUTORING: One-on-one, in your home, all grades, all subjects. We have the right tutor for your learner’s needs. Please contact Vicky or Emma on Tel: +27 (0)21 713 3830 or Email: info@carootutoring.co.za or visit Website: http://www.carootutoring.co.za/

KARATE FOR SCHOLARS, BOYS AND GIRLS: Daily classes in Greenpoint taught by Shihah Bas van Stenis. Discipline, self-esteem and confidence are hallmarks of our teaching, with girls specifically being empowered. Recommended by child guidance councillors. Phone 021 439 4635 or 083 538 5643.

SEEKING ACCOMMODATION: Our General Assistant, Happymore is seeking alternative accommodation he is able to pay R400 per month. If you are able to assist him please call him directly on 078 408 7610.

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT: Family relocating to Switzerland is looking for a placement for their Xhosa nanny / domestic worker of 13 years for 1 – 4 days per week. She is kind, reliable and excellent with children. Please call Christine on 083 462 7871 or Stefan on 083 379 6766.