Influenza Procedures

Dear Parent(s) / Guardian(s)

Enclosed with the newsletter please find the following documents for your use and convenience:
Term 3 Calendar of Events (parents of grades 4 and 7 received this at the respective grade meetings).

Term 3 Winter Sports Fixture List. You should have received a letter, sent home yesterday, explaining the arrangements for the Cross-Country event taking place on Friday 7 August 2009. You should have also received an Assessment Timetable of tests, projects and assignments for term 3, which was issued to your child by their respective class teachers. Please ask for this Assessment Timetable from your child and if one is not forthcoming, please contact the respective class teacher to obtain a copy. You are encouraged to closely monitor this assessment timetable to ensure that your child completes all the tasks required timeously as well as prepares thoroughly for tests this term. In assembly on Friday I will be addressing the significance of National Women’s Day which is the public holiday on Monday 10 August 2009. We will also be entertained by the Camps Bay High School Music Department in the assembly.

INFLUENZA: A further precautionary notification: As I am sure you are aware there has been an outbreak of influenza in the country and there have also now been confirmed cases of H1N1 ‘swine’ flu at a number of schools in the Peninsula. At present we have had no confirmed cases of swine flu at Camps Bay Primary. Symptoms of H1N1 flu include a very high fever, vomiting, muscle pain amongst other symptoms. We would like to advise you that if your child is experiencing illness or flu-like symptoms to consult your doctor or visit your local health practitioner provider to have a check-up. If a child is suffering from an illness it is advisable for him or her to stay at home for 7 days after the start of the illness and only to return to school once he/she is fully recovered. I have asked the teachers to encourage pupils to practise respiratory hygiene by encouraging pupils to cough or sneeze into a tissue, hand or into the crook of the elbow as well as regular washing of hands. There is NO NEED FOR ALARM OR PANIC, however, the governors and school management team have decided on the following precautionary measures:
Pupils who show flu-like symptoms will be sent home and are not to return to school until they are fully recovered. Teachers will accompany classes to the bathroom for regular washing of hands during the course of the day. Soap has been placed in the bathrooms
Anti-bacterial dry hand-wash will be placed in each classroom. Teachers will ensure that this is used by ALL the children at the start of the day and at the end of breaks
A box of tissues in classrooms
Desk tops in the classrooms will be cleaned daily
Keyboards in the Computer Lab will also be cleaned regularly
Teachers have been requested to show leniency to pupils who are absent w.r.t. the missing of a test due dates for projects and assignments.
The Department of Education has sent a directive for procedures to follow in the event of a confirmed case of H1N1 swine flu but they have given the instruction that Principals may not close schools. One of the set procedures in the directive is to provide parent(s) / guardian(s) with information if there are any reported and confirmed cases, which I will do on our sms service.

RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) WEEK: The three schools are all this week running RAK Week at their respective schools. Camps Bay Primary has selected to ‘show kindness’ to the Christine Revel Children’s Home which is a home for 50 children abandoned, abused, orphaned and neglected children. The response has been a little slow and therefore I have decided to extend RAK Week to the end of next week, Friday 14 August 2009. Please donate generously and show that ‘we are the school that cares’! The following products are on the list of requirements: towels, nappies, bath soap, brooms, mops, baby lotion and baby oil, hair brushes, washing powder, toilet paper, bleach and Handy-Andy. We are running an Inter-house competition to see which house is the MOST CARING! Points will be allocated to the House that is the most caring. Pupils are requested to bring products to school and place them in their respective HOUSE BOXES at Reception.


Thank you to Carol Bysshe and Moms for organising cakes and refreshments for the local Camps Bay police station on Wednesday morning. A group of grade 4 and 7 pupils, on behalf of Camps Bay Primary, delivered the cakes to the police station to show our appreciation as a school for the thankless task which the police do, providing safety and security for the community. I believe a number of our pupils were locked up in the cells and were transported back to school in the back of the police van with lights flashing!!

CROSS-COUNTRY: FRIDAY 7 AUGUST 2009: Please consult the letter handed out on Wednesday for full details. Camps Bay Primary will be holding the annual Inter-house Cross-Country event on Friday 7 August 2009. The entire school, pupils accompanied by class teachers, will be WALKING from Camps Bay Primary, departing at 10h00, to the high school. (Lifts are no longer required) The Cross-Country event is a fun event in which all pupils are expected to participate, either to run or walk the 2km course, and it will take place from 11h30 to 13h00. Please collect your child from the high school at 13h00 on Friday afternoon. The After-care children will be transported back to the primary school after the event.

SWIMMING: Please note there will be no swimming this Friday due to the cross-country.

STEELBAND: There will be no Steelband on Friday after school due to the cross-country but a practice will take place at 08:50 during the school day.
READ-A-THON: As reported in the previous newsletter, a phenomenal R30 000 was raised from the Read-a-thon fundraiser. Thank you again to all those wonderful readers and parents, grandparents and friends who sponsored our children in their reading over the holiday period. The winners of the prizes for the Read-a-thon were as follows:

Most pages read (over 6000 pages!) and the winner of a R500 book voucher from The Book Lounge: Maxine Beimel
Most money raised and the winner of R500 book voucher: Hannah Fagan
Class which raised the most money and the winner of a class outing: Grade 6R
Please refer to the attached flyer for TOP 10 READ-A-THON RESULTS.
Well done to all of you!

THANK YOU: A sincere thank you to the Book Lounge who very kindly donated the R500 book voucher as well as offered us discount on all the books we purchase from them. Their very well stocked independent book store is located on the corner of Roeland and Buitenkant Street and open weekdays from 08:30 – 19:30, Saturdays from 09:30 – 18:00 and Sundays from 10h00 – 16h00. For any additional information contact them on 021 462 2425 or by email at booklounge@gmail.com.

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

Brenda Mlunjwa
Andrew Kangwa
Gabriela Tucheva
Brandon Hareb
Tino Makodza
Isabella Tambusso
Stacey Bester
Jarryd Londt
Khanyisile Pani
Gabbey Hayward
Daniela Black
Carmen Howell
Theo Madzivadondo
Shaye Levin
Julian Forbes


WELL DONE: Congratulations to Hannah Margetts on being accepted to the Kimura Shukokai International South Africa South National Championships in Kwazulu Natal in September 2009 where she will be representing the Western Cape. We are very proud of you.

STAR MATHS OLYMPIAD: Grades 5, 6 and 7 leaners took part in the Star Maths Olympiad recently and 12 of our learners succeeded in attaining a position in the Top 200 in the Western Cape. We are very proud of the following children who attained places in the Top 60 and received certificates and medals at the prize-giving held at the Baxter Theatre last night:
57th Maxine Beimel
47th Joshua Guenther
46th Tommy Posen
35th Maya Greyling
21st Cassidy Nicholson
17th Cullam Geyser
Other Maths participant who attained places Best 155 – 114 were Ben Tilley, Michaela Scott, Alison Green, Elena Piller and Alexander Dickie.

CULTURAL:
BALLET: Just a reminder of the Compulsory Pianist Rehearsal this Friday 7 August at the Primary School.
Times: 2:45 – 3:30 Grade 3
4:15 – 5:00 Grade 4
5:00 – 5:45 Grade 5
Thank You, Mrs G and Lisl.

MODERN DANCING AND HIP HOP: We would like to congratulate the following learners who have been awarded medals in Modern Dance / Hip Hop:
Angela Yeo (age group 7 – 8)
Katherine Hartzenberg: Improvisation winner and quartet (age group 9 – 10)

JUNIOR MUSIC CONCERT: Music pupils from Grade 3 – 5 will entertain us with their developing work on Wednesday, 19 August at 18:30 in the Bernard F. Segal Memorial Hall at the primary school. The concert is expected to last approximately an hour.

SPORT:
POLICY FOR SELECTION OF TEAMS:
A decision was taken by the governors and the school management team on the selection of teams to play matches as follows:
If Camps Bay Primary is able to field two teams for a sport in a particular age-group, the A-team will be selected ON MERIT and for the B-team all players will be given an opportunity to play on a rotational basis. If Camps Bay Primary can only field one team for a sport in a particular age-group, the team which is automatically then the A-team, will also be selected ON MERIT. Players that are not selected are encouraged to practise and strive to improve to gain selection for the team. This is standard practice in sport and at most schools. Players who do not attend practices, irrespective of their abilities, will not be selected for matches. While our approach is to encourage participation, we need to select a team of players that can be competitive when playing against other teams from other schools.

SWIMMING: Please note that Wendy Way will be away for SA champs from Thursday 6 August until Tuesday 11 August. Early morning swimming will still be taking place with Wendy Hartog.

GENERAL:
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY PAPER DRIVE: Mondi recycling is running a telephone directory paper drive from now until 5 December 2009. The school will benefit by receiving R50 per ton extra for recycling telephone directories! Please note these do need to be kept separate from other paper when you drop them off at the school. We have received R1626.59 from Mondi Recycling for the month of July. Thank you for supporting us.

GRADE 5 CAKE SALE: The Grade 5’s raised R1646 from their cake sale last Thursday! Well done and thank you to all those parents who sent in yummy goodies.

GRADE 7 TUCK SHOP: There will be no Grade 7 Tuck shop this week due to the cross-country.

CAMPS BAY SWIMMING CLUB RAFFLE: The Club is running a raffle to raise money to improve the facilities at the club. Your support is appreciated. Tickets are available at the Secretary’s office or from Wendy Way at the Swimming Club at a cost of R10 each. The prize is this beautiful extra-large teddy bear!

LOST: The following items have been lost, should you find them please hand them in at the secretary’s office:
Dillon Pead has lost his fleece top it is clearly labelled with his name.
Alice Piller has lost her fleece top it is clearly labelled with her name.

Proudly Camps Bay Primary

Stuart Collier
PRINCIPAL

In view of RAK Week:
Thought for the week: “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world” (William Shakespeare)

PROVISIONAL DATES TO DIARISE:

DATES TO DIARISE – 3rd TERM 2009
August 2009
Fri, 7
Combined Three Schools Cross Country

Mon, 10
Public Holiday (Women’s Day)

Fri, 14
SAPS Talk at Assembly
RAK Week ends
General Knowledge Quiz
Grade 7 Slave Lodge Excursion

Mon, 17
Olympiad All Grades Numeracy

Tues, 18
Olympiad All Grades Literacy

Wed, 19
Life Orientation Grades 1 – 3 Olympiad
Junior Music Concert

Thurs 20
Jet Education Survey Gr 4, 5, 6

Fri 21
Jet Education Survey Cont.

Mon, 24
Olympiad Life Skills Grades 4 – 7

Thurs, 27
Matilda Grades 3 – 4 at 08:30
Music Dept outing for selected pupils
Mon, 24
Olympiad Life Skills Grades 4 – 7
Thurs, 27
Matilda Grades 3 – 4 at 08:30
Music Dept outing for selected pupils

September 2009
Mon, 1
Spring Civvies Day

Fri, 4
Duck-a-thon Launch in assembly

Mon, 7
Pupil/Parent Educator Workshop

Tues, 8
International Literacy Day

Mon, 14
Winter Sports Photographs

Tues, 15
Camps Bay Primary Play

Wed, 16
Camps Bay Primary Play

Tues, 22
Grade 7 Food & Games Fair

Wed, 23
3rd Term Ends



S E L L I N G B E E

CREATIVE ARTS ADULT ART GROUP: Would you like to discover the artist within, express your unique creativity and explore mixed media materials. To begin / continue a journey of self-discovery through art and art techniques contact Kerith Gibbs 084 441 7322.

BLINKWATER SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION: Spacious self-catering accommodation with breath-taking views available until 20 December 2009 at R5000 per month. Suitable for a quiet single person. For more information please call Barry on 083 297 3863 or visit www.blinkwaterpenthouse.co.za

PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographer available. Please call Barry on 021 438 9177 or 083 297 3863 or visit www.barrypix.com for more information.

GUITAR & BASS LESSONS: All styles and ages. General style, professional musician and tutor. 20 years experience in the business. Contact Otis 021 790 1433.

KARATE FOR SCHOLARS: Give your child an advantage, counter bullying, create confidence, self-esteem, and co-ordination. Daily Karate classes 5 days a week in Green Point. Boys and Girls of all ages. Phone Shihan Bas van Stenis on 021 439 4635 or 083 538 5643. A healthy mind needs a healthy body; invest in your child today. R370.00 per school term. Visit our website for more information www.karatekyokushin.za.org We prefer teaching children at our club, as the environment is more conducive to instil the necessary discipline essential in learning martial arts.

HOUSE SITTER / PET SITTER: Camps Bay & City Bowl area. Kyle Dewar is a 23 yr old student, with good house sitting experience. Used to large homes, pools & wonderful dogs to look after. Contact him on 0820605984 or contact Marianthi Dickie for a reference 0826585542 021 4249733

SPANISH LESSONS FOR KIDS: Interested? Please contact Elsa on 083 380 5624

WORK WANTED: Our school gardener, Gift is looking for extra work. He is hardworking and reliable. Please contact Noleen on 082 924 7030.

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 021 713 3830 or email: info@carootutoring.co.za or visit www.carootutoring.co.za

FREE HAMSTER: With own home is bored with its owner and wants to relocate. If you would like to own a cute hamster, call my present owner Ben Tilley to arrange for the handover. 021 465 7272 or 084 0382 217