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8/7/2019 Prep Newsletter No 2 2011
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24 February 2011
St Johns Preparatory SchoolSt Johns Preparatory SchoolHoughtonTel: 011 645 3100/ 087 550473 Newsletter Number 2
01/03 Hair Inspection
Assessments in Science LIII - UIII
02/03 College Scholarship Concert -UIIIs invited
03/03 Interim Academic Progress Meeting
NO EXTRAMURALS
St Benedicts 1st XV Rugby Festival
04/03 Swimming Gala
Cross Country Meeting
07/03 Bousfield & Carter Parent Interviews
13/03 Assessments in Geography LIII - UIII
Assessments in English LII - UII
08/03 Cullinan & Darragh Parent Interviews
09/03 Athletics vs KEPS & Pridwin10/03 UII Open Water Polo Festival
11/03 Swimming Gala
Cross Country Meeting
17/03 UIII Music concert
Athletics vs St Benedicts
18/03 Assessments in History LIII - UIII
Assessments in History/ Science /
Geography LII - UIII
Reminders from theDiary
From the Headmaster
Introduction
Its all about power. Power can be intoxicating,exhilarating and addictive. But power, whenabused, turns into bullying and bullying hurtspeople, leaves lasting scars and can destroylives. The goal of bullying: to gain power andcontrol over your target by inflicting pain throughexclusion, physical or verbal means. Dr Joel
Harber.
It is always important to talk to the boys aboutbullying. While there is a wonderful hurly burlyor rough and tumble in a boys school, thisshould never cross the line into bullying. Weshould also not confuse rough and tumble forbullying; and it is sometimes a very fine line. Itis also true that bullying does not only happenin boys schools. It exists in all types of schools:high schools, boarding schools, co-ed schoolsand girls schools. It is important for us asparents to understand that we function in acontext in which individual rights are protectedin The Bill of Rights in the Constitution of SouthAfrica. It enshrines the rights of all people in ourcountry and affirms the democratic values of
human dignity, equality and freedom.
According to the Bill of Rights:
Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit
of the law.
Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and
protected.
Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes theright to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources andnot to be tortured in any way; and not to be treated or punished in a cruel,
inhuman or degrading way.
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Our boys also need to understand that bullying takes many forms and can be bothpsychological and physical in nature. It is important that our boys know how to dealwith bullying and whom they can turn to for help. In every bullying situation, there arealways three parties involved: the bully, the victim and the bystanders. Of course thetrick is to get the bystanders to intervene, either directly or indirectly, by knowing to
whom they can take the problem. Peer pressure and the so-called code of silence arealways the biggest threat in allowing bullies to prosper, and we need to teach the boys
that this is not a noble thing to do when bullying occurs.
So what can we do as parents and teachers? Are we perhaps putting our boys undertoo much pressure to be excellent and if they feel that they are not living up to ourexpectations it may cause them to be nasty to other boys so that they can feel powerful
and somehow raise their self-esteem?
I challenge all parents to sit down at the dinner table over this mid-term break anddiscuss the importance of kindness. Discuss that it does not matter what team theirsons play in or that its okay if they do badly in a test at times. But what does matter isthat they are nice boys and that they treat other boys just as they would like to be
treated.
As the headmaster of St Johns Prep, my dream is for every one of our boys to be kind
and happy, as only then can true excellence be achieved.
Academics
The response around the report questionnaire has been very positive and as soon as
the results have been analysed and discussed, we will inform you of any changes. Thereports for this term will not have any changes.
Sport
We have come to the end of our summer sport programme and despite someunpredictable weather it has been very successful and enjoyable. We now look forwardto an exciting athletics season, as well as to squash and tennis matches.
Traffic
As we are all aware, the traffic problem at St Johns is a nightmare and I urge allparents to try and help out as best they can. We are hoping to build a drop-off zone onSt Patricks Road, near the water polo pool, but for the time being please could you try
and abide by a few rules:
St David Road is a one way, please only drive West to East. Please drive slowly at all times. Please try and drop your son off and do not go in to school with him. If possible, please use the St Patricks Road drop-off.
Conclusion
In conclusion I would like to congratulate Nicky Sulter and her Kids Lit Quiz boys whocame third in the country in the National Finals in Cape Town an outstandingachievement! I would also like to wish all the boys and their dads an enjoyable Father /
Son Golf tour to Mpumalanga this weekend.Lastly, I trust that you all have a wonderful mid-term break with your families.
Patrick Lees
Headmaster
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Lets make St Johns Prep a leader in self-respect!I came across the following definitions of self-respect:
dignity: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect The knowledge of one's own worth, valuing one's self; pride
It has been a wonderful experience for me at St Johns thus far, and I have lovedevery minute of my time here. I like to spend a portion of my day wandering around
the Prep, having a look at how the boys are getting on.
In most cases, a picture is formed immediately of how they are doing by taking aquick glance at them. Dress code, hair, socks and body language are sure signs orindications of how they are doing. When socks are down, shirts are untucked, bodylanguage is heavy with a bag draped across the back, it gives a clear insight into themake-up of the boy. Perhaps he is not doing so well?
We like to know, no matter what the physical appearance may suggest, that ourboys have self-respect. We want our boys to be proud of themselves. We want them
to be spurred on to maintain important standards. Their personal worth is ofsubstantial value.
Having respect for others is difficult if you have no respect for yourself. The idea ofself-respect is very closely related to self-confidence, but respect is more about whatyou do, whereas confidence is about how you feel. The two go hand-in-hand.
We need to think about what it means to respect someone. The qualities that werespect vary from person to person, and the way we express respect varies from
culture to culture. Generally, we respect people who have more experience and whoare more accomplished than ourselves. However, there is also a basic level of respect
that most people will agree is a right, and does not need to be earned.
We feel it would be a very valuable exercise for us as families to sit around thedinner table and discuss this word respect. It would be interesting to see what theboys come up with! And respect should affect our every move, our every thought. Weshould take pride in what we have to offer.
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St Johns Prep has a 3G ethos: Greeting, Grooming and Grounds. This says it alland covers many important aspects of what makes the Prep the school that it is.Please do encourage your son to greet everybody with respect; to be well groomed; to
respect his own appearance; and to respect and care for his environment. We believethat this education starts at home, and we are here to assist and support your son.
We also believe that with respect comes leadership. When we start to create habitsof respect and pride, we can progress to the next level, and start to take the initia-tive. We can take others with us, and lead from the front.
I would like to end with this verse:
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another inhonour.I trust that you will have a wonderful time with your families over the half-term!Craig [email protected]
Office: 0116453116
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4th February 2011
Brandon Badenhorst Cricket
Lodewijk Volkersz CricketAlex Bester Cricket
Adam Levendig Cricket
Sean Morrison Cricket
Jack Stewart Cricket
4CTea
7th February 2011
Timothy McKernan Cricket
Matthew Chamberlin Cricket
Ross Morshead Cricket
Colin Kinghorn Outstanding English Assessment
Lukha de Jesus Outstanding English Assessment
Jack Gnodde Outstanding English Assessme
Justin Koevort Outstanding English Assessment
18th February 2011
Bohlale Masala Showing maturity in resolving a problem
Bradley Milton Always polite and considerateNicholas Forbes Always polite and considerate
Christopher Ching Excellent results in English
Jack Lees Cricket
Jack Montgomery Cricket
The following boys for Kids Lit Quiz:
Aidan Quin
Alex Harding
Thomas Mattiuzzo
Daniel Burke
Alex Brady
23rd February 2011
David Green Excellent manners
The following boys 100% for Maths assessment:
Neil Gultig
Numar Koor
Patrick Richardson Good Behaviour
Thando Myeza Excellent Maths results
Fayadh Haffegee Excellent Maths results
Connor Williams Excellent Maths results
Darshan Pillay
Chris Burke
Aidan Bellingham
Sam Harding
Matthew Collins
Jordan Williams
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Saturday 5th February
St Johns U10B vs CBC
St Johns 167/6
Match Won
On 18 February a combined Prep School-College Mind Sports team played against ateam from Roedean. St Johns won convincingly, beating Roedean 28-8 at Morabaraba
and 26-10 at Checkers. Well done to all the players!
We hope that this game will see the start of a regular inter-school league.
Teams:
Prep: Merlin Love (Capt), Jason Batzofin, Afrika Ndlovu, Daniel Stevens, Katlego Ramosedi,Adrian Ionescu
College: Rowan Batzofin (Capt), Jesse Stevens, Matthew Davies, Benedict Didcott-Marr,Tamlin Love
Cricket results
Saturday 12th February
St Johns U10B vs St Davids
St Johns 115/6
Match Won
Mind Sports
Saturday 12th February
St Johns U9A vs St Davids
St Johns 73/4
St Davids 88/6
St Davids won by 9 runs
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Swimming
During these lessons, the boys have beenchallenged to push themselves to do
exercises which they may only do in theirhome pools with their friends to mix uptheir strokes by using, for example,butterfly arms and a flutter kick, to swimunderwater across the entire length of thepool or to swim a length of freestylewithout taking a breath. These exercisesare fun but they also help to improveseveral of the skills required to be a
strong and effective swimmer.
Last week our theme was Medleys. Wetalked about Medley Relays andIndividual Medleys and the order in whichwe swim the strokes in each. At the endof the lesson we had some very closelymatched relays and then ended off withan Individual Medley for those whowanted to swim it. I was very pleased atthe number of boys who rose to thechallenge and completed the 4 lengthsrequired for an I.M. We have identifiedboys who find swimming difficult andlessons have been arranged for them inthe special Learn-to-Swim pool at thePre-prep. These lessons happen onMondays and Wednesdays straight afterschool. There is a growing number ofboys who are making use of theselessons. They will continue after HalfTerm for as long as the weather is warmenough to swim and the boys will be
encouraged to keep swimming if they areable to fit these lessons into their new
sports schedule.
Another reason for the improvement inour teams performance is that we havedeveloped a very simple team selectionpolicy. No longer do we have an A teamand a B team. We have a SwimmingTeam. The initial team we selected waslarge. We tried to give as many boys as
possible the opportunity to be a memberof the squad and have involved about 90boys each week.
I am so pleased with the progress ourswimmers have made this season. Our
boys have begun to look like swimmers,they have swum competitively in theweekly galas and their final scores haveimproved as the season has progressed.Most importantly, they seem to be excitedabout their progress and their results.Our U9s have been the most successfulage-group with the A team winning all buttwo of their races this season. Our A teamwon the gala at Brescia House and tied for
2nd
place with Pridwin (who are probablyour closest rivals at the moment) at last
weeks Roedean gala.
There are several reasons for our progress.
The fact that all of our boys are spendingmore time in the water each week hashelped a great deal. Every boy has a 45minute swimming lesson during the schoolday. During these lessons we have workedon streamlining and on good, efficient
strokes. They are beginning to understandthat good technique makes swimmingeasier and that they dont have to rely onpower to swim fast. There has been agreat turnout at the early morning teamtraining sessions (perhaps the thought ofhot chocolate after the session is an incen-tive!). Here, we have concentrated on rac-ing technique starts, underwater workand finishes. Although there are still boyswho have trouble diving, they are all
learning to use their legs off the block andto aim for the other side of the pool ratherthan to plop in and then to have tostruggle to the surface before they canstart their race. I thank all of the parentswho have made an effort to get their boysto school early to attend these practices. I
know what early in a busy family!
Our afternoon lessons for all boys onTuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
have been fun. On Tuesday afternoons wehave had between 50 and 60 boys in thepool.
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Midmar Swimmers
The following boys, along with Mr Bornman and his family, took part in the MidmarMile Open Water Swim held on Sunday 13th February. B MacKenzie, S Poole,L A Thiel, J Benn, J Shelton, S Shelton, L Magee, I Blok, M Baard, G Baard, G Berry
and Mitchel Sinclair. Mitchel Sinclair was placed 37th overall. Well done, boys!
Our selections for our weekly galasdepend on the times swum at theprevious weeks galas. Every boy istimed and those times are put onto theswimming notice board each week. The
fastest four boys in each stroke in eachage group will swim in the A gala the nextweek and the next four will swim in theB. We believe that this arrangementoffers every boy the promise of swimmingin the top spots in the team. If heattends practices regularly, works hardand improves his strokes and his racingtechnique, his times will improve. Nolonger can the A team boys afford to be
complacent or will the B team boysbecome disheartened by the fact thatthey are never given the opportunity to
show what they can do.
This can only have a positive influence on
swimming as a whole at St Johns Prep.
We hope that when we start our newseason in the Michaelmas Term, we will
have many more boys keen to be part ofour squad and that, perhaps, we mayeven be able to enter a C team! Ourultimate goal is to get our A team backinto the A 50 league, our B team into the
A25 and a new C team into the B25.
We will be hosting the final A team galaon Friday 4th March. There are no more
galas for the B team this season.
Lynn Joubert
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Chess Results
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Congratulations to the following boys on their recent appointments:
Captain: Chris Burke
Vice Captains: Jason Batzofin
Oliver Kieser
14th February 2010
St Johns A vs Trinity House A
Seniors won 10 - 6
Juniors won 9 - 7
Overall won 19 - 13
The match against Roedean was cancelled due to Roedean
staff development.
Well done to the following boys who won both their games:
E Baleni, M Mseleku, J Braham, W Kerr-Phillips, L Pan, B Thomas, D Harding,
Bradley Dunbar, UIIF, was awarded full
Provincial Colours for Karate on Saturday, 12th
February. Well done, Bradley!
Individual Achievements
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Upper I
The Upper Is have been learning about the human body. They had lots of funtracing their friends bodies and then placing organ parts in their correct positions.
The highlight was definitely the viewing of real parts - those of a cow!
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Kids Lit Quiz
After many early morning sessions and many, many muffins, two teams of veryenthusiastic readers took part in the regional rounds of the Kids Lit Quiz on Monday14 February. One hundred questions, of a literary nature, in ten different categories
were asked of the teams. At the end of the afternoon Alex Harding, Aidan Quinn, DanielBurke and Thomas Mattiuzio had 91 points and came second out of thirty nine teams.Along with Roedean, who was placed first, these boys were invited to take part in the
South African Finals of the Kids Lit Quiz in Cape Town on Saturday.
Exclusive Books, Tyger Valley where the SA Finals took place
Our other team of Sam Harding, Darshan Pillay,Aidan Bellingan and Chris Burke acquittedthemselves exceptionally well and were placed 5th
in the regional round with a score of 84. For theround on Harry Potter they scored 20/20!
The SA Finals, in which eight teams from aroundthe country competed, were contested on acompletely different level. This was a challenging
and rather tense experience with teams having to use buzzers to answer questions andwhere points were deducted for incorrect answers. They boys were astounding with
some of their answers to the most obscure literary questions.
We were extremely proud of their performance and they came third with 24 points afterGrove Primary, CT with 27 points and the well-deserved winners Manor GardensPrimary, Durban with 39 points. The winners will be attending the World Finals of theKids Lit Quiz in New Zealand in July.
Seeing the overt enthusiasm for reading amongst our boys has been such a rewardingexperience for me and our participation in this event constantly promotes thisenthusiasm and love for reading throughout the school.
Quiz Master Wayne Mills from New Zealand, Daniel Burke, Aidan Quinn, Thomas
Mattiuzio, Alex Harding and Colleen Whitfield from sponsors of the KLQ,
Exclusive Books
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Looking for a regular fun, outdoor activity? Come along to Cubs/Scouts on Fridays
at First Kengray-B.K. Scouts at 385 Highland Rd Kensington, between Queen andRoyal Oak Street for Cubs at 17h30 to 19h00 or if you have turned 11 come at19h00 until 21h15 for a Scout Troop meeting. You need not have been a Cub to joinScouts.For more details about cubs contact Kerry McFarlane (Akela) at 082 509 7776 or forscouts Robert Faltermeier at 073 185 4849. For other areas, girls groups andAir/Sea Scouts contact Jenny Duncan at the Scout Shop on 011-440-6491 [email protected]. You can also consult our website atwww.northrand.scouting.org.za
Notices
St Johns boys celebrating the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell founder of theScout Movement
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Each collectors pack costs just R100 and is purchased directly fromthe school shop or via email orders to [email protected].
Available from Thursday 17 February 2011
In the run up to the cricket worldcup, the St Johns College Shop isoffering a collector's pack of the FanCan Proteas puzzles at a greatlyreduced price. The collectors packhas four fan cans each containing a252 piece high quality A3 sizejigsaw puzzle that is licensed byCricket South Africa. This is a greatopportunity to build puzzles ofGraeme Smith, Jacques Kallis,AB de Villiers and JP Duminy.
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Notices
St Johns College Shop
New opening times:
Monday & Thursday 7am to 3pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10am to 3pm
Stationery and Labels as well as all your sports clothes, jerseys, bags andsocks
Bluebird celebrates 60 years of fine education
Calling all those Bluebirds who left the Nest
Boys and Girls come out to play
On both wintry and sunny days
Now Bluebird calls you back to her nest
Where you can show youre still the best!
Join us to celebrate old times and renew acquaintances.
Date: 11 March 2011
Time: 16h30 onwards
Venue: The Nest you left so long ago
Cost: R15 per head
RSVP: Nikki (011) 442 8160 or [email protected]
Jordan Van Der Walt, (UIIIF) is challenging all boys and the St Johns community
to take part in his Just One Bag initiative. Everyday thousands of children go to
school hungry; by donating a bag of mealie meal many children will be supported.
All boys are encouraged to put their name on a bag of mealie meal and hand it in
to Mrs Taylors office. This initiative will run from Monday the 21st of February
until Friday the 1st of April. Lets show them what we can do!
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Notices
Art club and extra classes
From the beginning of next term, Mr Poco is starting an Art Club (for LIII and UIII boys) and extra art classes for juniorboys. Senior boys are encouraged to join the Art Club on Tuesdays from 14h00 -15h00 or Thursdays from 15h00-
16h00. Juniors may arrange extra art lessons with Mr Poco at alternative times and on alternative days.
We hope to see the senior boys joining the Art Club to create various exciting art works with mediums they do notnormally use in class, such as print making, photography, oil painting and many more. This will be a fantastic opportunity
for any boy who wishes to develop his art skills.
For further information e-mail Bruno Poco on [email protected]
ItalianLanguage
LessonsSmall age appropriate classes and individual tuition
offered outside school hours at St Johns.
Experienced mother-tongue graduate teacher usingcommunicative method of conversation, maintaining
cultural ties for solid IEB foundation. Contact Lisabetta on 082 682 2859 or
EXTRA ZULU
LESSONS
Lower III and Upper III boys.
Every Thursday 13h45
Upper III Mrs Mashele
All Welcome
Hair Dee-Lite 082 462 6813/011 648 6367
Dee offers excellent work for the whole family,
competitive prices and the added
convenience of being on campus.
Modern cuts, colours (from R300) and hi-lites.
Kids R50
7 Elm Street (Opposite Rice Field)
Open Tuesday to Friday
08h00 - 17h00
Saturday 08h00 - 13h00
EXTRA MATHS
LESSONSLower III & Upper III boys in Mrs Jean Clarences
classroom
Every Thursday 13h45 All Welcome
Extra Math Lessons
Individual tuition offered
Mrs M Hauptfleisch
Call 011 442 1854
083 256 7714
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TO MY GROWN UP SONS
My hands were busy through the day
I didnt have much time to playThe little games you asked me to
I didnt have much time for you
Id wash your clothes, Id sew and cook
But when youd bring your picture book
And ask me please to share your fun
Id say A little later, son
Id tuck you in all safe at night
And hear your prayers, turn out the light
Then tiptoe softly to the door
I wish Id stayed a minute more
For life is short, the years rush past
A little boy grows up so fast
No longer is he at your side
His precious secrets to confide
The picture books are put away
There are no more games to play
No goodnight kiss, no prayers to hear -
That all belongs to yesteryear
My hands once busy now lie still
The days are long and hard to fill
I wish I might go back and do
The little things you asked me to
Author Unknown