Wellington Preparatory SchoolWellington Preparatory SchoolWellington Preparatory SchoolWellington Preparatory School P.O. Box 991, Wellington, 7654

e-mail: wellingtonprep@telkomsa.net Telephone: 021 8643369 & Fax: 086 5166671

27 July 2012 Newsletter 11 Dear Parents and friends

Welcome back to term 3. We would like to give a special welcome to new pupils who joined us

this term – Salmaan Tyer and Liam Nicholson (Junior Playgroup), Hlumani Godlo (Gr 2) and Angel Keyser (Gr 6).

Congratulations Congratulations to the Haai family on the birth of their little boy last week.

Tristen Fox took part in the 2012 ISKA

World Championships in the USA in the

holidays. The competition was attended

by 35 different countries with over

4000 competitors’ taking part.

Tristen took part in two divisions,

“Points” & “Continuous”. He came 4th in

the continuous division & 5th in the

points division, with over 24 competitors

in his division. The competition was very

tough as the international teams fight

with different rules & regulations, well

done Tristen!

The Fox family would like to thank all

the parents and teachers involved with

the sale of pancakes and hot chocolate,

the families that gave cash donations

and all the children who bought

pancakes & hot chocolate on a Monday -

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU, MUCH

APPRECIATED.

We are really proud of our pupils from Gr 1 – 7 who did exceptionally well in the poetry Eisteddfods

this week. The following results were achieved:

Grade 1 class

Choral verse – Cum Laude

Grade 2 class

Choral verse – Gold

Grade 3 class

Choral verse – Cum Laude

Grade 4

Bocasho Braaf received a gold cum laude certificate

(highest honour) for both recitation and Afrikaans voordrag.

Abdul Gaffoor received a gold certificate for recitation.

Angelica Bellmunt received a silver certificate for recitation.

Grade 5

Gitte Nurok received a gold plus certificate for recitation

and a gold certificate for Afrikaans voordrag.

Ana Sampson received a gold certificate for recitation.

Grade 6

Ryland Foulkes received a gold certificate for recitation

and an a gold plus for Afrikaans voordrag.

Nkosazana Ntyintyane received a gold certificate for recitation.

Grade 7

Axolile Yabo received a gold plus certificate for recitation.

Thank you � The week after our landscaping day, Guy Borel-Saladin (Madelaine’s dad, Gr 0) arrived at the

school with a team of workers who performed a major ‘make-over’ in the area around the Grade 0 and R classes. Thank you Guy, this hard work made an enormous difference to the area.

� Mr Helmut Geiger (grandfather to the Goetze children) very kindly donated a water pump for our new irrigation system. Thank you Mr Geiger and your company, Elsumo Irrigation, for this most generous donation.

Possible debenture scheme

Following the promises made at our general PTA, we have now undertaken two of the three projects we have set out to do this year. You will have noticed that the playground overhaul with artificial grass and a new jungle gym is now complete. Thanks to the hard work of the landscaping committee and the parents and children at our work party, we have almost finished the first phase of our landscaping project which includes an irrigation system. The third and final project for the year will be construction of a swimming pool which will start in August. Whilst we have been able to secure an overdraft facility with our bank which will allow us to build the swimming pool, it would be preferable to rather look at alternate ways to finance the pool at a

better rate of interest. It is for this reason that we are considering launching a debenture scheme, starting in October or November of this year. How will it work? We are asking parents to loan money to the school in denominations of R10 000. The school will use this money on capital improvement projects (starting with the swimming pool) The school will repay the loan to you over as many years as you have a child at the school, but no longer than five years. The school will further pay interest of 2% below prime on an annual basis. Prime in South Africa is currently 8.5% per annum so we would pay a 6.5% per annum. If the prime rate goes up or down, we will adjust interest rates accordingly. The school will benefit by getting a more favourable interest rate than that offered by the banks and, at the same time, parents get a better rate of return than they would with a savings or deposit account with the bank. The school will make available copies of our recent audited financial statements to show that we are able to repay the debenture loan as stipulated in the agreement we will sign. At this stage we are just looking to see how many parents would consider supporting this venture. If you think that you may be interested, please email the office or contact Heather on 021 8643369.

Swimming pool construction By the end of next week, construction will start on our swimming pool. We will put up ‘danger tape’ once the ‘excavation phase’ is finished. During the excavation phase, this is not possible due to the heavy machinery moving in and out. We will ensure that children are kept away from the area during school time, if parents could please do the same before and after school.

The grass is most definitely greener on this side!

Thank you for all the knitted squares for blankets. We already have 14 bright, warm blankets ready to be distributed. Any more squares can be taken to Samantha in the Junior Playgroup.

TERM 3 DATES TO DIARISE

Date Grade Event

August 1 2 – 7 Soccer: home vs Charleston Hill

August 2 Manco Management Committee meeting 19h00

August 3 4 – 7 Hockey: away at Drakenstein for 14h00

August 4 Class reps and fundraising com

Workshop: Spring dance

August 6-7 1 – 3 Ultimate Olympiad

August 7 5 Outing: Bird Sanctuary and Paarl library

August 7 R Outing: Butterfly World

August 8 6 Outing: Fairview and Wellington walk

August 8 All classes Communication sheets

August 9 & 10 All classes Women’s Day and school holiday

August 13 – 17 Energy and Climate change week

August 14 4 Outing: Oude Renbaan Museum, Paarl

August 15 2 - 7 Soccer: home vs Newton Primary

August 17 R – 7 Cross country: Voor Groenberg Primary

August 17 1 - 7 Hockey: away at Simond for 12h00

August 18 2 – 7 Soccer: away vs Beaumont Primary at 09h00

August 21 R – 3 Kipper show outing

August 21 2 – 7 Soccer: away vs Bridge House

August 24 R – 7 Communication sheets

August 28 1 – 7 Hockey: home vs Lanner House from 14h30

August 30-31 1 – 7 Paarl Valley Eisteddfod art display

September 1 Parents Spring Dance

September 3-7 Arbour week

September 4 All classes Wellington Community Centre to visit WPS

September 4 2 – 7 Hockey: home vs CPM

September 5 Senior PG Outing: Post Office and spring picnic

September 5 2 – 7 Soccer: home vs Mary Help of Christians

September 6 Junior PG Outing: Butterfly world

September 7 All classes Communication sheets

September 11 7 Outing: Kirstenbosch

September 12 5 Paarl Mountain Reserve

September 14 1 – 3 Hockey: away at Drakenstein for 14h00

September 18-21 Gr 1 – 6 ANA testing

September 20 All classes Readathon during school day

September 21 All classes Last day of term. Interhouse sport matches. School finishes at 11h00 and aftercare at 14h00. Reports issued for Grade R – 7.

Please note the following regarding the dates for this term:

1. There will be no communication sheets going out today due to the PTA last week. 2. Soccer matches – you will see that a number of soccer matches have been organised for the junior

team (grade 1 – 3). In order for all of our children to get a chance to play, we like to try and rotate players for matches. Having consulted the schools we are due to play, with the exception of Beaumont Primary, they all only have an ‘A’ team and play their strongest team (of Grade 3 learners) for each match. In order to maintain a fair, ‘strength v/s strength’ competition, we will follow suit. For this reason, some of the younger players may only get to play two matches this term (Beaumont and inter-house). We are on the look-out for teams of Grade 1 and 2 learners to play against but it seems that most schools prefer only playing matches with the older children because the Grade 1’s in particular are still ‘learning the game’.

Early mornings: Wednesdays On Wednesdays, the hall is not available for the ‘early morning’ class of children who arrive from 07h20 as it used for music lessons. Up until now, children have just played outside, but the weather is not conducive to this at present. Therefore, until our music centre is completed, the early morning class on Wednesdays will be accommodated in the aftercare classroom.

TUCK DUTIES TERM 3

Date Pre school Gr 1-3 Gr 4-7

27 July Marlene Goetze Gregory Empedocles Owethu Mangena Yasha Pietersen

Ayabulela Kaba Megan May Aiden Sampson Nur Pietersen

Kiara Soobramoney Connor Rademan Caris Samuels Ross Macdonald

3 August Zayd Karriem Caitlin Marsh Thando Telelo Zuriel Truter

Oliver Carey Philippa Castell Aiden Kilian Micaela Clack

Ingmar Geiger Kade Gillespie Christiaan Maree Gitte Nurok

17 August Jordan April Madeleine Borel-Saladin Sholto Douglas Matthew Hudson

Marcus Mead Joppe Schouteden Deena Foulkes Rynhart Kilian

Irin Arendse Bevan Blaauw Amy Daniels Nkosazana Ntyintyane

24 August Amyoli Meje Bertie Milner Hannah Stephanou-Laz Simba Nyanhete

Kyle Woollon Hannah Warwick Taina Tshaya Kayleigh Pool

George-Regan Barnes Zandile Matakata Aisha Smith Phiwe Tshaya

31 August Lee Williams Keira Haai Nehemia Smal Salmaan Tyer

Ashley Prinsloo Siso Mvula Logan Masimla Kirston Stubbs

Angelica Bellmunt Bocasho Braaf Stefano Louw Chad Keyser

7 September Tatiana Jones Jordan April Kaelyn Masimla James Lunt

Jody le Cordeur Julie Seynhaeve Tatiyana Wilson Tom Park

Teague Riley Ashton Davey Thomas Hudson Roman Morris

14 September Cyrus Cram Carla Viljoen Ameer Kadir Buhle Kutuka

Taymore Anderson Mishka Appel Keishe de Kok Shazia Gaffoor

Okuhle Tshula Gregory Johnson Arron Snyder Tristen Fox

LAZY LUNCH TERM 3

18 July Chicken pasta bake 8.00

25 July Toasted cheese Toasted cheese and tomato

6.00 7.00

1 August Savoury waffles 8.00

8 August Cinnamon pancakes Caramel pancakes

3.50 4.00

15 August Chicken mayo baguettes 6.00

22 August Hamburgers 9.00

29 August Cinnamon pancakes Caramel pancakes

3.50 4.00

5 September Soup and bread 8.00

12 September Hot dogs 7.50

19 September Chicken pasta bake 8.00

We require assistance with lifts from school to home (in Wellington) in the afternoons for our 2 boys. We would be happy to cover labour, petrol and wear and tear costs .If you know anyone who might be able to assist us please contact Gretchen on 0825561063

Last week, the theme for the week in Grade 2 was ‘Soil and items made from soil’. Using her own initiative during aftercare, Kayleigh Stubbs made ducks out of clay which she found on the school grounds.

We wish all of our Muslim families well over the fasting period during the month of Ramadan. Thank you for your continued support. Mike Aubin and the WPS team

Spring dance: 1 SeptemberSpring dance: 1 SeptemberSpring dance: 1 SeptemberSpring dance: 1 September The fundraising committee will welcome

any donations of prizes, vouchers and

wine for the Spring dance. Items can be

brought to the school office or to Lena-

mari Marx in Grade 2.