What-Z-Up Glenstantia - Glenstantia Primary School

What-Z-Up
Glenstantia
PO Box 33383, Glenstantia, 0010 Tel: 012 998 6116 Fax: 086 562 0254
www.glenstantia.co.za or [email protected]
31 October 2013
Term 4, Issue 37
Glenstantia
Primary
School
Quote for the week
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence –
is the key to unlocking our potential.”
- Winston Churchill
Inside this issue:
Principal’s Desk... 1
General...
2
Achievements…
4
Activities…
5
Entertainment...
6
Classifieds...
6
Dear Parents / Guardians,
We celebrated our 32nd Birthday on 29 October. The children
and staff enjoyed a lovely picnic on the field during the last hour
of the day. We were lucky and relieved that the sun came out to
make it possible.
Special
points of interest:

 Thank you Braai
Thursday, 31 Oct 18:00
 Due Date Friday 1 Nov
for Final Payment:
Grade 7 Valley of
Waves Trip
 Aladdin Friday, 1 Nov
 Grade R Prize Giving
Friday, 1 Nov
 Grade 3 Prize Giving
Wednesday, 6 Nov
 Get-to-know-the-school
Party for 2014 Grade R
and 1 children
Thursday, 7 Nov
Thank you to all our Grade 6 parents who supported
the meeting on Tuesday evening, 29 October. This was
a valuable, worthwhile and positive event to share
ideas. With supportive, involved parents like these we
look forward to a fantastic Grade 7 year. Discussions to
address this are already underway.
Our Grade R learners will be having their first Prize Giving
Ceremony tomorrow – Time flies when you’re having fun!
They have certainly grown in many ways and we are very
proud of them. Congratulations!
We advise that Extra Mural Activities (except cricket matches)
will end on Friday, 8 November. Learners will not be allowed
to stay after school during the exam period and arrangements
must be made for them to be collected in order to study at
home!
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GENERAL NEWS
GRADE R 2014 – LIMITED SPACE
AVAILABLE
RECIPE BOOKS
Tell your friends, tell your
colleagues, spread the word...
There are only a few spaces left, if you wish
to apply. The requirements are :
 Reside within our feeder area
 Learner to be born between January
and September 2008
 Attend a Baseline Assessment
Support the Grade 7 Fundraiser and buy a
recipe book for only R40. Great gift idea,
especially for Christmas...
Available from the Finance Office
SCHOOL BAGS FOR SALE
Glenstantia Primary School has sourced a supplier to provide good quality, sturdy, bottle green
school bags with the school logo on for learners. School Bags are available at the Tuck Shop.
Please note Grade R and 1 learners will receive a school bag as part of their stationery package.
3 compartments for books on the inside
1 outside pocket and
space to write child’s name
Small Bag R160
(recommended for Grade 1 – 3 )
4 compartments for books on the inside
2 outside pockets and
space to write child’s name
Large Bag R 175
(recommended for Grade 4 – 7)
Tog Bag R120
With side pocket and space to write child’s name
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LEARNERS NOT RETURNING IN 2014
PROCEDURE FOR END OF THE YEAR
Please inform the School in
writing, indicating the last
day and the reason for
leaving, if your child is not
returning to Glenstantia in
2014. Thank you to the parents who have
informed us accordingly already.
Reports will be issued to
learners
at
10:00
on
Wednesday, 4 December
2013. Should your child not
be at school, the report can be collected from
reception from 10:30 – 12:00.
Transfer Cards and Reports : Please note
that should your child leave before the last
day of the term a Transfer Card will be
issued. The school reports will only be
available on Wednesday, 4 December and
not earlier. You may leave a self-addressed
stamped envelope or you may collect the
report between 10:30 – 12:00 from
Reception.
The Office will be closed at 12:00 on
Wednesday, 4 December and re-open on
Monday and Tuesday, 13 and 14 January
from 08:00 – 13:00. Class Lists for 2014 will
be available by Tuesday,
14 January at 10:00 in the
school tunnel or on the
School Communicator.
The office will be open as normal from
Wednesday, 15 January from 07:30 – 14:00.
2014 STATIONERY ALTERNATIVES:
GRADE R AND 1 2014
2014 Stationery lists for Grade 4 – 7 learners
have been distributed and are available on
the School Communicator and website.
Certain brands were listed because of their
quality and durability.
Staedtler Brand Pencils listed
are a must as they last longer
especially after being dropped.
For our learners who have been accepted
into Grade R and 1 in 2014, including our
current Grade R’s - letters regarding the getto-know the school party and first day of
school information are available at Reception
or from our web page www.glenstantia.co.za
or www.school-communicator.com
Other items such as Glue Sticks and
enclosed pencil sharpeners need to be of
good quality, the brand names mentioned on
the list are some of the brands known for
their quality. Please do not buy the cheapest
item (e.g. cheap glue sticks used to stick
pages in become unstuck over a short period
of time and pages fall out).
PROJECTS / HOMEWORK / BOOKS
No learner will be allowed to print out projects or any homework on the day they are
due. No projects emailed to the school will be printed and no exceptions will be made.
Should your child require printing, this can be arranged with Mrs Uys or Mrs Nieuwoudt
in the Computer Centre. Please plan ahead as printing should be done at least 2 days
prior to the project being due.
Learners will NOT be allowed to phone parents to bring forgotten books, homework or projects
etc. We strongly recommend that your child be given a phone card for this purpose. The decision
to “drop off” the project or homework or book remains with the parent. Should you decide to drop
off the item, the child will only be called down at break to collect as we will not interrupt a lesson
for this tardiness.
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GENERAL ASSISTANT CHRISTMAS HAMPERS
We have a long standing tradition at Glenstantia Primary of giving our General Assistant staff
Christmas hampers at the end of the year. We again ask parents to please donate items of nonperishable food for these hampers, which are always very gratefully received. We also ask that
you donate 250g packets instead of 2,5kg packs as it can become challenging to share the items
equally. We currently have 12 GA staff members. The following items will be
welcome:
Canned fruit, canned veggies, maize meal, rice, pasta, sugar, tea, coffee, long life
milk, mix cold drink, treats for the children, custard, soup, etc.
ACHIEVEMENTS
EX-PUPILS FROM GLENSTANTIA
We are very proud of our ex-learners who leave Glenstantia to progress to High School. They
make us proud to be the school that laid the foundation for their High School years. The following
learners have been chosen to be leaders at their High Schools and we applaud their many other
achievements:
From Willowridge High School:
Mbali Skosana: 2013 ECL
Also achieved:
The Honours Award in Academics
The Cum Laude 82% average
4th in Top Ten
She also won her category in the Pretoria Eistedfodd, receiving an A++
Mbali will be studying Medicine at WITS University in 2014
Ashley Jones: 2013 ECL
Also achieved:
an Honours Award in Swimming, Academics and Service
Her Netball Colours
The Cum Laude - 90% average
1st in Top Ten
The Headmaster’s Award for Excellence
The Dux Scholar
Ashley will be studying Occupational Therapy (hoping to specialize in children) at
TUKS next year
From CBC (Christian Brothers College) Mount Edmund:
Panashe Chitumba 2014 Prefect
Bongani Ndlovu Grade 10 2014 Student Representative Council member
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From Pretoria Boys High School:
Tyler Easton: 2014 Deputy Head Boy
Brandon van Veenhuyzen: 2014 Prefect
From St. Albans College:
Ryan Posthumus made the 2014 prefect list and is in the “Top 6” which means he will
undergo Psychometric tests and be in the running for possible 2014 head boy or
deputy head boy to be announced on 1 December at their final assembly – We wish
him luck!
From Woodhill College:
Rego Legodu 2014 Student Leadership Commitee
From The Glen High School:
Headboy, headgirl and deputies will only be announced at their final assembly.
Prefects 2014:
Nkosazana Mnisi
Lebogang Mahlalela
Sinalo Fuzile
Tovya Bulundwe
Joshua Harris
Buhle Nogxina
Biopelo Mokoka
Zena Soetwater
Tshepiso Maaga
Gracious Chanda
Dongyeol Ryou
Nikita Serrao
Tshepo Maredi
From Doxa Deo College:
Cibelle Ferreria: 2014 Student Council
Nicole Smith: 2014 Student Council
Cole Williams: 2014 Student Council
ACTIVITIES
SPORTS PHOTOS
GALA RESULTS
Errata: The Sports photo’s will
cost R30 each and not R25 as
stated in Newsletter #36 – 24
October 2013.
Glenstantia hosted the Gala on Friday, 18 October 2013
which went extremely well. The swimmers looked very
professional and with lots of training and plenty of
excitement our A Team came 1st out of 5 schools.
The sports photos were
taken on Friday, 18
October and children will
be able to place an order
from next week at R30 each. They
will be on display at Reception.
On Friday, 25 October 2013 the Gala took place at St
Paulus and our A Team came in 3rd place out of 5
schools.
We are very proud of the swimmers as they had very
strong competition and did extremely well at both Gala’s.
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ENTERTAINMENT
DATES TO REMEMBER
(Subject to change)
November 2013
Fri
Happy birthday wishes go to the
following staff members who
are celebrating their birthdays
on the following dates:
3 November
Mrs Naidoo
(Grade 6 Educator)
Mrs Harrop-Allin
(Grade R BB Educator)
4 November
Mrs Joubert
(Admin Assistant)
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Mon –
Wed
Tues
Thurs
Mon
Wed
Thurs
Wed
Thurs
Fri
1
6
7
8
11 –
20
12
14
18
20
21
27
28
29
Final Payment: Grade 7 Valley of Waves
Trip
Aladdin
Grade R Prize Giving
Grade 3 Prize Giving
Grades R & 1 Party
Extra Murals end
Grades 4 – 7 Exams
Grade 2 Prize Giving
Grade 1 Prize Giving
School Governing Body Meeting
Grades 4 – 6 Academic Prize Giving 18:00
Grades 4 – 6 Sport Prize Giving 18:00
Grade 5 Warmbaths Trip
Valediction 19:00
Valley of Waves (Grade 7)
Term 4 ends on Wednesday, 4 December 2013
at 10:00 and After School Centre closes at 15:00
CLASSIFIEDS
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Following on from a sold out season of Nutcracker in
November last year, Youth Dance Company of Tshwane has
decided to bring back our highly successful full length ballet,
the Snow Maiden.
The Snow Maiden will appear at the State Theatre from
7 – 10 November. Book seat through Computicket.
This Russian folktale ballet, is a story which weaves a web of
betrayal, from the icy forest to the wintry festival of activity
culminates in the Tzar`s palace for the wedding of Coupava
and Mizgir.
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The following companies support Glenstantia Primary School through loyalty
programmes:
MAKRO SILVER LAKES
Please link your Makro card to Glenstantia.
CNS Online
Commission and sponsorship.
MYSCHOOL
Thank you to all our supporters who use their MySchool card.
Forms are available from Reception.
DITABA CMS
CCTV and generous sponsorship.
Yours faithfully,
HPJ PRETORIUS
PRINCIPAL
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