chit-chat newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 1
17 April, 2014
In the heart of Ruimsig lies a school
A Publication for Students by Students - Well Done!
Inside this issue:
Swimming Gala
2
Sports Page
3
Valentine Entrepreneurs Day
4
Goodbye Teacher Shalene
5
Art and Culture
6
Celebrating Easter
7
Farewell to Kiron and Tibyan
8
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It is not every day that one
sees such professionalism
and enthusiasm in young
children. The Ruimsig
Academy Chit-Chat editorial staff -consisting of students only—has surpassed
my wildest dreams; that of
publishing a newsletter
inspired by children.
The appointed staff went
through a very professional selection process before
any-body could be employed. The children had
to prepare a portfolio or
example of their work
and then had to convince
me that they were the
right person for the job.
11 years old and a work in
progress.
I saw amazing presentations and ideas; and most
of all, heard the most convincing motivations for the
job.
My role as Chief Editor is
limited to that of mentor,
and English Language Arts
teacher.
All editorial and images
are the work of the students.
No teacher, or
adult helped with this project.
However, we do
thank them for their time
and patience. Thus let us
not be too critical of the
children’s writing skills.
Remember, they are still
learning, and are only 10 or
Chit Chat Staff
Marketing Team:
Guillaume McLeish (standby)
Daniel Koch— Team Leader
Anja McLeish
Gabriel Todd
Rhys Aldhouse Pienaar—
Named our newsletter
Reporters:
Kerwin Schmidt
Omphile Ledwaba—Team
Leader
Makhotso Saule
Lesedi Moremi
Photographers
Tiana Farial-Bussiahn—Team
Leader
Abigail Todd
Megan Esterhuizen/
The aim of this publication
is to inform students, parents and friends of all the
wonderful events, accomplishments, creativity and
every day happenings in
the school.
The Chit-Chat will be published at the end of each
term. Well done, ChitChat staff, you have done a
great job. We are very
proud of you and I can’t
wait for the next edition!
Dylan Foster
Lay-out Artists
Tibyan Hattingh—Team
Leader
Luka Hamman
Mpho Matyana
Lwazi Masilela
Runners
Georgio Abi Chebli—Team
Leader
Connor Smith
Gr4s and Gr5s
Teacher Eugenie Louw
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Ruimsig Chit-Chat
Volume 1, Issue 1
SWIMMING GALA
On the 8th of February 2014
Ruimsig Academy held its
first inter-house swimming
gala. It was held at Panorama
primary school at Roodepoort. All kids from grade R
to grade 7 were placed in
different sporting houses. The
houses where Hunter, Forrester and Riddle. Hunter
represented the red Indians,
Forrester represented the
blue soldiers and Riddle represented the Hawaiian rainbow nation.
THE INTERMEDIATE WINNERS OF
THE DAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
The spectacular event started
at 8:30 sharp, with all 3 houses singing their clan signature
songs followed by the entire
school giving a rendition of
the new school anthem! The
parents contributed to the
fun and colourful spirit of the
day by wearing the bright
colours of the house they
supported and cheered loudly!
Grade 7 freestyle boys:
1st Kiron Hattingh
Grade 6 freestyle girls:
1st Megan Esterhuizen
Grade 6 Freestyle boys:
1st Tibyan Hattingh
Grade 5 freestyle boys:
1st Connor Smith
Grade 5 freestyle girls:
1st Andrea Kruger
Grade 4 freestyle boys
1st Luke Jordaan
Grade 4 freestyle Girls:
1st Rebecca Smith
A mother from Hunter said
that Hunter was going to win
but Forester has best cheering. A mother from Riddell
said that Riddell was going to
win because they are the best.
The little ones were enjoying
Teacher Eugenie at the
Tuckshop
Mr. Peter McLeish and
Teacher Wally
the swimming gala. I asked
one of the grade Rs she said
she was scared but she won
and she was proud of herself,
I told her she must believe in
herself.
Overall the Hunters came
out victorious followed closely by the competitive Forrester and in 3rd place was the
persistent Clan Riddle.
A number of people helped to
make this historic event the
success it was. We would like
to thank everyone for their
participation and support. A
special gratitude goes to
Jacques Hattingh and Roland
Ralph for ensuring the safety
of all swimmers. Teacher Eu-
genie, teacher Corrie and
teacher Dorcas for providing
food
and
refreshments.
Teacher Heleen and Mr Wally
Claassen for tallying the
scores. Mr. McLeish for directing the program. Teacher Natasha for the professional and fair start of each race.
The 8th of February will go
down in the Ruimsig Academy calendar as a momentous
debut of our competing sporting houses, the swimming
gala, the opportunity to socialise and a display of good
teamwork. We are looking
forward to seeing you all at
our next sporting event.
Omphile Ledwaba
Ruimsig Chit-Chat
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Page 3
SPORTS PAGE
Our school believes in physical activity and having fun.
Twice a week a Sports club
comes to our school to train
us in various types of sports.
Every Tuesday and Thursday
the coaches train us to become fitter for cricket, soccer
and hockey. But we also go
swimming on these days at
the diving school down the
road from us. This is where
we trained for the swimming
gala.
This term we got an extra
piece of ground to play on.
Now the Intermediate students enjoy this field by playing soccer, climbing jungle
gyms and playing all kinds of
games.
Mpho Matyana
Daniel and Dylan playing a bit of soccer.
Luke, Aydan and Matthew
The new playing field
RisingAcrobaticStarsinourSchool
We have our very own Acrobatics teacher at Ruimsig
Academy.
Teacher Zelda
trains many of our students
during lunch breaks to become acrobats.
She has her own school and
has trained some of the National and Regional champions like Guillaume an Marie
McLeish and Megan Esterhuizen who are at our school.
Marie, Guillaume and Megan performing in a
show.
Andrea and Luka practicing to
become supple in the Acro class.
Her school holds competitions and shows regularly.
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Ruimsig Chit-Chat
Volume 1, Issue 1
Valenne Entrepreneur’s Day
Money,
Money, Money.
Today on entrepreneur’s day we
celebrate the entrepreneurial
spirit that drives individuals to
contribute to the on-going
growth and development of
their country's economy.
Makhotso Saule
What a lovely day for the
grade 6& 7s selling Valentine’s
goodies and gifts. Kiddies even
bought gifts for mommies and
daddies . Love was spread out
wide, Anja McLeish made the
most money she made up to
R826.00 at her Valentine’s
table.
Here at school we will be celebrating entrepreneur’s day on
the same day as Valentine’s
Day, on 14th of February. This
event teaches us to think like
entrepreneurs and teaches us
the principles of business.
Teacher Heleen bying lovely goodies at Anja’s Winning Table.
Mpho Matyana
Daniel Koch Gr7
Luka and Lesedi Gr
Darren Van der Westhuizen Gr7
Mother’sDay
Makhotso Saule
On the 28th of February was the
grade 1 mother’s day class.
Tamyrin Lipjes(Saskia’s mom)
was enjoying the school so far.
The grade 1s are doing very well
and she loves the school so
much she really likes the teaching methods.
Natalie (Madison’s mom) is enjoying the school. The grade ones are
doing very well, she loves the
school and the teaching is very
awesome.
Michelle Roodman (Eowyn’s
mom) loves the school, she
loves the grade 1s. They are
very smart she loves the school
very much she really loves the
teaching.
As part of our Life and
Social Skills
programme, the
Intermediate grades
hold an Entrepreneurs
Day once per term.
Next term will be the
turn of the Grade 5s.
Lisel (Bella’s mom) loves the
school the grade 1s are enthusiastic. She loves the teaching
method.
Fromtheleft:Eowynand
Madisonenjoying
themselves!
Ruimsig Chit-Chat
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GoodbyeTeacherShalene
Omphile Latwaba
On the 30th of September 2013
Teacher Shalene joined our
school after working as a service advisor for corporate
BMW. One of the reasons
she started working at our
school was because her
daughter Tagen had already
been attending the school
and she also visited the school
during the holiday programs.
She first started out as assisting teacher Betsie with the
grade noughts and admin
afterschool.
The beginning of 2014, teacher Shalene assisted teacher
Collete and the grade 2s.
Teacher Shalene was at our
school for 5 months and never missed a day of work.
“Mam “ as some people would
call her was always at school
from 7:00 am till 5:00 pm and
6:00 pm every second Thursday. Mam wasn’t always the
softest teacher, she always
had rules especially when it
came to her daughter Tagen,
such as at school mommy was
teacher and at home teacher
was mommy.
WelcomenewStudents
Makhotso Saule
In March, 15 new students from our sister
school, MacLaren College, joined our
school.
7 Students joined Grade 5 and 8 students
joined Grade 4.
The students quickly settled into our routine and say that they love our school and
children. They are very happy here they
said.
Teacher Shalene said that she was
leaving the school even though she
didn’t want to leave, she just did
not have a choice as her family was
moving to the Eastern Cape and
also because of financial reasons.
That’s why they’ve decided to leave
their home here in Gauteng to
leave for the Eastern Cape
where the rest of her family
is and she will be assisting at
Tagen’s new school. Teacher
Shalene also assisted with
much more than just assisting teachers in class. She
assisted with both sessions of
breakfast and collecting
money, letters and order
forms from children.
We wish you happiness. We
will miss you!
Teacher Shalene’s last day at school.
She is sitting between Mr. McLeish
and Teacher Betsie in the front row.
Ruimsig Chit-Chat
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Building,BuildingandBuilding
Lesedi Moremi
A lot of things happen every
day at school. We cannot say
that we ever have a dull day.
Even though, our school is
still growing and a lot of work
still needs to be done, we
have already accomplished a
lot.
Three new classrooms were
added to house a Teacher’s
room and Grades 6 and 7.
These rooms can be converted into one big room when
necessary for meetings. Of
course these classes had to be
painted. Even the youngest
in the school lent a helping
hand.
Grade 5 Picasso monsters,
The new patio and eating area
outside our classrooms.
Peter McLeish Jnr. helping to paint the
new School building.
ArtandCultureatRuimsig
Luka Hamman’s page and Teacher Eugenie
Ruimsig Academy offers a
wide variety of extra murals.
These classes are either held
during school breaks or immediately after school.
As we believe that students
must not only be stimulated
academically but also artistically, we offer many different
ways for expressing their individual talents.
Our aim is to help develop
our children to become well
rounded personalities; in other words we see them as ho-
listic beings.
Grade 2 primary colour art.
Even the boys learn to knit
and make beanies. We are
sure to see some being sold at
the Grade 4 Entrepreneurs
Day.
Van Klimt alive and well in Grade 4
Drama Classes
Grade 7 word art.
Drama class in progress
Hip Hop Dance Club
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Ruimsig Chit-Chat
Volume 1, Issue 1
Celebrang Easter
After a busy term, exams and
assessments, it was time to relax
and have some fun.
On Monday, 14th of April, we
learnt what it was like to be an
Israeli in Biblical times and the
importance of Easter to Christians.
Children listening to Teacher
Betsie as she enlightens and
prays for the children.
The children dressed up like
Israelis, shared the last supper
and washed one another’s feet.
The aim was to teach the children
the importance of Easter and that
it was not all about chocolate
eggs and bunnies.
As a Christian school it is important to us that our students
understand the true meaning of
being a Christian. We teach
them not only about the Fruit of
the Spirit, but also the true meaning of Easter and Christmas. That
being a Christian means serving
each other in love and humility.
That Jesus Christ is our role model as a perfect human being as
well as our Lord and Saviour.
Marie washing her class mates’ feet in
Teacher Betsie’s class
EasterEggDecoratingDay
HoorayLastDayofSchool
Tuesday, 15th
16th April
The Chit-Chat Marketing
Team organised a fun day of
decorating Easter eggs. Each
student got a parcel with 3
eggs, some edible trimmings,
straw, ribbon and a
box
which they decorated themselves.
The students could decorate
the eggs any way they wanted. Our team helped the students where ever they could.
A great day of creative fun
was had by all.
Hooray, Hooray, today is the
last day of school. Let’s have
fun!
Wednesday was a day of
jumping castles, obstacle
courses and ice cream. Each
child got a packet of goodies
to eat and just had lots of fun.
Everybody having lots of fun
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Teachers Colette and Kerry with their
helpers packing sweets
Obstacle course looks like a lot
of fun
Look at what I made mommy! Tegan in Gr7 busy decorating his eggs
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A Sad Farewell to the Hattingh Family
We are saying Bon Voyage to
two of our most loved friends
and students. Kiron and Tibyan Hattingh are permanently
moving to Seattle, USA in
May, 2014.
Kiron joined us in 2012 as a
grade 5 student and Tibyan
joined us last as a grade 5
student.
Both boys are much loved as
they are loyal, funny, creative
and academically strong.
Kiron was the Head Boy in
2013; a duty that he performed very well. He was also
an outstanding student, always with top grades. He created the Chit-chat communications logo and set up the
email and distribution list.
His title was that of Distribution Manager.
Tibyan who was in Grade 6
this year, loved being creative.
He has a flair for writing and
design. He was the Layout
Team Leader of our Newsletter and designed the ChitChat banner. He also had the
difficult job of getting all the
materials together and had to
make sure that every thing fit
into our pages.
Kiron on the right showing V for victory.
Here he is with his class mate and good
friend Daniel Koch.
Ilze, their mother, was our
music teacher last year and
helped with training our students for the very successful
80’s concert.
We wish you everything of
the best, we will sorely miss
you !
Tibyan on the left with two of his friends,
Gabriel and Kerwin.
Teacher Eugenie
IMPORTANTTHINGSTOREMEMBER
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2nd Terms begins on 13th May, 2014
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Come to school in Winter uniform
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Camel Race on the 24th May, 2014