st dominic`s junior school newsletter

JUNIOR
NEWSLETTER
9 NOVEMBER 2015
ST DOMINIC’S JUNIOR
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
You are Unique
There is nobody like YOU.
Nobody else has the same
ability or personality,
interest or feelings as
YOU do– nobody else
ever will . Your creator
has given YOU special
gifts, but it’s up to YOU
to use them well . The only
one who can make the
most of your potential is
YOU.
A Note From Mrs Van Dyk’s Desk
Parents, as your daughter nears the end of this year I ask you to
share the words of this poem with her. Help her to realise that she
is special and that she has the potential to be great! Encourage her
to work hard to the end and to constantly strive for improvement.
The last few weeks have been very busy with many sporting and
cultural activities taking place each day. I thank all our girls who
have participated and all our coaches & trainers for their
enthusiasm and for the time they have spent with the girls.
Inside this issue:
Angel Mass
Congratulations
Early Finish
Our extra mural activities will continue until the end of the term
and I encourage our girls to participate even during exams.
I wish all our Gr 4-7 girls all the best as they prepare for their
exams. I pray that God will help them to think clearly & to
remember what they have studied.
Cultural events & results
Dates to Diarise
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Angel Mass 2 October 2015
Our customary Angel Mass was celebrated in the Jubilee Centre on Friday 2 October. It was the last
Mass that the current matrics celebrated with the whole school. As in past years the Grade 1s
accompanied the matrics into Mass. This practice serves to remind the matrics how far their journey
has gone. Some of the matrics began their schooling in the Pre-Grade, while others joined in Grade 1 or
Grade 8. Before the entry procession the Grade 7’s gave each of the matrics a gift of a bead angel that
Mrs Bradbury organised. Each bead angel was hand made by the Grade 7’s. The matrics were delighted
with the angels.
Fr Michael Murphy was the celebrant. In his homily he focussed on the role angels play in our lives,
especially guardian angels. The Prayers of the Faithful were offered by some matric girls and their
Grade 1 companion. They prayed for guardian angels for each one present at Mass. They also asked
that we humans be like angels in caring for the world in which we live. After Mass Fr Michael blessed
each one of the matrics and her Grade 1 companion.
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Grade 7 Social
Friday night the 9th of October was definitely
a highlight for all our Grade 7 girls from St. Dominic’s and boys from CBC.
The girls and boys were dressed up and looking mighty ‘SWAG 'for the occasion.
The music was pumping, the dance floor was buzzing and the excitement in the air was contagious. We, as
teachers ,became the students that evening and were given a lesson in the famous ‘Nae Nae”.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks
to Mr. Stephen Bryan, his wonderful team of Gr 7 teachers and the boys for
being such warm and welcome hosts.
An incredible evening where special memories and friendships were made.
Miss Dos Santos
Grade 1 Orientation
On Friday 30 October , 85 excited little Grade 0’s gathered in the Jubilee Centre to meet their new
teacher for “big school” in 2016.
First the children were entertained by our Gr 7 Function Committee while their parents organised books,
stationery bags and uniforms.
Then, amid much trepidation the girls listened for their names to be called and they were escorted by the
Gr 6’s to their new classrooms.
A psychologist presented advice of how parents can handle this big transition .
Before saying good bye to their new teachers, friends , sights and smells, refreshments were had by all.
Mrs Weber
Congratulations
Eagles Tumbling Club
Well done to Olivia Teeling 4M on her 5th
place in the competition on the 24 October.
We are very proud of you!
Well done to Alexia Janssen in 1 C
for her 6th place on the 24 October.
We are so proud of you !
NB!! Early Closing
NB!!
Well done to Erin Guy 4 C on her
2nd place in the competition on
the 24 October.
We are proud of you !
As from Tuesday 10
November school will close
at 13:00 each day until
Tuesday 1 December
when school will close at
Erin Guy
11:00.
Well done to Jessica Powell 1 D for
Receiving Her yellow belt grading and
for her 2nd place in Kumita fighting
on 31 Oct in the inter school competition
We are very proud of you !
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Eisteddfod Results
A very special well done to the following girls on their
excellent results:
Ntando Mabunda Honours
Lunathi Mdletshe Honours
Ciara O’Connor Honours
Tayla Vos Honours
Nomndeni Zwane Prestige
Own Choice Poetry
Olivia David A++ Prestige
Shammah Mabuza A++ Prestige
Olivia Ostermeyer A++ Prestige
Ashley Richardson A++ Prestige
Tyler Chapman A+ Honours
Robyn Evans A+ Honours
Kylie Goncalves A+ Honours
Anebel Kruger A+ Honours
Shannon Massolini A+ Honours
Kaylee Rossouw A+ Honours
Well done to Talia Farinha 3 F for being awarded an A
for her Ballet Class Dance 9 & Under Novice in the Elite
Dance Eisteddfod
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Chatter Box
Well done to all the girls who participated in Chatter box on October 21 at Woodlands
Their results are as follows:
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Alexandra Fry—Gold
Anebel Kruger—Gold
Carey Rees—Gold
Tayla Barrett—Gold
Gabriella Costa-Tre– Gold
Kyla Marland—Gold
Uvakthi Hansrajh– Bronze
Tayla Ashton—Gold
Busisiwe Ndlovu-Silver
Chess News
Two of our chess girls participated in the Inter- Catholic Chess Competition on
Saturday, 31st October at De La Salle.
Tayra O Gama in Grade 4M won two games and lost three. She ended on two points.
Jenna Fyfe in Grade 2C won two games, drew one and lost two. She ended on 2.5
points. Jenna came 3rd in the Grade 4 section.
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Grade 7
Kayleigh Teeling –Gold
Milena Silva-Gold
Chloe Farinha-Gold
Malcolm Gooding Speech Competition
On Thursday 29 October , Tayla Barrett (Gr 5) , Emma Wilson (Gr 6 ) and Chloe’
Farinha (Gr 7 ) took part in the Malcolm Gooding Speech competition at Bishop
Bavin in Bedfordview. Only one girl is chosen from each grade to participate, so
you really have to be on top form . This competition is different to the others
that we take part in , as they choose 1st , 2nd and 3rd place in each grade. It
has been our dreamfor many years to win the Grade 7 section. WELL, thanks to
Chloe’s superb speech we won!! We are so proud of you all , especially Chloe’ ,
your speech was outstanding and as the judges said “ You are a natural born
speaker”. Tayla and Emma also received wonderful reports from their respective judges. Bravo girls, what an evening of public speaking. I would like to thank
the parents and teachers for their support and surviving the traffic getting to
the school.
Ms . S de la Hunt
Our Grade 6 and 7 girls have had an extremely busy month.
They competed in three debates and the results were as follows:
St
Dominic
sagainst
topic
result
Our team
14
October
St
Dunstan’s
This house would ban the
sale of fast foods at all
school tuck shops
Drew
Kiara Oliveira
Jessica Crawford
Kayla Richardson
21
October
CBC
This house would
introduce random drug
testing at schools
Won
Nicole Taute
Angela Ndebele
Jodie Kollia
28
October
Assumptio
n Convent
This house would
establish a sin tax on the
sale of all fast foods
Won
Caitlin Richter
Angela Ndebele
Chloe Farinha
Time keepers: Alex Wedel and Chloe Farinha
Mr Brown was the adjudicator and he commended the girls on their research
and well-structured debating techniques.
Well done.
Mrs McEvoy
One School, One Family, One Spirit
Notice Reminder
As per contract conditions (3
Months) written notice is
required should your
daughter be leaving at the
end of the current year.
Failure to do so will result in
a term’s notice being charged
in lieu thereof. School fees
are due monthly in advance.
Please ensure that accounts
are kept up to date monthly.
All accounts for the current
year to be settled in full by
no later than the 15th
December 2015. Should you
have any queries , please do
not hesitate to contact Lyn
Stewart or Iris Kruger on 011
917 0133: fax 011 917 8081
[email protected]
Thank you
PRIMARY SCHOOL AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES 10 NOVEMBER -27 NOVEMBER 2015
TENNIS
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS
GRADE 1, 2 and 3 - 13H00 – 13H30
GRADE 4 - 7 - 13H30 - 14H15
SOFTBALL
TUESDAYS GRADE 4-7
13H15-14H00
T-BALL SKILLS
THURSDAYS GRADE 1-3
13H15 - 14H00
TEAM SWIMMING
SWIMMING:
TUESDAY GRADE 5-7
THURSDAY GRADE 3 AND 4
06H00-07H00
06H00-07H00
MONDAYS GRADE 1
GRADE 2
13H15-14H00
14H00-14H45
WATERPOLO TEAM TRAINING
SPLASH WATER POLO
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS COACH WILL
ADVISE
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS 13H00- 14H00
DIVING
TUES GRADE 3-5 - 13H00- 14H30
WED GRADE 1 AND 2 - 13H00- 14H30
THURS GRADE 6 AND 7 13H00- 14H30
TEAM DIVERS EXTRA TRAINING ON MONDAYS 13H00-14H30
DRUMMIES
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS
GRADE 1-6 - 13H15- 14H45
MARIMBA BAND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAYS GRADE 5-7 13:00 – 14:00.
COMPUTER CLUB MONDAYS GRADE1-3
WEDNESDAYS GRADE 4-7
CHESS
THURSDAYS
13H00 – 14H00
13H00 – 14H00
GRADE 1 – 3
GRADE 4 – 7
One School, One Family, One Spirit
13H00 -13H30
13H30 – 14H15
Tennis
Tennis results for matches played this term. Well done girls on all your results!
u/13 A Team
St Dominic’s vs Assumption: 13 – 15 to Assumption
St Dominic’s vs St Dunstan’s: 9 - 19 to St Dunstan’s
St Dominic’s vs Reddam: 22 – 6 to St Dominic’s
St Dominic’s vs Saheti: 16 – 12 to St Dominic’s
u/13 B Team
St Dominic’s vs Assumption: 15 – 13 to St Dominic’s
St Dominic’s vs Sacred Heart: 26 - 2 to St Dominic’s
St Dominic’s vs Hurlyvale: 11 – 17 to St Hurlyvale
St Dominic’s vs King David: 12 – 16 to King David
Mrs Oddie
Swimming Update
The Junior Ducks have been very busy over the last few weeks with swimming
training and galas. We have competed against schools on the East Rand on
Wednesday afternoons as well as other Johannesburg schools further from us.
This week we participated in the East Rand Interprimary Relay Gala’s. The results
were as follows:
InterPrimary A – 1st Place in Girls Section
Interprimary B – 1st Place (tied with Colin Mann) in Girls Section
Interprimary C – C team in 6th Place and D team in 9th Place
Congratulations to all our swimmers on a great season and thank you to all who
have supported us!
Miss de Rijk
One School, One Family, One Spirit
"The African Junior Championships 2015 in Cairo, Egypt, attracted 18 countries from the African Continent and presented us
with the future stars in World Swimming. FINA also classified this event as an official Olympic Qualifying event. This was
Carissa van Rooyen's first exposure to International Swimming, representing South Africa at one of the largest events on the
continent for Elite Junior Swimmers.
Carissa participated in the Group 1 girls events which
comprised of girls born in 2001 and 2002. Carissa was
selected for the events listed below. She was the only 13
year old in the finals of most of her main events, an
outstanding achievement in itself.
The St. Dominic’s Ducks thought about Carissa everyday
and asked for updates, their support and enthusiasm for
Carissa has been a joy to watch. She is truly inspirational.
Carissa went on to make South Africa and St.
Dominic’s proud with the following results:

100m back - Gold

50m back - Gold

50m freestyle - Bronze (Gold was taken by
the only other 13 year old South African in
this final, Rebecca Meder)

4 X 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold and
African record
(Carissa van Rooyen (13), Hannim Abrahams (13),
Dune Coetzee (13) and Rebecca Meder (13). The
other relay teams comprised 14 year olds

4 X 100m Medley Relay - - Gold and
African record
Carissa van Rooyen (13), Hannim Abrahams (13),
Dune Coetzee (13) and Rebecca Meder (13). The
other relay teams comprised 14 year olds.
Carissa medalled in all the events she participated
in and her results and the times swum also won her
the medal honour award for the 3rd place best overall swimmer for girls in Group 1. The first 2 places
were taken up by Carissa's SA team mates Rebecca Meder
and Hannim Abrahams.
Her highlights were the award ceremonies, which were
“amazing”, standing on the podium receiving her medals
and beautiful Sphinx trophies and then having the South
African National Anthem
played just for her—
wow—what an honour.
The competition was
tough and often saw split seconds between the top places.
Brilliant
battles
were
fought in
the pool
and
Carissa
returned
with great
new
experience
Gr 7 Social Calendar
Grade 7 Mass
The Grade 7 girls enjoyed a very special Mass with other Catholic Schools in
the area. Our annual Grade 7 Mass is held at St. Patrick’s Church in Benoni
and hosted by St. Columba’s. Other schools celebrating Mass with us included
Veritas, CBC, Emaromeni, Marist Brothers and St. Catherine’s. After a very
special service, the girls enjoyed socialising with all the Grade 7’s. We thank
Mrs. Marcon and her staff for their hospitality and all the participating
schools for making this celebration a meaningful and spiritual one. A highlight
of the Grade 7 year.
Mrs Bradbury
Grade 7 Final Assembly
Our final assembly is always one filled with emotion. This year all the Grade
7’s were able to pay tribute to their parents, friends, teachers and the
Junior School. Grade 5M gave the message, Proudly St. Dominic’s which was
fitting of the tribute to follow. The girls “flash-mobbed” the assembly, with
Mrs. Van Dyk’s prior consent of course! Scattered around the Jubilee Centre,
they stood in song, paying tribute to their parents with “Flashlight” by Jessie
J. The girls came together and then turned to the Junior School singing “See
you Again” by Charlie Puth. This emotional rendition, dedicated to those
leaving the school, all the Junior School Girls from Grade 1-6, as well as Miss
Dos Santos; had the girls in tears. We are going to miss this group of Grade
7 girls and wish them well as they move into the next phase of their School
Career. We also wish Miss Dos Santos well on journey to the USA and will
Miss Dos Santos
sorely miss her.
DATES TO DIARISE
11-20 Nov
Grade 4-7 Exams
Tues 24 Nov
Grade 2 Violin Concert
Fri 27 Nov
Carol Service and Christmas Market
Tues 1 Dec
Grade 1-7 reports go out
School closes at 11:00 for the end of the term
Wed 13 Jan 2016 School re-opens for the new year
Goju Karate ACADEMY SUWARD PARK
Carol Service
Karate classes for kiddies 4 Years to adult, beginner to advanced
4-6 years Mon & Wed 17:30-18:30 , 7-13 years Tues & Thurs
17:30-18:30
Senior adult classes Mon & wed 19:30-20:30
Ladies Karate Classes– Mon, Wed, Fri 8:00-9:00
Parents fitness class-Mon and Wed 17:30-18:30
Our Carol Service will take place on Friday 27
November 2015 from 10:30 to 11:30 in the
Jubilee Centre. The girls will be able to go home
after the Carol Service.Parents are welcome to
attend.(Further details will be sent out in a
letter
For further info please contact us:
Sensei Tarryn Madgwick(3rd Dan) 084 600 5070
Sensei Marius Madgwick(4th Dan) 084 645 3745
PTP News
CHRISTMAS MARKET
-27 November 2015
Stall registration will be opening
soon.
Looking for swimming lessons on a Saturday morning at
St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls?
Contact Maureen Mons on 082 561 8196 and she can
gladly help you.
One School, One Family, One Spirit