FROM THE PRE-PREP DESK

Term 1 Issue 6
Educating young South Africans with Heart
Tues 2 Apr 2013
HBC 1st Team Rugby wins against St Peter’s
FROM THE PRE-PREP DESK
Term 1 in the Pre-Preparatory has been a
Exploration is at the heart of the young
very
child’s play.
exciting
one
with
many
things
happening, from children settling into their
Play
new environment, to special person’s day,
following:
puppet shows , Grade R camp out for the
fathers to name but a few. In the PrePreparatory the children enjoy a fun-filled
morning where they have many opportunities to play and, while doing so, learn.
Glynis Courtney
opportunities
culminate
developing a positive self-image and sense
of competence, independence and selfdiscipline. Learning about the world and
others through play – this involves awareness
of other people.
of learning and it is while children play that
*Learning how they fit into society.
around them. Play is an integral part of a
child’s life; it is seen as their work. In play,
the child spontaneously lives outwardly
from within. Through play, children explore
the world around them and continuously
making
new
realities
for
themselves.
“Be joyful always” 1 Thessalonians 5 : 16
the
*Learning about themselves, which includes
We would say that PLAY is the cornerstone
they learn to make sense of the world
in
*Learning to solve problems through play.
The cognitive skills required for decision
making and solving problems should be
enhanced through play. In this instance
teachers or adults have a specific role –
where appropriate, adults should scaffold
play in order to maximize learning.
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LEARNING THROUGHPLAY!
Meaningful play opportunities ensure that
optimal growth, development and learning
happen during childhood. Some of the
important learning that takes place through
play can be related to the development of
the whole child. Play positively impacts on
all developmental areas such as Physical,
Emotional,
Cognitive
and
Social
development as outlined below:
C O G N IT I V E
DEVELOPMENT
Develops self-awareness
“
Encourages health and fitness
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Develops self-confidence and self –esteem
Learns to take a different viewpoint
Resolves inner fears and conflict
Builds trust in self and others
A ND
LANGUAGE SKILLS
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Distinguish between reality and fantasy
Fosters use of imagination and make believe
Develop creative thought and curiosity
Encourages flexible thinking and problem
Learn problem solving skills
Develop the ability to plan tasks through
creative activities
Acquire knowledge
Learn communication skills
Develop listening and oral language skills
”
solving
Provides opportunity to act upon original
ideas
Supports taking risks
Learns to use senses to explore
Sharpens observations skills
Learns to express self in art, music, drama
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
and dance.
Gives meaning to personality
Develops the ability to create images and
Learns about cooperation and taking turns
Play positively
impacts on all
developmental areas
such as Physical,
Emotional,
Cognitive and
Social
Development
use symbols
H e ro n Br id g e
Builds social language
Ref: Gordon A. & Brown K. Beginnings and
Beyond Foundations in Early Childhood
Development. 6th Edition. New York: Delmar.
Learns to verbalize their needs
In closing, Erikson, a well-known psycho-
very popular Upward Sport
Learns to lead and follow
Learns about rules and responsibility
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Releases energy
social developmental theorist advises that
play has a very personal meaning for each
adults can do is reflect upon our own
of the school holidays. The
childhood play and to once again look at
Increasing ability to gain control over their
What a wonderful opportunity we have as
body
Pre-Preparatory Teachers to be involved in
Allows for active use of body
Allows for repetition and practice
Refines eye-hand co-ordination
Soccer and Netball clinic from
15 to 21 April, the first week
play through the eyes of the child.
meet these challenges
Church is again holding the
individual and that the best thing we as
Develops fine and gross motor skills
Provides challenges and opportunities to
C om m u n it y
closing
submission
date
of
for
the
application
forms is Friday, 5 April so
this wonderful process of providing an
don’t
enriched
facilitating
limited space for only 200
opportunities for each child to learn through
children. Make sure your child
environment
PLAY!
and
be
late
as
there
is
is a part of this wonderful
Glynis Courtney
initiative that has become a
Pre-Prep Head
successful annual event!
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GIRLS’ HOCKEY
HBC Girls’ Hockey Team
During the month of March, our U14, U16
the District B team. These girls will be
and U18 Hockey girls attended the D10
competing in Inter-Districts on the Saturday,
District Trials. The District Trials are run over
11 May at Kingsmead College.
two days, Day One being round 1 of
elimination and Day Two being final round
where the district teams are selected.
Finally, of the U18 girls that were sent
through to district trials on 18 March, we
had 3 girls called back to take part in the
Firstly, the U14 girls attended trials on 14
second
March at Trinity House and we are proud to
Takundanashe (Sonia) Chitate and Erin de
announce that Shannon Rose not only
Kock. Of these 3 girls, Takundanashe (Sonia)
made it to second round, but was also
Chitate made it into the B team of the U 18
selected as the goalie for the District A
district trials. She will be competing at inter
team, which is a phenomenal achievement.
districts
She will be competing in Inter-Districts in
St Andrew's.
the next term. Further
information on
this to follow.
round,
trials
on
i.e.
Rebecca
Saturday,
Cullum,
11 May
at
All the girls who participated in the District
Trials are to be congratulated on their
Of the U16 girls that were sent to district
outstanding
trials, we have three girls who have been
congratulate those girls who were selected
selected for the D10 District team. Danielle
for the District teams. We wish them the
Goosen has been elected as Right Link for
very best for the inter-district trials.
the District A team, Tanaka Chivaviro has
been selected as Left Wing for the District
A team and Lwazi Maseko has been
selected as Centre Half (Centre Back) for
Left: Sonia Chitate
performance.
We
especially
Candice Burger
Hockey Coach
Dani Goosen
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HBC RUGBY TEAMS VICTORIOUS
Eish… these
guys are good!
Catch me if
you can...
HBC
Team
School
1ST
Peacanwood
Won
26 - 6
2ND
Nic Diedericks
Lost
17 - 19
U15
Peacanwood
Won
32 - 24
U14
Nic Diedericks
Won
15 - 10
L/W
Score
CONGRATULATIONS
Cameron Peel on being selected Captain of the Golden Lions U18 Development Team
TO...
Cameron Szmetana for being selected to play for the Golden Lions U16 President 15
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GRADE 8s PUBLIC SPEAKING
From left Vanessa Seme, Amber Murgatroyd, Bella Jankowitz and Chiara le Roux
Vanessa Seme, Amber Murgatroyd, Bella Jankowitz and Chiara le Roux participated in the Public Speaking Festival at
Brescia House on 7 March and were awarded an A. They were congratulated by the adjudicator for their content, team
work and polished delivery. This is an outstanding team that will go far in Public Speaking.
We are very proud of our Grade 8 speakers and would like to thank them for their hard work, enthusiasm and excellence
on the night. Thank you to Chelsea van der Merwe who worked with the Grade 8 team and who is a wonderful addition to
the Public Speaking coaching team. We are very lucky to have you with us! - Ros Wood, Public Speaking coach
REFLECTIONS FROM OUR PSYCHOLOGIST
Carey-Anne Dellbridge
As the end of term nears and our pace of
attitude of compassion and non-judgment. I
work and life seems to accelerate, I am
am privileged to have been invited to
trying to remind myself to be mindful. I
present my research at The First Inter-
completed my dissertation for my Masters
national
degree several years ago, and the topic was
which is taking place in Rome at the begin-
Mindfulness. There is an abundance of
ning of May. I am really excited about the
research and various perspectives on what
conference and am looking forward to
mindfulness truly is. The definition I usually
learning about new developments in mind-
refer to is that, in a nutshell, mindfulness is
fulness theory and practice taking place all
about being able to keep our attention and
over the world. I hope to share much of this
awareness focused in the present, as it
with our HeronBridge community upon my
unfolds moment
return Watch this space!
by moment, with an
Conference
on
Mindfulness,
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HIGH RIDERS
RAPS
The cast and crew are working
really hard to make the RAPS
production one of the best yet.
We want to thank them for all
their effort and dedication that
they are putting into this.
Justine Mackay and her horse, Jackabee Prose
Justine Mackay and her horse, Jackabee
25 & 26th March. This event was over 2
Prose, took part in the Easter Festival at
days, 4 classes in total. They managed to
Kyalami Equestrian Park during this week,
get placed 1st, 2nd, 4th & 12th over the
and really showed them what HeronBridge
duration of these classes, 52 Riders in each
students are made of. She won the Victor
class. We are so very proud of Justine and
Ludorum
Jackabee Prose. The love, bonding and hard
for
the
Junior
1.00m
Show
Jumping Event at the 2013 Nissan Easter
work
Festival that was held Monday & Tuesday,
partnership is wonderful to be a part of.
that
happens
in
this
special
COTTAGES TO LET
We have THREE cottages
available at Heron Village
(across the river)
Each cottage consists of:
2 bedrooms
The College Equestrian team have done
1 bathroom with shower
extremely well at their second qualifier,
Open plan kitchen and lounge
which was held on the 16th of March at
Maple Ridge Equestrian Farm.
We would like to congratulate them on
1 covered carport
Rent R4400 including water
but excluding electricity
their achievements.
We applaud Jodi Sonderup for getting
placed first in all her disciplines, and Daisy
Gidlow for coming first in her 110cm Show
jumping
Gibson,
class.
Hayley
Sturgess,
Daisy
Gidlow
and
Jade
Please contact Denese Zilz on
Cell: 079 697 2565 or Tel:
(011) 540 4800 for further
information
Alexandra
Davies all got second places within their
various disciplines. We also commend
Kellie Uphof and Daisy Gidlow on being
We’d love to hear from you:
placed 3 in their disciplines.
If you have any suggestions
please email them to:
rd
- Mia Russell, Equestrian Coach
Alexandra Davies
[email protected]
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CHAMPIONSHIP GALAS
Daniel Copeland won 3
medals
Kingspark pool in Durban
Level 3 National Gala in Durban
Dominic Varrie (14) achieved all of his
Three of our college pupils, Marianna
Marini,
Rachel
Stevenson
and
Dominic
personal best
placed in the top 20.
Varrie travelled to Durban to participate in
Level
these championships and all three did very
Sasolburg
well.
times and was regularly
2
Regional
Championships
Two of our pupils competed – Daniel
in
Cope-
Mariana (17) made 4 finals.
land and Kaitlin Jericevich.
Rachel (15) placed 2nd in 100m freestyle
Daniel (12) made 6 finals and won 3 medals
and 3rd in 50m freestyle. She won a silver
– 2 silver and 1 gold. The medals were for
and bronze medal and made two other
100m, 200m and 50m freestyle.
finals.
He also made level 3 times for these
Rachel and Mariana both achieved senior
national times. They will be competing at
SA National Aquatic Championships in Port
events.
Kaitlin
also
made
a
final
having just aged up.
Rachel also achieved youth qualifying times
Well done to all the swimmers!
VIEW OUR CLASSIFIEDS:
for
breast-
stroke. She was competing as a 13 year old
Elizabeth in April.
in three other events.
Rachel Stevenson won 2
medals
- Pippa Copeland, Swimming coach
Kaitlin Jericevich
Visit: www.heronbridgecollege.co.za and click on ‘News & Events’ and then
‘The Heron’ Classifieds’ OR See the School Communicator under ‘Resources’.
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WINTER UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS
GRADE
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