NEWSLETTER No 24/16 19th
May 2016
KZN U12B HOCKEY REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL
Over half-way through the month of May, which now leaves 27 school days
remaining until break up day on Friday, 24th June. I also remind you now that
Thursday, 16th June is a Public Holiday and Friday, 17th June has also been
declared a school holiday, which will allow for a long weekend from the
Wednesday. Please note though that there are rugby fixtures versus Trinity
House from Johannesburg on that Wednesday afternoon. I also remind all Dads of the Father’s
Day Assembly at 07h45 on that morning of Wednesday, 15th June.
STAFF NEWS:
I inform you that, I in my capacity as Sharks Primary Schools Rugby Chairman will be co-
ordinating the Inter-District festival for the Provincial Trials this Thursday and Friday, here in
Durban. The following week I will accompany the selected Sharks Primary Schools teams to the
Inter Provincial tournament in Bloemfontein for Thursday and Friday. Please note that whilst I am
away on official schools/provincial duty that the school will be under the direction of our
Deputies, Mr Naidoo and Mrs van der Walt. Thank you.
MOTHER’S AND CHILD EVENING
This event was held last Wednesday evening in our Pre-Primary. It was a roaring success with
probably our biggest attendance recorded. Congratulations Mothers on this fantastic turn-out
and wonderful spirit noted through your participation with your child. My sincere appreciation and
vote of thanks go to all the staff members involved, as well as our ‘captain’ of the team, Mrs Lynn
Mason, for a superb and memorable evening. It was so encouraging to see the smiling faces of our
‘little people’ enjoying an evening here with Mom. A proudly Fairways/Northlands event!
NPS U9 RUGBY/NETBALL FESTIVAL
Congratulations to our Rugby and Netball teams who excelled in their efforts at our own festival
hosted here last Friday evening, which catered for 15 rugby teams and 12 netball teams. The field
was packed with enthusiastic coaches, staff and respective school supporters, which really added
to the excitement of the evening. We, as the hosts, can take a bow for the outstanding attention
to detail noted in our hosting arrangements, namely catering, officiating, presentation of the
fields, smooth running of the programme, staff involvement in all areas, etc. The spotlight must
also fall directly onto our JP Sports Co-Ordinator, Miss Murch, for her dedicated service noted in
the planning beforehand and the overall running of the event, as well as to Mr Boucher, George and
the Grounds Staff for the layout and presentation of our facilities.
A very proudly Northlands event!
JP SPEECH AND DRAMA
Next week highlights one of the most important annual events on our Year Planner – the Speech
and Drama week where all Junior Primary classes present a class Choral Verse and selected
individual items to the Adjudicator from the Speech and Drama Society. Our results have always
been of the highest level and I again look forward to our combined standards of excellence
throughout each grade and the JP phase. Final practising and preparations are taking place, but
please share with your child the value and important role that he/she is required to play in their
class or individual efforts. Public Speaking and the confidence and “team-work” involved in events
like this are again of paramount importance at our school in developing our children in all areas.
Best wishes to all the learners, staff and parents for the week, as well as to Mrs Watling, the
overall co-ordinator for the JP Speech and Drama festival. Please note that the Speech and
Drama morning of presenting selected items, as well as each Choral Verse per grade, will take
place for you to enjoy on:
Tuesday 7th June
08h00 – Grade 1
09h00 – Grade 2
10h30 – Grade 3
Mrs Brown (JP HOD) will send more information shortly.
Remember: “It’s not the going out of port, but the coming in, that
determines the success of a voyage”
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr B R Wilson
FROM THE DESK OF THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
LATE COMING
Instances of late coming have been on a sharp increase over the past week.
Learners arriving late for school are detained in the Barbara Franken hall for
the first half hour. The onus is on the learner to catch up on the missed lesson.
The learner serves a further break detention for being late for three times or more.
Please ensure that your child presents himself/herself at school by not later than 07h20 so that
he/she can be settled for the start of the school day. Your co-operation in this matter is
appreciated.
SCHOOL SAFETY AND DRUG AWARENESS PRESENTATION
The school safety and drug awareness presentation by the South African Police (Durban North
Branch) will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday 26th May 2016
Venue: Barbara Franken Hall
Time: 18h00
All parents are most welcome to attend as the information shared will be most informative.
Please note that this evening is for adults only.
Mr C Naidoo
FROM THE DESK OF THE ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
GIRL’S DRESS CODE:
There are a number of our girls with very short dresses. Thank you to the
parents who have responded to dress code letters by taking down the hems of
their daughter’s dresses. Please note that dresses may be worn just above the knee or on the
knee.
There will be ongoing uniform inspections to ensure that all learners are neatly turned out, at all
times.
U9 SPORTS FESTIVAL
We had a huge number of players and their families playing and supporting on Friday evening. My
thanks go to Miss Murch for successfully co-ordinating the function.
MID-YEAR STANDARDISED TESTING
Our mid-year tests begin with the Grade 7’s next week. I urge all of our senior primary learners
to make this testing time a priority. Early preparation in all learning areas will ensure a positive
outcome.
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”.
Thomas Alva Edison
Mrs P van der Walt
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER 031-563 2476
EMAIL ADDRESS – [email protected]
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:- “We would do well to slow down a little, focus on the significant
and truly see the things that matter the most”- Dieter F. Urchdorf
MOTHER AND CHILD EVENING 2016 –
Thank you so much to every mum and child who came to enjoy the evening with us. We loved seeing
the special interactions and time spent creating something together. The items made, were lovely
and we hope they will be treasured as a memory of precious time together. Thank you for all the
eats, and the laughter. We really appreciate the positive feedback we received from many of you
as well.
MARK ALL CLOTHES AND ALL SHOES, SOCKS, JACKETS PLEASE! Check lost property
regularly and return articles if found please. Please mark all articles of clothing including shoes
and underwear.
GRADE R SATURDAY SPORT – NETBALL, RUGBY TAG AND BALL SKILLS, at school
May – 28 (No sport 21 May)
June – 4 and 11
Mrs L Mason
HOD
ACADEMIC REPORT
Although there is only one week left before the
commencement of exams, there has been no
slowing down with regards to work being done in
class.
Unfortunately, there seem to be numerous bugs being spread through the school, with both
learners and teachers falling victim to them. If your child is showing any signs of not feeling
well, please medicate ASAP in order to prevent absenteeism from school. In the event of your
children being away from school, please remind them to speak to the teachers on their return
to find out what work has been missed. This especially applies to subjects which are taught by
any specialist teacher, other than the class-teacher. It is difficult for a specialist teacher to
keep up with all the children that are absent in various classes and ensure that they have all
the work that was missed for the days that they were absent.
I hope that the preparations for exams are going well, with study timetables that were
planned being followed every day, ensuring that your children are adequately prepared in order
to achieve to the best of their ability.
Mrs S Gow
GRADES 4 - 6
DATE SESSION 1 SESSION 2
Mon 30th
May Maths Kreatiewe Skryf
Tues 31st
May History Creative Writing
Wed 1st
June English Language Geography
Thurs 2nd
June Afrikaans Taal P.S.W.
Fri 3rd
June Science & Tech
GRADE 7
DATE SESSION 1 SESSION 2
Thur 26th
May Art Prac Kreatiewe Skryf
Fri 27th
May Creative Writing English Language
Mon 30th
May Maths EMS
Tues 31st
May Science Afrikaans Taal
Wed 1st
June History Music
Thurs 2nd
June Geography
LO
Fri 3rd
June Technology Art Theory
CULTURAL PILLAR
Miss du Plessis attended a Debating Workshop held on the 10th May at
Glenwood Preparatory School. The topics for the year were handed out and
due to our increasing numbers this year, Northlands has entered two teams.
Exciting times ahead!
The Art Club is working towards presenting a group work for Father’s Day and the Art Exhibition
at the end of the year.
Mrs E de Wet
SPORTS REPORT
Over this past week our fixtures were against Umhlali and Crawford. Well done,
to all those learners who participated.
Rugby - Player of the Match NPS vs Umhlali
Team Result Player of the Match 1st lost 5 – 20 vs Umhlali Matthew Anderssen
2nd lost 12 – 32 vs Umhlali Minenhle Ngcobo
3rd lost 0 – 27 vs Umhlali Christopher Wilkinson
U11A won 7 – 5 vs Umhlali Jack Lovemore
U11B lost 0 – 25 vs Umhlali Joshua Jones
U10A drew 10 – 10 vs Umhlali Daniel Ivey
U10B lost 0 – 25 vs Umhlali Damian Marais
U10C lost 5 –10 vs Umhlali Joshua Stievenart
U9 FESTIVAL
Rugby - Player of the Match
Team Result Player of the Match U9A drew 0 – 0 vs Highbury Lian Terblanche
U9A drew 5 – 5 vs Umhlali Ross McGlashan
U9A won 10 – 0 vs Westville Connor Leclezio
U9A won 35 – 0 vs DNC Joshua Kilner
U9B drew 0 – 0 vs Highbury Ethan Fraser
U9B won 15 – 5 vs Umhlali Kuber Mariemuthu
U9B lost 0 – 15 vs Westville Ethan Fraser
U9B lost 0 – 5 vs Glenwood Prep Matthew Lortan
NETBALL
Player of the Match vs Crawford
Team Result Player of the Match 1st won 12 - 11 Megan Leclezio
2nd won 6 – 3 Sumana Hurbuns
U12A lost 7 - 10 Shannon Robertson
U12B won 6 – 4 Elizabeth Terblance
U11A won 12 - 10 Savannah Ferreira
U11B won 12 – 0 Vanessa Todri
Player of the Match vs Umhlali
Team Result Player of the Match 1st won 16 - 10 Ziyanda Thwala
2nd lost 6 – 7 Sinakho Ngubane
3rd lost 9 – 14 Kayleigh Dorkin
U12A lost 4 - 11 Lisa Parkin
U12B lost 6 – 10 Tatum Holder
U12C lost 3 – 4 Shannon Aitken
U11A lost 4 - 5 Hannah Bowers
U11B won 6 – 4 Danae Botha
U11C won 6 – 3 Kiara Parmanand
U11D lost 3 - 5 Shyla-May Wallace
U10A lost 2 – 6 Ashley Chapanga
U10B lost 0 – 1 Avumile Tobo
U10C lost 0 – 2 Amanda Jali
U10D won 3 – 0 vs U10F NPS Amro van Vuuren
U9 NETBALL CRAWFORD FESTIVAL
Player of the Match
Team Result Player of the Match U9A won 3 – 2 vs Crawford LL Caprice Bengtson
U9A won 8 – 0 vs Crawford NC Ana Tavolari
U9A won 2 – 0 vs La Lucia JP Nicola Dudas
U9A won 2 – 1 vs Umhlali Andiswa Zondi
U9B won 2 – 0 vs Crawford NC Addison Miskey
U9B won 5 – 0 vs Crawford LL Zoë Scholtz
U9B lost 0 – 4 vs Umhlali Ashleigh Rodel
U9B won 2 – 1 vs La Lucia JP Tino Ndidi
U9 NETBALL FESTIVAL
Player of the Match
Team Result Player of the Match U9A lost 1 – 3 vs Glenwood Prep Tyla Planteau de Maroussem
U9A drew 1 – 1 vs Umhlali Ana Tavolari
U9A won 9 – 0 vs Fatima Denike Pretorius
U9A won 1 – 0 vs Umhlanga College Caprice Bengtson
U9A won 3 – 2 vs Penzance Kiara Pelser
U9B won 4 – 0 vs DNC Zoë Scholtz
U9B lost 0 – 1 vs Glenwood Tino Ndidi
U9B lost 0 – 2 vs St Henry’s Nella Griffiths
U9B lost 0 – 5 vs Umhlali Tasha Dakers
U9B lost 1 – 2 vs Penzance Senha Rotham
HOCKEY NEWS
Congratulations to Nathan Pretorius and Connor Fulton on their recent selection into the KZN
U12B Hockey team. Well done, boys.
RUGBY NEWS
Good luck to Brandon Schutte, Brayden Bergset and Matthew Anderssen as they participate in the
KZN Rugby trials this weekend. Good luck, boys.
CHESS
The chess players have had a very busy week of games. The Durban and Districts Chess trials
took part at Chelsea Prep on Friday and Saturday.
U14:
Jason Ma 6 games, Liaan Govender 5 games, Joshua Houston 4 games and Ali Talib Ally 4 games.
U12:
Thacian Reddy 7 games, Ethan Wang 5 games, Yeshe Naidoo 5 games, Man-Li Chen 4.5 games,
Kaylin Govender 4.5 games, Rehaan Ramjith 3 games and Shavik Singh 2.5 games.
U10:
Benson Wang 5.5 games, Joshi Singh 4.5 games and Luke Houston 4 games.
Congratulations go to Jason Ma, Thacian Reddy, Benson Wang and Joshi Singh who all received
their D & D badges. Well done.
The JP team took part in the Montclair Mardi Gras on Tuesday and the team won Bronze
Certificates – they came 2nd.
Results:
Benson Wang 4 games, Joshi Singh 5 games (full score) Luke Houston 4,5 games, Shayur Dusrath 2
games and Deeya Reddy 4 games. Well done.
Yours in Sport Mr S Carroll Sports Director
MARKETING PILLAR
Entries are open for the SPCA MySchool Me and My Pet Competition.
Please click on the link below and follow the prompts on the SPCAs website
to enter. Entries close on June 10. Last year Northlands had a record six
learners in the top 10 finalists, let’s see if we can do even better in 2016. The school with the
most entries will win a bench from Ekhaya Interior and Exterior concepts.
http://www.spcadbn.org.za/index.asp.
SAVE THE DATE for the next CPF Nite walk/run taking place on 29 July, entries are now open.
Thank you to those enthusiasts for sending their entries in already. Please send an email to
[email protected] should you wish to enter.
Good luck to our staff, teachers, learners and parents who are participating in the East Coast
Radio Big Walk on Sunday. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces. Proudly Northlands!
Please send in details of any learners who are taking part in order for us to acknowledge their
achievements in Assembly on Friday.
Orders for class, individual and sibling photos from Prestige via the school closed on Friday.
Should you wish to place an order kindly contact Prestige directly via their website on
www.prestigemoments.co.za.
Please email me on [email protected] should your child/ren have excelled at any
activity outside of school so we can take a photo and acknowledge their achievements.
From time to time photographs are taken of pupils as a record of school life, sporting activities
and special achievements. These images are used for various purposes such as local press
submissions, internal posters, the school Facebook page, website etc. Should you have any
objections to your child being photographed for these purposes, please email
[email protected] or alternatively contact Mrs V McAvoy on 031 5642369.
Thank you for the ongoing support that our bread tags initiative receives. It seems at least once
a week we are receiving large quantities of tags which is heart-warming and they are so
appreciated. The collection of bread tags by the Pre Primary and Main school is an ongoing
initiative. Please send in any bread tags to Mrs Winter at reception. Every tag counts and the
more we receive the more people we are able to assist in obtaining wheel chairs.
Please contact me on [email protected] should you wish to apply for a MySchool
or Makro card or to link your existing cards. The process is a simple one and applications for
MySchool can be made via a digital application form. Alternatively please send me an email and I
will apply on your behalf. Fundraising without the work. Northlands Primary received close to R
7000 from Makro recently, all you need to do is ensure your existing card is linked to the School
initiative. If you are unsure please contact me via email.
Email – [email protected]
Northlands Primary website – www.northlandsprimary.co.za
Facebook Page – www.facebook.com/northlandsprimary
Twitter Feed – www.twitter.com/northlandsPS
D6 Communicator – www.school-communicator.com/download.php
Mrs V McAvoy
PARENTS WHO PRAY
Please join Christine Pearce on a Thursday morning between 07h15 and 07h45 in the Shaun Pollock
room. Prayer requests via email are welcome. Please contact Christine via email on
NORTHLANDS PRIMARY
ANCHORS
Week : 15
Date : 12 May 2016 – 18 May 2016
CLASS LEARNER REASON
1C James Gravett For putting more effort into his work
1P Kai-Lilly Smith A lovely effort shown in her work this week
1R Matthew Wylie Neat writing and colouring
1Ram Kaitlin Evans Beautiful work, and behaviour!
1W Ryan Ogden Being a super star while Mrs Elliot was away
2B Dennis Kotze For a wonderful effort in Maths
2C Hadassah Manicum For working faster in class this week and getting her work done
2G Layla Blignaut Working hard and trying her best
2V Mia Wessels For trying hard in all she does
2W Kwazi Diniso Working diligently every day
3B Kiara Pelser Positive attitude and happy smile
3BAX Shiloh Isseri Always presenting neat work and quietly continuing with it
3D Kade Naidoo Behaving excellently in class
3O Nella Griffiths Being a true Northlands ambassador, and having such wonderful manners
3V Tristan Bell Fun loving personality
4G Sphe Luthuli Worked beautifully for Miss Ahmed in PSW
4K Keriska Moodley Trying your best this week
4M Sudashan Munien Preparing himself so well for this Assessment week
4N Andreas Iacovou For having an enthusiastic approach towards his schoolwork
4S Abhishay Rampersad Always being exceptional
5C Nina Botha For always being a kind friend
5D Ethan Wang For being honest and handing in money
5L Brady Pollock For having a more positive attitude towards his work
5O Jordyn Fenner Working so wonderfully this week
6A Sydney Kerr Dancing achievement and performance at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
6D Khawulani Thwala For working diligently during all his lessons this term
6DU Tristan May Being brave and strong under trying circumstances
6M Tatum Holder For getting 100% for a Science task
7A Andiswa Thango For her honesty and integrity
7B Meagan Naicker Improved enthusiasm in class
7C Jarred Stuart For doing well in his Debate
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