from the headmistress · please remember the parent talk, primarily for grade 6 parents, tomorrow...

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C e d a r w o o d P r e p a r a t o r y

From the Headmistress

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W e e k l y N e w s l e t t e r

Dear Parents

I hope to see many family and friends of Cedarwood at the Barnyard on Sunday afternoon. The PTA works very hard to arrange events that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike and this should be great fun for all! On that note, please let the PTA know if you are able to help in any way with fundraising. Perhaps you have contacts for a prize that can be raffled at an event, or even a contact for getting borewors at a good price! We are already preparing for our FUN DAY which will be held on 10 October, so be sure to diarise this date as this is definitely an event not to be missed.

Congratulations go to Adrienne Zoghby (Grade 1Z) who got married to Jonathan this past weekend. Adrienne will return to school as Mrs Shippon, and we wish them all the best for their future together. Wedding bells are in the air as Miss Helen Harper prepares for her wedding in August!

Please remember the parent talk, primarily for Grade 6 parents, tomorrow morning at 7.30am. College staff will be informing you of the expectations of College life. Whilst the talk is geared towards Grade 6 parents, anyone is welcome to come and find out more about our wonderful Cedarwood College, which has so many opportunities for our children to “be the best that they can be”.

The children are preparing for our very first Afrikaans Day, which is to be held next Friday, 20 March. (See invitation further in this newsletter). In conjunction with the College Afrikaans department and Orion College, the morning promises to be filled with cultural activities and “baie Afrikaans praat”. Even if you have not officially replied, please feel free to pop in during the morning and support the development of Afrikaans at Cedarwood.

Finally, please remember that we have on open door policy and we invite conversations on any concerns or issues, no matter how difficult. Our team work approach is to, at best, deal with

situations through the correct channels so that a suitable and constructive outcome is reached. We do also, of course, always welcome positive encouragement and support!

See you at the Barnyard on Sunday!

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some

style.” - Maya Angelou

God Bless Jayne Eurelle

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PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Congratulations to Simangaliso Kachikoti on receiving the Principal’s Courtesy Award and Faizaan Essop receiving the

Principal’s Appearance Award.

Cedarwood congratulates our MERIT recipients

Grade R Aarav Baboolal

Grade 1S Shemaya Musau

Zidaan Joseph

Grade 1W Luc Skews

Tumo Madiseng

Grade 2F Hussain Ismail

Amy Vorster

Grade 2H The Whole Class

Grade 3H Jabulani Musau

Giah Naidoo

Grade 3P Sasha Mathwasa

Keagan Smit

Grade 4L Aiden Kennedy

Emmanuel Emekwuru

Grade 4T The Whole Class

Grade 5A Lonwabo Gumede

Seth Arends

Grade 5D Carla Erasmus

Leah Cilliers

Luke Cowley

Grade 6F Tokelo Ramogase

Kabelo Liebenberg

Grade 6J The Whole Class

Cedarwood congratulates the LEOPARDS on winning this

weeks House Cup.

Leopards 31

Lions 24

Tigers 26

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ASSEMBLY NEWS Thank you to 4T for their lovely assembly on ‘My Hero’. Our next assembly, on the 16th

March, will be presented by Grade 3P. All parents and visitors are welcome

to attend. Assembly begins at 07h30. We

look forward to seeing you there.

Thursday, 12 March 2016 Grade 7 Cedarwood College Information Session @ 7h30

Sunday, 15 March PTA Rivonia Barnyard Function

Monday, 16 March Assembly: 3P

Foyer: 6F

Wednesday, 18 March Cricket vs Orion College @ Orion

College

Friday, 20 March Afrikaans Inter-Schools Day

at Cedarwood

School Fees

Once again, we appeal to everyone to check the “beneficiary reference” on account

payments, it should be the child’s name and surname.

Terms Notice

A reminder that a full terms written/emailed notice is required if your child should be

leaving Cedarwood for whatever reason or you WILL BE charged for a full terms fee.

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From the Sports Desk…

They say that it is the community of people that make a school into the success story that it is. This has been demonstrated more abundantly by the community of Cedarwood school than any other school I know of. We have seen, as a school, how caring the people at Cedarwood are in all our time here. In the last few months, we have been inundated with donations of various kinds for the sports department and we are really grateful for this generosity.

Joshua Richardson donated a very good looking Kookaburra cricket bag and some equipment to go with it. For those in the know, they don't come any better than Kookaburra in cricket. In addition, he donated some school shoes to be given to any willing child and they are literally brand new! Thank you Joshua.

Seth Arends discovered that his soccer boots were getting smaller and decided that these could be put to better use by someone else. We were given the mandate as a school to select the beneficiary. Thank you Seth Arends, it is such a great gesture!

Mr. Du Plessis, whose daughter, Mia, is in Grade 3P, used to play cricket many years ago. I am sure that he would be playing for the Proteas if he had wanted. He says that he has decided to give away his two magic bats that he used so many years ago to anyone at Cedarwood. It is a very kind gesture Mr du Plessis and we appreciate it very much.

Another donation comes from Byron Chaplin in Grade 8 at Cedarwood College. He has donated a whole set of golf clubs to the school and his exact message is "Cedarwood Kids, Enjoy! Thank you Byron, we will!

We would like to say thank you to each and everyone that has made a donation to the school in many ways, both big and small, and would like to say please take you kindness to all corners of our beautiful country. It is such people that make this the Rainbow Nation that it is!

Last week on Wednesday, we played cricket against Jubilate Primary School at Cedarwood. When they won the toss and opted to bat first scoring an impressive 116, we thought we were done for, having not had opponents that have made more than 100. When it was our turn, we stepped up to the crease, I must admit that it was with some trepidation as I saw our top order batsman crumbling and going out for single digit scores. Then Callum Lucas stepped in at number five, everything started falling into place. Our run rate started spiking and the opponents feeling a shiver run down their spines. In the end, we topped their 116 with five overs to spare and Callum made 101. Well done to Cedarwood. You make us proud.

The Sports Department would like to apologise to all the parents for the cancellation of matches in the last two weeks. We had arranged several matches with Jubilate, as both our schools were having a break from our different leagues. Jubilate developed a problem at their school which was beyond their control resulting in them only being able to fulfil one fixture with us.

This Thursday, we will be hosting an athletics meet against our perennial rivals, Orion College and Northsands. We hope that we will see and hear you!

Have a great week! Oliver Ngwenya

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The PTA Corner Barnyard –15th March 2015

Today is the last day for bookings for Barnyard!

Please either pay Rachel in cash at reception, or you could do an EFT into the Cedarwood PTA account:

Account Name: Cedarwood PTA Bank: Nedbank

Branch: Epsom Downs Account Number: 1522116737

Please email proof of payment to Sharon Simpson at [email protected] or call her on 078-800-5880. Please use your child’s name as the reference.

There will be a raffle on the day – the beautiful hampers will be on display at the Barnyard entrance. The PTA will be at the Barnyard from noon to assist with anything you need.

The Barnyard in Rivonia is located at:

2 Rivonia Crossing, Sunninghill (just off the corner of Witkoppen and Rivonia Roads).

If you’d like to pre-order any food, please call 087 236 3088 or email [email protected]/

[email protected]. Alternatively, you could get there a little early to make sure to get your order

in.

This week’s Quiz Question is:

What 2 Frank Sinatra hit songs were the top songs for karaoke around the world in the 1990’s?

(Yes – you are welcome to Google!).

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WHAT ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL FOR MY CHILD? CALLING ALL GRADE 6 PARENTS AND ANYONE INTERESTED

COME AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT CEDARWOOD COLLEGE OFFERS……

Thursday morning 12 March – 7.30am, in the hall.

There will be a short presentation by College staff, followed by a tour of the College campus.

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Flip Flop Gymnastics – Come along for lots of fun to learn coordination, concentration and skill. 14h00 on Tuesdays at aftercare. Fees R650 and Joining fee of R110. please contact me for further information. Tashia Lotis 0723480798

Demonstration will take place on Thursday at second break (11h45 to 12h15)

Grade 6 Hoodies

The Grade 6 hoodie samples will be arriving this week! The hoodies are R230 each (Terry Lucas has worked hard to keep the

cost as low as possible – thanks Terry!). They will be ready by the beginning of Term 2.

You will notice the Grade 6’s sporting their hoodies on Fridays in winter.

Grade R Paving

If you’ve ever been at the Grade R block when it’s raining, you’ll know the drainage was non-existent in that area! Over the mid-term break, the PTA provided the budget to improve the

drainage and re-pave the area. We hope you find it’s greatly improved now.

Thanks so much to Margaret and Karen for their hard work in organizing this.

Have a wonderful week! The PTA Team

[email protected] or 072-122-6049

For our hardworking firemen in Cape

Town–we salute you

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Congratulations to our

Music Monitors:

Sebastian King (Left) and

Jessica Joker (Right)

Congratulations to Joshua Richardson who received 3 Gold and

4 Silver Medals at the Central Gauteng gala held at Ellis Park on

Sunday, 1 March. He received 1st place for 50m breaststroke,

100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle; and 2nd place for 50m

butterfly, 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 200m individual

medley. Well done!

Sloane Mew raised R1400,

on his own, for the Puppy

and Kitty Haven charity.

He went to visit the charity

to see where all his hard

work is going and received

a lovely certificates for his

efforts. Well done!

Congratulations to Jesse

Newman who took part in a

gala with Electric Eels, and

received 3 2nd place ribbons

for freestyle, backstroke

and butterfly. Well done!

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Grade R outing to Papachino’s

The Grade R’s are currently learning about their senses and focusing on the sense of smell and taste this week. We decided that a great way to explore our sense of taste and smell is to make our make pizzas. On Tuesday, 10th March at 9:30 the Grade R’s piled into the Cedarwood school bus, excited and eager to get to Papachino’s.

We were greeted warmly by the staff at Papachino’s and they helped us to make our own pizzas. We had to knead the dough, add our own toppings and then watch the pizzas bake in the fire oven. Phendukani got very extravagant with his vegetarian pizza and even added Olives. Lebone tried to pile on as many ingredients as his pizza could handle. Alexander tried hard to not eat all the toppings before the pizza was cooked and Keenan took on the manager role and helped the staff with their duties.

All the Grade R boys loved the amazing play area and were taken off by their imaginations and perfectly engaged in fantasy play. After Aarav spent a long time savouring his pizza, he then took stern ownership of the toy car which he used to ‘drive’ to fascinating places. Yeshaai and Faizaan explored new ways to climb and balance; and loved how the slush puppie juice turned their tongues green.

A great time was had by all. On the bus ride home Phendukani asked “So we going back tomorrow and then you can have more coffee, teacher?”

Do you have a MySchool Card? Please remember to use your

MySchool card at all participating stores. Should you not currently have a Cedarwood MySchool card, please

click on the following link to join: http://www.myschool.co.za/

Remember, each time you swipe, you give money back to

our school.

We are looking for old wheel barrows and bird baths for our Junior Sensory Garden as we would like to create a few fairy gardens. The wheel barrows can

be rusted and have holes—this will add to

the effect.

Afrikaans Day—Friday, 20

March

Pupils from Grade R—6 will be participating

in the Afrikaans Day on Friday, 20 March.

The programme is scheduled to start

between 08h45 and 09h00 (am) and should

be finished by 10h00 (am).

Parents are invited to attend, however,

seating in the hall for spectators is limited.

Cedarwood welcomes

Gabriel Biehn—Grade 4T

who is on trial this week.

We know you will love it here!

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Dear Parents

Cedarwood will be supporting Kitty and Puppy Haven charity group this term. Those of you who have visited this centre know what an amazing job this organization does and we would like to show them our support and gratitude for the hard work they do.

Each teacher will have a collection tin in her class in which children can place their small change from tuck or small donations from their pocket money. Other members of the family are also allowed to make donations should they wish, however, we would like to encourage the children to make their donations from their own money (change from tuck etc.), as opposed to being given money from their parents solely for this purpose, thereby instilling a sense of responsibility to the community.

There will be a prize for the class who raises the most money.

Thanking you in advance for your support The community committee.

2015 School Year Book

We trust that you enjoyed reading your copy of the 2014 Cedarwood Year Book. Should you wish to purchase an additional copy of this year book, there are still copies available from the school office.

Work has started on the 2015 Year Book, and we are looking for advertising for this fantastic ‘work of art’. Advertising costs are as follows:

Quarter Page: R950, Half Page: R1800, Full Page: R2900, Inside Front: R3000, Inside Back: R3400, Back Page: R3600

This publication is printed in full colour, and is a wonderful place for you to ‘spread news’ about your company. Should you be interested in placing an advert in our 2015 Year Book, kindly contact Mrs Schmitz at [email protected]

Photographs

Individual photograph samples have gone home, along with order forms. Please could we request that, should you wish to purchase your child’s photograph; the completed order form

and payment be placed into a sealed envelope and returned to Rachel at the front office. No orders will be accepted without payment.

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On March 28 at 8:30 pm, WWF’s Earth Hour will begin. Started in 2007, Earth Hour is a symbolic act to get us thinking about our planet and our impact on it. But more than that, it’s also part of a simple idea to start an environmental resolution -- this is not only about one hour in the dark, it’s about creating a brighter future. Even though you're switching off your lights and electronic appliances for the environment, you don't have to sit twiddling your thumbs in the dark. There is still a lot you can do without using a watt of electricity. Earth

Hour can be as fun as it is good for the planet, and if you're looking for some entertaining ways to spend it you're in luck because we've rounded up 9 fun activities that are sure to deliver a good time completely off-grid!

Have a candle-lit dinner, Invite friends around for a pub quiz and board games by candlelight, Take a wildlife walk or go star-

gazing, Go for a night-time city walk, Go for a night-time bike ride, Try candle-lit yoga or exercise, Have an unplugged jam session at home, Read a bed time story by torch light,

Have a family conversation—they are actually nice people.

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Parenting workshop

The workshop will focus on, among others:

How parenting is a two way interaction between parent and child; The strains of parenting; Your parenting values and how to set up a respectful culture; Boundaries; Corporal punishment; and Childhood development and related psychological tasks. There will also be discussion on additional demands that are placed on parents of children with special needs. Work booklets and stationery will be provided. On acceptance of this invitation, please indicate if you require a booklet and please bring R70.00 on the day.

Details of the event are: Date: Friday, 20 March 2015

Time: 13:00 – 14:00

Venue: Unity College, (address to be confirmed as it could be held at the new campus)

RSVP: Michelle Kirk on 011 460 1672 or [email protected] by no later than 6 March 2015.

Only 60 seats are available, so please secure your place early.

Barnyard Quiz Entry—10 March

Child’s Name: _______________________ Class: __________

What 2 Frank Sinatra hit songs were the top songs for karaoke around the world in the 1990’s?

________________________________________________________

R2 enclosed.

Attach your R2 here

Tired of the clutter in your house—those things that may be worth something to someone else and you could use the extra cash? Looking for

something, but can’t find it? Perhaps a short piece about your small (or larger) business might get you that extra clientele. Why not advertise in the Cedarwood Classifieds! It’s cheap, easy and well distributed on a monthly basis.

Simply contact Mrs Schmitz on [email protected] for more information. Our next issue will be distributed on 1 April, so don’t be a fool , get your info through

today!

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Cricket vs Jubilate—4 March 2015

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Grade R visit to Papachino’s—10 March

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