GRADE 7 FAREWELL 2016

NEWSLETTER No 47/16 23rd November 2016

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL

November is coming to a rapid end – the 12th month of the year is almost upon us –

quite unbelievable – which leaves us only 10 days left to enjoy of this academic

year.

SENIOR PRIMARY PRIZE GIVING’S:

As indicated on the 2016 Year Planner, our school will be hosting two Prize Giving’s for the

Senior Primary section of the school this year. We have felt that with the increase in numbers

and extra classes now filtering through into the SP phase that this would be of benefit to all in

attendance, as hosting all the prize winners from the SP grades in the one Prize Giving, as in the

years before. This means that it is now compulsory for all the SP children to be present at

their respective Prize Giving’s, in full school uniform, as there will be the general certificates

handed out per class, as well as the cultural/sports honours for these age groups.

Please note the following as this is a formal academic event of the year:

Dress Code – smart (i.e. no shorts/slops, etc.)

Clean/neat uniform for learners – polished shoes

Grade 6 and Grade 7 learners to wear their blazers

Haircuts/neat

Children in all grades to be at school by 18h00, at the latest

Prize Giving starts at 18h30

Brothers/sisters attending either of the Prize Giving’s who are at NPS in Grade

3/4/5/6/7 must wear full neat school uniform

Expected duration of each Prize Giving: Please remember this is our first time in hosting

these two separate events.

Date: Thursday, 1st December – Grade 4 and 5 – starting 018h30 – end ±19h45

Date: Monday 5th December – Grade 6 and 7 - starting 018h30 – end ±20h15

Parking will also be allowed on the field in the demarcated area for both Prize Giving’s

These evenings are always respected as the highlight of the Academic Year with each class now

awarding First in Class, Progress Awards, Merits of the Year, 5 Special Awards, etc. hence the

need for all children to be present for any of these general recognitions.

Your support and attendance is greatly appreciated.

SENIOR PRIMARY PRIZE GIVING’S

Reply Slip: Please complete just the reply slip and return with your child tomorrow please: This

reply will be ticked off on a register and will assist with seating/catering purposes.

I/we …………………………………………………………… parent/guardian of …………………………………………………

(Please print child’s full name/surname)

in Grade ……………………… (e.g. 4T) will be/will not be attending the Prize Giving

i.e. Grade 4 and Grade 5 Prize Giving on Thursday 1st December at 18h30

Please tick

Number attending the above = ………………………………

i.e. Grade 6 and Grade 7 Prize Giving on Monday 5th December at 18h30

Please tick

Number attending the above = ……………………………

Signed: ……………………………………………… Date: ……………………………

Parent/Guardian

GRADE 7 FAREWELL:

We are really looking forward to the Grade 7 leaver’s function that takes place this Friday in

the Barbara Franken Hall. The evening takes on a different format this year with the learners

being introduced to a formal dinner format to start before turning to the dance floor to

celebrate with their fellow seniors. My appreciation is extended to the Grade 7 Leader, Mr

Brown, Grade 7 staff, and staff in attendance and especially to the Grade 7 Mother’s Committee

led by Mrs Robert, who have gone out of their way to decorate the hall and planning for the

evening.

The Grade 7 learners, we know, will be well groomed for this function as this evening is always a

highlight on their events calendar. Thank you to all partners involved in creating the memories

for our senior learners.

Another Proudly Northlands function – enjoy!

SLEEPING BEAUTY:

Further exciting news now follows since the last newsletter, with only 39 seats left for NPS at

the Sunday matinee show on 4 December at 14h30, at the Sneddon Theatre. Please ensure that

you do not delay in purchasing your family seats as this show features two of our staff

members, namely Mr Lyle Buxton and Miss Katy Moore in lead roles. We look forward to our

NPS staff warming our hearts with their amazing singing and acting talents – Northlands will be

in full support!!

Congratulations are also extended to Miss Moore on her honour of being awarded the “Best

Supporting Actress in a Musical” at the very recent Durban Theatre Awards function for the

Dramatic Arts. We are so proud of both of you. Please remember to contact our Mother’s

Committee Chairlady, Mrs Dudas on 082 826 0822 or email at cheryl@discoverymail.co.za to

secure your seats now before paying for them at the discounted price of R180 at the NPS

Finance Office. See you there!

Reminders:

Date Nov/Dec Event

Friday 25th - Early Act Club Shoe Box collection ends.

- Grade 7 Harbour Outing

- Grade 7 Farewell Function 18h00

Saturday 26th - Final Grade R/1/2 Mini Sport – please attend in large numbers to

finish off the year.

Monday 28th - Grade 7 No Apologies Workshop

Nicole’s NPS Dance Group Show in the afternoon

Cricket: 1st XI NPS vs Northwood Invitation “Battle of the Norths”

Swimming: 2017 Planning Meeting with NPS Coaches, parents and

swimmers in the Barbara Franken Hall

Tuesday 29th - Grade 7 No Apologies Workshop

Grade 6 Outing to Museum

Grade 4 End of Year Fun day

Collect Waltons Stationery Box – 11h30 – 14h30

Wednesday 30th - Collect Waltons Stationery Box – 11h30 – 14h30

NPS Sports Awards Dinner 18h30

Grade 7 Holocaust Outing

Pre-Primary Year End Fun Function

Grade 6 Outing to uShaka Marine World

Thursday 1st December 07h45 SP Assembly – Tree of Knowledge Top 10 Academics

08h30 Principal’s Tea for Tree of Knowledge

Collect Waltons Stationery Box – 11h30 – 14h30 Final Day

18h30 Grade 4 and Grade 5 Prize Giving

Friday 2nd - SP Special Awards Assembly (tbc)

Final Buddy Meeting of 2016

After Care Year End Function

NPS Academic Support Team to host a workshop for Schools at

NPS 13h30

Saturday 3rd - 1st XI vs Dad’s Cricket Match 10h00

Sunday 4th - NPS Sleeping Beauty show 14h30 at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre

Monday 5th - JP Year End Fun Day

SP Grade 6 and Grade 7 Prize Giving 18h30

Tuesday 6th - JP Awards Assembly 10h30

Grade 7 Year End Fun Day at NPS

Grade R Graduation 18h00

Wednesday 7th - Break Up Day

Final Assembly 07h45

Grade 7 Leavers Walk 09h45

PP/JP/SP reports sent home

School Closure –

10h00 – Pre-Primary

10h15 – Junior Primary

10h30 - Senior Primary

Thursday 8th - Buddies Uniform Shop is open for uniform requirements

Remember: “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” Walter Elliott Mr B R Wilson

FROM THE DESK OF THE ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

WALTONS

Collection dates are as follows:

29th November - 11h30 to 14h30

30th November - 11h30 to 14h30

1st December - 11h30 to 14h30

Mrs P van der Walt

JUNIOR PRIMARY Art Auction

We are pleased to announce that we made R 12 000 at our recent art auction.

Thank you very much to all the parents who supported us. I hope you are having

proudly framed your child's art and are enjoying it in your home.

Final assembly

Please note that our final assembly will be on Tuesday 6 December at 10:30. We would love to

see the hall filled with family members supporting the children. We will be saying goodbye to the

Grade 3's as they move on to the Senior Primary phase.

Thank you

Mrs M Brown

HoD

ACADEMIC REPORT

Reading is like everything else in life, the more you do it the better you get. It is

really important to keep children reading during the holidays so that they keep the

momentum going and don’t struggle when they get back to school. Listed below are

a few ideas to increase your children’s holiday reading.

Create a Holiday Tradition of Reading:

One of the best ways to keep the kids interested in reading during the holidays is to create

holiday traditions of reading fun books during these special times. By picking really interesting

books with holiday themes and making it a family experience, kids begin to have

positive thoughts about holiday family reading traditions. Making sure that they get at least one

book as a holiday gift is another way of providing a natural opportunity to read.

Involve the Kids in Practical Reading Experiences:

One of the best ways to keep the children engaged in reading is to integrate everyday activities

into the reading experience. For instance, if you are baking something, have the kids take turns

reading the ingredients of the recipe. Having them read Christmas cards as they arrive in the

mail is another great way to involve them. These types of activities don’t even register in the

kids minds as reading time.

The Opportunity to Show-Off:

Another great opportunity to get kids involved reading is to let them show holiday visitors how

well they can read. Kids usually love the chance to demonstrate their reading skills to friends

and family. By packaging reading opportunities as fun family events and natural everyday things

to do, it will not even occur to your kids that you are trying to keep their reading skills sharp.

Happy reading!

Mrs S Gow

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PILLAR

Continuing with the topic of reading, another vital component of reading is

vocabulary development.

“It is very important for children to learn the meaning and pronunciation of words, and actively

expand their knowledge of written and spoken words and how those words are used. The larger

and stronger a child’s spoken vocabulary, the more background knowledge that child will bring to

his or her reading experience.

Ways you can help your children develop a rich vocabulary are:

❁ Talk about a variety of things with your child. Take family trips to the park, beach, farm

...wherever, and talk about what you see. This will expose your child to new words. Have dinner

together as a family where each member can talk about their day.

❁ When reading with your child, highlight the vocabulary in the book. Talk about new words.

Since they are in the context of the story, they will be more meaningful and easier for your

child to remember.

❁ Read a variety of books with your children, including joke books. Not only are joke books fun,

but humour often plays on words and can teach your child figurative and multiple meanings of

words.’

Exposure to different topics also keeps things interesting and can teach you a little more about

your child. Mrs C Fuller

CULTURAL PILLAR

CULTURAL PILLAR

Friday 25th November will be the final Cultural Pillar activities for the year. The

choirs and band will continue to practise, as they still have performances ahead of

them.

Thank you to all the learners who participated in the various activities and the staff for their

dedication and hard work.

Mrs E de Wet

SPORTS REPORT

Over this past weekend we played our final round of cricket fixtures for 2016

against Hillcrest.

Player of the Match vs Hillcrest

Team Result Player of the Match 1st Rained out

Draydin Korving 26 runs

Draydin Korving

2nd Hillcrest 117

NPS 118 for 6

NPS won by 4 wickets

Diezel Ströfeldt 40 runs

Seth Tamine 3 wickets

Diezel Ströfeldt

3rd NPS lost by 6 wickets Nihal Harichurn

U11A NPS lost Michael Seaborne

U11B Hillcrest 79

NPS 83 for 3

NPS won by 7 wickets

Liam Macdonald

U10A Hillcrest 138 for 5

NPS 139 for 9

NPS won by 1 wicket

Andre’ Strydom 35 runs

Andre’ Strydom

U10B Rained Out

U10C NPS lost Barak Woods

U9A NPS won by 10 wickets vs Umhlali

NPS 48 for 0

Umhlali 47 all out

Anay Valjee

U9B NPS won by 9 wickets vs DNP

NPS 111 for 1

DNP 109

Msizi Madlala 32 runs

Austin Venter 30 runs

Msizi Madlala

This week we play our Inter House cricket match which will bring us to the end of the

extra mural programme for 2016.

Thanks to all parents and learners for their commitment and support throughout the

sport year.

SWIMMING

Inter House Swimming results:

1. West

2. King

3. Gardiner

4. Cato

Trophy Winners –

Armstrong Trophy - Jade Swales

Armstrong Trophy - Josh Crocker

Todd Trophy - Chanel Olivier

Marais Trophy - Joshua Swart

Fraser Trophy - Mikaila Brown

Fraser Trophy - Christopher Anderssen

Junior Girl’s - Jade Swales

Junior Boy’s - Josh Crocker

Clothier Trophy – Victrix - Chanel Olivier

Lyn Trophy – Victor - Guy Brooks and Joshua Swart

Fraser Trophy - Guy Brooks

Bloom Trophy - King

Inter House Trophy - West

CHESS

Inter House results:

1. West

2. Cato

3. Gardiner

4. King

Yours in Sport Mr S Carroll

DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER 031-5632476

EMAIL ADDRESS – fairway@northlandsprimary.co.za

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Skills and emotional maturity are not specifically related to chronological age and cannot be forced; they are a result of a combination of maturation and experience. Children need lots of opportunity and guidance to develop these skills. END OF YEAR PARTY AND CARETAKER’S COLLECTION Please take note of the end of year party request for a ‘secret’, reading book gift, for your child and the caretaker gift box letters. Please read them both carefully, and comply as soon as you can. Thank you, the books need to be in by Monday latest. The party is on Wednesday 30 November. We also take this opportunity to thank a past mom, who has donated the lovely big basins we will use to put the goodies into, for our special helpers. EAST COAST RADIO TOY STORY 2016 Our collection boxes at Northlands have arrived and we urge all our children to buy and place a new toy into the boxes as part of the outreach programme. These do not get wrapped, as they will need to be sorted into different age levels by the Radio station staff, on collection from us. No toy is too small or too big – they will all find a way to the perfect little owner for Christmas joy. CHRISTMAS MUG ORDERS If you ordered these, please collect them from Pam in the office. HOLIDAY CLUB Please collect forms from Pam in the office. PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO HOLIDAY CLUB IN JANUARY. TERM FOUR PAYMENTS – Please pay these amounts to Pam as soon as possible Please ensure all payments for Term 4, including school fees and extra-murals, are up to date.

TERM 4 ACTIVITIES:- 30 November – Pre-school End-of-Year Party 30 November – Speech and Drama concert with Mrs Nicholas Grade R Mini-Sport Programme – 26 November – LAST SATURDAY SPORT from 7h15 – 8h00 Mrs L Mason

HOD

MARKETING PILLAR MARKETING PILLAR

There are still tickets available for the production of Sleeping Beauty

taking place at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on 4 December at 14h30.

Thank you to Mrs Dudas for securing a reduced rate for this show at a cost

of R 180 per ticket. Save the date, you won’t want to miss this one as our

very own Mr Lyle Buxton is in action, once again, on the big stage this time

as Prince Robin and Miss Moore as Maleficent. Please contact Mrs Cheryl Dudas on 082 826

0822 to book your seats.

Thank you to the Class Reps for attending the end of term lunch yesterday. Once again, thank

you for all your hard work through the year.

Please download the d6 Communicator by clicking on the following link. The d6 is the most up to

date way in which we communicate with our parents. Various resources are available as well as

important alerts such as changes in extra murals.

http://www.school-communicator.com/download.php?schoolid=161

Email – marketing@northlandsprimary.co.za

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

NORTHLANDS PRIMARY ANCHORS

Week : 39

Date : 17 November 2016 – 23 November 2016

CLASS LEARNER REASON

1C Tristan Beukes For always sharing and lending a helping hand to everyone

1P Lungile Tshuma For always listening and working like a star

1R Katherine Kilian Neat writing on lines

1Ram Joshua Brown Exceptional oral on the Hawk Moth

1E Rocco Matos Excellent listening and behaviour this week

2B Holly Richardson For outstanding behaviour

2C Tristan Bartholomew For sing “Jingle Bells’ with such energy!

2G Gemma Gascoigne Improved work efforts and an added smile

2V Mnotho Mbuyazi For his consistent mature approach to school this year

2W Enzeka Zungu For trying hard in her English

3B Lukhanyo Hlongwane Always looking for ways to help his teacher

3BAX Kai Meiring For being a true gentleman

3D Celia Smither Bringing a smile to her educators face on a daily basis

3O Kyra Dorasamy For being such a wonderful student in the class

3V Tristan Bell For working hard in class

4G Zahra Amla She has achieved very good exam results

4K Thaniell Pillay For his very pleasing efforts during exams

4M Grace Venter Her quiet kindness and loyalty to others is being applauded

4N Troy Giannakopoulos For his excellent participation in the gala

4E Faye Edy For being the best teacher ever. Happy Birthday!

5C Olwethu Sosibo Enthusiastic participation in the Inter House Gala

5D Ntokozo Mtshali For being a true gentleman and having impeccable manners

5L Georgia Swart For bringing fun and craziness into the class

5O Jade Swales Swimming like a champ in the Inter House Gala

6A Trevin Reddhi Runner Up for Individual Medley in the Inter House Gala

6D Joslyn Brooks For assisting with the wrapping and collection of goodies for the Santa

Shoe Box

6DU Hannah Bowers Consistent hard work this Term

6M Tendi Munyaradzi For growing her talents in Drama

7A Kian Robert For swimming well at the Inter House Gala

7B Meagan Naicker For participating in the Inter House Gala

7C Akshay Hurbuns For thinking of his teacher and others

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