THE GATEWAY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

March 2012 03/2012

A DREAM HAS COME TRUE!

It is with great excitement and heartfelt gratitude

that we can report on Tuesday, 7 February 2012

the dream of a school hall became a reality. The

prospect of a multi-purpose hall is being made

possible by Renico Construction who have

committed themselves to the building of a hall for

the school. In partnership with other companies

Renico is turning a once vacant piece of ground

into a construction masterpiece.

The progress is closely observed by curious staff

and learners who are so excited about the promise

of a school hall in which activities such as

dancing, singing, concert practices and sport can

take place.

Unfortunately the completion of the school hall

project requires a lot of funds and for the purpose

of equipping the hall The Gateway School will,

once again have to rely on the benevolence and

openheartedness of the community.

The progress of the project can be viewed on the

following websites:

http://www.renicoconstruction.co.za and

http://www.thegatewayschool.co.za

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Melekea Mongale, one of our senior learners, received his drivers license! We

know that it is no easy task and that dedication and hard work resulted in this ac-

complishment. Well done, we are very proud of you!

Nico Jones, one of our

senior learners, worked

diligently painting the

boards in the audiovisual

room. Thank you to Nico

for all his hard work. We

are convinced he is as

proud of the final product

as we are of him.

Florida Area

Please contact -

082 444 8667

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REMEMBER: R5 SALES EVERY FRIDAY!!

On Friday 10 February 2012 and Monday 13 February 2012 The Gate-

way School hosted their annual inter-house athletics meeting. The learn-

ers participated in field and track items and impressive results were

achieved. Thank you to the PIGS moms who volunteered their services

in the tuck shop as well as teacher Alta Fisher who purchased all the

tasty stock.

Congratulations to one and all!!

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Vocational Training and Transition Planning

Open Labour Market

As part of The Gateway School’s vocational training programme, learners are

selected from the school and placed in various businesses in the surrounding

area. The learners depart from the school every Thursday morning and return

to the school at half past twelve. The learners participating in the open labour

market this year are:

The learners are all very proud of their new jobs and they thoroughly

enjoy their work. They have all shown excellent progress in adapting to

the new surroundings and the working life. Ms Louise Hancock is re-

sponsible for placing the learners in the various businesses. Regular

visits are done to ensure that the learners excel in their placements and that

they receive the necessary support.

Internal School Tasks

The first term of the new year has flown past and the learners have shown re-

markable skill when completing their school tasks. Initially the learners strug-

gled with their tasks as athletics, cricket and swimming took up a lot of their time,

but now they have mastered their various school tasks. On Monday morning at as-

sembly the learners who excelled at their tasks are given a voucher to use in the

school’s coffee shop.

Learners name and Business

Shaun Barnard

Dyllan Payne

“Waggy Tails “ doggy parlour in Featherbrooke Square shopping

centre

Jolene Melville “Wikkelvoetjies” Nursery school in Roodekrans

Heather Blunn “Wikkelvoetjies” Nursery school in Roodekrans

Gololang Mabatho “Wikkelvoetjies” Nursery school in Roodekrans

Stephan Kempen Planet Fitness

Marcell Bartman

Michael Coetzer

Paint & Place in Featherbrooke Square shopping centre

Melekea Mongale

Thomas Mthi

Spar

Jason Goodwin U-N-I video and DVD shop in Featherbrooke Square shopping

Lorenzo Brooks

Kefentse Thekiso

Ocean Basket

Samuel Mbatha Spar

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On Wednesday 22

February 2012 the

West Rand School

invited the physically

challenged learners

of The Gateway

School to a sports

day. The learners

were matched

according to age and

physical ability.

The day was enjoyed by all who attended and our

learners achieved excellent results. A very big thank you to all the helpers

who escorted the learners and in particular to Lucky Mathebula, one of our

learner’s parents, who accompanied the learners and assisted during the

events.

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Valentine’s Day was celebrated in style on

Tuesday 14 February at The Gateway

School. The learners all wore shades of red

and white in celebration of the day of love.

They danced to lively music and replen-

ished their energy levels from tasty snacks

in picnic baskets.

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RECYCLING PROGRAMME!

THE RECYCLING PRIVATE

EYES

Thank you to all our dedicated

learners for collecting and

bringing recyclables to school.

The Recycling Trophies are

awarded on a weekly basis and the

photos show how proud the recipients

are of their achievements.

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PREFECTS’CAMP Our 2012 prefects went on a midweek camp to

Buffelspoort Holiday Resort. They had hours of fun in

the pools,

splashing about

and engaging

in water games.

They

challenged each other

to games of Putt-Putt and the trampo-

line revealed some agile gymnasts. A small con-

ference room served as a Skills Training Venue

and the local restaurant took care of their appetites

by serving delicious meals.

Lindy from “Just Foot-

prints” visited the learn-

ers and even slept

over one night.

A huge “Thank

you” to Mr Jacques

Pretorius, Ms Karen Smith and Aunty Marge for their share in

making this camp so successful.

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Parent Involvement Group

Dr. Carina Vlachos re

signed as P

IG’s co-ordinator

after 9 years o

f servic

e. We would lik

e to thank her

for all her h

ard work. Ms A

lta Fisher will n

ow take

over the reigns.

The Parent Involvement Group was started by Rose Pollard in 2003. The main

motivation of the PIGS was to encourage parents to become more involved in

the events of the school. The PIGS have had many successes and wonderful

events over the last 9 years and we would like to express our appreciation to

everyone who has invested time and effort into making this group such a suc-

cess.

The Parent Involvement Group of 2012

consists of the parent members, from

whom an executive committee has been

elected, as well as a school committee.

Ms. Alta Fisher will be acting as the co-

ordinator /liaison between the school and

the PIGS. Ms. Debbie Breedt, Ms. Dirkie

Joubert, Ms. Alida Botha, Ms. Marietjie

Smith, Ms. Karen Smith and Ms Margaret

Grobbelaar form part of the school com-

mittee.

Its not only children that grow, parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are

watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself.— Joyce

Maynard

We would like to welcome back the following par-ents who are part of the 2012 Parent Involvement Group:

Petra Lewis, Freddy & Nicolette Ehrke, Viviette du Plessis, Elsabe Oosthuizen, Sarah Taylor, Anna Mosterd, Sandy Duvenhage, Marie Pretorius, Busisiwe & Lucky Kubeka, Elmarie Paulse, Cornelia van Aarde, Denise le Roux, Naomi du Plessis, June Metherell, Charmaine Krügel, Marlene Mann, Ri-anie Grove, Shandre Maritz, Shona Blunn, Michelle Voges, Annemarie & Gunther Botha, Adi Keienburg, Phil de Wet, Bernie Peens, Ferna Nie-mand, Lizell Venter, Zanele Mathebula, Anisha Naicker, Sarah Tylor, Shantell Smith and Yasaar Strachan

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21 March 2012 - Human Rights Day

30 March 2012 - School Closes at 11h00

10 April 2012 - School Re-opens