Tel: +27(0)21 881 3867 - Fax +27(0)86 514 3427 stellenbosch@waldorfschool.org.za www.waldorfschool.org.za

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Waldorf 100 SWS BIG WALK

1 week to go!

Saturday 14th September 2019

Come rain or shine we will go on with our celebration.

8:30am Children in their classrooms

8:45am PS and families gather next to Kindergarten

9am BIG WALK BEGINS - Primary School and adults who don’t

want to join the colour run

9:30am High School BIG WALK Colour run begins + adults who

want to join the colour fun

(Purchase colour powder R20 a bag at the start of the walk)

10am Celebration picnic for all at The Shed

Bring and share food

Flower crowns, candle dipping, bee bomb making,

games, volley ball, face painting, henna tattoos, hair

wrapping, live music and performances from our students

12pm Thanks and sharing from:

Helen Van Zyl

Roxanne Camphor and Mika du Preez

College of Teachers

1pm Close

Please bring cash for the various activities listed

above. The prices will be advertised next week.

Contact Cary-Ann on the school number 0218813867 with any questions

Please “like” our Stellenbosch Waldorf School Facebook page and share our events with your friends and family.

Flowers in the foyer

Monday, 9 September Tshiamo Mahlohla Family

Monday, 16 September Luniko Mahobe Family

Tuesday, 8 October 2019 Yonda Makeleni Family

Monday, 14 October 2019

Lehlan Malherbe Family

Thank you for all the beautiful flowers we receive each week!

Dear Parents,

the pile of clothing in our lost property is growing on a daily

basis. The recovered items will be displayed outside the hall

area everyday for you to come and collect items that your

children might have displaced over the past few weeks. Un-

claimed items will be donated to charity at the end of each

term.

Arbor Week is celebrated annually in the first week of September. In this week we are encouraged to reflect on the importance of trees and of keeping our environment as green as possible and to fight climate change. Lucky Bean would like to encourage you to plant Spekboom this year.

The Spekboom is one of the most efficient plants to fight climate change : - they are in indigenous to Eastern Cape - water wise - they can survive on just 350ml water per year!!! -.Spekboom has a photosynthetic mechanism which allows it to adapt to both rainforest-like conditions and semi-arid conditions, making it incredibly adapta-ble and suited to almost any garden. - Spekboom are succulents,so they are always green.

- a mature Spekboom has the ability to "capture" 4 -10 tons of carbon per hectare and absorb it back into plant matter. Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is one of the main contributors to climate change. You can purchase this incredible plant from your Lucky Bean school shop for the month of September!

THE JOY OF GIVING – SWS SUPPORT OF THE SANTA SHOEBOX PROJECT 2019

The Santa Shoebox Project is a non-profit organization that collects Christmas gifts for the socially disadvan-taged children throughout South Africa, by way of a social and community network of families, friends, schools and churches.

This project is instrumental in involving people from all walks of life, especially children together with their par-ents, in giving to children from a distinctly vulnerable social background who may never have received a Christ-mas gift before.

In essence it is therefore also about children learning the joy of giving, by personally choosing and filling the gift boxes, and then decorating and labelling each with the recipient’s name.

Many people have a desire to contribute to their community or do their ‘little bit for charity’, but often don’t know where to start. The Santa Shoebox Project takes pride in channelling all that positive energy and goodwill into something that is credible, achievable, makes a real difference in a specific child’s life and leaves the donor feeling like we have had a positive impact.

“After pledging a Santa Shoebox (SSB) myself in 2016 for the first time, I felt that I could contribute more and I became a sub-coordinator for this land wide initiative in the Helderberg area. Attending the first volunteers meeting, it became clear to me that we, as the Stellenbosch Waldorf School, can be a valuable contributor to this project in several ways and so since 2017, Stellenbosch Waldorf School supports the Santa Shoebox pro-ject.” Leen Van Roey, SWS parent.

In 2017 we made more than 30 children happy with a Christmas box, in 2018 we upped that to 43! We hope we can match that this year!

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE?

Donations of the following are welcome and can be handed in with Bozena at the Lucky Bean, or Althea at the Reception Office, or via Teacher Brenda in High School.

Soap

Facecloth

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Educational supplies / Stationary

Sweets (non-perishable, no tins, no nuts)

Toys (for smaller children) or gadgets (for teenagers)

High School, Primary and Kindergarten parents can support your class in this initiative by collectively building consciousness and interest in this initiative and donating as a class.

If you prefer to contribute a box as a family, please do so. You can register yourself on the Santa Shoebox Pro-ject Website: http://santashoebox.org.za where you will find more information.

Alternatively for more information please phone the SWS number on 021 8813867, and speak to Cary-Ann.

Thank you to our school community, and to Leen, for being a part of giving to others in our country this Christ-mas. It will make Christmas that extra bit more magical!

DATES TO DIARISE SEPTEMBER—NOVEMBER 2019 - (THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

DAY SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

Sat

Sun 1

Mon 2

Tue 3 Official School Photo Day 1

Wed 4 2

Thu 5 3

Fri 6 Class 5 Play 10h15 for school, 18h30 for parents 4 1

Sat 7 5 2 BOT Meeting 08h00

Sun 8 6 3

Mon 9 7 4

Tue 10 8 SWS start of Term 4—School closes at 12h30 5

Wed 11 Cl.12 Project Presentations at The Shed 9 Class 12 Presentations 6

Thu 12 10 Class 12 Dinner 7

Fri 13 11 Matric Final Assembly 8

Sat 14 Big Walk Waldorf 100 Event

12 Links Meeting 08h30—12h30 9

Sun 15 13 10

Mon 16 14 Matric Art Exhibition (Mon-Fri) 11 Cl.7 Camp (11-15 November)

Tue 17 Cl.6 Play 15 12

Wed 18 16 13 Cl.6 Camp (13-15 November) Cl.4 Camp (13-15 November) Cl.3 Camp (13-15 November)

Thu 19 Cl.10 Play (evening for parents) 17 14

Fri 20 SWS End of Term 3—School closes at 11h00 18 Class 5 Language Sharing in The Shed 15

Sat 21 BOT Meeting 08h00 19 KG Spring Festival 16

Sun 22 20 17

Mon 23 Admin Office open 21 Matric Final Exams start 18 Cl.9 Shakespeare Play in The Shed (18-23 Nov)

Tue 24 Heritage Day—Public Holiday 22 19

Wed 25 23 Cl.10 COA camp (23-27 Oct) 20

Thu 26 24 21

Fri 27 25 22

Sat 28 26 23 BOT Meeting 08h00

Sun 29 27 24

Mon 30 28 25

Tue 29 26

Wed 30 27

Thu 31 28

Fri 29

Sat 30

Sun

SWS 2019 TERM DATES SWS 2020 TERM DATES

Term 1 15 Jan—20 Mar

Term 2 9 Apr—21 Jun

Term 3 16 Jul—20 Sep

Term 4 8 Oct—4 Dec

Term 1 21 Jan—27 Mar

Term 2 14 Apr—19 Jun

Term 3 14 Jul—18 Sep

Term 4 6 Oct—2 Dec

Workshops and Events

The South African premiere of Nocturne, written by American playwright and author Adam Rapp, will be directed by Emily Child and performed by Francis Chouler. Francis Chouler is a past pupil of both Michael Oak and Constantia Waldorf School.

NOCTURNE is the honest and unconventionally moving story of a man dealing with the effects of a life altering incident. It is a clear, arresting recol-lection of love, hilarity and pain as well as a boldly inspiring reminder of what it is to be human.

15 years ago, in Joliet, Illinois, a 17 year teenager accidentally runs over and kills his 9 year old sister in a ’69 Buick Electra while driving home from his summer job. The event cracks his life wide open. As the unnamed narrator flees his childhood home to restart his life in a bookshop in New York City, he has nothing but old memories and new books to rebuild his world.

Directed by Emily Child

Performed by Francis Chouler

Written by Adam Rapp

Alexander Bar 10-21 September 7pm.

Tickets R140 at the door (R120 online)

Book: http://alexanderbar.co.za/show/Nocturne/

Vacancies

Handyman available…

For any maintenance jobs in and around your home,

please call Jacob on 076 677 8025.

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