Thinking about presentations to new parents this week, I am

once again reminding all our parents of the importance of

spending time with your children playing, reading and talking.

In her book, The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got

That Way, Amanda Ripley emphasises the importance of

parents’ encouraging reading and discussing books, movies,

current affairs and in-depth issues with their children. She

notes that one of the key criteria of a successful education is

the ability to think critically; this starts with discussions and

parents asking open (not only closed) questions about the

book the child is reading. Asking open questions has been

proven more successful in developing reading than parents

simply listening to their child read (Jeynes, 2012; Sénéchal,

2006; Sénéchal & Young, 2008). Children who have been

read to also have immense advantages thanks to hours of

exposure to rich language and vocabulary development, all of

which impact significantly on learning.

Common characteristics in the lives of all successful

students, reports Amanda Ripley, were dinner table

conversations and a culture of reading in their homes.

As the year hurtles to a close, hold tight, grab a book and enjoy

the special experience of sharing a story with your child at the

end of the day!

Staffing update: 2020

There have been some changes and new appointments for

2020. Congratulations to these teachers who are taking on new

roles and responsibilities in our school.

Grade 0

Mrs Tarryn Longueira will be taking over as Head of Grade 0.

Mrs Cathy Ebersohn, currently in learning support, will join the

Grade 0 team.

Grade 1

Mrs Henriëtte Botha will take over as Head of Grade 1. Mrs

Gillian Hugo will move from Grade 0 to Grade 1 as a class

teacher.

SP Art is needing newspapers, magazine, yoghurt tubs and ice

cream tubs - please bring donations to Mrs Janey Frank’s Art

Room in the Cultural Centre by end of term.

Liam Duvenage and Justine Thom delivered their Afrikaans

speeches on 21 October at a speech festival at Holy Rosary.

We congratulate them on achieving Gold Certificates for their

entertaining and eloquent presentations about teaching their

granny how to use an iPad.

Janine Clements

SP Head of Afrikaans

Our Music department has been very busy over the last two

weeks. With Eisteddfods, festivals, exams and concerts, we

have celebrated the hard work of all our musicians.

Congratulation to all our students who performed so well in the

last few weeks: we are so proud of you.

NEA

Our individual performances went really well, receiving 10 gold

certificates and 16 diplomas in total. Our Marimba bands

performed and achieved the following results:

Grade 4, 6 & 7 Bands: Diploma

Grade 5 Band: Gold

Our Grade 7 Band has been invited to perform at tonight’s NEA

Prize-giving - what an honour!

Grade 2

Mrs Lauren MaSing, currently in learning support, joins the

Grade 2 team.

Physical Education

Ms Noluthando Mogale joins us as a Junior Prep Physical

Education teacher.

NB: Early closing times for November

Monday 4 - Thursday 7 November

Grade 0: 13h30

Grade 1 & 2: 14h00

Grade 3: Academic day ends at 13h20. No sport, but

academic support and cultural activities continue

Friday 8 November: JP closes at 13h00

Monday 11 - Thursday 14 November: JP closes at 13h20

Friday 15 November: JP closes at 13h00

Thank you to all the families who have made donations to the

Christmas hampers.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Patti Blackhurst

Principal: Dainfern College Junior Preparatory

Kids with Talent Final

The following students made it through to the finals of Kids with

Talent and performed at Mitech.

7-9 year age group

Piano: Tineropafadzo Dhliwayo, Kelin Ranchod, Caitlin

Smyth

Violin: Kara Bezuidenhout, Tyrone Peters

Overall: Kara placed 2nd and Tyrone placed 1st.

10-11 year age group

Drums: Rory Bezuidenhout, Christopher Buys, Jessica &

Tyrone Peters (duet)

Piano: Leo Ye

Overall: Rory placed 2nd, and Leo and Jessica and

Tyrone placed 1st.

12-13 year age group

Piano: Amy Gobalsamy, Indigo Wood

Duet: Oluchi Ogoke & Amy Gobalsamy

Violin: Cailey Riffel, Emma Whitaker

Overall: Cailey placed 2ndand Oluchi and Amy placed 1st.

CAF

In our individual performances at CAF we received 4 Silvers, 19

Gold, 37 Honours and 72 Prestige certificates.

Our ensembles received the following results:

Prestige: JP Choir, SP Choir, SP A Cappella, JP Violin

Ensemble, SP Violin Ensemble, SP Violin Octet,

SP Guitar group

Honours: SP Band, Grade 4 Marimbas, Grade 5

Marimbas, Grade 6 Marimbas, Grade 7

Marimbas

Silver: SP Keyboard Ensemble

Gold: Grade 3 Orff

Ensemble Evening

Well done to all our Prep ensembles who performed so

beautifully! This event has become a highlight of the Music

department calendar and we look forward to it in 2020.

Exams

Well done to all students who performed in exams. We hosted

the Trinity Rock and Pop Exam, Trinity Classical section and

ABRSM. We patiently await the results - congratulations to

those who participated!

Zelda Martin

Director of Music

Congratulations to the following student for receiving

15 Roarwards:

Sportswoman of the Week

Kelly Lloyd for her performance in Backstroke at the

recent Interschools Gala.

Sportsman of the Week

Matthew Bradley for winning all his races at the recent

Interschools Gala.

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Cameron completed the 30-Book Challenge.

All formal Prep sport practices end this Friday 1 November.

Please take note of logistics pertaining to all extramurals

(sport, culture and academic support) for Grades 3-7 until the

end of the year:

4-15 November

All academic support lessons and cultural activities will

continue as per usual for Grades 3-6.

Informal sports activities will be offered twice a week during

this time, from 14h15-15h00:

Tuesday 5 November: Swimming (bring costume, towel,

swimming cap and sunblock)

Thursday 7 November: Swimming (bring costume,

towel, swimming cap and sunblock)

Tuesday 12 November: Various sport stations set up on

Main Oval (PE attire)

Thursday 14 November: Racket ball on the Main Oval

(PE attire)

Week of 18 November: School day finishes at 13h00

The annual Dainfern College Night Gala took place on

Wednesday 30 October.

HeronBridge College, Grayston Prep, De La Salle Holy Cross

College and Redhill Prep participated in 43 events. Medals

were awarded to the first place in every race, including the

Freestyle ladder relay which includes both girls and boys from

U9 to Open in one race (10 x 25m).

The Gala was closely contested, and the competition between

the top three schools was fierce, with 5 points separating the

top 3 schools.

The final results of the Gala were as follows:

1st HeronBridge 507

2nd Dainfern 503

3rd Redhill 502

4th De La Salle 473

5th Grayston 385

The team played 9 holes against St Stithians Boys’ at

Bryanston Country Club on Monday 14 October.

Best scores

Matthew Leonard 41

Paris Binos 46

Luke Barnard 47

Jarryd Bogner 48

Kyle Farndell 48

At the final fixture of the year against St David's on 21 October,

the golfers managed to secure some excellent scores.

Best scores:

Matthew Leonard 39

Luke Brooks 42

Jarryd Bogner 44

Luke Barnard 46

Paris Binos 46

Golf has thrived as a Dainfern Sport this year, with newcomers

continually making their entrance into the team. I am proud of

what our team has achieved both in their skill and as young

men who have shown their patience, resilience and etiquette

throughout the year.

Congratulations to the team and all students who have

participated in this challenging sport. We thank our captain,

Matthew Leonard, for his remarkable leadership and passion

that he has shown for golf and for all he has contributed to

developing the sport.

Janine Clements

Head of Prep School Golf

“Dreams are free. Goals have a cost. While you can daydream

for free, goals don’t come without a price. Time, effort,

sacrifice, and sweat. How will you pay for your goals?” - Usain

Bolt

Karen Da Costa

Head of Preparatory School Sport

Sport Team Opposition Result

CRICKET

U10A King’s College Bryanston

King’s College 98 all out

Dainfern College 99/3

Won by 7 wickets

U11A

HeronBridge College

HeronBridge College 149/2

Dainfern College 109 all out

Lost by 40 runs

U11B

Dainfern College 70/6

HeronBridge College 71/1

Lost by 9 wickets

U11A

Crawford Lonehill

Crawford Lonehill 137/4

Dainfern College 132/7

Lost by 5 runs

U11B

Crawford Lonehill 90/6

Dainfern College 79/3

Lost by 11 runs

U13A

HeronBridge College

HeronBridge College 118 all out

Dainfern College 119/2

Won by 8 wickets

U13B

Dainfern College 95/8

HeronBridge College 96/7

Lost by 3 wickets

TENNIS

Junior Boys and Junior Girls Steyn City School Won 24-16

Senior Girls Redhill School Lost 19-44

Senior Boys A Beaulieu College Lost 10-32

Senior Boys B Beaulieu College Lost 17-25

SWIMMING

A Team

De La Salle Holy Cross College

Pecanwood College

HeronBridge College

1. Dainfern 230 points

2. De La Salle 220 points

3. HeronBridge 203 points

4. Pecanwood 75 points

B Team

Reddam Helderfontein

De La Salle Holy Cross College

HeronBridge School

1. Reddam 211 points

2. Dainfern 201 points

3. De La Salle 115 points

4. HeronBridge 113 points

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