CityKidz Pre & Primary School 18 Mooi Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg www.citykidz.co.za 011 334 6631

01 November 2019

Edition 33/2019 Term 4

Kidz Chronicle Dear Parent/Guardians

Neon Civvies Day Mrs Strydom and Mrs Heine with the rest of the Grade 2 teachers organised a spectacular Civvies Day. The idea of the Neon Civvies Day on the 25th October was to embrace the colours that come with Spring, as well give back to our Mother Earth.

Children and staff took part in a colour run, af-ter that each class planted a Portulacaria afra, also known as a spekboom, in a beautifully paint-ed tyre or pot holder.

This also allowed them the opportunity to deco-rate the area either with painted rocks or other creative, colourful concepts to enhance their allocated area.

Thanks to all staff, children and the organising team. We had a phenomenal NEON CIVVIES Day!

Important Dates –November

6th November– NS Com-mon Assessment Gr6

7th November – Interhouse General Knowledge Quiz

18th -25th November EXAMS

23rd November-Grade RR and R Concert and Graduation

29th November Carols by Candlelight

30th November—All School Prize giving

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

04/11 05/11 06/11 07/11 08/11

FAT-SBA/ Grade 1-7 to be conducted

FAT-SBA/ Grade 1-7 to be conducted

FAT-SBA/ Grade 1-7 to be conducted

FAT-SBA/ Grade 1-7 to be conducted

FAT-SBA/ Grade 1-7 to be conducted

Study for exams Study for exams Grade 6 Common Assessment-

Natural Science

Study for exams

INTERHOUSE GENERAL

KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

Study for exams

Exam Timetable and Common Assessments

What’s

happening the

following week?

Wednesday 06th November

Grade 6 Common Assessment- Natural Science to write in the hall

Monday 18th November

Session 1 English Home Language Integrated Paper Comprehension and Language Grade 4/ 5 and7 ONLY Paper 3 Grade 6 Common Assessment- Mathematics to write in the hall Session 2 Natural Science Gr 7 Natural Science & Tech Gr 4-6

Tuesday

19th November

Session 1 Mathematics Grade 4-7 Session 2 Life Skills 4-6 / Life Orientation Grade 7

Wednesday

20th November

Session 1 Afrikaans (FAL) Begrips en Taal Paper 3 Graad 4-7 Session 2 Technology Grade 7 in classes Session 2 English Home Language Integrated Paper Comprehension and Language Grade 6 ONLY. Study Session in classes Grade 4-5- Teachers to revise and go through Social Science work sheets and Study Guides

Thursday 21st November

Session 1 Afrikaans (FAL) Skryf: Opstel en Transaksionele tekste. Papier 2 Graad 4-7 Session 2 Grade 7 EMS Study Session in classes Grade 4-6- Teachers to revise and go through Social Science work sheets and Study Guides

Friday 22nd November

Session 1 English Home Language Writing: Essays and Transactional texts Paper 2 Grade 4-7 Session 2 Creative Arts Grade 7 Study Session in classes Grade 4-6- Teachers to revise and go through Social Science work sheets and Study Guides

Monday 25th November

Session 1 Social Science Gr 4-7 History Session 2 Social Science Gr 4-7 Geography

PLEASE NOTE : The Grade 3’s and 6’s will write the Provincial Assessment Tasks and Assessments.

Grade 3 Tasks begin from the 01st November to 21st November 2019. English HL, and Mathematics. Grade 6 will write the Provincial Examinations on the 06th and 18th November as indicated above. They will also write our internal NS and Maths exams.

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URGENT: WARNING about LEAN

Spekboom The scientific name for "Spekboom" is Portulacaria afra. This plant holds great significance for many reasons:

1. It improves the quality of the air we breathe and helps fight climate change. Spekboom is a succulent that helps fight air pollution. It has the ability to ‘sequester’ or capture four to ten tons of carbon per hectare! Es-sentially, it acts as a carbon sponge, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and turning it into plant matter. Excess carbon in the atmosphere is responsible for global warming. The more carbon we can remove from the air and return to the ground, the better.

2. Spekboom is a proudly South African plant. Spekboom is indigenous to the Eastern Cape where South Afri-can elephants consider the plant a delicacy.

3. It’s water-wise. No time to water your garden? Spekboom is a water-wise plant that’s ideal for low-maintenance gardens. This drought-resistant plant can survive on just 250-350mm of water a year!

4. Suitable for all seasons and weather conditions. The Spekboom has a photosynthetic mechanism which al-lows it to adapt to both rainforest-like conditions and semi-arid conditions, making it incredibly adaptable and suited to almost any garden.

It’s easy to grow. Simply cut or break off a piece of a spekboom, let it dry out for one or two days and then stick it in the ground. Give it a little water every few days and you’ll soon have a new spekboom plant of your own. Make sure you don’t give it too much water or it will rot.

Each class had an opportunity to decorate their designated planting space. In true CityKidz style the outcome was fabulous and each class showed off their creativity and true capabilities.

Dear Parents It is very important to know what children are up to, the social trends and for us all to know what to watch out for. There is a drug called Lean. Have you heard of it? What Makes Lean So Dangerous? Lean– is also known as sizzurp, purple stuff, drank, barre, and purple Sprite Purple Drank. The cough syrup-soda-hard mixture is known in popular culture by many names. The concoction’s been glorified in songs like Three 6 Ma-fia’s “Sippin on Some Sizzurp” and in lyrics from Far East Movement’s 4 times platinum hit “Like a G6” (sippin sizzurp in my ride / like Three 6) and Lil Wayne’s “Turn on the Lights” (I’m purple drank forever). Countless celebrities, in-cluding Rob Kardashian, Soulja Boy, and Justin Bieber, have posed with the drink on Instagram. It seems, in recent years, pop culture has forgotten that lean is still a dangerous drug and potentially fatal.

What does it do? The codeine, which is an opiate, produces a feeling of euphoria. The cough syrup also contains a drug called promethazine, which acts as a sedative. The drug codeine is a dissociative drug with similar effects to Ketamine, which causes a kind of out of body experience. Serious side effects of Codeine include slowed heartbeat, shallow breathing, blurred vision, agitation, and hallucinations.

When the kids talk about doing it, they talk about leaning on syrup, because if you sip on it all day long it's like getting very drunk. And they literally have to lean on something to stand up. We all know that taking opiates is dangerous and can lead to addiction, overdose, and death.

Teens in particular are abusing the drink because it’s easily accessible to them. They can buy all of the ingredients used to make the dangerous drink over the counter. PLEASE READ the two articles attached to this newsletter to be better informed.

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QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

Warm Regards

Mrs S REYNOLDS

General Knowledge question for the week

Which two countries will face off in Japan

for the finals of the 2019 World Cup Rug-

by?

Answer to question in our last newsletter.

What type of fruit inspired

Isaac Newton's theories on

gravity? The Apple

Maths Challenge for the week

There were 500ml of water in a jug and 40ml

was poured out, what was the total percentage

that was poured out?

Answer to the question in our

last newsletter. An arrow is facing east, you turn it 90 degrees

clockwise, 180 degrees anti-

clockwise, 270 degrees clockwise

then 360 degrees anti-clockwise, in

which direction would the arrow be

pointing? WEST

It's easy to make a buck.

It's a lot tougher to

make a difference.

Tom Brokaw

CityKidz Pre & Primary School is Accredited by Umalusi, Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training– accreditation number 18 SCHO1 00576

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Most Merits Week Ending 01 November 2019 Grade Name Surname Grade Name Surname

Grade RR Courage Mpofu Grade Ra Nompumelelo Buthelezi

Grade Rb Sbonokuhle Ngwenya Grade Rc Kokamo Setogang

Grade 1A Khayelihle Miya Grade 1B Samkelo Vikilahle

Grade 1C Sentle Makgalemele Grade 1D Divine Lawal

Grade 2A Ryan Dube Grade 2B Dumoluhle Ncube

Grade 2C Mfumu Kamsenza Grade 2D Yoliswa Madyibi

Grade 3A Phiri Keyshia Grade 3B Nangamso Beja

Grade 3C Jaylin Hoffman Grade 3D Warona Gaokgwathe

Grade 4A Anointed Aneke Grade 4B Nicky Sibanda

Grade 4C Pamela Chitungo Grade 5A Zinhle Mathobela

Grade 5B Uchechukwu Nduku Grade 5C Neo Motswatswe

Grade 6A Ankonisaho Netshongolwe Grade 6B Ntokozo Mazibuko

Grade 7A Ayanda Gulu Grade 7B Adaora Ezekweugbo