MOTHERS’ DAY ASSEMBLY

2017

NEWSLETTER No 15/17 17th

May 2017

FROM THE DESK OF THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

STAFF NEWS:

Mrs Coetzee will be going on accouchement leave from the 26th

May 2017. Miss Laurie will take charge of Mrs Coetzee’s class. We

wish Mrs Coetzee well during her leave. Hopefully all goes well

during her period of accouchement leave.

MOTHERS’ DAY:

Thank you

to the 490 Moms and Grandmas who were present for the Mothers’ Day

celebration.

For your warm response to and applause for the learners who entertained

you.

For visiting the children in the classroom to collect your Mothers’ Day item

and to share in the classroom activities.

For the many messages of appreciation and thanks in support of the day.

I acknowledge the staff and learners for their combined efforts in making this event

a great success.

JP SPEECH AND DRAMA FESTIVAL:

It is most encouraging to see our JP learners expressing themselves in such a

confident manner in front of the Speech and Drama adjudicator. The learners

must be complimented on their efforts in the class choral verse and individual

items. Information will be sent home regarding the JP cultural presentation taking

place soon.

MUFFINS FOR MOMS:

The Grade Ones had an overwhelming response for their “Muffins for Mom’s”

morning. Each class had projects set out for Moms and children to create

together. The learners loved working with their parents in the classroom. My

thanks go to the Grade One educators and the parents for attending this fun-filled

event.

APPEARANCE:

I acknowledge that many families ensure that their children are well-groomed and

neatly presented for school on a daily basis. Clean uniform which includes

polished shoes is essential to maintain the high standards of appearance that the

school upholds.

Haircuts and hair styles must be monitored. There can be no confusion regarding

our request for short back, sides and top haircuts. These standards need to be

practised right down to Grad R so that these young learners start their preparation

for their entrance to main school.

DRESS FOR SPORT:

The standard code for Northlands is as follows:

Practice: Rugby/netball sports uniform Grade 3 to Grade 7 to change back into

school uniform or full school tracksuit with school/running shoes.

Matches: Learners to arrive and depart from fixtures (at home and away) wearing

tracksuit top. The top is not to be worn over the shoulder or carried by the parent.

Please ensure that this request is monitored on a daily basis.

CONQUESTA OLYMPIAD:

Entries for the Olympiad are now being accepted. The subjects offered are:

Grade1 to Grade 3: English and Numeracy

Grade 4 to Grade 7: English, Mathematics and General Knowledge

Mrs M Brown is in charge of the JP entries and Mrs S Gow will accept all SP entries

for this Olympiad.

REMEMBER: “It always seems impossible until it is done.”

Nelson Mandela

Mr C Naidoo

FROM THE DESK OF THE ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

MOTHERS’ DAY CELEBRATIONS:

We would like to thank our Mothers for attending our Mothers’ Day

Celebrations.

The Grade 1 classes had a record turn-out of Moms for their Muffin

Morning. The learners loved sharing the experience with their

precious Moms. Thank you Mrs Rall and your team of dedicated

teachers.

The Grade 2 to Grade 7 learners thoroughly enjoyed spoiling their mothers in the

classroom.

To Mrs du Plessis, thank you for the beautiful presentations.

Solo singer Loyiso Msomi, choir, Mr Buxton and Miss Moore. We have such talent in

this school. Miss Ross for her displays of beautiful art and the choral verse from Mrs

Brown’s Grade 3’s and Mrs Beuster’s Grade 2’s.

Thank you to Luke Lovemore from “The Voice” for making time to be with us. We

welcome our Pre-Primary Moms on Wednesday, 17th May at 17h30.

PRE-PRIMARY FETE:

This event takes place on Saturday, 20th May at 10h00. A huge amount of effort

goes into making this special morning a success. Please bring your family to enjoy

a fun-filled morning with us.

DURBAN AND COASTALS RUGBY:

We are proud to announce that Connor McKenzie was selected to represent

Durban Coastals Rugby U12A team at the recent trials. We wish him a successful

season.

UMLAZI DISTRICT – Girls and Boys hockey trials –

We are proud of the following learners who have been selected for the Umlazi

District hockey teams –

Nathan Pretorius – U13A Jessica Antill – U13B

Connor Fulton – U13A Hannah Bouwers – U13B

Matthew Anderssen – U13B Georgia Swart – U12 Development team

Daniel Bergset – U12 Development team

Connor McKenzie – U12 Development team

Tristan Boyall – U12 Development team

We know that each of the learners selected will be strong ambassadors for their

teams and for our school.

“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve

them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Mrs P van der Walt

JUNIOR PRIMARY

I hope all the Moms were thoroughly spoilt on Mothers’ Day. Thank you

to the many Moms who came to the Grade 1’s ‘Muffins for Moms’ and

those who came to the assembly on Friday morning. I hope you

enjoyed the entertainment and visiting your children.

We are busy with the Speech and Drama festival and are very happy with how it is

going. Please remember that you have the opportunity to hear the choral verses

and some individual items next week, Wednesday. Grade 1 will be at 08:00, Grade

2 at 09:00 and Grade 3 at 10:30. The choir will sing at the Grade 3 part of the

morning. A letter in this regard will come home shortly. Please return the reply slip

promptly. Thank you.

Please support the Pre-School fete this Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00. It is always

great fun for the children. There will be things to do and things to buy!

I came across this quote and thought I would share it with you. Please read it

carefully, it has much value:

‘When a child reads a novel, he has to self-create whole scenarios, he has to

create images of who these people are, what their emotions are, what their tones

of voice are, what the environment looks like, what the feeling of the environment

is. These self-created scenarios are important, and television leaves no room for the

creative process.’ Jane Healy, Endangered Minds

Reading is a skill that has to be learnt and practised. At the beginning, it can be

hard but perseverance is essential for the child to develop his reading ability.

Good readers enjoy reading. Your child will not become a good reader by

watching television. Please limit screen time and increase reading time, including

where you read to your child!

Have a great week.

Mrs M Brown

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PILLAR

A huge thank you to all those parents and

teachers who attended the ‘Muddles and

Meltdown’ workshop last Tuesday. We

were highly impressed by the amazing

turnout. We hope that you left feeling

empowered and had a greater understanding of why our

children behave in ways we sometimes struggle to

comprehend.

As one Mom to another, I hope you were made to feel

very special on Mother’s Day, and had a little reminder of

how special you are to your children and family. The

pressures are often overwhelming and whilst we try to just

keep our heads above water, we often forget the most basic needs of our

children. So many of them just need to feel that they are heard, loved, and seen.

I sometimes find myself getting frustrated when I get asked to watch the same trick

for the tenth time. I need to remind myself how lucky I am that they still do want

me to “Look”.

Mrs C Fuller

ACADEMIC REPORT

This has been a very disruptive term up until now. It has been a challenge for all of

us to get back into a structured routine! Well, the time has come to put the holiday

vibes on hold for a while, and focus on getting ready for the mid-year exams which

are not too far away.

In fact, the mid-year exams for the senior primary school start in 3 weeks’ time!

Please help your child to plan a study programme well in advance.

Children have different ways of learning, which are roughly grouped into three

basic styles, viz auditory, visual and kinesthetic. When parents know their child's best

way to learn, they can help their child more effectively.

Auditory Learners learn through listening to what others have to say and talking

about what they’re learning.

Auditory Learners:

remember information by talking aloud

need to have things explained orally

talk to themselves while learning something new

For learning to make sense, visual learners need to be able to see, visualise and

illustrate their knowledge skills and concepts. Telling these learners how to do

something may not make sense to them at all.

Visual learners:

remember visual details

prefer to see what they are learning

doodle while listening

like to write down instructions or see them demonstrated.

Kinesthetic Learners like to be actively involved in the learning process, and learn

best through hands-on activities and movement. They tend to be more active

while they are learning, as visual or auditory learning styles just don’t work for

them.

Kinesthetic learners:

want to actually do whatever is being talked about or learned

like to move around while listening or talking

often “talk” with their hands

like to touch things in order to learn about them

remember events by recalling who did what rather than who said what.

Mrs S Gow

CULTURAL PILLAR

Last Friday, we thoroughly enjoyed the special Mother’s Day

assembly presented to our Mothers and Grandmothers in the

Barbara Franken Hall. We were treated to beautiful singing by Loyiso Msomi and

the Senior Primary Choir. Thank you Mrs du Plessis for all your hard work and

preparation.

We also enjoyed two choral verses by Grade 2B and Grade 3B.

Thank you to Miss Moore for your incredible singing of “I Dreamed a Dream” from

Les Miserables. Thank you to Miss Ross for all the beautiful artwork and décor that

helped make the day special.

The final surprise of the morning was old boy, and a

contestant on The Voice SA, Luke Lovemore.

What a fantastic morning it was!

Thank you to all staff and learners involved.

Mr L Buxton

DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER 031-563 2476

EMAIL ADDRESS – fairway@northlandsprimary.co.za

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: MOTHERS’ DAY 2017 – Wednesday 17 May from 17h30

onwards

‘Love is the safe way we feel when we sit on our mother’s lap, with her arms

around us tight and close’.

We hope that all our Moms were thoroughly spoilt by their children and families.

We look forward to having you and the children join us for some fun on

Wednesday night. Please remember to bring your platter to share – enough for six.

These will be put on the upper deck or into the kitchen downstairs and both areas

will have tea/coffee and juice/water available for you. Please enjoy the activities

and spend time enjoying the refreshments.

THE FAIRWAY FUN FAIR – SATURDAY 20 MAY - ONLY 3 SLEEPS TO GO – THE BIG FAIR IS

NOW!

Thank you so much to everyone who has already sourced prizes and sponsors and

offered their help. This is for the benefit of your children and will be put back

directly into our two playgrounds.

Please send in your R50,00 if you are choosing this option – the small prizes for each

of the games will be bought shortly, every game will have different prizes and

sweeties where possible, to make things more fun for the children.

Thank you to those who have already got some wonderful prizes in.

Mrs Shepard (Maddyson – 00 Hedgehogs) and Mrs Gamble (Oliver – 00 Owls) our

Fair Convenors have done an amazing job in conjunction with the class

representatives and we would like to thank each of you for all your efforts.

HEARING ASSESSMENTS –Heidi Allan – Reconnect

These assessments will take place on the 29th May at our school. Please do avail

yourself of this opportunity to have your child assessed, to ensure that their hearing

is optimal for learning. Please send in the clearly marked form and R65 by the 28th

May latest to make use of this machine-assessed hearing screening.

RUGBY TOTS IS NOW AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN AT NORTHLANDS

Please find the flyer in the children’s notebooks.

DATES TO NOTE FOR TERM TW0: -

17 May – Pre-primary Mother and Child evening from 17h30 – 20h00 at school.

20 May – Pre-primary Fair - everyone involved – please support

29 May – Pre-primary Hearing assessments – please see information in notebooks

6 June – Prestige Photo day – individual and group photos – all children in Pre-

school

16 June – Youth Day – public holiday

21 June – Pre-primary Father and Child evening from 16h30 – 19h00 at school

30 June – Break up day 10h00, reports sent home

AMOUNTS FOR TERM TWO Please remember to keep school fee and extra-mural

payments up to date.

BAKER BAKER = R55,00 HOT DOGS = R54,00 (FULL)

PUZZLE LIBRARY = R30,00 - R27.00 (half)

Mrs L Mason HoD

MARKETING PILLAR

This past week we rolled out an automated email and SMS request to

our families to please install the d6 Communicator. Thank you to

those who installed the d6 in the past week due to the rollout. Should

you have already installed the Communicator and received the

email or SMS request please bear with us as we resolve any concerns

in this regard.

Please note that the d6 Communicator is the main notification system the School

uses to notify our parents of urgent matters, reminders as well as cancellation of

events and it is imperative you make use of this wonderful tool. Please do not rely

on your class rep to pass on the messages from the d6, it remains your responsibility

to ensure you receive these important messages.

Please be reminded the cut-off date for Prestige Class and Individual photo orders

was Friday 12 May. Should you still wish to order you may do so directly from

Prestige by following the prompts on their website at the following address

http://www.prestigemoments.co.za/

The CPF Nite Walk/Run was postponed until 9 June. Start is at 6pm with registration

at Crusaders Sports Club from 4.30pm. Enter NOW on www.roag.co.za or at the

Sports Zone Running Shop in Durban North or by Zapper. For further details on how

to enter via Zapper please email me on marketing@northlandsprimary.co.za.

The MySchool Me and My Pet competition is now open, please see flyer elsewhere

in this newsletter for entry details. Entries close on June 5.

Please click on the link below to download the d6 Communicator. Thank you to

those who have done so in the past three months thereby increasing the usage, of

this wonderful communicative tool, by upwards of 45%.

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

Click on the link below to download the digital MySchool application form. It’s so

easy to sign up. Fundraising without the work.

MySchool Digital Application Form

Email – marketing@northlandsprimary.co.za

Northlands Primary website – www.northlandsprimary.co.za

Twitter Feed – www.twitter.com/northlandsPS

D6 Communicator – www.school-communicator.com/download.php

Mrs V McAvoy

NORTHLANDS PRIMARY ARROWS

ARROWS

Week : 13

Date : 11 May 2017 – 17 May 2017

CLASS LEARNER REASON

1C Karter Lancaster For his positive energy towards his work this term

1D Cian van Vuuren For doing so well with his reading

1R Rohan Ramseook Knowing the class poem so well

1Ram Makayla Shepard A pleasure to teach

1Rl Sesethu Ngcongo For his beautiful behaviour this week

2B Jett Bezuidenhout For being a brave and kind young man

2C Joshi Singh For reading with lovely expression this week 2G Jono Knight Lovely reading. Keep it up sunshine!

2V Leroy Pfute For completing most of his work this week. Well done 2W Hanna Ahmed For saying her poem with good expression and action

3B Jean Kock For his enthusiasm in the class poem

3Bax Gemma Gascoigne For showing real maturity this week

3D Kingston Bowers Writing a beautiful letter to his mum

3V Layla Blignaut Lovely all round improvement

3Vis Lungelo Khuzwayo For turning over a new leaf

4E Adrian Tunguy-

Desmarais

For being a huge help with our Mother’s Day gift

4G Wandile

Mngomezulu

Lovely art work for Mother’s Day

4K Loyiso Msomi For beautiful singing and dedication to choir

4M Msizi Madlala A very caring, well-mannered young man

4N Casey Norman For her outstanding effort at netball against Fatima

5Ah Kaitlynn Oliphant Her helpful nature is an asset to our class

5C Luca Russell-Boulton For trying hard to improve his marks

5H Gabriella Lemos For always being such a sweetheart

5L Riya Jungbahadur Always neat, conscientious and helpful

5O Georgia Clayton Always has a smile on her face

6A Connor McKenzie The only boy from NPS to make the Durban Coastal Rugby

Team

6D Cyan Langeveldt Lovely work at all times

6M Jessica Erasmus Trying so hard each day

6S Jiashen Li Writing a lovely Mother’s Day poem

7A Giselle Bothma For presenting an amazing English Oral

7C Tshiamo Makgwa For his polite manners to the Teachers in the morning

7D Jason Ma For his leadership qualities and being named Chess Captain

7R Isaiah Venkiah For looking so awesome in his new glasses

Many thanks to Debonairs Durban North for the sponsorship of the Arrow vouchers

SPORTS REPORT

Due to the inclement weather over this past weekend, we had to

cancel Netball vs Virginia.

RUGBY

Well done, boys, on the outstanding results.

Congratulations to Connor McKenzie on his recent selection to the Durban Coastal

U12A Rugby team.

Player of the Match vs Virginia Prep

Team Result Player of the Match

1st NPS won 12 – 0 Wynand Terblanche

2nd NPS won 29 - 0 Zac Cilliers

U11A NPS won 12 - 5 Andre’ Strydom

U10A NPS drew 15 - 15 Jed Mun-Gavin

U10B NPS won 15 - 5 Anay Valjee

U9A NPS won 35 – 5 (DPHS “B”) Ethan Schilz

U9B NPS lost 0 – 10 (DPHS “D”) Cyabonga Ncwane

U9C NPS lost 5 – 25 (DPHS “E”) Ashton Germanus

Netball - Player of the Match vs Umhlali

Team Result Player of the Match

1st NPS lost 4 – 10 Giselle Bothma

2nd NPS lost 4– 5 vs Justeen Pillay

3rd NPS won 7 – 5 Hannah Potgieter

4th NPS won 3 - 2 Teyha Govender

U12A NPS lost 5 – 6 Kayla Moodie

U12B NPS won 10 – 7 Olwethu Sosibo

U12C NPS won 15 –13 Mia Higgo

U11A NPS won 8 – 2 Ashley Chapanga

U11B NPS won 3 – 1 Brooke Rowe

U11C NPS won 3 – 2 Maxine Nienaber

U11D NPS lost 2 - 6 Riya Junbahadur

U10A NPS won 6 – 0 Caitlin Pansegrouw

U10B NPS won 8 – 2 Zoë Scholtz

U10C NPS lost 2 –3 Okuhle Gumede

U10D NPS lost 0 - 3 Kaitlyn Isaacs

There are no netball fixtures this week.

NPS vs Glenwood Prep is on 23rd May 2017.

ACTION CRICKET

Congratulations to André Strydom on his recent selection into the KZN Action

Cricket team.

HOCKEY

Congratulations to the following learners who have been selected for the Umlazi

Hockey teams –

Nathan Pretorius – U13A Jessica Antill – U13B

Connor Fulton – U13A Hannah Bouwers – U13B

Matthew Anderssen – U13B Georgia Swart – U12 Development

Daniel Bergset – U12 Development

Connor McKenzie – U12 Development

Tristan Boyall – U12 Development

CHESS

Our JP team did exceptionally well in the league at Northlands last Wednesday.

Good luck to the JP players playing at Durban North College tomorrow.

We entered 3 teams in the Virginia Prep Festival last Saturday.

Congratulations to the A team who came 2nd, the B team came 1st and the JP

team came tie 2nd. Rehaan Ramjith and Keniesha Govender got full scores – they

won all 7 games. Well done, to all our teams.

Mr S Carroll Sports Director

Rugby vs Glenwood Prep

Wednesday 17th May - Rugby

Northlands Opponents Day Time Venue REF

1st Glenwood Prep

2nd

Wednesday

17th May

16H15 Denis

Dinangwe 1

Mr Gow

2nd Glenwood Prep

4th

Wednesday

17th May

15H20 Denis

Dinangwe 1

Mr Marais

3rd Glenwood Prep

7th

Wednesday

17th May

16H15 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr Dolan

U11A Glenwood Prep

U11B

Wednesday

17th May

14H30 Denis

Dinangwe 1

Mr

Marshall

U10A Glenwood Prep

U10B (10 MAN)

Wednesday

17th May

14h30 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr Carroll

U10B Glenwood Prep

U10C (10 MAN)

Wednesday

17th May

15h10 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr

Buchholz

U9A Glenwood Prep

U9A

Wednesday

17th May

14h30 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr

Robbertze

U9B Glenwood Prep

U9B

Wednesday

17th May

15h10 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr

Robbertze

U9C Glenwood Prep

U9C

Wednesday

17th May

15h45 Denis

Dinangwe 2

Mr

Robbertze

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