newsletter #3 friday 26 january 2018 safety first! morning
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NEWSLETTER #3 Friday 26 January 2018
Dear Parents SAFETY FIRST! It’s time for a reminder of our morning drop-off instructions: we urge you to adhere to these, and let’s work together to ensure a safe zone for children in our parking lot and avoid any accidents. Please study the map attached. The most important points to note are: - ∗ Stick to the direction of flow arrows. ∗ Keep it to a short 10 second drop-off time. ∗ Please drive very slowly, especially on the way out. ∗ Don’t park near the blue arrows, or in front of the staff car parking area. ∗ Parking in the central parking areas, between the green arrows, where there is not a pedestrian crossing, is at your
own risk. From these areas, children should be accompanied through the moving traffic. In addition, the Brooklyn police have warned parents to be vigilant when dropping off and picking up their children at school. There have been incidents of remote jamming and theft of valuables from cars in numerous school carparks. We have not been immune to this, in spite of our security cameras and vigilant staff. Please assist by ensuring that your car is locked and keeping hand bags, laptops and other valuables out of sight. Don’t think that it will be fine to leave your car unlocked, even for one minute, while walking your child to the gate. Your safety and that of your child really matters to us. EDUCATIONAL FUND Thank you for your wonderful attendance at our Parents Meeting on Monday night. Following on from that is the matter of the Educational Fund. We would be most grateful if you would consider being part of this mutually beneficial arrangement. The electronic version of the form goes out with the newsletter today. A hard copy went out on Tuesday. Please complete the form and return it by Wed 31 Jan, even if you chose not to participate. Lauren Smith from our Finance Office ([email protected]) will willingly answer any questions that you may have. THIS WEEKEND We have rather a busy Saturday with: • Child Dev Seminar: Thank you for your overwhelming responses. A final reminder of details:
∗ 08:30 – 15:30- ish ∗ Registration takes place at the door at 08:15 ∗ Functions Hall (HCC) ∗ A light lunch will be provided
• PS Choir Day (see choir letter for full details)
∗ 08:30-14:00 ∗ Children wear civvies (White shirts for choir are only needed by Open day.) ∗ Own lunch and water bottle ∗ Parents join us at 13:30
• And a number of our staff will be on Level 2 First Aid training.
WEEK STARTING MONDAY 29 JAN Mon 29 Jan
Parents Association Meeting ∗ 19:00 ∗ Staffroom ∗ All parents willing to join are welcome
Mon 29 Jan
Choir ∗ First Senior Primary Choir practice after school in the music class.
∗ No High School Vocal Ensemble. (First practice will be announced.)
Tues 30 Jan
Gr 9 & 10 Have Elevate Educate during the school day
∗ An amount of R128 is added to Gr 9 accounts ∗ And R136 to Gr 10s
Wed 31 Jan
Education fund forms to be returned
Thurs 1 Feb
Gr 9 IQ testing the school day
Thurs 1 Feb
HS Gala @ HCS
Fri 2 Feb PS Gala @ HCS Fri 2 Feb HS Worship Evening ∗ 18:30 to 20:30
∗ Staffroom ∗ All HS pupils are most welcome
Sat 3 Feb Mini Cricket @ St Paulus Sat 3 Feb Staff attend IEB National Conferences HOT CHOCOLATE CIRCLES These are three-hour interactive Life skills workshops specially designed with the Senior Primary school child in mind. There is one workshop per term per grade in SP. Topics for this term: Self-image, Friendship and Choices. ∗ Gr 4: Fri 2 Feb from 14:15-17:15 OR Sat 3 Feb from 9:00-12:00 ∗ Gr 5: Fri 9 Feb from 14:15-17:15 OR Sat 10 Feb from 9:00-12:00 ∗ Gr 6: Sat 10 Feb from 16:00-19:15 (topics tbc) Forms will be handed out to the children in the week prior to the workshop and reservations and queries go to Alison on 082 5433 555. PS CAMP OUT WITH DADS!
A REQUEST TO PARENTS AT JACOB’S LADDER Please remember that children may not be dropped off earlier than 07:00 in the mornings. You may well find staff there earlier but this is their very necessary time to prepare for your children. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MATHS AND SCIENCE BOFS! ∗ Three HCS girls represented South Africa this past December at the PAMA Global Abacus and Mental Arithmetic
Championships. The South African team comprised 195 students and our girls did so well against strong international competition in their age groups: - Champion: Nesia Chetty (Gr 6) – Gold - 2nd Winner: Carmen de Clerck (Gr 6) – Silver - 3rd Winner : Madison Jenkings (Gr 5) – Bronze
∗ Chloë van Niekerk attended the South African Youth Engineering and Science Symposium. She represented Gauteng
and was awarded a Gold for her Cave Exploration Robot. She has been invited to improve her robot and take it to the United States and Europe in the near future.
∗ Kalsee Nadasen (Gr 10) will be participating at the Taiwan International Science Fair this week. This is as a result of
her amazing achievement in the Science Expo. We wish her well! Here’s hoping that you have a wonderful week. Kind regards Debbie Holloway (on behalf of Graeme) HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION
Educational Fund – Hatfield Christian School - 2018 What is the Educational Fund?
Fund established by school to benefit the parents and the school The donations are used to fund specific capital projects Parents are issued with a tax certificate which can be used as a deduction when submitted
with their IT12 – Date of issue is 30 April 2017 for submission with 2015 IT12 Who can contribute?
All parents can contribute but the tax benefit is reserved for those who are registered for income tax (ie submit an IT 12)
Why should I contribute? A Tax benefit is received potentially resulting in a refund from SARS when submitting your
IT12 (dependent on individual circumstances) We strongly urge you to make use of the opportunity. These funds go towards the annual capital expenditure of the school. Please complete the form below and return to the school no later than 31 January 2018. …………………………………………………………………………………………… TO: LAUREN SMITH – ACCOUNTS DEPT I, ____________________________, parent of _______________________________ , in grade ___, choose the following school fee option for my FIRST child. (Please circle the option chosen and delete the others.) - Should you not wish to utilize this educational fund option you will automatically be an “A” please do send the form back -You may select this for more than one child, please indicate this clearly. -Please send this form even if you contributed in previous years. Option Monthly contribution amounts: January to December 2018 A School fee + Building fund + No contribution to Ed fund B School fee + Building fund + Ed fund R50 per month ie R600 pa
With this option you will receive R150 discount on the school fees which, with your permission (by selecting this option) will be donated to the educational fund. A tax certificate will be issued of R2400 for the 2018 tax year.
C School fee + Building fund + Ed fund R100 per month ie R1200 pa
With this option you will receive R300 discount on the school fees which, with your permission (by selecting this option) will be donated to the educational fund. A tax certificate will be issued of R4800 for the 2018 tax year.
Name in which tax certificate is to be issued:__________________________________________ Signed:______________________________ Date:_______________________________
Corobay str.
Parking / Drop off
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
AHEAD
RIGHT TURN ONLY
NO STOPPING
SLOW CHILDREN
AHEAD
DROP OFF
PARKING
NO STOPPING
10 sec drop off & Go – to left side of vehicle
One way Ianes
Route to staff parking NO entry to parents
One Way NO Entry
NO Parking
Sign Legend
Results 22 – 26 January
Interhouse Galas
High School: Eagles 807
Buffaloes 592
Spirit: Buffaloes
Jnr Victrix Lodorum: Manuela Marggraff Snr Victrix Lodorum: Amy Stanford
Jnr Victor Lodorum: Aidan Paveley Snr Victor Lodorum: Josh Coetzee
Primary School: Buffaloes 633
Eagles 576
Spirit: Eagles
Victrix Lodorum: Georgia Carstens
Victror Lodorum: Bastian Nel
Swimming Teams:
Both the High School and Primary School swimming teams will be announced today. We kindly
request that anyone selected please prioritize swimming practises as this is the sport of the term.
Sport Practises:
Anyone not at attending a sports practise needs to excuse themselves with their managers and not
the sport office. This includes parents who email in. Unfortunately, it is impossible to handle all
requests to the sports office. All sports manager’s names are reflected on the Co-curricular schedule
and the emails for these teachers are found at the back of the school diary. Where possible pupils
should excuse themselves.
Dancing
Jessica Williams took part in her Grade 7 Contemporary exam late last year and was awarded
Honours with Distinction for her exam.
Grade 7 was the highest exam level offered at her Dance School last year.
Date Day Time of departure
Start of Game
Time of return/ Finish
Staff involved Sport/Team/Age Venue
29-Jan MON
13h20 14h20 17h30 Mrs Dicks, Coach Sam 1st Jnr Cricket vs Crawford College Crawford
14h20 17h15 Ps Thomas, Coach Graham 2nd Jnr Cricket vs WHPS HCS
13h20 14h20 17h30 Mr Boyes, Coach Haydn 1st Snr Cricket vs HS Akasia HS Akasia
13h00 14h30 16h30 Ms van der Merwe HS Girls Tennis vs HS Erasmus HS Erasmus
13h20 14h20 17h30 Mrs Hofmeyer, Coach Luke u11A Cricket vs Crawford College Crawford
14h20 17h15 Mr Goodwin, Coach Chris B u10A Cricket vs Crawford College HCS
14h30 16h30 Mr Dollenberg, Mrs Hurley, Mrs Adam, Coach Hendrick HS Swimming Gala HCS Pool
14h20 17h00 Ms Joubert, Coach Ona u10B Cricket vs WHPS HCS
13h20 14h20 17h30 Mrs Fast, Coach Tristan u9A vs Crawford College Crawford
13h20 14h20 17h30 Mr Rokitta, Coach Jacques u15 Cricket vs HS Zwartkop HS Zwartkop
02-Feb FRI 14h30 16h30Mrs Donachie, Mrs van Schalkwyk, Mrs
Atkins, Mrs Smit, Coach Hendrick, Coach Laetitia, Coach Ash
PS Swimming Gala HCS Pool
03-Feb SAT 07h00 09h00 Mr Joynt, Mrs Stokker, Ms Vallar, Ms Swart Mini Cricket Festival STP
TUE
THU01-Feb
WEEKLY EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES LIST (v1.0) **WECAL correct at time of printing. WECAL updates available on website and sports notice board.**
**Times of return are estimations to the best of our knowledge** 29 January - 4 February
30-Jan
31-Jan WED