NEWSLETTER 9 17 MAY 2019

A big welcome to 3 new learners in our Grade 9 class - Taymore Anderson, Nande Kutuka and Taina

Tshaya.

Reporting relatives who have passed away

We have in the past offered the school's condolences when we hear about family members who pass

away. Because we aren't always aware of this it has resulted in us reporting it in the newsletter in some

but not other instances and this has perhaps created the impression of favouritism. The same applies to

births in the family. From now on, we will not be reporting on either in our newsletters. My apologies for

the impression this has created, it was never a 'choice' but rather whether I heard about it or not.

WPS&C HAS TALENT

There can be few events that more epitomise what we stand for than our WPS & C

Has Talent that was held two weeks ago. What a wonderful opportunity it was to:

• showcase the amazing talent we have at the school

• give virtually all the children a chance to compete through the class acts

• raise much needed funds for projects like the netball court (We raised R36 500

in total!)

• give us all, children, parents and teachers an opportunity to socialise and build

team spirit.

I have said it before but it bears repeating, we can only put on events like these

because we have a wonderfully supportive parent body who worked so hard and

donated so generously. A special word of thanks to our ‘never say die’ fundraising

team of Selma Coleman, Anita Breed, Lena mari Marx and Kim Hatjigiannakis who

worked tirelessly to ensure everything ran smoothly and who must take the lion’s share

of the credit for a wonderful evening. They certainly never acted alone and we are also

very grateful to ALL the parents who helped with the acts and who donated so

generously:

Judges:

Performing Acts – Sue Sonnenberg and Claudine Steenkamp

Visual and literary arts: Sarel Greyling and Sona Sales

Prize Sponsors:

PNA

Two Oceans Aquarium

Butterfly World

Apalachee Spur

Le Bonheur

Acrobranch

Artsauce

Century Karting

Giraffe House

Cape Town Science Centre

Event Sponsors:

Nico Laubscher from N Concepts & Designs

Party Planet

Wine donations:

Lazanou

Dunstone

Mischa

Diemersfontein

Stony Brook

La Folie

Mullineux

We have to single out some parents for the special effort they put in to

help class acts and individual learners with choreography: Tania Ndlovu;

Kerry Stuart; Sam Taylor; Ilse Seynhaeve and Claire Molenaar.

Also Greg Sequeira for helping with the sound, Cindy Douglas for arranging

courier services, Laeticia Martin for taking photographs and Leigh-Anne Burger

for donating a Body Treats voucher.

All the parents who volunteered to work at bar and tuck shop, everyone who

donated food items for the tuck shop and the Grade 9’s for their help.

Nikki Goosen who was the MC, assisted by Asive Rafani and Elan Seba from

Grade 9.

A special thanks to Elske Rightford for her design work and countless hours

spent in ensuring our events have professional logos, programmes and posters

and to Lian Naude from Digital Presence for updating the Fundraising website.

EXAM PERIOD: 3 - 14 JUNE

The start of the exam period is now only 2 weeks away. A few reminders:

• The whole school will close at 12h30 for this two week period.

• There will be no school sport (we will be hosting a cross country event

on Friday 7 June but this is voluntary. It is also the start of the weekend

so we encourage our children to participate as there is still plenty of

study time thereafter.)

• Any Grade 4 - 9 child who needs to miss an exam needs a doctors

certificate. The exception would be Eid but I have written separately to

our Muslim parents in this regard. If children are sick but are able to

write their exam, parents may organise with the school to collect their

children once they finish writing.

• Please remind your child to bring study material to school for the next

exam.

THE FINAL WEEK OF TERM

• Please remember that our school closes a week later than the

government schools - Friday 21 June.

• Monday 17 June is a public holiday

• There will be sport as usual in the last week

• School will close at the usual time for this week, except for Friday 21

June when we close at 11h00 and the Aftercare closes at 13h00

RECYCLING AREA

Our recycling area is once again available for use. Please note that the road to

recycling is now a 'dead end' so kindly drive there with caution.

CROSS COUNTRY

Our first cross country event for the season took place at CPUT, D.J. de Villiers

stadium, Wellington and our learners achieved good results. In the cross country

events, our athletes compete against children from eight other schools. The first 3

athletes in each race receive individual certificates and the first 4 athletes in their

gender from one school to finish first, receive a certificate for team competition,

regardless of their position in the race.

Races at venues commence from 15h30 onwards, depending on age. The distance run

is also age dependent and varies from 1km to 4km. Entry fee for races are R5.

A number of our athletes received certificates for their races at CPUT.

Individual certificates were awarded to:

Under 8 age group - Juliet Molenaar – 1st place, Lara Benjamin – 3rd place and Mattys

Breed – 2nd place for under 8’s.

Under 9 age group - Quade Ramus – 2nd place and Natalie Goosen – 2nd place.

Under 10 age group - Luka Breed – 2nd place.

Under 11 age group - Lakhanya Tisana – 1st place and Jack Goosen – 1st place.

Under 12 age group - Charlotte Gandiwa – 1st place, Lucy Molenaar – 2nd place, Jordan

April – 1st place and Matthew Hudson – 2nd place.

Team competition certificates for under 8’s were awarded to Isabella van Zitters, Lara

Benjamin, Izellah Corrigan and Juliet Molenaar.

Team competition certificates for under 11’s were awarded to Francis Wallis, Jamie

van Niekerk, Jack Goosen and Daniel Bristow. Well done to all participants!

A huge thank you to Anita Breed and Karin Corrigan who kindly train our younger

athletes on Friday afternoons as well as Tuesday and Thursday training sessions at

07h15 am, assisting our athletes with breathing techniques and running style. Thank

you also to Mr Aubin who trains our senior athletes.

Our next race takes place today at Slot van die Paarl.

SAVE THE DATE – CROSS COUNTRY AT WPS&C 7 JUNE 2019

For the first time ever, Wellington Preparatory School & College will host a Cross Country

meet on Friday 7 June from 15:30 until 17:30. Please diarise this event! We would really

appreciate parents and learners’ support to ensure this is a fun day. We want to encourage

everyone to participate – if not as a runner, then as a spectator. We are looking for spot

prize sponsors (for example, R50 Spur/Wimpy/Write Shoppe voucher, new toys, movie

tickets, etc) to hand out to learners on the day. We also need senior learners to volunteer

as marshals for the routes. Please get in touch with Heather if your child wants to marshal

or if you are able to sponsor a prize.

NEW SOCCER GOALS

Our new soccer goals have arrived

and will make goal scoring more of a

challenge for our soccer players

from Grade 6 upwards! Thank you

to those parents who participated in

Tania Ndlovu's Zumba and Philoxing

classes as the money raised from

these classes was used to pay for

the goal posts. Our players can't

wait to score their first goal in the

new posts.

SOCCER MATCH REPORTS

Monday 13 May

WPS vs Newton

U/9: Our U/9 players had an excellent match against Newton Primary. We controlled

possession for most of the game and we managed to win the match 2-0. The player of

the match was Quade.

U/11: Our U/11 team got off to a flying start by scoring within the first minute of the

game. Newton managed to score just before the end of the first half. The second half

was very competitive and unfortunately Newton was able to score again and win the

game 2-1. Player of the match was Francis.

U/13: Our U/13 team played against a well organised Newton team. They kept our

defence very busy and were able to score two very good goals. Newton won the game

2-0. Player of the match was Connor Wooding.

Wednesday 15 May

WPS vs Hillcrest

U/9: Our U/9 team played their final match of the season and all of the players had a

great game. The match was evenly contested with both teams playing very well. The

match ended in a draw with Scirocco receiving the player of the match award.

U/11: Our U/11 team had another tough match. Both teams defended excellently and

had very few opportunities to score. Our team won a penalty in the last few minutes of

the game and we were able to score and win the game 1-0. Player of the match was

Jack Goosen.

U/13: Our U/13 team put up a much better performance against Hillcrest. All of our

players did their best and we created many opportunities to score. WPS won the game

3-1. The players of the match were Liam Kenmuir and Jordan April.

NETBALL COURT UPDATE

Our contractors are working hard to complete the

new netball court and in the meantime our girls

are using the field to learn the required netball

skills. We can't wait to start playing on the new

court!

CHESS NEWS

Today, we are playing the last chess match of this term. There is one more match in

the Cape Winelands School League, which will take place in term 3. So far, we have

lost a match against Van Wyksvlei, drawn a match against Huguenot and won a

match against Hillcrest.

The Cupido girls (Caylah Gr 2 and Meghan Gr 4) are playing chess all weekend in the

Winelands Chess individual championship tournament in Mossel Bay. We wish

them the best of luck!

SUPPORTING HEART NPO'S BLANKET DRIVE

Our school has a strong sense of social responsibility and we believe that giving back

to the less fortunate is a vital part of who we are. We are proud to launch the WPS&C

blanket drive in aid of HEART NPO. Between now and the end of the term we will be

collecting new blankets. The blankets can be bought or handmade. If you prefer to

give a donation towards a blanket please send the money to school in an envelope,

clearly marked for this purpose, and we will purchase the blankets on your

behalf. Blankets and donations to be handed to class teachers. Let’s show those less

fortunate than ourselves just how big our school’s ❤� is!

SENSATIONAL SMELLS!

The Grade 4's were treated to a lovely

smelling demonstration on how to

make fizz bombs and bath milkshakes.

Leigh Burger came to our classroom on

Thursday 9 May and explained about

the ingredients and the process of

making these products. The learners

enjoyed learning about making bath

time treats and our classroom has

smelled like apple and soap ever since.

Thank you, Leigh!