ORION PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS September 2017

Dear Parents

We’ve had an action packed 3rd Term, with Interhouse Athletics, Heritage Day Celebrations, a visit

from the Snake People, the Spring Art Competition and a talk from the Infinity Tribe Crew on Anti-

bullying. In the background our new school building has started to take shape. We’re set for an

exciting Term 4 as we get ready to pack up and move into the new premises.

We could hardly say that Spring arrived – as we were thrown head first into summer weather. Please

remember to send your children to school with all the necessities to cope with the heat and sun: hats,

water bottles and sun screen.

Could I remind learners to please hand in cell phones during school hours. We can’t take responsibility for

phones being lost.

Please note the change in the annual calendar: Start date for Term 4 is Tuesday 10 October for the students.

Staff will be back on Monday 9th October for training. An SMS will be sent to parents as a reminder.

Next term we have final year exams for the Intermediate Phase. These will start early in November, so there’s

not much time to get that revision done! The exam schedule will be published early in Term 4. Parent’s,

please take note of the timetable and encourage your children to get revising early on. Setting up a

REVISION TIMETABLE is a great way to help them get organised in advance.

Staff news:

Carlie Grobler, our Grade R teacher, will be changing roles within the school and moving to become the IP

Skills teacher in Term 4. She will be taking her vast experience working with learners with barriers into this new

role and we look forward to the exciting changes that she will bring to this class. Thank you to Tricia

Sanssoucie for filling the gap in this class during Term 3.

The Grade R post has been filled for Term 4, with a wonderful, enthusiastic young lady, Jennifer Botha. We

look forward to welcoming Jennifer to our Orion Family. Carlie will be on hand to help Jennifer settle in to

this new role.

Our Orion family is growing, as two of our teachers are due to welcome their babies into the world late in

Term 4. Liza-Marie Harris will be taking maternity leave from the end of October. Her Grade 1 post will be

covered by a very experience remedial teacher, Kathleen Taylor who will be with us until Liza-Marie returns

in March 2018.

Jodi Hallam, The Grade 4 teacher, will also be on maternity leave for the first term of 2018. We will let you

know who her replacement will be in due course.

On a sad note, Storm van der Walt, one of our highly valued Educational Psychologists, has been offered a

fantastic opportunity to move into a private practice closer to home. She is very sad to leave Orion, as we

are to lose her. I’d like to thank her for agreeing to stay on for the duration of 2017, in order to ensure that

an effective and supportive handover takes place of her current caseload.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL…

To the stars………….

In case of an emergency and the office

needs to get hold of parents, please call

Shelley or Janette on 011-795 1776 to

update your details on our database

MERIT AWARDS

FOUNDATION PHASE

10 MERITS ACHIEVED

Jeandre Gr 2, Ethan FPPV, Michael Gr 2,

James Gr 3, Tumiso Gr 2, Roxanne Gr 1,

Mosa Gr 1, Morgan Gr 1

25 MERITS ACHIEVED

Sechaba Gr 1

INTERMEDIATE PHASE

10 MERITS ACHIEVED

Philani Gr 6, Justin Gr 6, Simone Gr 6, Thato Gr 6,

Alex Gr 4, Qhawe IPS, Hanre IPS, Seni IPPV,

Mohau IPS, Gustave IPS, Joshua IPPV

15 MERITS ACHIEVED

Sade Gr6, Jade Gr 6, Daariya Gr 6, Gerhard Gr

4, Libi Gr 5, Thabang Gr 6, Lerato Gr 6, Kiana Gr

5

20 MERITS ACHIEVED

Zavio Gr 5

UPCOMING EVENTS & DIARY DATES

Tuesday 10 Oct 2017:

Monday 30 Oct 2017:

Monday 13 Nov 2017:

Tuesday 21 Nov 2017:

Friday 24 Nov 2017:

Wednesday 29 Nov 2017:

Thursday 30 Nov 2017:

Wednesday 6 Dec 2017

Term 4 starts for learners

Class and group photos

Please come to school looking neat and tidy

IP Exams begin

Learners are allowed to go home straight after the exams at 12pm to

continue with their revision.

IP Exams finish

Carols Evening - bring a picnic and come join us under the stars

Grade 6 Farewell

Primary School Prize Giving at Weltevreden Church Hall

The academic programme for the year will end on the 30th Nov 2017.

Orion closes for 2017

Our Teachers and Therapists are looking out for learners who

demonstrate our September values of TRUTHFULNESS & HONESTY

AS WELL AS the previous values of RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP &

ACCEPTANCE, HARDWORK, PATIENCE, COMPASSION & KINDNESS.

If spotted, the learners’ name(s) goes into our VALUES BOX and a lucky winner is

chosen each week in Assembly. You’ve gotta be in it to win it!

Value Certificates were issued to these learners. Well done!

August: Mosa Komane Grade 1 for PATIENCE

Hanre Loubser IP Skills for HARD WORK

Mosa Komane Grade 1 for HARD WORK

Jessica Pretorius Grade 4 for HARD WORK

September: Mohau Mokoena IP Skills for COMPASSION & FRIENDSHIP

Michael Geoghegan Grade 2 for KINDNESS

Pumezo Ngixshe Grade 3 for FRIENDSHIP

OUR NEW SCHOOL!!.

Pictures will be posted on a regular basis for the rest of the year giving you a sneak peek

as to the progress of the

construction work.

Gr R – Lily-Belle Botha

Gr 1 – Caden Wagener

Gr 2 – Michael Geoghegan

Gr 3 – Mpumi Mhlanga

FPPV – Tlhase Pitikoe

FP Skills – Liyana Mzoneli

Gr 4 – Gerhardus Kachelhoffer

Gr 5 – Zavio do Tanque

Aidan Eagar

Gr 6 – Sade Dixey

IPPV – Thabo Moyo

IP Skills – Qhawe Biyase

On the 22 September we celebrated HERITAGE DAY!

Thanks to the Grade 6’s and their parents for running the braai and providing the school

with food on the day. All proceeds will go to the Grade 6 farewell on the 29th November

2017.

WELL DONE TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS. WE ARE

VERY PROUD OF YOU. A big THANK YOU to all staff involved for their hard work

and dedication in enabling Orion learners to participate.

12 to 15 September 2017

INTERHOUSE ATHLETICS

Congratulations to GLADIATORS for winning the

Interhouse Athletics and to TITANS for winning the Spirit

Award. It was a fabulous day enjoyed by all

A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS……….

Grade R Carlie Grobler

Our term so far has had some fun times.

We participated in the inter house athletics. The

children were rewarded with their medals.

Our themes have been moving towards nature. We

covered rivers and the little creatures that live there, the

sea, reptiles and spring.

During our reptile theme we read the story of the Greedy Python and then acted it out with the

children being swallowed by a huge duvet (python!). Plenty of giggles.

Grade 1 Liza-Marie Harris

Athletics Day fun!

The class took part in RACA, and

won on a Diamond Certificate

for our IsiZulu small group

performance! Thank you to our

IsiZulu Teacher, Sibhekile for her

hard work and dedication.

We had a sad moment when we

said goodbye to a class friend.

Lesedi, we will miss you in the class

and we wish you all the best at

your new school.

Grade 2 Lesley Wilson

After a great holiday, the grade 2’s returned to school excited

to learn about TRANSPORT and ROAD SAFETY. Look at the

fabulous road traffic signs they made. Well done Gr 2’s. See

them also proudly showing off their SPRING HATS.

Now you see them

Now you don’t

OUR STUNNING NEW DISPLAY BOARD

Grade3 Sylvia Murray

The Grade 3’s were each given an animal to research and

present to the class. They had to have 8 interesting or new

facts about their animal with a picture to show the class.

Look at some of the animals we learnt new facts about.

It was our turn to do something for Assembly this term. They

told the school what it means to be kind. Well done Grade

3’s.

Foundation Phase Pre-Vocational Class (F.P.P.V.) Priscille Blake

These past couple of weeks have flown by. We have had such fun in class

learning about 3D shapes. The children started on paper by drawing in 2D, then

cutting them out to make different 3D shapes like a cube and a hexagon. We

then went one step further and made 3D shapes using jelly tots and tooth

picks, what a lovely, tasty mouth-watering activity this turned out

to be.

My learners also did a speech on "What I want to be when I grow up". It is

very interesting to hear what their different dreams and ambitions are for the

future. We had a pilot, a chef, an artist, a scientist, a paediatrician, a singer

and even a teacher. The children enjoyed dressing up and were very

confident talking in front of the class. Thank you Gina for the delicious Bovril

muffins you made for the whole class to taste, all the children will agree with

me when I say they were scrumptious.

Foundation Phase Skills (F.P. Skills) Tricia Sanssoucie

The class had huge fun icing cupcakes. They took them home to share with Mum and Dad. They also fabric painted a

cartoon character which was then framed. Well done to all of them!

Intermediate Phase Skills (I.P. Skills.) Tricia Sanssoucie

Some of the beautiful items these talented children have made during the term. Well Done. In keeping with our 2nd

theme the learners created a Solar System mobile. They also fabric painted pictures which were then made into bags

for the girls and picture frames for the boys. Good work IP Skills.

The Solar System mobile A book bag Water project

Intermediate Phase Pre-Vocational Class (I.P.P.V.) Sandy-Lee Wouda

We plunged into measurement, and learned about

digital time and capacity which resulted in the children

doing their own baking using the knowledge that they

gained during class. In History we held our own voting

session since we were learning about ballot papers. The

learners were asked to go home and read up

about Nelson Mandela’s life and why he is

such an asset to South Africa. The children

presented wonderful prepared speeches

on their rain forest projects and we

topped things off by winning a PLATINUM

certificate at RACA

Grade 4 Jodi Hallam

Nina De Louwere took part in a Show

Jumping competition and did very

well. She received Two 1st places, One

2nd place and One 3rd place. WOW fantastic. I

am SUPER proud of you Nina. You

did so well. Congratulations!

The Grade 4’s did a 3D Art project this term. They

had to choose between a Bird, Fish or Tortoise and

make a 3D model of it. They did a great job and

had lots of fun too!

Grade 5 Nicky Oswald

Grade 6 Ivan Hague

The end of term again and the Grade Sixes are looking forward to the holidays. We have

been exploring what we can do with Information Technology this term and have some

ideas to follow up on with our Maths programmes and using computers for English. In the

academic field we now have a good foundation for next term and the end the year. Enjoy

the holidays!

Spring day fun in Grade

5

SOME OF THE FABULOUS ART WORK

DONE BY THE ART CLUB.

School Prayer

Help me, Lord, to learn at school,

To listen well, not play the fool.

To read and spel land learn to write,

To do my maths with all my might.

Although the work is sometimes tough,

I’ll do my best, its good enough.

Please help me try, and try some more

Until I know more than before.

To play with others and to be kind,

To show I care and friends to find.

Please help me, Lord, with all these things

To learn from what the school day brings.

AMEN

EMPTY LASER CARTRIDGES

Bring these to the Orion office for recycling. A green bin is in

reception. The school will receive money for them.

Cartridges that can be recycled: Brother, Canon,

HP, Kyocera, Ricoh, Lexmark, Samsung and OKI

Thought for THE MONTH

September has been HONESTY & TRUTHFULNESS month. We encourage our learners to think about

HONESTY & TRUTHFULNESS in everything that they do and in every interaction they have at school and

at home.

What does the dictionary say?

o the quality of

being honest.

o fairness and

straightforwardnes

s of conduct

o the fact of being true; truth.

o the fact of being realistic or true

to life; realism.

Have a wonderful holiday!

Barbra Robinson and Primary School Staff

Linda hage Educational Psychologist B Ed (FET) (cum laude); BA (hons) Psychology (cum laude); M Ed Educational Psychology (UJ) HPCSA no.: 0130591-Practice no.: 0618179 Cell: 0723818035-Email: hagelinda89@gmail.com

Fatima Sadien

Speech & Language Therapist Tel: 0824804490 Email: fatima_sdn@yahoo.com Practice No.: 0647896

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