RECKLESS DRIVING AROUND THE SCHOOL

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD CIVVIES

Brackenhurst Primary School

Newsletter 05/2017

10 February 2017

Dear Parents

Quote for the Week:

Please note that the Civvies Week will be held

from Monday 13 March – Friday 17 March. If

you have already paid the R100 whiteboard levy, they may participate in the upcoming civvies

week. Children will be eligible to wear civvies for any whiteboard levy money received on or

before Friday 10 March.

Grade 1 – 7 individual photographs will be taken

on Wednesday 15 February and Thursday 16

February 2017.

PLEASE NOTE: The correct school uniform MUST be worn on the day of the photographs,

(either correct summer uniform or correct winter

uniform) NO P E UNIFORM.

We will be having our

annual soap-box derby day on

Wednesday, 29 March 2017. All learners

have received an

information letter as well as a sponsor

form. If you are able to sponsor any prizes, however,

big or small, please contact Mrs Barkhuizen on (011) 900 1000.

We ONCE again urge parents to drive with

caution around the school. It seems that drivers are ignoring pedestrian crossings and not

stopping to allow the children to cross the road.

RULE OF THE ROAD: Pedestrians have the right of way when at a pedestrian crossing.

Drivers MUST stop and allow pedestrians to cross

the road safely.

SOAP BOX DERBY

INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHS

SCHOOL FEE EXEMPTIONS 2017

INTERSEN VALENTINE’S BALL

Applications for school fees exemptions for 2017

are now open. Should you wish to apply for an exemption for 2017, THE PARENT must please

collect and sign for an application form from the office.

NB: Applications will not be given to

learners or e-mailed.

Please submit applications to Mrs L Joubert

before the end of March 2017. Applications will close at the end of March

2017.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WITHOUT ALL THE

RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION, APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE

CONSIDERED. BOTH PARENT’S INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED

BEFORE AN APPLICATION CAN BE

PROCESSED OR CONSIDERED – REGARDLESS OF MARITAL STATUS.

PLEASE NOTE: Exemption applications

MUST be made on an annual basis and are not automatically carried over from the

previous year.

If you ticked the box requesting exemption

on the school fee agreement form – it does NOT automatically qualify you for an

exemption. You have to make application and provide the relevant documentation, as

stated above. Should you have any queries, please contact Mrs L Joubert on (011) 900 1000.

OPTION A (payable by 31/3/2017) –

R10 799,00 OPTION B: Monthly payment – R1 155,00 per

child

NEWSLETTER AND SCHOOL COMMUNICATOR Hard copies of the newsletter are being sent out

only to those parents who have sent a letter

requesting a hard copy. The newsletter will also be downloaded on the

children’s tablets.

PLEASE MAKE USE OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNICATOR

This software programme App will ensure reliable

and up to date communication with you, the parent/guardian. This is a very simple and easy

to use programme and can be installed on your home and/or work computer/s. This will allow us

to keep up to date on a daily basis as to what is happening at school. This will include the

newsletter, photos, sporting fixtures, contact

details, etc. The Communicator updates itself via your internet connection.

To download, you can make use of one of the

following options:

1. Download the software directly from the Website using the following URL www.schoolcommunicator.com/downloads

OR

2. Download the App D6 Communicator and follow the instructions.

SCHOOL FEES 2017: R12 705,00

3. The address is: http://mobi.d6communicator.com

Should you have any queries, please contact Mr Fabel or Mrs Bombardella on (011) 900 1000.

SCHOOL TIMES

Please note the following school times:

Grade 1-2: 07:45 – 13:30 every day Grade 3-7: 07:45 – 14:00 every day

SCHOOL TERMS 2017

Term 1: 11 January – 31 March Term 2: 18 April – 30 June

Term 3: 24 July – 29 September Term 4: 9 October – 6 December.

School/Public Holidays: 20 March – School Holiday

21 March – Human Rights Day 14 April – Good Friday

17 April – Family Day

27 April – Freedom Day 28 April – School Holiday

1 May – Workers’ Day 16 June – Youth Day

9 August – National Women’s Day 24 September – Heritage Day

25 September – Public Holiday

16 December – Day of Reconciliation 25 December – Christmas Day

26 December – Day of Goodwill

E-LEARNING LEVY

A Resolution was passed at the Annual General

Meeting in October and agreed to by parents

that an annual levy of R350,00 per child for E-Pubs (publications loaded onto the tablet), will

be paid by end December 2016. This levy is for Grades 4 – 7. If we do not receive this levy, we

will not be able to load the software onto your

child’s tablet and they will continue working from hard copy text books..

In addition a further Resolution was passed that

an annual levy of R200,00 per child for learners Grade 1 – 3 will be paid before end January

2017. This will cover the cost of the trolley

solution with tablets we have purchased for our

Foundation Phase learners.

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD LEVY

As we now have interactive whiteboards in all classrooms, a Resolution was passed at the

Annual General Meeting in October where a whiteboard levy of R100,00 per child per year

will be charged for the maintenance of

interactive whiteboards during the course of 2017.

Please send the money as soon as possible in a

clearly marked envelope “WHITEBOARD LEVY” and your child’s name and hand it in to

your child’s register teacher. PLEASE DO NOT

DO AN EFT FOR THE WHITEBOARD LEVY.

ACADEMIC

STUDY COURSE: Tina Cowley Study Centre

are offering a Study

Course in March. See details at the end of

the newsletter.

Extra Lessons: Extra lessons, Grade 4-7, will commence the first

week in February. Lessons will be from 14:00 –

14:40. Details as follows:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: IF YOU PAY THE R350,00 (INTERSEN PHASE) OR R200,00 (FOUNDATION PHASE) VIA EFT, REFERENCE TO BE USED IS YOUR CHILD’S NAME AND E-LEVY. DO NOT PAY THIS AMOUNT WITH YOUR SCHOOL FEES. IT MUST BE A SEPARATE PAYMENT. IF YOU PUT THE PAYMENT THROUGH WITH SCHOOL FEES IT WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO E-LEVY.

Afrikaans:

Grade 4: Thursdays: Mrs Esterhuyse C40/Ms Dare C44

Grade 5: Wednesdays: Mrs Botha C25/ Mrs Buitendag M2/ Mrs du Plessis C10

Grade 6: Wednesdays: Mrs van Wyk C37 Grade 7: Wednesdays: Mrs Viljoen/Mrs Roets M6

English:

Grade 4: Tuesdays: Mrs Downs C42 Grade 5: Tuesdays: Ms Budde C14

Grade 6: Thursdays: Mrs Steggink C23/

Mrs Bombardella C27 Grade 7: Thursdays: Ms Sharp C12/

Ms Pheiffer C38

Mathematics:

Grade 4: Wednesdays:Mrs d’Hotman: C46 Grade 5: Tuesdays: Mrs Grove/

Mrs Steenfeldt-Kristensen / Mrs Sharp: Media Centre

Grade 6: Tuesdays: Mrs Sing/ Mr Mostert C5

Grade 7: Tuesdays: Mrs Makunyane: MP

TERM 1: FORMAL ASSESSMENT TIMETABLE

Date Study

Requirements issued to

Learners

Date of

Cycle Test

Subject &

Grade

2017/02/16 2017/03/02 Eng: Gr 4 – 7

2017/02/17 2017/03/03 Afr.: Gr 4-7

2017/02/20 2017/03/06 Maths: Gr 4-7

2017/02/21 2017/03/07 NS & Tech: Gr 4-6

NS: Gr 7

2017/02/22 2017/03/08 History: Gr4-7

2017/02/23 2017/03/09 Geography:

Gr 4-7

2017/02/24 2017/03/10 Life Skills: Gr 4-6

LO Gr 7

2017/02/27 2017/03/13 EMS Gr 7

2017/02/28 2017/03/14 Tech. Gr 7

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

House Shirts:

Please contact Alice Lombard on 083 397 5705 for any orders/queries regarding House T-

Shirts.

PLEASE NOTE: Only the house T-shirt may be

worn on Fridays. NO OTHER SHIRTS WILL BE ALLOWED.

The cost of the shirts is as follows:

Children’s Shirts: R70,00

Adult’s Shirts: R 85,00 The division for the houses is according to the

month in which you were born:

MARS (Red): January, February, March April JUPITER (Yellow): May, June, July, August

VENUS (Blue): September, October, November,

December

PE UNIFORM: PE shirts, shorts, tracksuits, hats and

Brackenhurst Primary Sporting Kit are on sale at

the sports department. Where and When:

On sale at the Sports Department: Parents: Wednesday mornings 07:00-07:30

Learners: Monday-Friday at breaks.

PE Uniform – 2017 prices:

Golf Shirt: R 140,00 Shorts: R 120,00

Tracksuit: R 360,00 (Dependent on size)

Caps: R 50,00

Beanies: R 60,00 Round Hats: R 60,00

***Orders will be taken for tracksuits, they

will be delivered in approximately 3 weeks.

***Order forms for tracksuits and beanies

will be available on Monday at the sports office.

GRADE 3 ART CLASSES:

Thursdays from 14:15 – 15:00 in C6/C7,

commencing Thursday, 2 February 2017.

CHESS:

Chess practices are as follows:

Monday: Gr 3-7: (14:15-15:15) – Mrs Downs Tuesday: Gr 1-2: (13:45-14:30 – Ms Tamsen

Gr 3-7: (14:15-15:15) – Mr Bailie

Wednesday: Gr1-2 (14:15-15:00_ – Mrs Jawahar

Thursday: Gr3-7 (14:30-15:30) –

Mrs Robinson/Mrs Park Friday: Matches:

Home matches: Mrs Downs/Mrs Robinson/Mrs

Park Away matches: Ms Tamsen/Mrs Jawahar

Saturday: Tournaments: Mr Bailie

East Rand League: The league will commence on 5 May and will run

during the 2nd and 3rd Terms, ie. 5 May – 9 June.

Then from 4 August to 22 September.

Tournaments: We have the following dates for tournaments:

Martin Primary: 25 March (Confirmed)

Kenton Primary: 22 April (To be confirmed) Dinwiddie Primary: 13 May (To be confirmed)

Brackenhurst Primary: 26 August (Confirmed)

GOLF: Golf has not started yet.

Information will be given as soon

as we have confirmed details for the year. Golf is a privately run

sport and there will be a cost involved.

TENNIS:

FREE TENNIS is on Mondays. If you are

interested in learning to play please sign up at the tennis courts with Coach Rudolph on Monday

before your practice time:

Grade 1&2: 13:40 – 14:05

Grade 3&4: 14:30 – 15:00 Grade 5-7: 14:30 - 15:00

Please contact Rudolph on 0828987593

ZUMBA:

Brackenhurst offers an outside extra mural for

all girls and boys alike. ZUMBA is a fun and

energetic session. It is at your own cost.

ZUMBA will be running throughout the year. There are letters available from the Sports Office

for children who are interested.

Classes will be on Wednesdays per term (4 weeks):

Grade 1 and 2 from 13:30 – 14:15

Grade 3 – 7 from 14:15 – 15:00 Dates: 13 Feb; 20 Feb and 27 Feb.

TOUCH RUGBY:

** PLEASE NOTE TOUCH RUGBY VESTS ARE

ONLY AVAILABLE BY MEANS OF AN ORDER. WE DO NOT KEEP STOCK. PLEASE MAKE

SURE YOUR ORDERS ARE HANDED IN BY

LATEST 6 FEBRUARY.

Practice times are as follows:

u/14 Girls: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00 u/13 Girls: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00

u/12 Girls: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00

u/11 Girls: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00 u/10 Girls: Mon. & Wed. 14:00 – 15:30

u/9 Girls: Mon. & Wed. 14:00 – 15:30

u/14 Boys: Mon. & Wed. 14:30 – 15:30

U/13 Boys: Mon. & Wed. 14:30 – 15:30 u/12 Boys: Mon. & Tues. 14:30 – 16:00

u/11 Boys: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00 u/10 Boys: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16_00

u/9 Boys: Mon. & Wed. 14:00 – 15:30

Congratulations to the following players who

were selected for the teams:

Grade 3: Tayla Oosthuizen; Lindo’kuhle Mbenenge;

Kadimo Dhlomo; Hadassa Tshibangu; Kayla

Kendrick; Divine Hans Dieter; Megan Morgan; Tarryn Coetzee; Isha Sing; Omphile Modupe;

Phelokazi Mxhosa; Jaiveer Chinia; Jayden Pestana; Joshua Visser; Sechaba Makutu; Nyiko

Chauke; Thibi Moloi; Siyabulela Nxasana; Troy

Roe; Kallen Byrne; Mthokozisi Moloi; Enhle Khumalo.

Grade 4:

Gemma Allen; Thandolwethu Jordan; Kelly May; Damica Vieira; Andile Zothani; Sanele Ngcobo;

Lagueue Sandjon; Saron Bulela; Napogadi

Masha; Jordan Allen; Kananelo Malimabe; Shalyn Fisher; Taariq Khan; Siphosethu

Maswanganyi; Logan Boardman; Thabang Lesapo; Joshua Pretorius; Jarad Wilson; Tristan

Ners; Martin Noyce; Nathan Watt; Lwazi

Danster; Aiden Eloff; Onalenna Lemotlo; Neo Mosoeu; Melokuhle Shange; Ayanda Ngcobo;

Anele Mpanza.

Grade 5: Atlegang Ramasike; Loghan da Silva;

Keamogetse Kgaticwe; Keatlegile Pilane;

Genevieve Raam; Andiswa Mbatha; Khanyisile Mthombeni; Gugulethu Zwane; Rethabile

Maleke; Tamia Nelson; McKayla Kock;

Reabetswe Lekotoko; Ziphozakhe Metisa;

Thando Mabizela; Tshegofatso Modise; Lwazi Makhathini; Zaine Openshaw; David Mbayo;

Ethan Whitcher; Kodisang Radebe; Luke Cleton; Naledi Manamela; Mark van der Berg; Nathan

Visagie; Jason Gidion; Kalal Tshingey;

Monriqlon Thomas; James Paget; Caiden West.

Grade 6: Leah Bullick; Simphiwe Zulu; Mbali Bhengu;

Jayme-Lee Kendrick; Mikayla Losper; Rofhiwa Muambadzi; Trinity van der Merwe; Naledi

Mboweni; Owami Dladla; Ntokozo Khumalo;

Rebecca Martin; Jamie Petrova; Matilda Phiri; Erin Reed; Cristiano Tavares; Kgosi Thokoane;

Warona Choabi; Akhona Nkabinde; Allan Sebothoma; Sean-Paul Eloff; Oratile Moitsheki;

Livhuwani Rabothendele; Alec Woodland;

Brandon Sneyd; Andrew Jones; Diexy Inyongo; Tshepiso Tshabalala.

Grade 7:

Caneel Arthur; Tshegofatso Khatle; Asanda Ngobese; Vaneshree Naidoo; Phelokazi

Dubulekwele; Janisha Naidoo; Courtney Botha;

Kgothatso Khanye; Phathutshedzo Manyatshe; Matsheba Molejane; Ayana Sambo; Khanyisile

Ntuli; Nothile Madlala; Robyn Jones; Mbewukazi Ngqukuvana; Asanda Mpanza;

Monde Matlhaku; Nigel Nsofu; Astin Page;

Keabetswe Pilane; Parfait Bulela; Massinissa Ferka; Glen Masuka; Singabantu Mokgosinyana;

Siyabonga Nxumalo; Ryan Bailey; Cameron Barr; Ricardo de Oliveira; Matthew Jamison;

Mbongeni Radebe; Keatlegile Ledwaba;

Amogelang Makwetlane; Vuyo Masha; Lesedi Moloto; Kulani Siweya; Aiden Geyer;

Tshegofatso Makganyanga; Mikail Thulkanam.

ATHLETICS: Congratulations to all athletes who competed at

the Inter Schools. YOU WERE AMAZING.

The results are as follows:

Congratulations to the following athletes who

qualified for Alberton Champs which will be held on Monday, 13 February at Alberview Primary

School. We will be having training on a Tuesday and Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00 for those who have

qualified to go further in athletics.

.

NETBALL: Netball Training will only commence at the end

of FEBRUARY. Further details will be communicated in the newsletter.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE this year, due to the many

short terms and congestion of sports, we will be having trials straight away at the beginning of

the season for all sporting codes. We will have two sets/days of trials per age group. If your

child misses those trials a doctor’s note will be needed or they will not be able to participate in

that sport.

Brackenhurst Primary offers MANY MANY

sporting codes and cultural codes, so please feel free to come and try out for any, and if you are

not selected for one, there are many others to

try.

There will be development clinics throughout the year for all who want to increase their skills in

certain sporting disciplines.

Netball Clinic:

Netball clinics for all ages (Grades 1-7) will be running on the following dates:

4 March 2017 08:30 – 10:00

Feet and ball skills

11 March 2017 08:30 – 10:00 Positional play

18 March 2017 NO NETBALL LONG WEEKEND OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

25 March 2017 08:30-10:00

Positional Play/Prize giving

The purpose of these clinics is to create awareness for the sport, improve ball skills and

prepare the players for the netball season ahead of time. The cost of the Clinic is R300,00 per

pupil. No clinic will be rescheduled should

weather conditions interfere.

Fees – CASH ONLY – must be paid on registration at the first netball clinic. The return

slip MUST accompany the money. No monies

will be accepted without the return slip.

Please do not send the return slip or money to the school

SOCCER:

Soccer training will only begin at the end of March. Further details will be communicated in

the newsletter.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE this year, due to the many

short terms and congestion of sports, we will be having trials straight away at the beginning of

the season for all sporting codes. We will have two sets/days of trials per age group. If your

child misses those trials a doctor’s note will be needed or they will not be able to participate in

that sport.

Brackenhurst Primary offers MANY MANY

sporting codes and cultural codes, so please feel free to come and try out for any, and if you are

not selected for one, there are many others to

try.

There will be development clinics throughout the year for all who want to increase their skills in

certain sporting disciplines.

Soccer Clinics:

CKSA will be hosting soccer clinics for Brackenhurst Primary.

These clinics will take place on the school

premises.

These clinics will be hosted on the following

dates and times (Gr 1 – Gr 7):

18 Feb. 08:00 – 11:00: Positional play;

Game time and Ceremony

Visit our facebook page for updates on the clinic and more!

https://www.facebook/com/CKSAacademy/

Marimba Band practice (Grade 6-7):

Mondays 14:30 – 15:30 commencing 6 February.

Drumming Group (Grade 5-7) Tuesdays 14:30 – 15:30 starting in March.

Junior Choir (Grade 2-3):

Wednesdays after school commencing in March.

Voice tests will take place during class time and letters issued.

Senior Choir (Grade 4-7):

Thursdays 14:30 – 15:45 Auditions will take place after school in the

afternoons until Thursday 2 February.

Our Aims are: 1. To provide accessible, rewarding

opportunities for Brackenhurst Primary School learners to have formal music

training with qualified specialist music tutors.

2. To train learners to play a music

instrument effectively and with enjoyment.

Music Lessons:

1. Instruments offered in 2017:

Piano; keyboard; recorder (flute); guitar; cello; double bass; trumpet;

trombone; drum-kit.

2. It is necessary to have an instrument in

order to learn and practice. You are welcome to contact music stores and

obtain prices of new instruments. It is advisable to speak to Mrs Morrick before

purchasing or hiring a music instrument, as the correct size and make is

important. The school has guitars for

hire at R150/term with a R100 refundable deposit.

3. Students have one individual lesson per

week. There will be 9 practical lessons

per term.

4. Lessons are offered from Monday – Friday from 13:45 – 16:45.

5. Fees are:

R1125 per term per student

(grades 1-3) for 30 minutes per week. R1685 per term per student

(grades 4-9) and are payable one term in advance.

If you would like an enrolment form, please collect one from the

music room or email Mrs Morrick on irenem@brackenprim.co.za

MUSIC EXTRA MURALS

MUSIC ACADEMY

Term 1: SPCA:

Please send pet food, blankets and newspapers to Mrs Bombardella (C27).

Hidden Treasures: All second-hand clothes, toys, appliances,

blankets to Ms Pheiffer (C38).

Coins:

Coins collected this term will be donated to TLC Care Centre.

Bread Tags and Bottle Tops:

We are collecting bread tags and bottle tops for wheelchairs. These must be taken to Mrs

Wheeler’s class (LSEN).

We have already managed to donate 14 wheelchairs.

Easter Eggs:

Donations of Easter Eggs to be taken to Ms

Budde’s class (C14)

‘Help-U’ Advertiser:

The ‘Help-U’ advertiser is published once a

month at the end of the month. The cost of an ad is R50,00 per month. Adverts must be

business card size. If you want to advertise in the ‘Help-U’ Advertiser, please forward details

together with the money to Lynn Voordecker at the school office.

No pictures – just wording.

PARENTS’ CORNER

WHAT IS NOT BULLYING?

When talking about bullying, it is very important

for parents (and teachers and children) to understand WHAT IS NOT BULLYING. Many

times, a single act or behaviour is out of

proportion, but is not considered bullying.

Some people think that bullying is any aggressive behaviour and although such behaviours are a

source of concern and need attention, it is important to separate them from bullying.

Bullying is recurring and deliberate abuse

of power.

It is not easy for children to understand the difference between a delierate act and an

accidental one. Many grownups also talk about

things people do to them as if they were done intentionally to hurt them. Such perception is

very dangerous, because every minor act of conflict, done without any intention to harm, can

escalate and become a big conflict.

Much like in any communication, whether it is

verbal or not, there are two sides involved. Bullying is a form of communication and depends

not only on the giver but also on the receiver. For an incident to be considered bullying, the

aggressor must want to hurt someone and the

victim must perceive the incident as a deliberate act of abuse.

It is very important for the victim to know what

is not bullying to make sure that when things

seem hurtful, they will not fall immediately into the category of bullying, because the way to

overcome bullying is different from the way to overcome other hurtful acts.

NOT BULLYING LIST:

The incidents listed below are NOT considered

bullying:

1. Not liking someone – It is very natural that people do not like everyone around

them and, as unpleasant as it may be to

know someone does not like you, verbal and non-verbal messages of “I don’t like

you” are not acts of bullying.

2. Being excluded – Again, it is very natural for people to gather around a

group of friends and we cannot be

friends with everyone, so it is acceptable that when children have a party or play a

game at the playground, they will include

GENERAL

PARENT’S CORNER

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

their friends and exclude others. It is

very important to remind children they do the same thing sometimes too and,

although exclusion is unpleasant, it is not an act of bullying.

3. Accidentally bumping into someone – When people bump into others, the

reaction depends mostly on the bumped person’s mood. If they have had a bad

day, they think it was an act of aggressive behaviour, but if they are in a

good mood, they smile back and attract

an apology. This is also relevant for playing sport, like when children

throwing the ball at each other hits someone on the head, it is very

important for teachers and parents to

explain that some accidents happen ithout any bad intention and it is

important not to create a big conflict, because it was NOT an act of bullying.

4. Making other children play things a

certain way – Again, it is very natural

behaviour. Wanting things to be done our way is normal and is not an act of

bullying. To make sure children do not fall into considering it as an aggressive

or “bossy” behaviour, we need to teach

them assertiveness. If your children come home and complain that one of

their friends is very bossy and always wants things to be done their way, you

can show them that they want it too and

that their friend is miserable, because he/she is not flexible enough and will

suffer in life for insisting that things be done his/her way. Again, although it is

not fun or pleasant, this is NOT bullying.

5. A single act of telling a joke about

someone – Making fun of other people is not fun for them, but the difference

between having a sense of humour and making fun of someone is very fine. It is

important to teach children (and adults)

that things they say as jokes should also be amusing for the others. If not, they

should stop. Unless it happens over and over again and done deliberately to hurt

someone, telling jokes about people is NOT bullying.

6. Arguments – Arguments are just heated disagreements between two (or

more) people (or groups). It is natural

that people have different interests and

disagree on many things. Think about it, most of us have disagreements with

others. The argument itself is NOT a form of bullying, although some people

turn arguments into bullying, because

they want to win the argument so much. They use every means to get what they

want and find a weakness in the other person, abuse knowledge or trust they

have gainedd and use it against the other person. It is very important to

distinguish between nataural

disagreements and bullying during an argument.

7. Expression of unpleasant thoughts

or feelings regarding others – Again,

communication requires at least two players. Although it may be unpleasant

to hear what someone thinks about you, it is NOT a form of bullying but a very

natural thing. In every communication, there are disagreements and some form

of judgement about each other’s attitude

and behaviour. If someone says to you, “I think this was not a nice gesture” or

“You insulted me when you said this,” this is NOT bullying but an expression of

thoughts and feelings.

8. Isolated acts of harassment,

aggressive behaviour, intimidation or meanness – The definition of

bullying states that there is repetition in

the behaviour. Bullying is a conscious, repeated, hostile, aggressive behaviour

of an individual or a group abusing their position with the intention to harm

others or gain real or perceived power. Therefore, anything that happens once is

NOT an act of bullying. As a parent it

is important that you pay attention to what your children are telling

you and find out if things are hsppening more than once.

All the behaviours listed above are unpleasant and need to be addressed, but they are NOT to

be treated as bullying. Many times, labelling a singlt act of aggression can turn it into bullying

just by perceiving it that way.

Article from www.what-is-not-bullying And finally

TEACHER: What are you writing?

PUPIL: A letter to myself.

TEACHER: What does it say? PUPIL: I don’t know. I won’t get it until

tomorrow.

Mrs Johnson asked her class to write an essay

about what they would do if they had a million rand. Everyone except Jane began to write.

Jane twiddled her thumbs and looked out the window.

When Mrs Johnson collected the papers, Jane’s sheet was blank. “Jane,” said Mrs Johnson,

“everyone has written two pages or more, but

you’ve done nothing. Why is that?” “Nothing is what I’d do,” replied Jane, “if I had a

million rand.”

Regards

ANNE BURGER

Tina Cowley Reading Centre Gina du Plessis : Franchisee

8 Hennie Alberts Street Brackenhurst 1448

™ Cell: 083 381 1113 tcbrackenhurst@gmail.com www.tinacowley.co.za

STUDY COURSE

Friday 3 March (14:00 – 17:00)

Saturday 4 March (9:00 – 12:00 & 14:00 – 17:00)

The study course is for learners from grade 4 up, and teaches children how to study effectively. We work

on learning through association, how to remember what we have learnt, how to plan ahead, and how to

answer a question paper.

A brain profile questionnaire is completed by each learner before the commencement of the course. Each

learner’s brain profile is then taken into account during the course in order to suit their unique

preferences. The cost of the course is R1000.00, which includes the brain profile, a baroque CD, a file

with all study material and a surprise for each learner to assist them with their newly acquired skills. The

course consists of 3 3hour sessions (normally a Friday from 2 to 5, and a Saturday from 9 to 12 and again

from 2 to 5).

An appointment must be made – at least a week before the course - in order to complete the brain profile

questionnaire. A deposit of R400 is required to confirm the brain profile appointment and the study

course booking.

The learners learn very useful and practical techniques during the course and they walk out of the course

motivated and ready to study.

Die studiekursus word in Afrikaans ook aangebied!!

Regards

Gina

Tina Cowley Brackenhurst

083 381 1113