CONDOLENCES

GRADE 8 ENROLMENTS 2018

DAMAGING PROPERTY

NEW OFFICE HOURS

Brackenhurst Primary School

Newsletter 13/2017

5 May 2017

Dear Parents

Quote for the Week:

Our sincere condolences to Mrs Lynda Sharp, Ms

Kerry-Anne Sharp and Ms Kirsty-Lee Sharp on

the passing of their husband and father, Russel.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this difficult time.

Please note that as from Monday, 24 April 2017 the office will be open from 07:30 – 16:00,

Monday to Thursday and Friday, 07:30 – 14:30.

As from 2 May 2017, the hours for enrolments

will be: 07:30 – 14:30, Monday to Friday.

Payments via the card machine can be made

between 08:00 and 14:00.

Online enrolments for Grade 1, 2018 opened on 2 May 2017 from 08:00. Please make every effort

to complete this process as soon as possible.

Current parents who are wanting to enrol a child

for Grade 1 in 2018 – please apply early, as once we have reached our capacity we will not be able

to accept your child, irrespective of whether you are current family or not.

Parents of children who are currently in Grade 7 are encouraged to do the online registration and

admission on the GDE website for their child. Our

local high schools are severely constrained for space thus it is advisable to apply as early as

possible.

If any of our parents need assistance with their

online application for high school please pop in to our front office where Leigh Anne will gladly assist

you.

Please see letter at the end of this newsletter from the Chairperson of the Governing Body, with

regards to damaging of neighbours property.

GRADE 1 ENROLMENTS 2018

BRACKENHURST PRIMARY – WINTER SCARF

MERIT ASSEMBLY – 10 MAY 2017

MY SCHOOL COMPETITION

Our next Merit Assembly will be held on

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 at 08:00. Invitations have been sent out to learners, Grade

4-6, who achieved an average of 80% and above and learners, Grade 7 who achieved an average

of 75% and above.

Parents are please to pay their R120,00 to their

register teacher by the 5 May 2017. We

encourage all Grade 7’s to attend this educational outing.

Please note that it is now compulsory for all learners to wear the correct winter uniform.

Details of the winter uniform can be found on

our website: www.brackenprim.co.za

Please note that children may not wear house

shirts until September when the weather warms up.

Details of the new Brackenhurst Primary School

scarf, together with an Order Form can be found at the end of this newsletter.

PLEASE NOTE: When ordering, payment MUST

be accompanied by a completed order form.

If doing an EFT payment, please use your child’s name and class as a beneficiary reference, eg.

Jan Smith 2D.

MY SCHOOL are running a competition where

you can win a family holiday to Dubai.

Details at the end of this newsletter.

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.

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.

GRADE 7 – PRISON OUTING

WINTER SCHOOL UNIFORM

HOUSE SHIRT FRIDAYS

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

Exam Time Table:

Below is the Term 2 Exam Timetable:

Session Date Grade Subject

Long Reg 1 June 7 EMS

Long Reg 2 June 7 Tech.

1 5 June 4,5,6,7 English

2 5 June 4,5,6 NS & Tech

2 5 June 7 NS

1 6 June 4,5,6,7 Maths

2 6 June 4,5,6 Life Skills

2 6 June 7 LO

1 7 June 4,5,6,7 Afr.

2 7 June 4,5,6,7 Geog.

1 8 June 4,5,6,7 History

2 8 June 4,5,6,7 Maths.Eng.

Rev.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SCHOOL WILL CLOSE

AT 13:00 FROM MONDAY 5 JUNE – FRIDAY 9 JUNE DURING EXAM WEEK.

STUDY COURSE: Attached to this newsletter are details of a Study

Course being offered by Tina Cowley.

Extra Lessons:

Extra lessons, Grade 4-7. Lessons will be from 14:00 – 14:40.

Details as follows:

Afrikaans: Grade 4: Thursdays:

Mrs Esterhuyse C40/Ms Dare C44

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

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.

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

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

Tracksuits:

Tracksuits available from the sports office R360-R380. Limited stock left.

CHESS: The chess team

had a good showing at the 1st

of the EGJC Provincial Chess

Trials which was

held in Brakpan on the 22nd April 2017.

The results were as follows:

Section B (u14 and u16) had 102 entrants: Aydin Steffen came 34th

Jonathan Tobler came 40th

Ndumiso Ngema came 85th

Section C (u10 and u12) had 108 entrants: Kwezi Zwane came 2nd winning all 5 of his

games. He lost out on 1st place because his

rating was slightly less than the player who came first.

Ethan Lake came 6th Nimai Singh came 7th

Shea Bailie came 20th

Kemrin Reddy cam 50th Jared Deans came 56th. This is a great showing

given that he is one of the youngest players in the Section.

Matthew Olivier came 90th. Matthew is new to the school and only started this term.

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 (14:15-15:15) –

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 commenced 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)

Grade 1 and 2 Art Club:

Art Club for Grade 1 and 2 learners has commenced. Art Club will be on a Thursday, in

Mrs Fabel’s class, G14 from 14:00 – 15:00. Learners to bring their own stationery.

GOLF: We will be running golf on Mondays for

the remainder of the term. Start date: 8 May. End date: 26 June

No golf on 5 June – due to exams.

If you wish to participate in golf this term, please

pay R350 into the following account and send proof of payment. Full payment must be made

prior to the season. NO payments are accepted through the school any more. For further info

please contact Jannie de Beer on 083 750 1438.

Golf is an outside extra mural.

Banking details: L E de Bruyn; NEDBANK

Account No.: 1102862118; Code: 198765

Grade 1 & 2: Depart 13:30.

Return 15:00 Grade 3-7: Depart 14:00

Return 15:30

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:

Classes will commence early in May. Check the

newsletter for further information.

NETBALL:

Netball practice times: u/7: Mon & Wed. 13:30 – 14:30

u/8: Mon & Wed. 13:30 – 14:30 u/9: Tues & Wed. 14:00 – 15:30

u/10: Tues & Wed. 14:30 – 15:30

u/11: Mon & Wed. 14:30 – 16:00 u/12: Mon & Wed. 14:30 – 15:30

u/13: Mon & Wed. 14:30 – 16:00

** If your child does not attend practices they

will be dropped from the team, unless they have a letter from their parent or a doctor’s note.

Netball Fixtures:

4 May: BYE

9 May: Alberton Primary

11 May: Covenant College 16 May: Waterstone

17 May: Glenview 18 May: Alberview

Fixture lists have been issued to all players. PLEASE NOTE – u/7-u/9 games are friendly

matches and scores will not be kept. Please support your child accordingly in the spirit of

sportmanship. Your assistance is greatly

appreciated.

SOCCER: Practise times:

u/7: Tues. & Thurs. 13:30 – 14:30 u/8: Mon. & Wed. 13:30 – 14:30

u/9: Tues. & Thurs. 14:15 – 15:45

u/10: Mon. 14:00 – 15:00 u/10: Tues. 14:30 – 15:30

u/11: Mon. & Tues. 14:30 – 15:30 u/12: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00

u/13: Tues. &Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00

u/14:` Thurs. 14:30 – 16:00 u/14: Fri. 14:00 – 16:00

Fixture lists have been issued to all players.

PLEASE NOTE; u/7 – u/8 games are friendly matches and scores will not be kept. Please

support your child according to the spirit of

sportsportmanship. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Grade 1 and 2 soccer games will

only begin much later. Separate letters will be

issued advising you of these details.

Tournament Dates:

6 May: CANCELLED U/14 soccer

6 May: Glenview Primary:

u/13 Netball & Soccer: Competitive tournament

13 May: Kenton Primary: u/9 Netball & Soccer: NON Competitive

20 May: Brackenhurst Primary: u/10 Netball & Soccer: NON Competitive

27 May: Alberton Primary:

u/11 Netball & Soccer: Competitive tournament

10 June: Alberview Primary:

Grade 1 & 2 Netball & Soccer: NON competitive

**Please note the change of dates

Any outside extra curricular awards achieved will be considered for colours through our colours

honours committee. Please note we need an

official letter stating the achievement or a certificate to be handed in to the sports office. If

we do not receive these, we will not be able to consider your child’s achievements for honours.

The 13 November is the FINAL CUT OFF for all outside extra mural information.

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: 14:00 – 15:00

Senior Choir (Grade 4-7):

Thursdays 14:30 – 15:45

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, 3. as the correct size and make is

important. The school has guitars for hire at R150/term with a R100

refundable deposit.

4. Students have one individual lesson per

week. There will be 9 practical lessons per term.

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

6. 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

Term 2: 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).

MUSIC EXTRA MURALS

MUSIC ACADEMY

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

HONOURS

Coins:

Coins collected this term will be donated to Council for the Blind.

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.

‘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. The April “Help-U” Advertiser

is attached to this newsletter. No pictures – just wording.

And finally

Regards

ANNE BURGER

GENERAL

PARENT’S CORNER

April 2017

HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE:

Speeches Babies to Gr R

Assignments

Homework

For more information contact

SCHOOL MADE EASY STUDY CENTRE Making your child’s schooling easier in every way. Offering: School Readiness Assessments Gr 1-12: Small groups; Homework supervision; Extra lessons; Internet facility; Exam Workshops; Special study sessions; English Language Classes. Adult Literacy Classes. Brackendowns area. Transport available. Contact Nicky (B.Ed.): 084 289 7799

Help-U Advertiser

EDU START – Nursery School

Babies to Gr R

After Care Centre – Gr1 to Gr 7 AFFORDABLE QUALITY CARE 22 McBride, Cnr. AG Visser, Brackenhurst E-Mail: edustart@telkomsa.net Contact: (011) 867 2080/7590 MARIA: 072 084 8528

26 April 2017

Dear Parents, We have received a complaint from Mr John Ferri of 22 Camellia Street, about parents parking in his driveway and/or damaging the concrete balls outside his property. We would therefore like to appeal to parents not to park in the driveways of the surrounding houses and/or to refrain from damaging property. Your assistance is as always much appreciated. Kind Regards C A Bailie SGB Chairperson

BRACKENHURST PRIMARY SCHOOL’S

NEW WINTER SCARF I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has already placed orders for the new Bracken scarf. Your support is truly appreciated. We are thrilled at the response and eagerly anticipate more orders in the coming (chilly) months.

Procedure for Ordering Please note that Bracken is not the only school that we supply so it is vitally important that ALL of the necessary information is included in your orders. Orders can be sent via sms to 082 774 7173 with the following information included: 1. Name of school

2. Name and surname of child

3. Child’s class

4. EFT payment date Example: Bracken Joe Bloggs 5R EFT 8 May Please ensure that the reference on your EFT payment shows your child’s full name and surname to enable us to match the orders with the payments. For any queries, please feel free to send me a message on the above cell number or you can email me on knittingknott@gmail.com. BANK DETAILS: CR Woodland FNB – Bracken City – 252242

Account #: 5044 011 4812 Cost: R100,00 per scarf

WINTER SCARF ORDER FORM PARENT’S NAME: ___________________________________ 1. LEARNER’S NAME: ____________________________________ GRADE AND CLASS: _______ 2. LEARNER’S NAME:_____________________________________ GRADE AND CLASS: ________ 3. LEARNER’S NAME: _____________________________________ GRADE AND CLASS: _________ TOTAL NUMBER OF SCARVES ORDERED: ___________ AT R100 EACH AMOUNT PAID: __________________ (PLEASE ATTACH EFT PROOF) Payments can be made via EFT into the following account: CR Woodland FNB – Bracken City (252242) Acc nr: 50440114812 NB!! PLEASE USE YOUR CHILD’S FULL NAME AS THE REFERENCE

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

Session 1 – Friday 12 May (14:00 – 17:00)

Session 2 - Saturday 13 May (9:00 – 12:00)

Session 3 - Saturday 13 May (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 give tips

on 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 MindPower CD, all

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

course consists of 3 3hour sessions, which all need to be attended. Parents are welcome to sit in on the

sessions, especially session 2 where we learn how to make summaries. (Please let me know if you are

planning to sit in.)

I will make an appointment with you and your child – at least a week before the course - in order to

complete the brain profile questionnaire. A deposit of R400 is required to confirm the study course

booking and the brain profile appointment. The balance of the course to be paid on the day the course

starts.

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