SOCIAL MEDIA TALK

CONGRATULATIONS

Brackenhurst Primary School

Newsletter 26/2017

1 September 2017

Dear Parents

Quote for the Week:

We have arranged for Dr Lizzie Harrison (a

colleague of Emma Sadlier) to give a talk to our learners and parents on Social Media.

Dr Harrison has been working with Emma Sadlier for almost two years. She is a qualified medical

doctor, with a BA in Neuroscience, who graduated from Cambridge University in the UK

in 2010 and practiced in England as a doctor for

2 years. Lizzie has written numerous articles on

the topic of children and Social Media, and Emma

and Lizzie are in the process of writing a book

addressing the issues surrounding privacy. Lizzie has been involved with Emma in numerous social

media legal cases and has assisted in the drafting of submissions to effect changes in the

laws surrounding social media in South Africa.

Some of the topics that will be covered are:

Cyberbullying and harassment

Sexting and pornography offences

The disciplinary consequences of abusing

social media at school Personal reputation management

Online safety

Details of the talk are as follows: Date: 6 September 2017

Time: 08:45 – 09:45 – Grades 4 and 5

10:45 – 11:45 – Grades 6 and 7 19:00 – 20:00 - Parents

Cost: Learners, Grade 4 – 7, R5,00 per learner Parents R20,00 each.

ALL PARENTS GRADE 1-7

WELCOME. MONEY TO BE PAID TO YOUR CHILD’S

REGISTER TEACHER.

****WE URGE PARENTS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND THIS TALK.

Learners may start wearing their house shirts

from Friday, 8 September 2017.

However, learners who have brought items for the “Care Packs” may wear civvies on this day.

Carepack Civvies:

Please bring one of the following items on 8

September in order to wear civvies:

HOUSE SHIRT FRIDAYS

BRACKENHURST PRIMARY – WINTER SCARF

OFFICE HOURS

COBRAS SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB

Grade 1: Hand towel or soap

Grade 2: Hand towel or toothpaste Grade 3: Hand towel or deodorant

Grade 4: Hand towel or deodorant Grade 5: Hand towel or toothbrush

Grade 6: Hand towel or facecloth

Grade 7: Hand towel or bath sponge

Learners may now start wearing their summer

school uniform.

The winter school uniform will still be allowed until the end of this term.

Please note that the correct summer/winter uniform MUST be worn.

AFFILIATED TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN SHOTOKAN KARATE

ACADEMY & THE WORLD UNITED KARATE FEDERATION

Karate Instructor Sensie Laurent Gaston

Bellegarde – currently qualified 6th Dan and registered with the SHOTOKAN

INTERNATIONAL SHOTOKAN RYU KARATE

ORGANISATION will be giving classes at Brackenhurst Primary School to teach students

the art of Karate.

Sensei Laurent has witnessed in the past 21 years of teaching Karate, the following positive

results in the students training the art of Karate.

Improved balance and co-ordination, self

discipline, self motivated, increase in achievements, self confidence, respect toward

others, assertiveness and career orientated.

Details of the classes:

Venue: Brackenhurst Primary School Hall Training Days: Monday – Grade 1-4:

15:00 – 16:00 Wednesday – Grade 5-7:

15:00 – 16:00

Duration: 1 hour per week Fees: R300,00 per month

For further information contact Sensei Laurent on

082 494 2704 Email: brackencobras @absamail.co.za

Website: www.albertonkarate.co.za

We do offer a babysitting service for parents

wanting to attend the talk but have no where to leave their children.

The office is open from 07:30 – 16:00, Monday

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

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.

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.

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

SUMMER SCHOOL UNIFORM

SCHOOL TERMS - 2018

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

1st Term 17 January – 28 March

2nd Term 10 April – 22 June

3rd Term 17 July – 28 September 4th Term 9 October – 12 December

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: 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

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

Grade 6: Wednesdays: Mrs van Wyk C37

Grade 7: Wednesdays: Mrs Viljoen/Mrs Roets M6

English: Grade 4: Tuesdays: Mrs Downs C42

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 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

CYCLE TEST TIMETABLE:

DATE SUBJECT

5 September Life skills (Gr 4 – 6)

Life Orientation (Gr 7)

8 September EMS

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

House Shirts: Please contact Alice Lombard on 083 397

5705 for any orders/queries regarding House T-Shirts.

HOUSE SHIRTS MAY ONLY BE WORN

AGAIN, ON FRIDAYS, FROM SEPTEMBER

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/TRACKSUITS:

SEE ADVERT AT THE END OF THIS NEWSLETTER.

CHESS: Chess practice:

Monday: 14:15-15:00 in G29

(Gr 3-7; Mrs Downs)

Tuesday: Gr 1-2; 13:45-14:30 – Ms Tamsen

Gr 3-7; 14:30-15:30 – Mr Bailie

Wednesday: Gr1-2; 14:15-15:00 – Mrs Jawahar Thursday: Gr3-7: 14:15-15:00 –

Mrs Robinson/Ms Park

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.

Chess tournament:

We hosted a Chess Tournament at Brackenhurst Primary School, this Saturday, 24 August 2017.

Below are the results of a very successful day:

We had 167 entrants in total representing 8

schools. There were 3 divisions (Junior, Intermediate, Senior) each playing 5 rounds.

It was an individual tournament (Swiss tournament) with a team element and the results

are as follows:

Junior Division (30 entrants):

Individual Section: 1st Tristen Dessington (Martin Primary)

2nd Ethan Killian (Martin Primary)

3rd Michael Liebenberg (Martin Primary)

6th Sihle Buthelezi (Brackenhurst

Primary)

14th Reese Steffen (Brackenhurst

Primary) 15th Joshua Wilson (Brackenhurst

Primary)

19th Tishanya Chetty (Brackenhurst

Primary)

28th Sedakiah Naicker (Brackenhurst

Primary)

Team Section: * 1st Martin Primary with 21 points

* 2nd Laerskool Randhart with 18 points * 3rd Brackenhurst Primary with 11.5 points

Intermediate Division (61 entrants): Individual Section:

* 1st Michael Simpson (Martin Primary) * 2nd Lunathi Lusi (Kenton Primary)

* 3rd Nga Singoni (Kenton Primary)

* 4th Ethan Lake (Brackenhurst Primary) * 8th Shea Bailie (8th)

* 18th Dylan Carter (Brackenhurst Primary) * 21st Arushka Satram Brackenhurst

Primary) * 22nd Jarred Wilson (Brackenhurst

Primary)

* 27th Madison Wagenaar (Brackenhurst

Primary) * 28th Jarred Deans (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 31st Musa Zwane (Brackenhurst Primary) * 35th Ty Arthur (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 54th Abigail Penny (Brackenhurst

Primary)

Team Section: 1st Martin Primary with 27 points

2nd Brackenhurst Primary with 25.5

points

3rd Kenton Primary with 25 points

Senior Division (76 entrants):

Individual Section:

* 1st Banzi Motsa (Kenton Primary) * 2nd Daniel Coetzer (Martin Primary)

* 3rd Kwezi Zwane (Brackenhurst Primary) * 7th Aydin Steffen (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 9th Nimai Singh (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 28th Jonathan Tobler (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 31st Jenson Gindan (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 33rd Coehan Satram (Brackenhurst Primary)

* 44th Kganya Mohlosana (Brackenhurst

Primary) * 68th Kemrin Reddy (Brackenhurst

Primary)

Team Section:

1st Martin Primary with 29.5 points

2nd Kenton Primary with 24.5 points

3rd Laerskool Orion with 23.5 points

4th Brackenhurst Primary with 23 points

CROSS COUNTRY:

Congratulations to the learners who ran at Districts. They ran well and represented the

school well.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Practice days: Mondays and Thursdays 14:30 – 15:30.

Below is the final match fixture:

Date Opposition Venue

12 Sep. Finals

Results of Hockey matches played: Grace Trinity – drew 4 – 4

Mondeor – game cancelled

Our Lady – Brackenhurst Primary won 5 – 1 Waterstone – Brackenhurst Primary won 1 – 0.

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

School League Tennis results: Senior Boys B played against Kenton Primary

Boys B and won 29 – 13.

ZUMBA:

Zumba for Term 3 has started.

Please contact Sandra if

you have any question 084 7645103

Zumba will take place every Monday in the Music Room.

GOLF:

Golf will be every Monday afternoon.

Grade 1 and 2 13:30 – 14:30 Grade 3-7: 14:30 – 15:30

HOCKEY:

Hockey is offered for Grade 1 – 7 learners.

Practice times:

u/7 Monday & Thursday: 13:30-14:30 u/8 Tuesday & Thursday: 13:30-14:30

u/9 Tuesday & Thursday: 14:00-15:00

u/10 Tuesday & Thursday: 14:00-15:00 u/11 Monday & Thursday: 14:30-15:30

U/12 Tuesday & Thursday: 14:30-15:30 u/13 Tuesday & Thursday: 14:30-15:30

Results of matches played against Generaal Alberts:

u/8 won 2 - 0 u/9 won 3 - 1

u/10 drew 1 – 1

u/11 lost 0 – 1 u/12 lost 0 – 3

u/13 lost 0 - 6

Fixtures:

Date Opponents Venue Age Groups

6/9 Dalmondeor H/S

President

u/7-u/13

8/9 u/11 Finals

9/9 u/13 Finals

16/9 u/12 Finals

30/9 Champ of Champs

CRICKET: Cricket practices continue as

normal:

Practice times: u/9: Tues. & Thurs. 14:30

– 16:00

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

2nd Team: Mon & Thurs. 14:30-16:00 1st Team: Mon. 14:30-15:30

Fri. 14:15-16:00

1st Team Cricket Fixtures:

Date Opponents Host

5 Sep. Generaal Alberts

Brackenhurst

14 Sep. Semi final TBC

2ND Team Cricket Fixtures:

Date Opponents Host

5 Sep. Generaal Alberts

Generaal Alberts

13 Sep. Semi Final TBC

20 Sep. Final TBC

u/11 Team Cricket Fixtures:

Date Opponents Host

4 Sep. Generaal Alberts

Brackenhurst

12 Sep. Semi final TBC

19 Sep. Final TBC

u/10 Team Cricket Fixtures:

Date Opponents Host

4 Sep. Generaal

Alberts

Generaal

Alberts

11 Sep. Semi final TBC

19 Sep. Final TBC

u/9 Team Cricket Fixtures:

Date Opponents Host

4 Sep. Alberview Alberview

18 Sep. Marist Brothers

Brackenhurst

26 Sep. Semi Final TBC

28 Sep. Final TBC

Cricket Results against Alberview:

u/10 won u/11 won by 9 wickets

2nd team won by 9 wickets

1st team won by 9 wickets

Cricket Results against Kenton: u/10 won

u/11 won by 78 runs 2nd team lost

1st team lost

u/9 vs Orion – lost.

Mini Cricket – Grade 1,2 and 3:

Mini cricket will begin in the fourth term this is

for girls and boys to compete in a mini cricket league. PLEASE watch the newsletter for more

information.

Grades 1,2 and 3 will only have 2 teams per

grade (A and B team of 8 players).

Mini Cricket Clinic: CKSA will be hosting a Mini Cricket Clinic at

Brackenhurst Primary on Saturday, 2 September and Saturday, 9 September 2017.

The clinic will run from 08:00 – 11:00 on the field.

Grade 1-3 boys and girls welcome. The cost is R200,00 per child.

Letters have been issued. For more information please follow the CKSA Facebook page link.

Touch

Rugby:

There will be Touch Rugby

trials ONLY for

Grade 6 and 7 learners on

Friday 1st September

from 14:00 – 15:30.

Letters will be issued to

learners who have been selected for the team with practice

days and times.

Third and Fourth term touch rugby league will

only be for Grade 6 and 7 learners.

League will run every Friday as from 15 September for the remainder of Term 3 and the

beginning of Term 4.

MINI TOUCH will be available in the fourth term

for our Grade 1,2 and 3 learners. This will only be for development and not league.

Athletics: We will be running our annual inter-house

athletics day at the end of Term 3.

Please note run offs are compulsory for all to

participate. A letter must be sent to your child’s register teacher should they not be able to

participate in the run offs.

The FINAL school team for 2018 will be selected at the INTER-HOUSE event. If your child does

not compete at this event, they cannot qualify

for the 2018 team.

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 30 OCTOBER 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

MUSIC EXTRA MURALS

MUSIC ACADEMY

HONOURS

(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 3:

Please send spare change or donations this term

for the “Sticky Hands” outreach for abandoned babies.

SPCA:

Please send pet food, blankets and newspapers

to Mrs Bombardella (C27).

Hidden Treasures: Please send any second hand items to Ms

Pheiffer.

Major needs: Cutlery, Blankets, Sheets, Baby Clothes, Shoes, Kiddies’ Books, Baby bottles and

dummies.

All the money raised goes to support 324 orphaned children. (Please see their website and

Facebook Page)

COLLECTION – TERM 3:

We are appealing to you to please send nappies and hand towels. We will be folding the towels

into teddy-bears and other animals and gifting

them along with toiletry packs to TLC Orphanage and Alberton Tuiste vir Bejaardes.

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. No pictures – just wording.

MUTUAL RESPECT:

Currently student behaviours are being overlooked. What would not have been tolerated

in a classroom a decade ago has become a norm

if student behaviour today. Teachers who try to squelch inappropriate behaviours such as

displays of disrespect to teachers are branded as old-fashioned, intolerant or unwilling to meet

students needs. With a completely student-

focused philosophy that requires the teacher to meet the self-perceived needs of every learner

while having no real authority to do so, the decline of the classroom continues.

The solution is not grounded in changing

educational methods, the solution lies in mutual

respect. There are two distinct components in that statement. First, teachers need to respect

the diverse needs and cultures of their learners, their goal must be to help their students be

successful. The second component is where the

difficulty lies, renewing the respect of students for teachers. Fueled by the entitlement mentality

that is prevalent among students, the level of blatant disrespect toward teachers seems to be

on the rise. The only way to end this cycle, is to cease positively rewarding this type of behaviour.

Positively rewarding behaviour contributes to

repeat behaviour. This is the basic behavioural conditioning model. Cease positively rewarding

GENERAL

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

PARENT’S CORNER

inappropriate behaviour, and the behaviour ends

over time.

This is far easier said than done. There are multiple levels of personal emotion coupled with

societal norms all engulfed in the ever-conflicting

post-modernist philosophy. The methods of education may still need to change, educational

research must continue to search for new ideas. However, if we begin the transformation by

moving toward a model of mutual respect, we can begin to see change even while searching for

modern techniques.

And finally

Regards

ANNE BURGER

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

PE UNIFORM PE shirts

Shorts

Tracksuits

hats & Beanies

BPS Sporting kit

on sale at the sports office. On sale every

Wednesday morning 7h00 – 7h45 LEARNERS: are welcome to buy anytime during

the

school day (breaks)

TRACKSUITS NOW AVAILABLE!

NO WAITING PERIOD… tracksuits are availble from the sports office size 20 – 30 R360 - size 32 – 38 R380.