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Issue 09

13 March

2019

From the Headmistress' desk

This is the final newsletter for the term.

We bid farewell to Mrs Charlotte Lira, who will be leaving us at the end of the term. Besides being the Fledgling

teacher, she worked at Reception, before changing hats and taking on her teaching role. We thank her for her

contribution to the school and wish her well for the future. Mrs Lira’s replacement, Miss Monique Jacob will

address the Fledgling parents at the Brag Evening on Tuesday the 19th of March at 17:00. Mr Ruan van Zyl, the

Computer Applications Technology teacher in the College will also be leaving us at the end of the term. We thank

him for his contribution to the school. Please spread the word that we are looking for a replacement for Mr van

Zyl.

Wow! Wow! Wow! What a wonderful Swimathon was held last Thursday evening. Thank you to all who

contributed to making it such a memorable event and to all who supported the event. It was once again a team

effort in every respect of the word. It warmed my heart to see all the members of the Kingfisher Private School

family having so much fun. Someone said, “Imagine if we could bottle all this happiness.” Well, if only, it would

be the most priceless content of any bottle.

Please provide us with feedback. Many of the evening’s activities, like the braai, are new and we would like

feedback regarding it, as well as whether some parents would like to buy food, like hamburgers. We need to have

more lucky packets in future, so remember we will need more “goodies” to be sent to school next year. What

about a parent/teacher race at the end?

The AMESA Mathematics Olympiad was written by all pupils from Grade 4 – 12 last Friday. Our chess players

acquitted themselves exceptionally well at last Saturday’s chess tournament. They were true ambassadors for our

school.

Thank you to the Grade 1-3 parents for their donations for the Cake Sale today and for assisting on the day.

Please remember the Preparatory School Inter-House Athletics meeting, to be held on Friday afternoon. We look

forward to seeing you there.

Final assembly is on Tuesday the 19th of March at 07:15 and all parents are welcome to attend. Our Grade 8 and 9

Entrepreneur’s Day will be held on Wednesday the 20th of March from 08:00. All parents are invited to support

this worthwhile venture.

We thank Rob 5 for a donation of stones for our gardens. They will be put to good use. Remember to like our

Facebook page. Our sincere thanks to the Board of Governors who has approved an air conditioner for the Grade

5 – 10 Aftercare classroom. This will make homework sessions, for over 40 pupils more comfortable.

We wish you a restful break from the school routine and remind all parents that school re-opens on the 02nd of

April. If you are going away, please drive safely.

KINGFISHER PRIVATE SCHOOL

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Tel: 015 781 2410 Email: kingfisherschool@telkomsa.net Website: www.kingfisherschool.co.za

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DATES TO REMEMBER – 2019

Civvies for merits 15 March

College detention 15 March

Grade 1 – 7 Interhouse Round Robin Athletics 15 March 14:00 – 17:00

Lost property check 15 March 07:30 – 07:40

Extra murals end 19 March

FP Fun afternoon 19 March 14:15 – 15:00

Detention 19 March 14:15 – 16:15

Brag evening 19 March 17:00 – 18:00

Lost property check 20 March 10:00

Entrepreneurs’ Day 20 March

School closes 20 March 10:00 School re-opens 02 April 07:10

Happy Birthday Happy birthday to the following Kingfishers: Board of Governors: Mr S Thompson 30 March Staff: Mrs S Mhondiwa 17 March Mrs M Dawson 30 March Fledgling: Kgadi Mamaila 26 March Thorisho Mogale 27 March Grade R: Thapelo Monawe 16 March Phenyo Pilusa 03 April Zach Thompson 03 April Grade 1: Koketso Malesa 24 March Phemelo Molapo 24 March Keamohetse Ngoae 28 March Eshana Siju 15 March Seshothela Seshothela 02 April Grade 2: Lesedi Mmowane 29 March Nkosinathi Nkosi 28 March Grade 4: Naledi Makgopa 24 March Grade 5: Kegoratile Moleya 20 March Mothapa Moraba 30 March Itumeleng Phala 24 March Sharon Joseph 01 April Grade 6: Sibongiseni Macie 19 March Grade 7: Mickey Mkhabele 02 April Grade 9: Vinaya Pauly 15 March Grade 12: Neo Mashego 02 April

TUCKSHOP – MENU

Thursday 14 March: Tuesday 19 March: Burgers R20 Russian Rolls R15 Friday 15 March: Wednesday 20 March: Boerewors rolls R25 Entrepreneurs’ Day Monday 18 March: Sandwiches R15

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FOYER DISPLAY 2019 4 March Grade 1

3 April Grade 2

6 May Grade 3

20 May Grade 4

3 June Grade 5

16 July Grade 6

29 July Grade 7

12 August Grade 8

26 August Grade 9

9 September Fledglings

8 October Grade R

21 October Grade 1

4 November Grade 2

18 November Grade 3

SAEON MARINE SCIENCE CAMP

Kgolofelo Mojela and Tsheko Nkabiti have been selected by

SAEON to travel to Port Elizabeth for a SAEON camp.

They will depart on the 24th of March and will return on the

29th of March.

We wish our two pupils a safe journey.

ACADEMICS

STAR OF THE WEEK:

11/03 - 15/03

Star of the week: Ball & Balancing skills

Grade 1: Nkateko Mahungele

Grade 2: Mfundo Sindane

Grade 3: Malesela Nkwana

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SPORT & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

CHESS TOURNAMENT

Well done to all the pupils who took part in the chess tournament in Hoedspruit on Saturday 9

March. Thank you to Mrs Jansen van Rensburg who attended and worked at the tournament.

MINI-OLYMPICS

The Fledglings and Grade Rs will be taking part in the Mini-Olympics at the Green School on Friday 5

April. We wish them a fun filled day.

KARATE

Zack Thompson and Sinakho Khumalo competed in the

JKA Karate Limpopo trials on the 9th of March. The results are

as follows:

Zach Thompson – Gold in Kata and Bronze in Kumite.

Sinakho Khumalo – Gold in Kata, Gold in Kumite.

They are now eligible to compete at Nationals on the 24th of May

in Gauteng representing Limpopo.

Well done!

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SWIM-A-THON

Congratulations to all classes who swam beautifully at the Swim-a-thon on Thursday. Thank you

to the teachers who helped make this evening a success.

Thank you to all who brought “goodies” for the lucky packets. The results will be announced on

Friday at the Outside Assembly.

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GRADE 1 – 7 INTERHOUSE ROUND ROBIN ATHLETICS

On Friday, 15 March, the Preparatory School (Grade 1-7) will have their interhouse

athletics. The children must please bring their house shirts, navy shorts, white tackies

and white socks to school so they can get dressed at school. For the morning, they

wear either civvies (earned) or formal school uniform. It is a compulsory event for all

preparatory school children.

Please organise for your child’s transport to collect them at the allocated time.

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ACTIVITIES

SPUR DATES 2019

28 May

23 July

26 November

INTERSEN PHASE TOURS

Letters about the Intersen Phase Tour

were handed out to the pupils. We

encourage parents to start making small

payments each month in order to make

the financial pressure less.

INTERSEN PHASE - VEGETABLE GARDEN

The Grade 4s have begun the planting process in the new Intersen Phase vegetable

garden. The vegetables will be donated to needy organisations and will therefore be

the Intersen Phase’s ongoing and

sustainable community project.

ENTREPRENEURS’

DAY

The Grade 8 and 9 pupils are

holding an Entrepreneur’s Day on the 20th of March. Pupils are allowed to wear civvies on the day and are asked to please support the

Grade 8 & 9s.

PARENTS ARE NOT

ALLOWED TO HELP THE

PUPILS INVOLVED IN

THE ENTREPRENEUR’S

DAY, ON THE DAY.

INTERSEN PHASE - BOOKS

The Grade 4 – 7 pupils were given parent slips to

paste in their books from Monday 11 March. Parents

are reminded to please sign these forms. The

feedback given by the parents should be aimed at

how their children are working in their work books.

YOUTUBE KIDS

Parents please be careful of “Youtube kids. “

We all think that because it says ‘kids’ it is safe, but the

recent momo challenge proves that Kids Youtube is just

as scary.

Please visit the links below for more information

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/fe

b/28/parents-momo-scare-youtube-kids

https://www.parent24.com/Child_7-

12/Development/kim-kardashian-wants-youtube-to-

remove-challenge-that-tells-kids-to-harm-themselves-

20190228

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COLLEGE TOUR

The College tour will take place from the 19th – 21st July 2019 in the 3rd term. The College pupils

will be going to Mankele Mountain Biking Resort close to Nelspruit. Letters were issued. Reply

slips must please be returned by the 15th of February. For any enquiries please contact Ms Nagel.

SECOND-HAND UNIFORM SHOP

Parents are welcome to visit our second

hand uniform shop.

Parents, please donate unwanted/outgrown

uniform items to our second-hand uniform

shop.

KINGFISHER

HATS

Kingfisher hats must

be worn by all pupils

when they go out for

break. It is part of

the school uniform

and not an optional

extra. NO HATS –

NO PLAY.

HOUSE T-SHIRT

ORDERS – NEW

PUPILS

To order a House shirt, please write the name of the pupil on an envelope and send it to the register teacher with an amount of R100.

INTERSEN PHASE PANEL MEETING

The Intersen Phase Panel Meeting will take place on Monday 18 March. A letter containing further

details was issued today to those pupils required to attend.

COLLEGE PANEL MEETING

The College panel meetings will be held on Monday 18 March 2019. letters will be issued to the

relevant pupils today. If you receive a letter, make sure you attend the meeting, it is compulsory.

THANK YOU

The Fledglings would like to thank Abundance Maluleke for his donation of

educational toys, games and puzzles. It is greatly appreciated.

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…………………………………………… Mrs Renée Campbell-Brown Headmistress

MARKED BELONGINGS/LOST PROPERTY

Please make sure that all your belongings (stationery, clothes, shoes, lunch box) are clearly marked with your

name and also that you look after them carefully. The procedure for lost property for this year is as follows.

Lost property that is marked will be returned to the owner. Unmarked lost property will be put in a box in the

sick bay. Pupils will be allowed to look in this box on a Wednesday and Friday after assembly, 07:10 –

07:30. Should they find their lost items in the box, they will have to pay an amount of R1.00 per item to have

them returned.

SILLY DAYS

15 – 18 April 2019 R100 for the week or payable at your register teacher before or on 12 April 2019. Pupils have to pay for the whole week, or R30 per day.

Themes: Monday 15 April

Career person VS Jobless person

College dress up like they are hobos.

Primary dress up all fancy.

Pupils will each get a hotdog during break.

Tuesday 16 April

Pool party Everyone dresses like they are going to a pool party.

No revealing wear and not just in costume.

Pupils will get lucky packet with sweets, pizza and cold drink at the pool party that will be during school time.

Wednesday 17 April

Black and White

College dress up in all black.

Primary dress up in all white.

Black and white cupcakes during break.

Thursday 18 April

Thank goodness its holiday again – Pyjama day

Come dressed in pyjamas. Nothing to be revealed.

Pupils will each get a doughnut and hot chocolate before 10:00.