CityKidz Pre & Primary School 18 Mooi Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg www.citykidz.co.za 011 334 6631

Welcome to 2019

A warm welcome to all pupils, parents and staff for the new year. I hope you and your families en-joyed quality time to-gether during the festive season and that 2019 brings you all good health and an enthusiasm as 2019 promises to be an-other busy year. Our theme for this year will be “Dreams come true!”. If you think about it, everything that’s ever been created by mankind started with a dream; a vision, an idea. The people that shape our future are the ones that believe in their dreams and take action on them. Goals are just dreams with dead-lines. They set out to bring their dreams to reality by taking action.

You have the potential to accomplish anything. Avoid putting limitations on yourselves. Most importantly, don't wait for the perfect time to start dreaming big and making your dreams come true! Define your dream Have self-belief Take action Never give up Our dream for 2019 is that CityKidz must be-come a school that con-tinues to ensure quality of teaching at all times.

Our main goal is to continue to work towards ensur-ing that CityKidz is the best inner city school in Jo-hannesburg. We are Umalusi accredited and we will continue to focus toward raising standards still fur-ther in our continuing pursuit of excellence. I have no doubt that an exciting school year awaits us. I am happy to report that we begin this academic year with many new children all of whom seem very eager to join our school family. We are delighted to welcome those children and their families to our school and look forward to working with everyone in the coming year. As the year unfolds, we are here to ensure they all feel a sense of belonging. We hope all our children’s time at school during 2019 will be filled with academic achievement, crea-tivity, many exciting challenges, and good friend-ships. Please be in touch, visit often, and hopefully take part in school events.

18 January 2019

Edition 01/2019 Term 1

Kidz Chronicle Dear Parent/Guardians

CityKidz Pre & Primary School 18 Mooi Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg www.citykidz.co.za 011 334 6631

In anticipation of a very exciting school year, our teachers have been busy planning and organizing for a jam packed Term 1. Feel free to approach your child’s homeroom teacher with questions, ideas or con-cerns throughout the school year. Homeroom teachers are always willing to support, guide and assist our children with organisation, time management, homework expectations and daily classroom re-sponsibilities. Our children can seek guidance from their homeroom teacher about all aspects of school life.

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Mrs Fortune returns from maternity leave. Mrs T Moyo is still on maternity leave and we welcome Mrs Tracey Ncube as our substitute Grade 3B teacher.

Mrs C Moyo’s son Limbikani started high school. We wish him well with his studies this year.

Mrs Booysen was very pleased to see her little one join the Grade R class this year. I am not sure who was more nervous!

Each year brings positive change. This includes a few additions to our staff. We are delighted to welcome:

Mrs Charmazelle du Plessis- Grade RR

Mrs Arlene Kagan- Grade 1

Mr Melusi Sibanda – Grade 4

Miss Deonay Balie- Grade 6 and 7 Afrikaans

Miss Jennifer da Costa - Grade 6 and 7 English

Miss Danica Badenhorst- Learnership

Ms Tabona Khupe and Ms Sithobekile Sibanda- Aftercare assistants

Staff News

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Phase Collect children at 13h30

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Phase Collect chil-dren at 14h15

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On Saturday tea/picnic with new parents meet and greet Grade RR & R's Cake Sale

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Assembly/Mrs Krain Theme - School spirit

SURNAME NAME POSITION

Abdulla Shaida Gr 4B

Abed Fatima Gr 1D

Badenhorst Danica Learnership

Balie Deonay Gr 6A

Booysen Letez Gr RC

Buthelezi Phiwe Admin

Da Costa Jennifer Gr 7B

De Kock Alecia Gr 5A HOD

Du Plessis Charmezelle Gr RR

Dube Abednigo Gr 5B

Fortune Nooshin Gr Rb

Gomba Eina Maintenance

Gowero Pardon Gr 6B

Gwara Monica Gr 5C

Heine Angelique Gr 2C

Hlongwane Sibongile Gr 2D

Kagan Arlene Gr 1A

Khanyile Simon Caretaker

Khupe Tabona AfterCare/tuck

Krain Tanya Deputy Principal

Maseko Emily Learnership

Mlotshwa Brighton Gr 7A HOD

Moyo Dudu Sen Secr

Moyo Thembi Gr 3B

Moyo Cinderella Gr 3A HOD

Moyo Saneliso Gr 1C

Ncube Tracy Sub 3B

Ndebele Isabel Gr 3C

Ndhlovu Sakhile Gr 2B

Nengasha Christabel Grade 1B

Nkiwuane Pretty Maintenance

Nkomo Dion Grade 3C

Nyamadzawo Lloyd Warden

Patel Zaakira Gr 4A

Ramaota Liesbeth Maintenance

Rampat Reshika Gr Ra HOD

Reynolds Sharon Principal

Sibanda Melusi Gr 4C

Sibanda Simpiwe Maintenance

Sibanda Sithobekile AfterCare/tuck

Strydom Marcherie Gr 2A HOD

Zimu Irene Finance

CityKidz Pre & Primary School 18 Mooi Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg www.citykidz.co.za 011 334 6631

The Finance Department wishes to thank parents who have paid school fees.

The Finance Department wishes to reiterate that school fees need to be paid in advance.

Please make every effort to pay school fees.

Sadly, if accounts are not settled we will have no choice but to deregister your child/children until such time as the account has been settled. Any queries should be addressed to Irene.

Please ensure that your child’s name is clearly marked in permanent ink in every article of clothing and on their text books, pencil cases, exercise books, lunch boxes,

You’d be amazed at the number of clothing and other items that remain unclaimed!

A letter was sent out this week regarding school times. Coming to school and arriving at school on time are the first steps in succeeding. Being in class on time is a courtesy. It is a way of showing respect to teachers and classmates. It also shows organisation and commitment to learning.

Please ensure your son or daughter gets to school on time.

All learners are expected to be at school by 7.35 am ready to attend period one class at 7 40am. Be sure to call the school before 7:30am or notify us by email if your child is go-ing to be late or absent.

Recent studies show that when families are involved in their chil-dren's education in positive ways, the children achieve higher grades , have better attendance at school, complete more homework, and demonstrate more positive attitudes and behaviour. One way to foster children's learning is through joint efforts involving both families and schools, where parents and teachers share re-sponsibility for creating a working relationship that will help children succeed academically.

Messages for teachers and staff can be left with our office secre-taries, who will speedily convey your messages. Please remember, however, that our teachers are busy with classes, planning, mark-ing, etc. - and it is sometimes im-possible for them to return calls immediately.

If your call is of an urgent nature, please let the person who answers the phone know, and your message may be referred to someone else who can deal with your question or concern more promptly.

It’s important that you continue to communicate with your child’s teacher throughout the school year. Ongoing communication be-tween teachers and parents is ab-solutely necessary to insure a child’s success in school. The day-today reality of many families is different today than a generation ago. Family members spend far less time together and adults of-ten face an on-going struggle to balance the demands of their fam-ilies and their jobs. While these pressures can cause parents to participate less in their children's lives, there remains a great need for them to be involved in their children's education.

Please be sure to let us know via the main office if you have a change of address, phone/cell/business number or email. We want to be sure that we have the correct contact information so that you don’t miss any important news and that if any urgent matters arise you are easily contactable. If you or your emergency contacts cannot be reached we spend unneces-sary time trying to contact you.

This is extremely important.

Edition 01/2019 Term 1

Changes to Contact Details

Label Everything!

Communicating with Teachers and Staff

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You can reach any of us through our

main office telephone number,

which is: 011-334-6631.

It is left up to each individual teacher as

to whether to communicate with parents by phone,

sms or email.

Arrive on time!

School Fees

CityKidz Pre & Primary School 18 Mooi Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg www.citykidz.co.za 011 334 6631

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

Warm Regards

Mrs S REYNOLDS

PRINCIPAL

General Knowledge question for the week

Who was the Scottish bacteriologist who

discovered penicillin?

Answer to question in our

last newsletter.

To consider a band as a Big

Band what is the minimum

number of musicians to be

needed? 10 Members-A big band is a type

of musical ensemble that usually consists

of ten or more musicians with four sec-

tions: saxophones, trumpets, trombones,

and a rhythm section.

Maths Challenge for last week

Who invented the slide rule?

Answer to question in our last

newsletter.

Apart from the number system,

ancient Indians are held in high

esteem for their contributions to the field. What

is it? Indeterminate equations

A dream doesn't become reality

through magic; it takes sweat,

determination and hard work.

CityKidz Pre & Primary School is Accredited by Umalusi, Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training– accreditation number 18 SCHO1 00576

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