FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK:

Life Lesson: Washing the Dirty Dishes

by FRANK

My wife says that I always make a mess. I might not agree with her but then again to some degree

she might have a point.

WHERE THE MESS COMES FROM

I’m the wonderful guy who likes to

get a new cup every time I get

something to drink. It’s not that I just

want to make more dirty dishes. It is

just that I am too lazy to go through

the house trying to find my old cup

when there are so many new ones I

can get that are right in front of me.

The same thing happens with plates.

I eat a sandwich then I put my plate

in the sink. Then about 10 minutes

later, when I get hungry again, I grab

another plate and make another

mess. I have been told that by the

end of the day I use more dishes

alone than a family of 13. I hope that

is an exaggeration. Then again after

looking in the kitchen I can see

where they are coming from.

I’M NOT CLEANING THAT JUNK

I sit around all day eating and drinking till my heart is content. I load up the sink with dish after

dish, and cup after cup. Now the sink is overflowing with the big mess that I just made. And guess

what? I don’t want to clean that junk up. It stinks. It’s nasty. I don’t even want to go near it. Who

wants to touch old soggy food?

I guess the hardest thing is not making the mess, it is cleaning it up.

I mean we have a dishwasher. I could just load the dishes into there. Unfortunately, I always forget

to start it up and then the house begins to smell like sewage after a few days.

I could wash the dishes as I go but if I do that I might miss out on the same clips that they keep

showing all day on Sportscenter. No matter how long I sit around and try to put off the inevitable, I

am still going to have to clean up the mess I made. I am going to have to go in the kitchen and

start washing the dishes.

My mess won’t disappear on its own. My wife is not responsible for the mess I made. My son

should not be responsible for the mess I made. I had the fun and ate the food so I should go clean

up the mess.

THE SPARK

You know I am talking about something a lot deeper than dishes right? You’ve been there. We all

have been there. Not one person who walks the face of this earth is perfect. We have all made

some mistakes in our lives. We all have made some messes.

There is nothing wrong with making a mistake. In fact sometimes mistakes are the best way to

learn something. I wouldn’t know that climbing a tree and stepping on small branches is not a

good idea if I didn’t fall out of one. I will never make that mistake again. It hurt.

But, what happens when we don’t learn from our mistakes? What happens if we keep making bad

judgment after bad judgment and don’t take the time to right our wrongs? I know you have heard

the saying, “What goes around comes around?” Well, if you believe that please explain to me why

so many people try to avoid and deny their mess. It’s not just going to disappear.

CLEAN YOUR OWN MESS

I am a firm believer in taking personal ownership of your actions. In life you are going to reap what

you sow.

If I don’t take my lazy behind in the kitchen and start cleaning up my mess, guess what’s going to

happen. It is going to start to stink. My house will begin to smell like mold. Someone in my family is

going to end up sick. The mess doesn’t go away. In fact it just gets worse and worse until

someone is forced to take action.

You see it starts off as just a small problem but overtime as I ignore it the situation starts to affect

everyone. We have to take responsibility for our actions in order to reach our full potential. I don’t

know about you but the life lesson I learned from washing the dishes revealed to me that I have

some serious cleaning up to do.

HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS:

▪ Apologize when you are wrong.

▪ Forgive others who have made mistakes.

▪ Forgive yourself

▪ Plant positive seeds into your life to reap a positive harvest.

▪ Take ownership of your actions rather right or wrong.

▪

Accept the consequences of your actions.

Dear Disa boys and girls

Last week you completed the activity about good and bad friends.

Use this word search to find out what important qualities you

need to be a good friend.

Nobody is perfect and remember to always try your best to be a great

friend.

BUDDY & BUDSY BULLETIN NO 8 OF TERM 2 2018

VALUES & LIFE SKILLS: WEEK 8 OF TERM 2

Life Skills

Values

TEACHERS 29 May – Mrs Megan Schmid – Grade 1 Teacher & HOD 31 May – Mr Willa Bleeker – Afrikaans Teacher 01 June – Ms Sarah Aupiais – Grade 2 Teacher

LEARNERS 28 May – Unisia Hendricks – 4F 29 May – Candice Mukanhairi – 3Me 30 May – Camryn Arendse – 2A 30 May – Trevor Rashid – 3Mo 31 May – Zarah October – RL 31 May – Zikho Ndongeni – 2S 01 June – Linathi Mfihlo – 2S 02 June – Joshua Nkhata – 3Mo 02 June – Lisa Mantashe – 4J 03 June – Sienna Strauss – 1S 03 June – Yokuma Makwayibi – 3L

A kind request to all parents, learners and staff,

to extend their kindness and thoughtfulness by

taking part in Disa’s

“Thoughtful Thursday Drive”. Please donate tinned food to help families in need.

BIRTHDAYS: 28 MAY – 03 JUNE 2018

THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY

Dear Parent / Guardian and Grade 6 Learner After a very successful camp last year it is time now for your child to be involved in a very worthy and valuable activity! The Grade 6 Camp is around the corner, 21 to 23 September, 2018. The goal is to develop your child with regards to their personal and interpersonal leadership skills. They will experience team building activities, receive leadership training and be challenged to grow in their ability to persevere and to work in a team. The Principal, Deputy Principals and a whole team of Disa Staff members will accompany your child. The camp will be held at a venue close to Grabouw, 75KM outside of Cape Town called Mizpah Camp. To ensure that your child gets the best leadership development and personal development (whilst having loads of fun and meaningful experiences) you will be responsible to contribute R350. The total cost of the camp, (including meals, accommodation, transport costs, team build, bedding etc.) is close to R 1500. The Andreas and Susan Struengmann Foundation has indicated their willingness to support your child by subsidizing the rest of the cost. You can make payments with regards to the R350: End February – R50; end March – R50; end April – R50; end May – R50; end June – R50; July – R50; end August – R50. Payments can be made at Reception, or sent to school with your child for payment in class via the Money Book. Please do not delay this process as we would like to see that EVERY child gets this opportunity and that no one is left behind.

All staff and learners are invited to wear a pair of FUNNY SOCKS with their school uniform on

Friday 15 June. The cost of wearing a pair of FUNNY SOCKS

will be R5,00 per learner. All funds raised will be donated to an organization

called COMPASSION. This organization helps to stop child

labour in Africa. Your participation and donations will be

greatly appreciated.

GRADE 6 CAMP

FUNNY SOCKS DAY FUNDRAISER

THURSDAY 31 MAY @ 17:30

Presented by Steffi Stockton (Psychologist)

All Parents / Guardians are very welcome to attend any / all of the Term 2 Parent / Guardian Workshops.

All of the above mentioned Workshops will help parents / guardians to improve their relationships with their children.

Don’t miss out on an exciting afternoon of Learning & Sharing!!!

ALL WELCOME!!

Parents / guardians are kindly requested to please invest in a school poncho for their children. The rainy season is upon us and too many children arrive at school soaking wet because of the rain. A poncho will protect your child, their uniform and their school bag with school books. The cost of a poncho is R 140,00. Uniform shop hours: Please take note that we will keep strictly to uniform shop hours for the purchasing of uniform, from Monday 28 May. The uniform shop hours are: THURSDAYS 7:30 - 8:30 and 13:30 - 14:30

PONCHO’S & UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

TERM 2 PARENT / GUARDIAN WORKSHOPS

M A Y – J U N E 2 0 1 8

WEEK 8

Monday

28 May

Assembly

Life Skill 14: Volunteering

Disa Values: Unity

Foundation Phase learners to be given Scope of Work for

FAT’s 4 – 8 June

GRADE 4 – 7 EXAM: isiXHOSA WRITING

RCL Termly Meeting

Tuesday

29 May

GRADE 4 – EXAM: AFRIKAANS WRITING

Wednesday

30 May

GRADE 4 -6 EXAM: MATHS 1

GRADE 7 EXAM: EMS

Thursday

31 May

THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY

GRADE 4 – 6 EXAM: LIFE SKILLS

GRADE 7 EXAM: LIFE ORIENTATION

Friday

01 June

FEEL GOOD FRIDAY

GRADE 4 – 7 EXAM: ENGLISH LANGUAGE &

COMPREHENSION

Saturday

02 June

08:30 – 13:00 Disa High School Scholarship Prep Programme

4: English 2

SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY ELECTIONS - SEE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE NEWSLETTER:

Thursday 21 June 17:30

Disa Primary School Hall

Please collect your child’s term 2 academic progress report and then kindly make your way to the school hall for the SGB Elections.

Please remember to bring your ID with.

2018 SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY ELECTIONS

TERM 2 OF 2018 IMPORTANT DATES

CITRINE

Citrine House will be known for its cheerfulness and energy. Our house will be a compassionate family that strives to inspire. Citrines will strive to

be the best them that they can be.

AQUAMARINE

The waves of Aquamarine House will be adventurous in spirit, unrelenting in passion and anchored in unity. Individually we will be one drop, but

together we will be an ocean.

RUBY

Every Ruby House member will have the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential through participation and contribution in our house. Just like the Ruby gem, our nobility will push us to strive to become the best

we can be.

EMERALD

The spirit of Emerald House will embody the enthusiasm and excitement of our personal growth. Our aim is to see fruit borne in the lives of our

learners. Our foundation will be Disa’s values.

SPORTS HOUSE VISIONS 2018/19

ALTERNATIVES TO THE PHRASE: CALM DOWN:

FOR PARENTS:

Somila Zimemo – RMi

Gilliana Mitchell – RMi

Anelisa Zilwa – RMa

Jaidene Ross – RMa

Gizela Pascoal – 3L

Astan van Boven – 3Me

Kay Losper – isiXhosa

Amira von Johnston – isiXhosa

Siziphiwe Mpulula – 4F

Shanavia Cloete – 4M

Wange Nyengane – 4M

Carl Lot – 4M

Kemia Warner – 4J

Ellan Banda – 5K

Anele Waqaqazela – 5K

Sinaloa Kwatsha – 7Cr

Afeni Mblashwa – 7Cr

Azola Matshotyane – RMi

Sarah Mashece – RMa

Milisa Nomnganga – RMa

Bradley Mhangami – RMa

Olungako Resha – RMa

Tanya Chibaya – 2D

Batabile Sitole – 2D

Jody Jackson – 2D

Athenkosi Yeki – 2D

Sisipho Shwashwa – 2D

Ilyaaz Petersen – 3L

Owam Bhe – 3Me

Sanele Gogwana – LS1

Lilitha Zilwa – isiXhosa

Likhona Dlilanga – isiXhosa

Takunda Khombedza – isiXhosa

Oyama Mcuba – 4F

Tsebo Thethi – 4F

Hayle Nieuwenhuyzen – 4F

Nicole Lewis – 4M

Mia van Blerk – 4J

Aviwe Dlakavu – 4J

Tamia Phillips – 5K

Yumna Cornelius – 5K

Jenico Bruintjies – 7Cr

Nasar Ebrahim – 7Cr

BRILLIANT BEHAVIOUR

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