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On Saturday we hosted the New parents’ meet and greet fun morning. Firstly, I would like to thank all of those parents who attended.

The meeting allowed teach-ers and parents to get to know one another in a relaxed environment. Many of the fun activities such as tug-o-wars, sing offs, Zumba dancing, etc. planned by the Grade RR

and R team were received by willing participants and an appreciative audience.

Our 3-way triangle between learners, teachers

and parents is es-sential to maintain and support our learners to produce their very best!

Once again, the support for this small and intimate event was very much appreciated.

Thank you to Mrs Fortune and all our staff for your time, energy and contribution to our event. We are all eagerly awaiting our next school event, which is our Annual Sports Event on Saturday the 16th February !

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Kidz Chronicle Dear Parent/Guardians

Meet and Greet Fun

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Ask your children open-ended questions that don’t have a right or wrong answer. Your goal is to try to stimulate their thought processes, so you should be talking about something that the child is interested in and something that really makes them think.

Be a devil’s advocate and say something outrageous, so that your children must debate and disagree with you. This can help them learn how to find flaws in someone else’s evidence or

reasoning. Also make sure you are giving the child time to respond. There is no rush, just

enjoy the silence while they think about what they might say.

When reading books, have children make connections and look for clues that will help them

to think more deeply about what they are reading. Making connections will help your child

learn how to use what he or she already knows to tackle new problems.

Give your opinion and show your own thought processes by thinking out loud about how to solve little problems or complete tasks around the house. Let your children make decisions themselves by weighing the pros and cons of a choice – and don’t be afraid to let them make the wrong decision. Later you can discuss with your child how they think the decision turned out.

If you like watching TV with your children, you can talk to them about commercials and how information can be manipulated to make claims that aren’t necessarily true. It is vital for our children to develop critical thinking skills, instead of simply being passive receptors of the large amount of media and information they receive through the array of technology we have today.

Our children, instead of passively accepting all information, need to be able to sift through this with under-standing and questioning. This is, in fact, a life skill needed by us all.

HOW TO GET YOUR CHILD TO BE-COME A CRITICAL THINKER? https://samontessori.org.za/wp-content/

What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is all about knowing how to think, engaging in logic and analysis. As parents how do we help our chil-dren to become critical thinkers? Here are some tips and ideas to help children build a foundation for criti-cal thinking:

Provide opportunities for play

Pause and wait

Don't intervene immediately

Ask open-ended questions

Help children develop hypothe-ses

Encourage critical thinking in new and different ways

Here are some ideas you can use with your children, found at www.gradeinfinity.com/?p=3169:

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CASS-FAT-SBA Grade 1-7 to be

conducted

CASS-FAT-SBA Grade 1-7 to be

conducted

CASS-FAT-SBA Grade 1-7 to be

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CASS-FAT-SBA Grade 1-7 to be

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CASS-FAT-SBA Grade 1-7 to be conducted

World Cancer Day Valentine's Items for

Sale

Chinese New Year- Year of the Pig/Safer

Internet Day

Assembly/ Theme -We’re off and running Mrs Strydom

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

Valentine’s Day will be celebrated on THURSDAY 14th.This will be a VALENTINE'S DAY/ CIVVIES DAY celebration.

All children will be allowed to come to school dressed in civvies. Children can wear red and white attire or attire based on the Oscar red carpet theme. They can pretend they are off to the Oscars. Even though there will be prizes for the most creatively dressed learners, we do not encourage parents to buy new clothes for this

day. He/she can make a paper red heart and pin it onto his/her T-shirt.

We will be selling Valentine’s paraphernalia during the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day and on Civvies. (The price of Valentine’s items range from R5.00 – R15.00). This will be an opportunity for your children to buy a small item for someone special.

All funds raised will be used to buy LSM. (Learner Support Material).

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Send us messages to tell us how we rock

at info@citykidz.co.za

Watch this space on where to view the

video.

What makes our school rock?

Please email us and tell us why CityKidz rocks.

We would like to enter the @Jacarandafm My

School Rocks competition. We have to show them why our school rocks . We then stand a chance to win massive prizes

for our school, if we are successful! Differ-ent schools rock for different reasons, and Breakfast with Martin Bester wants to know what makes our school extra special.

We have to demonstrate how our school rocks by mailing a video. This was shot by Mr Dean Krain on Wednesday...so watch this space!

CityKidz rocks because it has the best learners,

teachers, parents and the best spirit.

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QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

Warm Regards

Mrs S REYNOLDS

PRINCIPAL

General Knowledge question for the week

What is the name of the Roman governor

and principal assassin in the

murder of Julies Caesar?

Answer to question in our

last newsletter.

What superhero has been

played by Michael Keaton,

Val Kilmer, George Clooney

and Christian Bale? Batman

Maths Challenge for last week

360 students need to get on buses and

each bus hold 45 students. How many

buses will the school need?

Answer to question in our last

newsletter.

What is the largest number known to

man? The largest number that has a

commonly-known specific name is a

"googleplex", which is a 1 followed

by a googol zeros, where a "googol" is

(a 1 followed by 100 zeros )

We often take for

granted the very things that most

deserve our gratitude.

Cynthia Ozick

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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Most Merits Week Ending 1st February 2019

Grade Name Surname Grade Name Surname

Grade RR Buhle Molubi Grade Ra Uelan Booysen

Grade Rb Gosego Dire Grade Rc Kokamo Setogang

Grade 1A Khayelihle Mohale Grade 1B Shawn Topisi

Grade 1C Jayden Masuku Grade 1D Kgothatso Masedi

Grade 2A Thuto Katane Grade 2B Chioma Argborh

Grade 2C Wesley Mbambo Grade 2D Dinah Madisha

Grade 3A Hazel Manaba Grade 3B Khwezi Kumalo

Grade 3C Jaylin Hoffman Grade 3D Jayden Ndlovu

Grade 4A Anointed Aneke Grade 4B Ramesh Nche

Grade 4C Pamela Chitungo Grade 5A Makanaka Dehwa

Grade 5B Banele Phandliwe Grade 5C Neo Motswatswe

Grade 6A Jabulile Zondo Grade 6B Thamsanqa Ndlovu

Grade 7A Nombulelo Tshwale Grade 7B Tsepiso Makgopa