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    Newsletter 15

    11th Aug

    Dear WGJS Family

    WWW - Wonderful Women of Wynberg

    August is Women's month. 

    We certainly have the most Wonderful Women at Wynberg Girls' Junior School. 

    We can all learn skills and information but people who really influence our lives and shape our futures are often the unsung hero's. Who is your role model?

    Each parent has the huge task of setting a good example and being a good role model. It certainly gets one thinking about the responsibility we as parents and particularly mothers, have in shaping the type of lady we wish our daughters to grow up to be.

    Are we currently educating the next president of SA, the future millionaires and businesswomen of the future at WGJS?

    I encourage each one of you to discuss this aspect with your daughters and share with them women who may have influenced your lives positively. Take time too, to thank these special people.

    WGJS staff members share their role models - mothers feature highly, aunts, dads, grans and fellow staff members:

    Aunty Kate:  She lived life to the full - a strong woman, fixing cars during the war, taking part in everything possible, giving generously of her time and huge, tight bear hugs;

    My dad taught me to be independent and to do things for myself. Also taught me to always strive for excellence;

    My mom: always willing to help others, she's a great mom, friend and person.

    My mom: for her strength and perseverance through adversities.

    My friend: she is a young mother, scientist and currently studying for her masters. She has strong moral values and wisdom. She sacrifices things in order to help others. I aspire to be like her

    Mrs Baerecke: I want to be like her when I grow up. She is a lady who handles what life throws at her with grace and integrity. She is such a positive force, her enthusiasm, encouragement and kindness make her one in a million.

    Are you a role model? Perhaps today is the day to ensure that you too can be honoured for your values, integrity and enthusiasm to LIVE life to the full and leave a legacy.

    Achievements

    We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Louise Emkie, a member of our maintenance team, on passing matric. We are proud of you!

    Nikita Dellis, Chloe Scholtz, Courtney Cottle performing in The Spiders Web at the Cape Town International Convention Centre later this month. Michaila Goliath is currently away as she participating in an Ice Skating competition. We trust they will all enjoy this experience.

    Young Entrepreneurs Finals

    We wish to congratulate our Young Entrepreneurs for 2010. The Grade 6 finalists are: Lisa Wiener, Emily Suttle, Abigail Sivertsen, Nicole Jutzen, Verushka Snyders, Lisa Veldsman, Nina du Plessis. In third place, Satara Lumb, second place, Megan Mulholland and first place, Abigail Kempster. The grade 7 finalists are: Melissa Guthrie, Nuraan Nicholas, Nazeera Loonat, Kirsten Hilario, Caitlin Cairns and Caitlin Hurry. In joint third place, Franquay Adamo and Melissa Van der Westhuizen, second place, Grace Brain and first place, Tasneem Rawoot. Well done ladies, your presentations were of an exceptionally high standard.

    Music Department - Miss Leonard

    Did you know?

    • High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages than non-musicians in the same classes.
    • Playing a musical instrument has cognitive benefits. A Stanford study has found that musical training improves how the brain processes spoken word - this could lead to improving the reading ability of children who have dyslexia and other reading problems. (www.supportmusic.com)

    Our orchestra will be participating in the Eisteddfod on Friday, 13th August. The Eisteddfod takes place at Rondebosch Boys Preparatory School. Good luck to Miss Galliers and the girls, and thank you for all the time you've put into the preparation for this event.

    On the 19th of August, six of our violinists are taking part in the ABRSM violin examinations. Good luck to Lisa Stephens, Nirvana de Villiers, Razaana Manuel, Rebecca Bredenkamp, Megan Eastman and Paige Buxey.

    My School Card

    A request to parents to remember to swipe their cards. Should you not have a myschool card, please collect an application form or apply online.

    Similarly, a Makro card is also available. If linked to WGJS, we receive a percentage of the purchase amount.

    Money Matters

    Many parents are not familiar with the South African Schools Act and their liability to pay school fees. We would like to bring your attention to the following:

    • a. In terms of Section 39 of the South African Schools Act, parents are liable to pay compulsory school fees.
    • b. In terms of Section 40 and 41 of the South African Schools Act, the school may enforce the payment of these compulsory fees.
    • c. In terms of family law, parents are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the school fees irrespective of their marital status.
    • d. In the event of non payment of school fees the school will institute legal action against both parents irrespective of maintenance and court orders which may exist between the parties.
    • e. Parents who are unable to pay school fees may apply for the exemption of these fees. These exemptions are not funded by the Government, but rather by the paying parents.
    • f. This is a statutory requirement and thus this debt is a priority debt and must be paid before any other debt.
    • g. All other debts list are contractual debts and thus the criteria of indebtedness in terms of Section 86 the National Credit Act is applicable to those debts and those debts may be restructured.
    • h. This debt may not be referred to a debt counsellor

    Taken from "Arista Training - A to Z of School Fees"

    Thank you to all the parents who ensure that their school fee accounts are kept up to date. Should any parent experience financial difficulty regarding school fees they are urged to communicate this to the finance office.

    News from the Library - Mrs Baerecke

    During "Readathon Week", various competitions were held. The winners of the daily "Mystery Competitions" were Beth Petersen 7B; Emily Suttle 6B; Tai-Li Lee 4B; Haanim Samaai 3F and Mia Sim 1B. They each received a brand new book, as did the 3 winners of the "Wish for a book" event - Mrs Makinson, Sabrina Otto 2M and Danielle Martin 6R. The winners of the Grade 1 and 2 colouring-in competitions will be announced during the week.

    Please note that ALL forms and sponsor money must be handed in by 20 August at the latest.

    "When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day!" (Jean Fritz)

    Readathon Week was such a fun week. Many thanks to all the moms, dads and grannies for helping the girls dress up in colourful crafty costumes. Thank you, Mrs Baerecke for organising this very successful event.

    Safety

    We wish to ensure that our children remain safe and secure and are pleased that our girls are not waiting or wandering around the playground after closing time.

    During this past week we had an unpleasant incident where an unknown lady entered the school building and simply walked off with one of our girl's bags. With this in mind, we request all visitors to the school to report to the front office for a visitors badge. In this way we can hopefully provide a safer school.

    In closing, we would like to wish all our Muslim families well over the fast.

    Yours sincerely

    D E CAWCUTT (MRS)

    PRINCIPAL