Wynberg Girls' Junior School News
Newsletter 16
24th Aug
Dear WGJS Family
Term 3 has already been overflowing with excitement and tremendous achievements.
Our girls performed incredibly at the Orchestra Eistedfodd and achieved an ‘A+' (85%-90%) Congratulations to all our excellent young musicians.
Thank you to the teachers involved and all the parents that came to support us!
Well done to the girls who played in the ABRSM violin examinations. Although we are still awaiting the results, all the girls played well and it was a very enjoyable experience.
There is an obvious desire to win. This desire does not simply magically appear. It needs to be cultivated, nurtured and become the driving force in the hearts of each Wynberg Girl. This passion is what leads our girls to achieve.
"The starting point of all accomplishments is desire. Keep this in mind: feeble desires bring feeble results just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.''
I challenge each girl to strive for her personal best in the current test and assessment series.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
The events of the past few days regarding the strike have once again highlighted that as a staff at WGJS, we strive to ensure the safety of each and every girl. This becomes extremely difficult if not impossible when all and sundry have access before school and after school to enter the school premises. My request is that only learners enter the premises and proceed, unattended, to their classes. Should a parent need to proceed to the office then they are to collect a visitors badge from the security at the gate. I thank you for your support in this necessary safety precaution.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEAM - Miss Whitfield
Our General Knowledge team came FIRST when they competed against four other schools on Friday afternoon. Congratulations to Grace Brain, Ashleigh Thompson, Amy Tayler, Paige Buxey, Beth Petersen and Saabira Swart.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Saleehah Domingo, a Grade 7 learner, has been selected to participate at the SA Karate Championships in Durban next month. We wish her well.
REPORT COLLECTION
Parents are requested to diarise Tuesday 21 September to collect their daughters' school reports.
Reports may be collected from the Vera Lawton Hall between 15h00 and 19h00 on Tuesday 21 September 2010. Reports are confidential documents addressed to parents and as such, will only be handed to parents.
Should a parent wish to arrange an appointment with their child's teacher, then they are requested to contact the teacher and set up a suitable appointment time.
The school bursars will also be available on that evening to discuss arrear accounts and accept any payments or payment plans should your account not be up to date. Please contact Mrs Yardin or Mrs Korck should you wish to discuss your school account prior to this evening.
SCHOOL MAGAZINE
Mrs Laubscher and her team are already hard at work on this project in between all their other activities. We thank our Magazine Team for their hard work and diligence Everyone looks forward to this annual publication.
Should you wish to advertise in the 2010 magazine, kindly send your contribution in jpeg format to jullau@wgjs.co.za
Should you wish to advertise, the costs are as follows:
Business Card - R200-00
Quarter page - R300-00
Half Page - R500-00 (B&W) R 650-00 (Colour)
Full Page - R800-00 (B&W) R1 200-00 (Colour)
Sponsorship costs:
Full page - R100.00 Half page - R50.00
Advertisements must be sent and paid for in full by 8th October.
EARLY LEAVING REQUESTS
Numerous requests are received on a daily basis for children to leave school early or take time off for holidays.
This request will only be accepted in cases of emergency or for unavoidable medical appointments. We cannot sanction time taken off for holidays and can only note parents requests for such.
No additional work will be provided by teachers for children taking time off for holidays. It remains the duty of the parents to catch up on missed teaching and learning.
To ensure the safety of learners, children may only be collected by their parents or by a third party with written consent from parents, during school hours.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT - Miss Leonard
WHAT? The movie, Grease
WHERE? School Hall
WHEN? This Friday, 27 August, 13h30 - 16h00
TICKETS @ R25 each - includes a burger and cooldrink, only available until THURSDAY!
There will be an orchestra rehearsal after the movie on Friday, 16h00 - 18h00 in preparation for the Orchestra and Choir Festival on the 9th of September. Please note that tickets for this concert will only be available at the door.
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY - Mrs Baerecke
Ashleigh Thompson, Grace Brain, Saabira Swart and Franquay Adamo took part in the regular quarterly "Inter Schools Literature Quiz", hosted by Micklefield. There were 19 teams participating and our girls were placed 2nd. Grove won by a very narrow margin! Congratulations to our young ladies, who each won a new book, kindly donated by Exclusive Books.
Each Grade 3 to 7 learner is currently completing the task of making a "Matchbox Book" in her library lesson. Inside the box is the illustrated story of any children's classic. All Grade 4 to 7 girls are currently doing their unprepared reading, as well as ensuring that they read the required number of classics by 10 September, as indicated at the start of this term.
Many new fiction books are being processed and will be put on the shelves during the next 3 weeks. The titles will be displayed on the noticed board in the Library. Should you wish to donate one of these books, kindly notify me.
Finally, all "Readathon" forms and money should have been handed in by last Friday. Should your daughter still have hers at home PLEASE send it to school TOMORROW. It is imperative that ALL forms are returned. The names of the girls who were winners of any of the "Readathon" competitions will be displayed on the special mention notice board at the entrance to the office area.
"A library is a hospital for the mind." (Anonymous)
MY SCHOOL / MAKRO CARDS
A reminder to please swipe your MySchool and Makro cards. This is an income generating tool which requires little effort with big benefits for the school.
FUN RUN DAY - Saturday 30 October 2010
COMING SOON: Very important information about this wonderful event. This is certainly a date to diarise as a day of fun for the whole family.
GETAHEAD EDUCATION SOFTWARE
Evalunet, one of South Africa's premier developers of educational software and producers of GetAhead, has negotiated a special deal with our school.
Buy this year's grade and get next year's grade FREE!!!
On the 16 August 2010 our school launched the Getahead School Project.
Your child will also stand a chance to win an Apple iPod, as well as software for the rest of her school career!
GetAhead will benefit your daughter by.....
- - Developing a greater interest and insight in schoolwork;
- - Improving thinking and concentration skills;
- - Helping to revise schoolwork at her own pace
GetAhead is proudly South African, curriculum based and therefore RELEVANT to our learners.
Evalunet will be making a generous cash donation to our school based on the number of GetAhead products ordered. We encourage you to seriously consider this project in the interest of our school, but more importantly, in the interest of your child's education.
CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
If someone were to pay you R10 for each kind word you spoke and collect R5 for each unkind word, would you be rich or poor?
Yours sincerely
D E CAWCUTT (MRS)
PRINCIPAL