Snippets 30 July 2010
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Welcome to the brand new St Andrew's website!
Please note that we are currently running a two week trial period for the new website. We will be able to add pictures and adverts as per our usual snippets shortly. Should you experience any problems or have any suggestions please e-mail cpattle@standrews.co.za. Parents are encouraged to register to login to the Parentzone. Once you have completed the registration process you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration.
Well worth the wait! The 2009 School Magazine
It has been quite the task, to compete for the girls’ undivided attention, with the arrival of the much anticipated 2009 school magazine. I hope that in a few days, you will be able to pry the magazine from your daughters’ and enjoy sharing in the memories, successes and celebrations of 2009. A magazine of this high standard is as a result of many hours of collating and proof reading by Mrs Terry and Mrs Milner. We thank them for all their input and will allow them only a short breath before they get started on the 2010 issue.
Grade 6 IEB Core Skills
On Thursday 29 July, the Grade Sixes sat the IEB Grade 6 Core Skills Assessments. English, Mathematics and cross curricular skills and knowledge are integrated in problem solving type questions. These questions are specifically designed to assess the cognitive levels at which the girls are functioning and assist the staff in improving the delivery of the curriculum and facilitate our future planning. The tests will be marked internally, using IEB memorandums, and then submitted to the IEB for moderation and evaluation feedback. We anticipate that the results will be made available in November.
Interhouse Hockey
Parents are invited to join the staff and girls at the annual Grade 4-7 Interhouse hockey that will take place on Monday afternoon from 14h30-16h30. Girls are reminded that it is a compulsory event. It is essential that all girls wear their Games kit and house T-shirt. Team and match details have been communicated to the classes during homeroom. I urge all girls to show good sportsmanship and make the event a successful one! May the best house win- but let’s all have fun!
Market Day Loan Agreements
The EMS teachers and our budding entrepreneurs are working industriously on their business plans and market research in preparation for our market that will form part of Spring Day on the 18th September. In the coming week your daughters will be approaching you for a loan to assist them in raising the capital needed to start up their businesses. You will be asked to sign a loan agreement in which you will be able to negotiate the terms and conditions of the loan, should there be a default in payment. I encourage parents to notgive their daughters more money than requested in the loan, as this will ensure that all companies go in to Market Day with an equal opportunity to make a profit.
Your help is needed….If there are any parents that run their own businesses, are entrepreneurs or have business experiences, and are interested in becoming involved in short workshops or willing to share their stories with the girls in the last week of term, 16-20 August, kindly email me at gjohnstone@standrews.co.za for more information about the exciting week we have planned for the girls and how you can become involved.
This week’s fixtures:
| Monday 2 August | Interhouse hockey 14:30 - 16:16 |
| Thursday 5 August | Cross country @ St Peter's (U9 - Open team) |
| Friday 6 August | Hockey vs. Brescia House @ St Andrew's Gr 6 and Gr 7 A and B |
Extra-Curricular Timetable:
Please note that the last Gr. 3 Hockey matches were played on Saturday 24 July. The Gr. 3 girls have only one Hockey practice on a Monday from 13:30 – 14:30. The Wednesday practice has been cancelled.
The last Gr. 4 & 5 Hockey matches will be played on Friday 30 July, therefore, the afternoon practices will be cancelled from Monday 2 August. These include the Gr. 4 practice on a Wednesday from 14:15 – 15:15 and the Gr. 5 practice on Mondays from 14:45 – 15:45.
Hockey:
Results: 23 July vs. APPS:
Gr. 4A lost 0 - 4
Gr. 5A lost 0 - 3
Gr. 6A lost 1 - 4
Gr. 6B drew 0 - 0
Gr. 7A won 4 – 3
Gr. 3 Hockey Festival
Results: 24 July
Team 1
Against Bresica drew 0 – 0
Against St Teresa’s won 3 – 0
Against St Mary’s lost 0 – 2
Against APPS drew 1 – 1
Against St Katharine’s won 5 – 0
Team 2
Against Brescia lost 0—1
Against APPS won 1—0
Against Roedean won 1—0
Against Holy Rosary won 1—0
Against St Mary’s drew 0—0
Equestrian:
Results: 18 July
Caitlin Horn: 2nd Level 4 2 Phase Show Jumping, 1st Level 4 Show Jumping Competition
Tayla Maynard: 2nd Level 3 2 Phase Show Jumping, 5th Level 3 Show Jumping Competition
Kaidee-Shae Boyd: 6thLevel 3 2 Phase Show Jumping, 7thLevel 3 Show Jumping Competition
Cayley Keown: 5th Level 2 2 Phase Show Jumping, 10thLevel 2 Show Jumping Competition, 5th Level 2 Equitation
Tatum Hoffmann: 6thLevel 1 2 Phase Show Jumping, 7th Level 1 Show Jumping Competition, 4th Level 1 Equitation, 7th Prelim Dressage
Gabriella van der Walt: 3rd Level 1 2 Phase Show Jumping, 1st Level 1 Show Jumping
Savannah Ireland
did her Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Grade 4 ballet exam for which she got 98%. She was also the winner of the RAD Youth Awards Bursary for Grade 4.
Urgently Needed
If anyone interested in selling a violin contact Loren Bagnall on 084 653 0183.
Well done!
Kelsey Devonport and her brother Keagan, worked for 2 hours on Nelson Mandela’s birthday picking up litter in the streets. They placed it all on the back of a bakkie. Their parents paid them each R200 for this community work and Kelcey has donated it to one of the St Andrew’s charities.
Forthcoming Events:
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Monday 2 August 2010 |
Gr 4—7 Interhouse Hockey |
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Tuesday 3 August 2010 |
Music Assembly |
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Wednesday 4 August 2010 |
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Thursday 5 August 2010 |
Grade 0 Caregivers Morning
Cross Country Fixture
Informal Music Concerts |
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Friday 6 August 2010 |
Athlone Photography Competition Closes |
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Monday 9 August 2010 |
PUBLIC HOLIDAY |
