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FISH HOEK PRE-PRIMARY NEWSLETTER 14

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Dear Moms and Dads
Welcome back everyone. We hope that you had a good week with your children. One more Public Holiday this week (Wednesday 7th May-Voting Day) and we will be back to normal again!!!!
 
We are all very excited this week as we will be celebrating our very SPECIAL MOMS!!!!!!!!!
Yes it’s MOMS DAY at FHPPS.
 
We invite all our moms to come to school for the morning or part of the morning ( any time from 8am – 12.30pm) to enjoy some fun activities with their children. You are invited to join in with the morning ring and art activities. The children will do a little sing song for all of you at 10am. This will be followed by some tea and cake. The school will provide the cake so you mommies just need to come and relax for the morning.
 Most important!!!! If you are not able to come, please see if there is an aunty or a friend who could come for part of the morning to be with your child.
 
We have a lovely raffle for one of our moms to win, so don’t forget to take a ticket.
Raffle tickets cost R5 and will be available on Thursday and Friday with the draw taking place at 12.30 on Friday 9th May.
Thank you moms for all you do. You are truly very special. And your children love you very much!!!!
 
Everything Mom
How did you find the energy, Mom
To do all the things you did,
To be teacher, nurse and counselor
To me, when I was a kid.
How did you do it all, Mom,
Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,
Yet find time to be a playmate,
I just can’t comprehend.
I see now it was love, Mom
That made you come whenever I'd call,
Your inexhaustible love, Mom
And I thank you for it all.
By Joanna Fuchs
BIRTHDAY WISHES
Happy Birthday to Colleen and Jane who celebrated their birthdays during the holiday.
All the best for you two very special ladies. Hope your year ahead is simply the best!!!!!
FOOD PARCELS
Thank you to all those who are donating food items each week, into the Mandela Box.
We are distributing them to those in need and also to Rainbow Educare. We do appreciate your support and donations. Please keep it up as there are so many people in need.
We deliver to Rainbow Educare in Masi each Wednesday morning.
CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAYS
Please only send in one special treat for the class when it is your child’s birthday. No party packs Please!
MY SCHOOL CARD
Please support our school by getting a ‘My School Card’. We will do all the necessary submission etc. We just need you to fill out the forms that are avaliable in the office. This a very easy way of getting funds for our school. Please support!
GRADE R PARENTS
Please make sure that you apply as soon as possible to the local school for your child for Grade 1 in 2015.
Don’t delay!
Please follow up and chat to me, Lisa Pedersen or your child’s teacher if you have any queries or concerns.

THEMES FOR THE WEEK

EQ THEME: Being a good friend
Rainbow Sharing
Penguin  Colour
Angelfish  Shapes
Starfish Shapes
Dolphin  Dinosaurs
Shark.  Dinosaurs

NEWS
Dolphins Class

Theme:  Dinosaurs
Letter: ‘w’
Maths: No 4
Life Skill: Being a good friend
Welcome back after a long break. Don’t forget our class party on the 17th May from 9am-11am. Please bring a breakfast picnic, a picnic mat, drinks and your own crockery and cutlery.
The children may dress up as a character from The Peter Pan story. See you there!
We will continue to have students in our class for the next few weeks.
Have a good week.
Irene, Dee and Lara

Shark Class

Theme:  Dinosaurs
Letter: ‘w’
Maths: No 4
Life Skill: Being a good friend
Welcome back after a long break. Don’t forget our class party on the 17th May from 9am-11am. Please bring a breakfast picnic, a picnic mat, drinks and your own crockery and cutlery.
The children may dress up as a character from The Peter Pan story. See you there!
We will continue to have students in our class for the next few weeks.
Have a good week.
Irene, Dee and Lara

Starfish class

Welcome back!   We will be carrying on with the EQ theme of “being a really good friend” for this week, along with the IQ theme of “Shapes”.  Please continue to chat to your children about the qualities of being a really good friend and encourage them to play with their special friend at school.  Also play educational shape games with them or spot different shapes with them in their surroundings. 
Please remember “Mother’s Day” at school this Friday 9 May.  Look forward to seeing you all.  Please read the notice board about our forthcoming outing on the 23 May. 
 Please remember school is closed on Wed 7 May for voting. 
Have a good week!  Colleen and Rita

Angelfish class

Theme: Being a good friend and shapes
Welcome back to all. Hope everyone had a good break. Please encourage your children to try and identify the shapes around them.
The Angelfish would like to wish Mrs Solomons good luck for her exams this month. We know you can do it!!!!
Have a lovely week everyone.
Elraine and Nawaal

Penguin Class

Hi Everyone. Welcome back to yet another short school week. We will continue to talk about how to be a good friend. We will also focus on the colour blue this week. On Friday is ‘Mom’s Day” at school and I hope to see lots of moms or your child’s special person at school.
Next week Thursday is a Teddy bear picnic in the Penguin class. Children must please bring a teddy bear to school and one special treat in their lunch box that they can share with a friend.
Food for thought:

"All that I am or hope to be,
 I owe to my angel mother.
(Abraham Lincoln )

 Regards                              

                       Paula

OPEN DAY EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 9AM 

Lets share our wonderful school with family and friends. Fish Hoek Pre-Primary will be giving prospective parents an opportunity to come and have a look at the school in action. Interested parents are welcome to pop in on Wednesdays at 9am for a school tour and chat. The first Open Day this year is on Wednesday 5th February.
Please spread the word and let more children benefit from our fabulous, warm, caring and educational environment.
We cater for children 2 years until 6 years which includes a Grade R year. Our Grade R's follow the WCED curriculum. (CAPS)

EMOTIONAL LITERACY

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
 Visit: http://fhpps.co.za/the-children/emotional-literacy/

NEWS FROM STAY&PLAY
Ingrid, Stella, Daphne, Andre and Patience and Chante
Ingrid’s cell number in case you need it is :0835053451.

Our Menu this week:
Mon- Spaghetti
Tue- Chicken Nuggets, mash and corn
Thurs- Macaroni cheese
Fri-Hot dogs and curls

DATES TO DIARISE
Fri 9th May- Mother’s Day at school between 8am-12.30pm.
Wed 14th May- BOG meeting for all the Board Members at 7pm
Fri 13th June- Angelfish cake Sale
Fri 27th June â€“ Dad’s day and sausage Braai-Last Day of the 2nd Term
School closes at 10.30. A/C until 6pm.( Dad’s invited for the morning)

SNACK TIME
Please note that no sweet biscuits, chips, chocolate muffins etc are allowed in your child’s lunch box. A sandwich, some fruit, salty or plain biscuits, cheese, ham etc, provide the energy that your child needs to grow and learn. The children are also asked to bring in a fruit each day. It is cut up and shared amongst the class just before story time!
SPARE CLOTHES
Please remember to pack in some spare clothes for your child each day, particularly the younger ones. The children often need to change for various reasons and it becomes a little tricky when there is nothing for them to wear!!!
Classroom Times-beginning with Morning Ring and ending with Story:
Rainbow-8.30am-12.15pm
Penquin-8.30am-12.15pm
Angelfish-8.30am-12.30pm
Starfish- 8.30am-12.30pm
Dolphins- 8.00am-12.45pm
Sharks-8.00am-12.45pm

The school opens at 7am in the morning for those working parents. Please could you take your children through to the Stay and Play room if you arrive between 7am +8am. A teacher and assistant will be on duty each day to welcome you to morning care. There is a list on the notice board in Stay and Play to let you know which teachers are on duty that morning. Try to arrive at least 10minutes earlier than morning ring time to give your child a chance to play before they come inside.
All the teachers will be in their classrooms by 8am to greet you and your children.
Please note that the Rainbow children can go straight to their classroom from 7.45 where Aunty Linda and Aunty Mastoera will greet you.This is a Text Block. Use this to provide text...
Rainbow Class
Hi everyone.
Welcome back. We are so happy to be back with your precious children!
Aunty Linda is unfortunately not well today so Mastoera and Lara will be taking the Rainbow class.
Wishing you a good week.
Mastoera, Linda  and Lara
STUDENTS
We welcome some new students for the next few weeks from Varsity College, CUPT, and UNISA.
We are excited to see what fun games and activities they have prepared to do with our children. The students range from 1st years to 4th year students
SHADOW STUDENTS
This week we are having some students from Fish Hoek High School doing a job shadow at our school. They will be with us during the afternoons this week.
FACEBOOK
Please note that the teachers will only be putting photos up on facebook once a week.
Any parent who does not want their child’s photos to appear on facebook needs to let their teacher know.
www.facebook.com/fhpps.
RAFFLE
Congratulations to the winners of our mosaic raffles:

Rainbow-Bridget Williamson, Penguin-Christopher Axmann, Angelfish- Basil Hess, Starfish- Pat Jaques, Dolphin- Kathleen(Lutho), Sharks- David Claassen
Have a super week everyone.
PLEASE! CLOSE BOTH GATES BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU ENTER AND LEAVE THE SCHOOL. FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY!!!!
BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Our school offers a superb venue for children’s parties, and is available for hire!!! Please come and chat to us in the office if you are interested.