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Hi Moms and Dads
This newsletter is a very important form of communication. If you do not receive one via email, please let Jane have your email so that we can send you one and if you would prefer a hard copy in your child’s pocket, please let Jane know so that we can do this for you!
We hope that you all had a good weekend and we are looking forward to a happy new week.
Thank you so much for your generosity last week and this week. We received many tins of non-perishable food stuffs as well as a few treats and other food items and toiletries for a family in our school who is in desperate need. So kind of all of you and much appreciated. I have sorted them into food parcels and handed them to the family concerned. Please keep them in your prayers and if next month you are able to donate again, please bring your items in to the office.
On Thursday we will be having a BABY SHOWER for Monica and Minus. Such a happy and special time for them. Monica has her last day on Friday and Mastoera will be taking over her assistant role in the Angelfish Class. We would like to give them a hamper of goodies, so please send in an item of toiletries, baby clothes, nappies etc and we will package it for you. |
MY SCHOOL CARD
Do you know about the ‘The My School Card?’ It is a great and easy way to make money for our school!!
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet is one of South Africa's biggest fundraising programmes and allows you to make a difference, just by shopping. Every time you use your card at any of our partner stores they'll give back a percentage of your purchase value, on your behalf, to the school or charity you choose at absolutely no cost to you!
Get your free card today. Every swipe counts!
Apply on line:
www.myschool.co.za |
EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS FOR THE TERM
This term’s events:
19th Aug- Penguin Cake sale
2nd Sept- Minute to win it games evening! (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE DUE TO THE TEACHER’S CONFERENCE ON 26TH AUG!!)
23rd Sept- Grandparents Day at fhpps (LAST DAY OF TERM 3- FHPPS BREAKS UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS) |
GATE
R50 deposit for a card that will be returned to you when you leave the school and hand in the card. Please pop into the office to collect yours if you are having trouble with your fingerprint.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLOSE BOTH GATES WHEN ENTERING AND LEAVING THE SCHOOL FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN! |
FOOD FOR A FRIEND
Thanks to those moms who have put their name on the roster to offer to make soup. We have quite a few names now~! THANK YOU!
Please donate soup ingredients, soup mix, soup powder and fresh vegetables on Tuesday morning so that the moms making, can take them home to make the soup for Wednesday morning. |
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PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU CLOSE BOTH GATES BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU ENTER AND LEAVE THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY!!!! |
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Don't Forget!
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PLEASE CHECK LOST PROPERTY DAILY!! AND REMEMBER TO BRING A BLANKET AND A PILLOW IF YOUR CHILD STAYS FOR STAY AND PLAY. IT'S GETTING A LITTLE COOLER. |
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Fri 2nd Sept- Minute to win it games evening. This term's fundraising event with games and prizes!!!!!
(Fun! Fun! Fun! Babysitting will be provided as with the Trivia evening last term. Please diarise you don’t want to miss it!!!!)
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SCHOOL FEES
Please note that July School Fees are now overdue.
We have outsourced a debt collector, Denise, who will be in contact with you should your fees fall behind. Please make contact with Jane or myself if you are having difficulties with the fees. |
NEWS FROM STAY AND PLAY
My cell no is 0835053451 if needed.
If you are running late in the afternoons and it's getting close to 6pm, please phone me to let me know. |
Class News
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Sea Horse |
Hello everybody.
We had a lovely visit from CMR last Friday. I will post some pictures on our ‘watsapp’ group chat this week.
The week our theme is: The Firefighter.
Our Focus: eye-hand coordination.
Please encourage cutting, threading, pegs or tearing and pasting at home.
Our EQ theme is: I am special.
We continue to rote count up to twenty and count 20 objects during our ring time every day.
We are also enjoying silly rhyming words before story. Learning is fun!!
Have a wonderful week
Bonta and Patience.
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Sharks |
EQ: Going for goals- taking responsibility for my actions/ tying a shoelace and skipping with a rope.
General: transport and road safety
Letter: T t
Numbers: 10-15
The children were delighted to be back at school and settled into the routine with ease. They had a busy week and participated eagerly in all the activities.
We started making a transport poster and will finish it next week. I am encouraging the children to try and write words. It doesn't matter if they make a mistake but it encourages them to identify sounds they hear in words and identify them on the alphabet chart. They were able to write helicoptr for helicopter which is very good. It is another way to get them to link a sound to a letter. Please make them aware of print at home eg labels on food- corn flakes. This week we also compared yoghurt containers and grouped them according to their brand name. We then counted and compared them. Parmalat won, PnP was one less than Parmalat and there was only one Dairy Belle. It was a valuable exercise because it extended their language skills and maths skills. I will post pictures of the children doing this activity and of the poster so please join our closed facebook page.
In maths when identifying numbers we are continuing to identify them as numbers before/after/between and to use the terms more/less and equal.
In our EQ theme of Going for Goals I am challenging the children to work independently by helping to set out the tables and take responsibility when tidying up. They are also taking up the challenge of learning to tie a shoelace/ bow and skipping with a rope. Most of the group are coping with both tasks and are eager to learn. Please help them at home to learn to tie a bow.
Activities and events planned for l this term: 5 August FANSA will visit the Shark Class to present an educational show. Every year they visit the Grade R class and their shows are excellent.
18 Aug Aquarium Puppet show for all groups.
26 August I will be leaving school early to attend the NAPTOSA Conference is Somerset West. Merle will teach the class when I leave.
Our main fund raiser this term is Minute to Win It Games evening. Baby-sitting will be available at the school. The trivia evening was a great success. Please diarise this evening and book a table.
Have a good week.
Dee and Merle.
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Starfish |
EQ: Going for Goals, Failures and Successes
IQ: Proudly SA and People from other countries
Focus: Fine Motor skills - Correct pencil grip
Number Concepts: Number Recog 1 to 5, Touch and Count, Rote Count
The Starfish children thoroughly enjoyed being back at school after the holidays. Some of them are finding it hard to get out of their warm beds in the mornings, but this should improve as we head towards Spring. We continue to discuss "Proudly SA and People from other countries". Please encourage your children to bring items or books to school about our theme. It is so wonderful when they bring items and can tell the other children a little about the country it comes from. We are also discussing "Going for Goals". This week we chatted about what a baby can do, what an older toddler can do, what a 4/5 year old can do, what a school going child can do, and what an adult can do. Please chat to your child about a goal they would like to set and write it down on a piece of paper. Get them to bring it to school and we are going to place it in a special post box and hopefully by the end of term 3 with our help they will be able to achieve their goal. It can be anything, sleeping in their own bed, riding their bicycle without trainers, skipping, manipulating the monkey bars, doing a cartwheel, being able to skip with a skipping rope etc. Our class goal for this term is going to be "tying their own shoelaces" Please encourage them as much as possible. Please remember our dress up day this Friday 29 July. They can dress up as "Proudly SA or People from other countries". Please look at the past photo's up in the classroom for ideas. No need to buy or hire an outfit. NO SUPERHERO OUTFITS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please note Wed 3rd August is voting day, Monday 8/Tuesday 9th August is School/Public holiday. Please Diarise Friday 2 September as our "Minute to Win It evening. Please note this date has changed! Friday 23 September is Grandparents Day/Last day of term 3(Please note this is one week earlier than other schools)
We are concentrating on Fine Motor skills, especially Pencil grips. Please correct them when drawing. A good pencil grip will enable them to draw/write for longer without their fingers getting sore. I know changing their pencil grip makes it feel strange when drawing but it will be beneficial in the end. Encourage games to strengthen fine motor skills like threading, puzzles, pegging, Lego, pegging washing, spinning tops, pickup sticks. Continue to play games involving numbers whether matching games, Uno, Snakes and Ladders, Rummikub etc
Please remember our "Baby-shower for Monica and Sylvester’s wife Minus" on Friday 29th July. Please bring in items for their hampers like baby toiletries, nappies, clothes etc or a monetary donation.
Thank you
Have a Blessed Week
Colleen and Rudo
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Angelfish |
EQ: Going for Goals, Failures and Successes
IQ: Proudly SA and People from other countries
Focus: Fine Motor skills - Correct pencil grip
It's been lovely to be back and the children have definitely enjoyed being back in their classrooms with their friends. We had lots of fun at our "around the world party". The children were fascinated by all the different dishes we had. They tried paaper bites, koeksisters, sago pudding, different cheeses, nachos and coconut. Teacher Monica was also very surprised! Thank you to all of those who contributed towards her gifts.
Number Concepts: Number Recog 1 to 5, Touch and Count, Rote We continue to discuss "Proudly SA and People from other countries". Please encourage your children to bring items or books to school about our theme. It is so wonderful when they bring items and can tell the other children a little about the country it comes from. We are also discussing "Going for goals" Please chat to your child about a goal they would like to set. It can be anything, sleeping in their own bed, riding their bicycle without trainers, skipping, manipulating the monkey bars, doing a cartwheel, being able to skip with a skipping rope etc. Please remember our High Tea on Thursday 28th.Children are please to dress up as kings and queens. This will also be our farewell for Monica as she will be leaving on Friday 29th.Mastoera will be replacing her for the rest of the year.
Please note Wed 3rd August is voting day, Monday 8/Tuesday 9th August is School/Public holiday. Please Diarise Friday 2 September as our "Minute to Win It evening. Please note this date has changed! Friday 23 September is Grandparents Day/Last day of term 3(Please note this is one week earlier than other schools)
We are concentrating on Fine Motor skills, especially Pencil grips. Please correct them when drawing. A good pencil grip will enable them to draw/write for longer without their fingers getting sore. I know changing their pencil grip makes it feel strange when drawing but it will be beneficial in the end. Encourage games to strengthen fine motor skills like threading, puzzles, pegging, Lego, pegging washing, spinning tops, pickup sticks. Continue to play games involving numbers whether matching games, Uno, Snakes and Ladders, Rummikub etc
Please remember our "Baby-shower for Monica and Sylvester’s wife Minus" on Friday 29th July. Please bring in items for their hampers like baby toiletries, nappies, clothes etc or a monetary donation.
Thank you
Have a great week
Elraine and Monica
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Penguins |
Hello Penguin Parents.
Our theme this week is Fire Fighters and safety. Please talk to your children about the dangers of playing with matches and lighters etc.
We will be going to the Fish Hoek Fire Station on Wednesday 24th August and we will be looking for parents to help with lifts for this outing. Please remember to sign the outing form in the classroom. Your help is always appreciated.
We are giving Teacher Monica and Silvester a baby shower on Friday morning. Please consider bringing in baby clothes, toiletries, creams, blankets, nappies etc before Friday. There is a special box in our classroom to put the gifts in.
A pillow and a thick blanket for your child for Aftercare and spare clothes in a bag Please! Thank you!
Have a wonderful week.
Linda and Nawaal
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Rainbow |
Theme: who am I - boy/girl, position in family, likes, dislikes etcetera.
EQ: I can tell you what I like doing and learning.
Skill: intellectual skills - The value of 0-5
Hello parents,
Trusting you had a good weekend. We are continuing with our theme 'who am I. We will be helping children knowing themselves better which goes hand in hand with our EQ where they are going to show and tell what they like doing and learn.
Our focus this week will be centred on numbers, playing games to understand numbers and their values.
At home encourage children to set their goals for their self -directed activities and ask them what they can do.
Enjoy your week,
Stella and Faith
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Emotional Literacy |
| Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. - Harold S. Hulbert |
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Important Dates |
EXTRA MURALS ON OFFER AT FHPPS
Tuesday – Playball (12.30-1.30pm)
Helen Davies. 082 748 8043
Tuesday – Judo (2pm-3pm)
Jessica Butcher. 073 623 8019
Tuesday - Ballet (2pm-3pm)
Natalie-083 3897157
Wednesday – Fit Kids (2pm-2.45pm)
Simon Mcqueen. 072 450 2146
Thursday – Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm)
Sam Hogg. 072 587 9273
Thursday- Soccercise (12.30pm):
Friday – Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm)
DATES TO DIARISE TERM 3
AUGUST
Tues 2nd Aug- BOG Meeting 7pm for BOG members
Wed 3rd Aug- Voting Day –Public Holiday!!!
Mon 8th Aug- School Holiday- PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL THIS DAY AND NO AFTERCARE OR HOLIDAY CARE.
Tues 9th Aug- Public Holiday (Women’s Day)
Thurs 18th Aug- Puppet show for all the children (From the Aquarium)
Fri 19th Aug- Penguin Cake Sale ( All to bring R5 and the Penguin Parents to please provide the eats)
Fri 26th –Sun 28th Aug: NAPTOSA TEACHER’S CONFERENCE IN SOMERSET WEST- Bonita, Elraine, Dee, Colleen, Stella and Paula will be attending- We will organise other teachers and assistants to take the relevant classes on that Friday.)
SEPTEMBER
Fri 2nd Sept- Minute to win it games evening. This term's fundraising event with games and prizes!!!!!
(Fun! Fun! Fun! Babysitting will be provided as with the Trivia evening last term. Please diarise you don’t want to miss it!!!!)
(PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE OF DATE FOR THIS FUNCTION DUE TO THE CONFERENCE ON 26TH AUG!)
Tues 6th Sept- Bog Meeting 7pm for BOG members
Fri 23rd Sept- Grandparents Day and last day of Term 3!!!!!
(PLEASE NOTE THAT WE TAKE AN EXTRA WEEK HOLIDAY IN SEPTEMBER. OUR TERM ENDS ON 23RD SEPT AND WE START AGAIN ON 10TH OCTOBER FOR TERM 4. STAY AND PLAY IS OPEN AS USUAL FOR THE WHOLE HOLIDAY)
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For more details view the website events page
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This Week's Menu |
Mon- Chicken Nuggets veg and rice
Tuesday- Macaroni and cheese
Wed- Mince pot
Thurs- Fish Fingers and veg
Fri- Hot dogs and curls |
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The Usual Bits |
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!!!
FACEBOOK
We love sharing pictures from the school day. Teachers only put photos up on Facebook once a week. Any parent who does not want their child’s photos to appear on Facebook should let their teacher know. www.facebook.com/fhpps. |
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And on that note... |
‘A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.’ Billy Graham
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Regards, Paula
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Birthday parties |
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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 or email Jane
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