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Hi Moms and Dads
This newsletter will be emailed every Monday to those of you on our mailing list.
Please read these Monday Newsletters each week as IMPORTANT and all relevant information about the school, your children's classroom activities and the functions at the school will be written in it.
This newsletter is a very important form of communication.
Our school cell: 079 408 2575.
This phone can be used mornings as well as afternoons.
PLEASE NOTE ALSO THAT WE HAVE A NEW COST EFFECTIVE SWITCH BOARD IN THE OFFICE WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON TELKOM COSTS BY USING A CELLPHONE LINE.
YOUR PHONE MAY THEREFORE REGISTER A CELL NUMBER WHEN WE CALL YOU.PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE OUTGOING SCHOOL NUMBER. 0741245143. IT IS NOT FOR INCOMING CALLS!!!!!!
YOU MUST CALL US ON THE LAND LINE 021 7823309
NITS AND LICE
Just a reminder to please check your child’s hair for nits and lice. We have had a few cases in the school last week and do not want this to spread around. If you could also tie your child’s hair up if it is long that will help them not becoming infected. Your child can only come back to school once the hair has been treated. Thank you!!!!
HEARING TESTS ON FRIDAY. COST R60.
Anne Carr will be at school on Friday 1st September to assess the children’s hearing. Please don’t forget to send in your R60.00 If you would like to have your child’s hearing tested.
NAPTOSA CONFERENCE
The teachers had a fabulous weekend away at the NAPTOSA Conference this past weekend. Thanks to the assistants and teachers who came in to help out with the children.
We heard some exciting speakers and learnt some new skills and knowledge.
Professor Anil Kanjee spoke on the Key Challenges of assessment in the classroom and what teachers can do about it in order to support learning for ALL the children in the classroom.
Dr John Thurlow spoke on the challenges and dangers of social media
Kurt Minaar, gave us an entertaining demonstration of how to teach mathematics with music and song.
I will summarise their talks and share them with you each week as they were really quite inspiring and interesting for all.
We were addresses by the Executive Director of NAPTOSA Mr Basil Manuel as well as the President of NAPTOSA National, Mr Nkosiphendule Ntlantala and given the latest news, statistics and progress in Education in South Africa. The wonderful achievements and changes as well as the challenges teachers and learners still face in Education in our country.
So wonderful to be among such passionate, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and hard-working people who teach the youth our country.
LIQUORICE ALLSORTS RAFFLE
We have a fabulous raffle of a huge enormous jar of Liquorice allsorts!!!!!!
All you have to do is guess how many are in the jar!!!!!
The winner will be announced at the end of the term. The person closest to the correct amount wins!!!!!!!!
Proceeds from the raffle will be going towards the costs of re-zoning our school property.
ITS’ ON FRIDAY, ON FRIDAY, ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ART AUCTION
FRIDAY 1st SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!!
TIME: 7pm to about 10pm/10.30pm
VENUE: Fish Hoek Yacht Club
ENTERTAINMENT: Carl Weber- COMEDIAN
The evening will begin at 7pm with entertainment and then straight into the auction with more entertainment in between auction items.
Light snacks will be provided and there will be a cash bar.
Paddles with which you bid will be available at the entrance at R10 a paddle.
We have sourced some fabulous spot prizes already and will have a few raffles during the evening as well. So please bring your coins and notes!!!!! Every bit helps!!!!!!
Donations of prizes for the evening can be brought to the office please, or contact your class rep and let her know what you are able to donate for the evening.
Take a look at our facebook page for all the stunning art work that the children have been making and that will be auctioned during the evening. There are small items and big items so all of you will be able to have fun and take part in the bidding.
This is an adult function. Please no children.
SCHOOL FEES
WE DESPERATELY NEED PARENTS TO PAY THEIR SCHOOL FEES ON TIME!!!!!!!!
We rely specifically on collection of all school fees in order to pay salaries and bonuses. Please make sure that you keep up to date. Our teachers and staff spend a great deal of time and effort preparing and planning in the best interests of your children and give them a superb learning experience each day.
With much thought and deliberation the Board of Governors and myself have decided to change from the accounting system currently being used, SageOne, back to our old system Pastel Xpess. Although Sage One is a terrific system, is has not been user friendly and for our school. Over the next month Jane with the help of a Pastel rep, will be moving data to the old system and you will see your statements reverting back to their original look. We feel that it is the best interest of the school and all involved. Thank you for your patience here.
Please make contact with Jane if you have any fee related questions.
Please check your statements and let us know if you have any queries.
WORMS! WORMS! WORMS! AND WORM TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have some deliciously fat worms in our wormery at school as well as worm tea that we would like to sell or swop for some vegetables for our veggie garden or plants, particularly cacti for the bed at the front gate.
We are having trouble with vagrants sleeping in the flower bed and need to plant some ‘spiky’ plants to deter them.
Please come and chat with us in the office if you have an interest in the worms.
FACEBOOK
If there are parents or family members still waiting to be accepted into our closed facebook group, please let me know so that I can accept them. Sometimes I do not recognise the name.
WANTED
WE HAVE PLENTY OF NEWSPAPER ONLY DRAWING PAPER NEEDED PLEASE! ALSO PLEASE NO MORE EGG BOXES FOR A WHILE WE HAVE PLENTY!
Thank you to those parents who have brought in paper for us. Please continue to bring it in.
We really are desperate for paper for the children to draw and paint on. It seems that businesses don’t seem to have re-cycled paper for us either. I guess it’s our paperless world!!!! It’s good in a way but doesn’t make it easier for us.
If you know of any businesses that could assist us please let us know. |
SCHOOL FEES
Please make contact with Jane if you have any fee related questions.
Please check your statements and let us know if you have any queries. |
SPARE CLOTHES
Please remember to pack in a change of clothing for your children including underwear and socks. The weather is cooling down now and if the children get wet at the water play or in puddles when the rain comes they need to change. |
CLASS REPS
Thanks for your support. An email will be sent to you tomorrow regarding Friday set up and the evening function. |
GATE SECURITY SYSTEM
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT THINK IT RUDE IF YOU CLOSE THE GATE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND YOU EVEN IF ANOTHER PARENT IS APPROACHING!!!!!!! YOU ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. |
SOUP FOR A FRIEND EVERY WEDNESDAY
So wholesome and nutritious!
Some bread with the soup would be wonderful too.
We have a roster on the notice board. Please fill it in on a week that will suit you. We require 4 x 2 litre containers each Wednesday, so two people could provide on one day. If you do not have containers please fetch ours from the office a day or two before.
Vegetable soup is the best option for the children.
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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!! |
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book the date
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Please diarise the date, FRIDAY 1st SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!!
TIME: 7pm to about 10pm/10.30pm
VENUE: Fish Hoek Yacht Club
ENTERTAINMENT: Carl Weber- COMEDIAN |
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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 |
NEWS FROM STAY AND PLAY
May your a/c experience be a happy one..
JO BAIILEY- 076 4128157
Please contact Stay and Play on the school cell: 079 408 2575
If you are running late in the afternoons and it's getting close to 6pm, please phone me to let me know.
We are looking forward to looking after your precious children. |
Class News
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Sea Horse |
Good Afternoon fhpp family 😊
I hope everyone is doing well.
Firstly I would like to apologise to parents for the shortage of staff last week, we all had a very hectic week, but this week our class and school will be up and running as normal.
IQ THEME: Dinosaurs
EQ THEME: Persistence / Resilience
Our theme remains the same this week. I must say our class is enjoying the dinosaur theme. Last week we had quite a few kids absent due to flu. Due to this I’ve decided to stay on our focus number, we are also busy with our last touch ups on our art pieces for Friday evening ( 1st Sept) , the seahorses will be busy bees all week 🙂🙂🙂.
Please try your utmost best to support our art auction as your child worked very hard to complete the art pieces as individuals and groups.
SHOW AND TELL
Wednesday - my favourite cookie
Each child is allowed to bring one of their favourite cookies to talk about.
NB !!!
Please don’t send your little ones with toys to school. Monica and I are finding it very hard to keep track of everyone’s toys on a daily basis.
Our behaviour chart has been working well with behaviour management.
Our EQ theme persistence is definitely kicking in with the persistence in behaviour. WELL DONE SEAHORSES!!!
Stay blessed and have a fantastic week 😊☺😊
Aneeka and Monica
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Sharks |
EQ: Waiting and persisting
General: Occupations
Language: Letter Q q
Mathematics: Mass/ Weight. Heavy and Light , No 8,The Calendar, Numbers 1-20
Auction week has arrived. The Auction is on Friday 1st September at the Fish Hoek Sailing Club at the Fish Hoek Beach. The children worked very hard on the various items and are really proud of what they made. Please book baby sitters and try to attend.
I was away on Friday so a big thank you to Aunty Merle for teaching the class. I enjoyed conference and feel that it is important to attend as we learn what is happening in education. One of the guest speakers Dr John Thurlow spoke about social media and the dangers of sharing certain things. A warning to everyone as people are being affected by what they post on FB or other forms of social media.
The children enjoyed learning about weight. We used balance scales to weigh and compare objects. The children then had to order the objects from the heaviest to the lightest and vice versa. They often confuse length and weight so it is a concept we will continue learning throughout the year. I will be focusing on number 8 again. It’s position on the number-line and sums that make up 8 eg 2+6, 4+4. We will recap ordinal number 1st to 8th.
We continue with our EQ theme of waiting and persisting. It is an on-going topic and a skill that is discussed and learned throughout the year. Every day the children have to wait their turn to show me their work or to participate in discussions but I also link the theme to stories and to problems that arise. Often argument or incidents arise due to children not being willing to wait their turn. When this happens I use the opportunity to link it to our EQ theme.
It was very interesting to learn about your occupations. Most of the children were able to describe what their parents did at work and we had to guess the occupation. We will continue discussing occupations this week.
Last we noticed that a few children still struggle to identify the various letters but once given the sound they can list words beginning with the sound. We will continue playing phonics games for the rest of the term to help re-inforce the letters of the alphabet and rhyming words. We are learning letter Q q this week. Please continue to send things to school.
Skills to develop and extend at home. Identifying numbers and letters in the environment. Please continue to help your children learn to tie their shoelace. Practise and persistence will eventually get them there.
Fri 1 September- ART AUCTION.
Fri 22 September -Last Day of School and Grandparents Day
Mon 25 September- Public Holiday School is closed NO After Care.
Have a blessed week
Dee and Merle.
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Starfish |
EQ: Persistence/Resilience when trying to attain your goal
IQ: Birds
Focus: Visual Discrimination
Number Concepts: Continue shapes and patterns
Thank you to Mama Patience and Teacher Monica for caring for the Starfish children while I was at the Naptosa conference on Friday. Always wonderful to attend conference and meet teachers from other schools, hear the interesting motions discussed and guest speakers that attend.
We continue to discuss "Birds" this week, along with Persistence/Resilience when trying to attain your goal. Thank you to everyone who has brought books or items about our theme. The Starfish children loved a visit from CJ's Finch "Roxy "on Wednesday.
We have a visit from the Bird man this Tuesday which is always very exciting.
Continue to encourage your child to persevere with their individual and class goals. I am so proud of all the children who are persisting and being resilient when they are unsuccessful.
Please continue to encourage visual games to strengthen their visual perception. Puzzles, pattern games, 3 D construction games, along with books are great for this skill. Continue to play pattern and shape games to strengthen these Number Concepts.
We have completed all our items for the Art Auction on Friday 1 September. We have made 4 mosaic items, 1 table cloth, 5 tray cloths and an individual art each. The children are very excited and already chatting about who is buying what. Please diarise this date and book your babysitters NOW.
There are still many parents who haven't signed the form on our Notice Board to allow their child to attend the outing to the Lakeside Fire Station on Tuesday 5 September. Lifts are needed, urgently. The Fire Station have requested we park on the road behind or in front of the Fire Station to enable them to do demonstrations in the yard. Thank you!
Our class will be having a "Talent Show" on Wednesday 20 September. Talents can be skipping with a rope, juggling, dancing, singing, bouncing a ball, hoola hooping, whatever your child is good at. Encourage them to practise their talent so they feel confident to perform in front of their friends.
Grandparents Day is Friday 22 September, so please book your grannies and grandpa's for the morning. I will put up a list to enable you to let me know how many will be attending. Thank you!
29 August - Bird man visits FHPPS
1 September - Art Auction
5 September - Lakeside Fire Station outing for Starfish/Angelfish classes
20 September - Starfish Talent Show
22 September - Grandparents Day/Last day of term
Wishing you a happy, smiley week
Colleen and Mama Patience
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Angelfish |
EQ: Persistence/Resilience when trying to attain your goal
IQ: Birds
Focus: Visual Discrimination
Number Concepts: Continue shapes and patterns
This week, we continue with "Birds", along with Persistence/Resilience when trying to attain your goal. If you haven't yet, please discuss with your child, a goal they would like to achieve. We still have a few weeks left of the term to work on them :) As we are learning about birds, have an exciting visit from the Bird man this Tuesday.
Continue to encourage your child to persevere with their individual and class goals. They are doing very well so far! Your best is the best.
Please continue to encourage visual games to strengthen their visual perception. Puzzles, pattern games, 3 D construction games, along with books are great for this skill. Continue to play pattern and shape games to strengthen these Number Concepts.
Please remember our Art Auction on Friday 1 September. We have finished our mosaics, and tablecloth! The children are also working on an individual art for evening as well. Looking forward to seeing you there!
If you haven't yet, please sign the consent form on our classroom door for the outing to the fire station. The station has requested we park on the road behind or in front of the Fire Station to enable them to do demonstrations in the yard. We still needs lifts, so if you are able to assist, that would be great!
Grandparents Day is Friday 22 September, so please book your grannies and grandpa's for the morning. I will put up a list to enable you to let me know how many will be attending.
The Angelfish class will be having a Spring-hat day on Friday, 1 September. Please help your child to decorate a Spring-hat to wear to school on Friday - flowers, bugs, anything! We're looking forward to our next season :)
29 August - Bird man visits FHPPS
1 September - Art Auction, Spring Hat Day for Angelfish
5 September - Lakeside Fire Station outing for Starfish/Angelfish classes
22 September - Grandparents Day/Last day of term
Lots of love, Kimberly and Cheryl
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Penguins |
IQ Theme: Dinosaurs
Hello!
Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We continue to discuss the theme dinosaurs. Please encourage the children to bring items pertaining to this theme.
SHOW AND TELL- on Thursday ONLY!!!!
Please come and support us on Friday at our ART AUCTION, the children are very excited for you to see their completed projects.
Have a great week!!
Elraine and Saadiqah.
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Rainbow |
Theme : keeping myself safe - home, school and road safety.
Skill : Visual discrimination
EQ : I can try new things in my learning.
Hello everyone,
Hope you are all well.
Our theme this week is about safety in different areas. We will discuss safety at home and school. On Thursday we will practice crossing the road outside the school yard and identify some road signs and their meanings. Andre will be there to assist us. On the 20th of September we are going for an outing to the Fire Station in Fish Hoek. Please fill in the indemnity form in the classroom and sign in if you are able to help with lifting or accompanying the children.
Please remember Art Auction on Friday, come support our Rainbows' Art!
Have a lovely 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
PLEASE COULD I ASK IF ALL PARENTS FETCHING THEIR CHILDREN FROM SOCCER STARS AND TUMBLING STARS ON A THURSDAY AT 1.30PM, AS WELL AS PLAYBALL ON A TUESDAY AT 1.30PM, PLEASE COME THROUGH THE BACK GATE, TO AVOID DISTURBING THE CHILDREN WHO ARE RESTING.
Monday – Dynamic Kidz 2pm (Development through Sport, Kinetics & Occupational Therapy
Type: Cricket, Soccer, Rugby, Hockey, Basketball, Netball, Kinetics & Occupational Therapy
Coach: Grant Rosenkowitz
Cell: 084 777 1212
Email: dynamickidzcoachgrant@gmail.com
Cost: R320 per term
Tuesday – Ballet(2pm-3pm
Wednesday – Playball (12.30pm-1.30pm)
Thursday – Soccerstars 12.30pm
-Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm)
- Steps Ahead ( 2pm-3.30pm in Starfish Classroom)
Friday – Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm)
Judo_ with Jessica Butcher (073 6238019)
Lessons will be held at the Moya Center on Kommetjie Road and not at school.
Children turning 5 this year and Grade R children are welcome to go for a free trial lesson.
Tuesdays : 1.30pm-2.30pm
EQ THEME
Going for goals!!
DATES TO DIARISE TERM 3
Friday 1st September- Ear screening tests. R60 per child
Tuesday 29 August - Bird man coming to school as we are learning about birds
Friday 1st September- ART AUCTION 7PM
Tuesday 5th September- BOG Meeting 7pm
Tuesday 5 September - Outing to Lakeside Fire Station for Starfish and Angelfish classes
Friday 22nd September – Grandparents Day at school and last day of TERM 3!!!!!!!! (We close one week earlier than the Government schools. Holiday-care is available) |
For more details view the website events page
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This Week's Menu |
Mon- Spaghetti
Tues- Chicken and rice
Wed- Fish and Chips
Thurs- Mince Pot
Fri- Chicken Burgers 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... |
“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”– Michelle Obama
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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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