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Hi Moms and Dads
This newsletter will be emailed every Monday to those of you on our mailing list. We would rather email to keep 'paper wise', but if you need a hard copy please let Jane know in the office and she will put one in your child's message pocket.
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.
STAY AND PLAY
JO BAIILEY - 076 4128157
ART AUCTION
We are looking for spot prizes for our Auction evening in September. If you are able to give us leads or donations PLEASE COME AND CHAT TO ME OR YOUR CLASS REP!!
SCHOOL FEES
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR SCHOOL FEES TIMEOUSLY. WE RELY HEAVLY ON FEES FOR TEACHERS SALARIES AND THE UP KEEP OF OUR SCHOOL AND RESOURCES.
Please make contact with Phyllis if you have any fee related questions. (accounts@fhpps.co.za)
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 Phyllis if you have any fee related questions. (accounts@fhpps.co.za)
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
Meeting on Tuesday 1st Aug 2017 at 6pm. |
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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Important
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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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ART AUCTION -1st September
More details to follow!!!!!!! |
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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 |
IQ THEME : Birds
EQ THEME: Taking responsibility for our success and failures.
Happy Monday!!!! I’m sure everyone had a well-rested weekend. We are now in week 2 of term 3 and our class is running quite smoothly. The Seahorses are back in routine and following our daily routine.
Last week I introduced a new way of discipline in order to help some of the children to control their emotions. Perhaps some children came home and spoke about a behaviour chart on our wall?
From a Mon - Friday each child will get a smiley face next to their name if they have been polite, listened well, been kind etc. If they have at least 3 smileys a week, they will receive a treat on a Friday after rest time. The children have been excited to achieve and the behaviour modification chart is working well.
For the week ahead we still have our theme birds as we do 1 theme per 2 weeks. We have already completed our individual art pieces for the art auction to take place 1 September 2017, any queries about the auction feel free to ask me.
Sharon (a student) will be joining our class this week. Tuesday she will read a story. Wednesday set out art tables, and Thursday she will do a music and movement session.
Our focus number has moved to number 4 this week. The seahorses are really doing so well at identifying their numbers now. They have also enjoyed a new quiet play activity- it is a sheet that I have made with a dot to dot guideline with numbers 1-5 on it, they practice holding a koki-pen which helps those who struggles with pencil grip, they are also learning to identify numbers, practising to draw the numbers and there is a little open space where they can draw the number without a dot to dot guideline.
LAUNDRY ROSTER»»»» up on our door, please fill in the child’s name if you are willing to wash our doll area clothing.
SNACK TIME»»»» no sweets, fizzy drinks and chips allowed, please put in a healthy snack.
EXTRA CLOTHING»»»» in case of any accidents please ensure your child has an extra set of clothing.
Dates to diarise.
WEDNESDAY 2 August 2017
"Show and tell "
Bring a picture of your favourite bird
Could be cut out of a magazine, pet or printed picture from the internet.
Tell us about your chosen Bird.
Name, colour, food, small/big.
Have a great week ☺😊🙂
Aneeka & Monica.
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Sharks |
EQ: Taking responsibility for actions and belongings
General: Road Safety and Transport
Letter: T tiger, telephone, talk
Maths: Calendar No 1-10. No before/ after count on / backward
Grade R number 6
The children were very happy to be back at school . Zandri Maritz Minaar has joined our class and the children were delighted to have a new child in the class. They all participated eagerly in the various activities, games and lessons. They loved helping with the mosaic projects for the Art Auction. We are making a photo frame, flower pot and a mirror. I have posted pics on our class Whatsapp and on FB. The Art Auction takes place on Friday 1 September. Every two years our school does this fund raising event. Each child makes an individual picture which you can buy and the class work as a group to make the other items. Please diarise this date and try and attend as it is always a great and fun filled evening
In our EQ discussions last week we spoke about taking responsibility for personal belongings and for the toys and creative materials in the class. We have done this all year but the children need constant reminding about this. The children are expected to help tidy the table where they worked and to pick up papers that fall on the floor. They need to learn to be responsible for their actions and that there are consequences for their behaviour. This is with regard to play time both inside and outside and especially during discussions and lessons. Since it is third term and the class know the rules when sitting on the mat I have explained that I am not going to give 3 warnings any more, just one and the second time they move their name onto the sad cloud. They will then stay indoors for 10 minutes and do a drawing or build a puzzle. It has worked well this week and discussions are running smoothly with greater and improved concentration from most of the children.
The children have loved the Transport/ Road Safety theme and showed a great interest in olden day ships, cars and aeroplanes. They were able to sort and classify the various types of transport and were able to notice their similarities and differences.
I was very happy to see that the children settled back into the routine with ease and recalled all the numbers and maths concept we learned in term 1 and 2. They enjoyed making patterns with shapes and various objects and were able to make patterns using different coloured cars. They still struggle to make their own written patterns but this will come with time and practise.
This week our Gr R concept is number 6 so we will be doing songs and rhymes about the number 6 as well as knowing how to write it and where it comes on the number line. After 5, before 7, it's 2 more than 4, comes between 5 and 7, etc
Our Letter is T t. Please send things in for the table.
SKILL TO TEACH Many children do not know how to tie their shoelaces and so this term I have given them all a challenge to lean to tie their shoelace. Please help to teach them this skill. It is a life skill and those that can do it are so proud of themselves.
Please remember to pack a change of clothing as the equipment is often wet. Pack the clothes in a plastic bag and label it with your child's name. These clothes can be left at school.
Have a wonderful week
Love
Dee and Merle
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Starfish |
EQ: Going for Goals: Taking responsibility for our successes/failures
IQ: Proudly South African and People from other countries
Focus: Fine motor skills - Pencil grip, control, ability to add detail, cutting skills
Number Concepts: Consolidate numbers 1-9 from last term, Introduce South African rands (notes/coins), Heavy/Light, Long/Short
The Starfish class thoroughly enjoyed their first week back at school. They are very excited about the Art Auction on Friday 1 September and have already begun their individual art and we have completed 1 of our mosaics. The children so enjoyed doing the mosaic and were all eager to participate.
We continue to discuss "Proudly South African and People from other countries" this week. They have so enjoyed learning about our country and other countries around the world. I have been blown away by the general knowledge they have about other places around the world and they have made me smile with some of the funny things they have shared. Please remember our dress up day on Friday 4th August. They can be proudly South African or they can dress up as someone from another country. Please see photo's up in the classroom for ideas. I have organised a special visitor to come to our school, which is a surprise for the children.
We have begun discussing "Going for Goals" and what a goal is. Please encourage your child to choose an age-appropriate goal and place it in the box above the drying rack. Our class goal is "Tying our shoelaces" so this may not be their personal goal. They need to choose something else. E.g. Skipping with a rope, hoola hooping, riding a bicycle without training wheels, doing a handstand/cartwheel
Continue to play number games with your children to broaden their understanding of numbers and concepts. Do little activities to strengthen their fine motor skills e.g. pegging washing, folding socks, threading beads, puzzles, play dough, lego
When your child draws and cuts, keep an eye on their pencil grip, correcting them if necessary. Encourage them to add more detail and colour. When cutting encourage them to cut slowly and follow the outline closely.
Dates to Diarise:
4 August - Dress up as Proudly SA or People from other countries
9 August – Women’s Day - School holiday
18 August - Penguin/Rainbow cake sale
25 August - NAPTOSA Conference - Teachers will be away - Assistants will be taking them class
1 September - Art Auction
Wishing you a happy, fun filled week
Colleen and Mama Patience
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Angelfish |
EQ: Going for Goals: Taking responsibility for our successes/failures
IQ: Proudly South African and People from other countries
Focus: Fine motor skills - Pencil grip, control, ability to add detail, cutting skills
Number Concepts: Consolidate numbers 1-9 from last term, Introduce South African rands (notes/coins), Heavy/Light, Long/Short
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Penguins |
IQ Theme: Birds
EQ Theme:
Hello! Welcome back. Term 3 has begun! Teachers and children are happy to be back and have had a lovely 1st week. We continue to discuss the theme Birds.
Please encourage children to bring items pertaining to the theme for our theme table. If you would like us to come for a home visit please come and chat to me. Saadiqah and I are happy to do home visits and will be starting this week. Please fill in our laundry list for this term. Please note that our day begins at 8:30. It is important that children are present for morning ring. On Friday 04th we will be having a Penguin Day. Children are to dress up as Penguins. If you are able to send in any "Penguin/Beach" treats please make a note of it on our notice board. See notice board for details. We have started out art for the Art auction. The children are excited and love the "shiny" tiles. If you have any spare/old buttons will you please send them in. One of the pieces requires buttons.
Please NO TOYS at school! Toys from home cause conflict.
Show and tell is on a Thursday only.
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe"
Have a fantastic week
Elraine & Saadiqah
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Rainbow |
Theme: Who am I - Likes and dislikes.
Skill: Gross motor - Ability to move through the environment. Ability to climb and balance.
Hello everyone,
Trusting you all had a good weekend. We will continue with our theme who am I. This week we will be discussing children's likes and dislikes. Please encourage your child to bring books and items for show and tell on Wednesday related to our theme. We are going to have an art auction and starting from this week we will be working on our Mosaic items with the children. If you have any ideas please feel free to contribute.
Have a great 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
Tuesday 1st August- BOG Meeting 7pm
Friday 18th August –Penguin and Rainbow cake sale
Friday 25th August – NAPTOSA CONFERENCE: Some of the teachers will attend and will not be at school that day. Assistants will take the classes.
Friday 1st September- ART AUCTION 7PM
Tuesday 5th September- BOG Meeting 7pm
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- Pasta with bacon and tomato
Tues- Chicken a la King
Wed- Fish bites and oven baked chips
Thurs- Mince, potatoes and veg
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 greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
Denis Waitley |
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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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