Hi Moms and Dads
Hope you all had a super weekend.
Huge thanks to our Penguin Class who provided the eats for the cake sale last week. They were very yummy!!!
Have you seen the beautiful hobby horses, used in the garden by the children, yet? Big thanks to Charmaine and Heidi for organsing and making them for us. They are beautiful and the children are so enjoying playing with and riding them!
OUR FUNDRAISER THIS TERM IS:
MINUTE TO WIN IT !!!!!!!! (WE HOPE TO BUY A NEW STOVE WITH THE MONEY RAISED!)
DATE: Friday 7th September 2018
TIME: 6.30pm for 7pm until 10.30pm
VENUE: Paul Greyling Hall
SPECIAL FEATURE: Free Babysitting at school
PRICE: R100 per person
BRING: Your games fun face and a plate of eats and drinks for your table
BRING FAMILY / FRIENDS AND BOOK A TABLE OF 8, OR JOIN A CLASS TABLE TO MAKE 8.
Table plans will be outside our child’s classroom this week.
The programme for the evening is up on the notice board.
We are looking for spot prizes for the evening. If anyone has contacts or items at home that they would like to donate, please let me or your class rep know!!!
This is a super fun event and certainly not to be missed!!!!!! Book your seat now!!!!!!!!!!!! And start practicing!!!!!!!!!!!! J
We have a mom Lauren Rose who makes cakes for special occasions. Please see her ad on the notice board at school and her details here below:
FABULOUS FROSTING CUPCAKES AND TOPPERS!
Personalized 3D Cake Toppers, Themed Cakes and Cupcakes for every occasion.
Lauren Rose
064 654 9259
Facebook page link:
https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfrostingcupcakesandtoppers/
****We need scrap paper for the children to draw on, please if you have any at home or at your office, please bring it in to school.
Please check lost property every day. The box is outside the Angelfish Classroom. |
SECURITY GATE SYSTEM
For your child’s safety, please note that we have a gate security system that involves a fingerprint entrance device. Please use the bell, a button on the left hand side, in the little box at the gate if you have not registered your fingerprint yet. Cards will be issued to those whose fingerprints do not register properly.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLOSE BOTH GATES WHEN ENTERING AND LEAVING THE SCHOOL FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN! |
SCHOOL FEES
Please note that August School Fees are now overdue. Please pay timeously!!!
Please be sure that you have returned your signed fees commitment form to Jane in the office. We keep this on file and it is a commitment to pay your school fees.
Please note we are an Independent school and rely heavily on School Fees to pay teacher's salaries and the upkeep of the school. We only receive a small subsidy from the WCED for our Grade R children. |
EXTRA MURALS OFFERED AT FHPPS
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
Tuesday – Ballet(1.45pm-2.45pm)
-Possible Fitkids
Wednesday – Playball (12.30pm-1.30pm) -
- Rugby-12.35pm - 1.05pm
Thursday – Soccerstars 12.30pm-1.30pm
-Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm) -
- Steps Ahead (2pm-3.30pm in Shark Classroom)
Friday – Tumbling Stars (12.30pm-4pm)
Extra mural:
Please note that all extra murals are for your account and you need to liaise directly with the coaches. There are wooden boxes in the passage just as you go into the morning care room. You are most welcome to place any correspondence into the relevant boxes. |
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Important
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SPARE CLOTHES
Please remember to pack in spare clothes as the days are still cold and wet. Please pack in extra socks and shoes too in case they get wet in the puddles!!!! |
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Don't Forget!
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FOOD FOR A FRIEND
Please remember to add a vegetable to your vegetable bowl in your child’s classroom. The vegetables are then used to make soup that is taken to Rainbow Educare on Wednesday!!!! Thanks Melodie for your delicious soup last week!!
Any other soup makers…… please come and let me know and I will organise veg and containers for you!!!!
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book the date
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OUR FUNDRAISER THIS TERM IS:
MINUTE TO WIN IT !!!!!!!! (WE HOPE TO BUY A NEW STOVE WITH THE MONEY RAISED!)
DATE: Friday 7th September 2018
TIME: 6.30pm for 7pm until 10.30pm
VENUE: Paul Greyling Hall
SPECIAL FEATURE: Free Babysitting at school
PRICE: R100 per person
BRING: Your games fun face and a plate of eats and drinks for your table
BRING FAMILY / FRIENDS AND BOOK A TABLE OF 8, OR JOIN A CLASS TABLE TO MAKE 8.
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NEWS FROM STAY AND PLAY
My cell no is 0835053451 if needed. (Ingrid)
(Jo) 0764128157
(Merle) 0847652020
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.
Ingrid and her team. |
As the days and evening get a little chillier!!!! Please remember…..
Wood for sale!
HARDEKOLE
Supplier of Namibian Kameldoring. Taste the difference!!!!!
R60 (18 kg bag)
Delivery can be arranged
Call Steve: 0833166594 |
OVERARCHING CONCEPT
Our Overarching Concept this term is RESPONSIBILITY!
This term we would like us all to be aware of and acknowledge our responsibility as parents, teachers, colleagues, friends and family etc. Our children too have responsibilities!!
EQ THEME
Going for goals!
I may not be able to give my kids everything they want but I give them what they need:
Love, time, and attention.
You can't buy those things! |
Class News
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Sharks
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EQ: Waiting and Persisting
GENERAL: Occupations
LANGUAGE: Letter Q queen, quilt, quill, quarter
MATHS: Measurement and Ordinal Number
I will be attending the annual NAPTOSA Teacher's conference this weekend in George so please note that I will not be at school on Friday. Teacher Rudo will teach the class.
The children were so proud to get their certificates for achieving their goal of tying a shoe lace. Thank you for helping your child to learn this important skill. The next goal will be skipping with a rope.
Last week I introduced a Group Star Chart. This is to challenge each group to work quietly and co-operatively. When groups are quiet or tidy their table without assistance they get to put a star next to their group. At the end of the week the winning group will get a reward. I will continue to give each child individual praise and encouragement but I have always found that the Group Star Chart works well at this time of the year.
In our EQ lessons we continued to discuss consequences for behaviour. Most of the children are independent and are able to resolve problems by themselves but a few children still need support. The boys have been very good with their shoes and clothing and are bringing their belongings inside. When children do leave their shoes or clothes lying around the children are quick to remind each other to put their things away.
Mathematics: On Friday we made a graph linked to our theme Occupations. Each child told me what they would like to be when they grow up. They were given counters to put on the chart and we then compared the number of counters for each occupation. There was a tie between being a fireman and joining the army, as the most popular. One child wanted to be a farmer and another a vet. The most interesting was a designer.
The children thoroughly enjoyed using the scales and tape measures during free play. They were able to compare the length and weight of various toys and objects. This week we will continue with measurement but will also revise ordinal number.
We do the days of the week every day and all the children can recite them in the correct order but they struggle to understand yesterday and tomorrow. They also battle to name days before or after eg " What day comes after Tuesday? What day comes before Friday?" On the way to school, or in the evening before going to bed talk about the days of the week and speak about today, yesterday and tomorrow. Ask them what day comes before/ after...?
Language: Please remember to send pictures or objects to school. The children loved alphabet bingo and had to concentrate and listen or they missed a letter. the winner took great delight in shouting out "BINGO". When the children have finished their prescribed work they are free to choose other phonics games. It is so good to hear them working together and playing co-operatively.
SKILLS TO LEARN THIS TERM
Tie a shoelace
Days of the week. Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Months of the year
Skipping with a rope
Dates to Diarise
Fri 24 August NAPTOSA Teacher's Conference in George. I will be attending the conference and Teacher Rudo will teach the class.
Fri 7 September Minute to Win It Fundraiser for parents. This is a great evening and one I encourage you to attend.
Fri 21 September Grandparents Day and School closes until Tues 9 October.
Wishing you a good week
Dee and Rudo |
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Starfish
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EQ: Persistence/Resilience
IQ: Birds
Focus: Visual Perception
Number Concepts: Recognition of numbers to 10, Understanding of more/less and equal
We continue this week to discuss "Birds" and "Persistence/Resilience" when trying to achieve our goals. I am truly proud of my Starfish children for being so persistent when tying their shoelaces. So far we have 12 children who have learned to tie their shoelaces this term. My heart is happy when I see the excitement on their face at being able to do it themselves. Well done to all my parents for the words of encouragement and praise for their children when practicing daily. Keep it up Starfish children. Soon the whole class will be able to do it themselves. Keep practicing even if you can do it, as if you stop practicing you may forget. Please remember individual goals in the goal box and remember to practice those goals too.
We continue to focus on "Visual Perception" this week. Play shape games and number games to assist them visually to recognize them. While reading ask them to find items in the picture. Play memory games, blocks and Lego too. Encourage them to spot numbers, shapes and colours in the environment.
Continue to play little number games involving more/less and equal, asking your children, How many more? or How many less? Start easy as we want them to succeed. How many sausages on your plate? How many sausages on dad’s plate? Who has more? How many more do they have?
Please remember I am not here this Friday 24 August as I am in George for the Naptosa Teachers Conference. Teacher Faith and our student Teacher Nicola with be taking the Starfish class for the day.
Please remember our outing to "Lakeside Fire Station" next Tuesday 28th August. Thank you to all those parents who have offered to help. Always appreciated!!
Dates to Diarise:
24 August - Naptosa Teachers Conference - Teacher Faith to take my class for the day.
28 August - Starfish/Angelfish outing to Lakeside Fire Station 10am
7 September - Starfish/Angelfish dress up - Occupations/People who help us
7 September - "Minute to Win it" fundraiser for parents at Paul Greyling Hall - R100 per head includes babysitting of children at FHPPS - Get a table together and have some fun
21 September - Grandparents Day/Term 3 ends
Wishing you all a wonderful smiley week, Colleen and Faith |
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Angelfish
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EQ: Persistence/Resilience
IQ: Birds
Focus: Visual Perception
Number Concepts: Recognition of numbers to 10, Understanding of more/less and equal
We continue this week to discuss "Birds" and "Persistence/Resilience" when trying to achieve our goals. Proudly our angelfish kids are trying really hard to do things for themselves in the classroom. Some are trying hard to do it at home too.
We continue to focus on "Visual Perception" this week. Play shape games and number games to assist them visually to recognize them. While reading ask them to find items in the picture. Play memory games, blocks and Lego too. Encourage them to spot numbers, shapes and colours in the environment.
Last week we played so many number games, completing patterns and matching games. Please try your utmost best to help your child identify numbers 1-10 as few are still finding it hard to recognize their numbers.
Continue to play little number games involving more/less and equal, asking your children, How many more? or How many less? Start easy as we want them to succeed. How many sausages on your plate? How many sausages on dad’s plate? Who has more? How many more do they have?
Please remember I am not here this Friday 24 August as I am in George for the Naptosa Teachers Conference. Teacher Monica will be taking the Angelfish class for the day.
The kids have been behaving really well and I have suggested to treat them with a movie on Thursday for our garden day, no treats are needed, will just watch a movie between 10:30 and 11:30
Please remember our outing to "Lakeside Fire Station" next Tuesday 28th August. Thank you to all those parents who have offered to help. Always appreciated!!
Please do not forget to fill our fireman treat box for the firemen.
Dates to Diarise:
24 August - Naptosa Teachers conference
28 August - Starfish/Angelfish outing to Lakeside Fire Station 10am
7 September - Starfish/Angelfish dress up - Occupations/People who help us
7 September - "Minute to Win it" fundraiser for parents at Paul Greyling Hall - R100 per head includes babysitting of children at FHPPS - Get a table together and have some fun
21 September - Grandparents Day/Term 3 ends
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Penguins
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IQ theme: Dinosaurs
EQ theme: Persistence
Hello!
Hope you all had a good weekend.
Thank you for your support with our cake sale. Everything looked delicious and the children were very proud of their treats.
Thank you for your time and effort.
We continue to discuss the theme Dinosaurs.
Please note we will not be having ‘Show and Tell’ this term.
Children may bring items for the theme table pertaining to the theme but no toys please.
Please check your child's pockets daily.
Please check our notice board daily.
Saadiqah and I will continue to do house visits. Please come and chat to me if you would like us to visit. This is the last term for house visits.
On Friday I will not be in. I will be attending a conference in George with the rest of the teaching staff. Saadiqah will be taking the class and Jo will be assisting her.
"Throw kindness around like confetti"
Have a great week.
Elraine and Saadiqah
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Rainbow
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Theme : Clothes I like
Skill: Intellectual skills - colours and shapes.
EQ : I can try new things in my learning.
Hope you had a great weekend.
Thank you so much for your contributions towards our boerewors and sports day, children enjoyed it!
This week we are learning about clothes, and I like, colours and shapes. Talk about patterns and colours on clothing, in nature and on buildings.
Relating to our EQ theme we will encourage children to dress up on their own. Set an example and allow your child to be free. Please if you have any dress up clothes that you no longer use, we'll be happy to have them and also for boys.
Friday dress up day for clothes they like.
Please remember our ‘Minute to win it' fundraiser function on the 7th of September. Free babysitting will available at school. Come and have fun engaging in a variety of games!
Have a wonderful week,
Stella and Lorraine |
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Turtle
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Theme: Our environment – rainy weather
EQ: I am special and can do things for myself
Hi All
We had a great day last Friday eating and eating and eating!!!!!! The cake sale was delicious and the boerewors was very yummy!!! Thanks for contributing to a wonderful day.
We are extending our vocabulary this week and learning about all the things we wear on rainy days. The children once again are having the opportunity to try on scarves and boots and beanie and having great fun.
We will be encouraging the children to take their own shoes and socks off and jackets if necessary and also to try put them on. We have some very independent little people who are learning so quickly and identifying their belongings and those of others with great excitement.
Hope you all have a super week.
Paula, Tania, Patience and Mastoera |
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Emotional Literacy
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| “We need to understand that greatness exists in all of us. We just need to learn how to apply it.” – Unknown |
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Important Dates
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| DATES TO DIARISE
AUGUST
Friday 24 August –Sunday 26 August – NAPTOSA CONFERENCE IN GEORGE
PLEASE NOTE!!!! The teaching staff will be attending the Teacher’s Conference in George and will therefore not be at school on Friday 24 August. The Assistant Teachers will be taking the classes and we will make sure that there is enough support staff to assist as well.
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday 4 September – BOG Meeting 7pm
Friday 7 September – MINUTE TO WIN IT FUNDRAISING FUNCTION FOR THE TERM
Friday 21 September – Grandparent’s Day.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ALSO THE LAST DAY OF THE 3RD TERM. OUR SCHOOL CLOSES EARLIER THAN THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THIS TERM.
HOLIDAY CARE WILL RUN AS NORMAL FOR THE TWO WEEKS AND SCHOOL RE OPENS AGAIN ON TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER.
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For more details view the website events page
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This Week's Menu
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Mon: Marconi and cheese
Tues: Mince, rice and potatoes
Wed: Fish, rice and cucumber
Thurs: Spaghetti
Fri: Chicken burgers and chips |
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The Usual Bits
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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 our closed Facebook page 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...
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| Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. |
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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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