Hi Moms and Dads
.Hope you all had a super weekend.
We say good bye to Aunty Linda this week. Tuesday will be her last day. Linda relief taught for Aneeka while she was on maternity leave and has been in the Turtle Class for this last month of March.
Thank you Linda! You are always welcome back Aunty Linda. Enjoy opening your little school and have fun with your new children.
TEACHING POSITION
We have advertised for a new teacher for the Turtle class. Closing date for CV’s is Thursday 22 March. Please spread the word. The applicant must have had experience with 1- 2 year olds and must have an ECD/ teacher qualification. We will be interviewing next week. Mon 26th -28th March.
DAD’S CAMP OUT
Thanks to all those who supported the camp out. It was a bit windy but great fun for all. We have a pair of black children’s shoes that were left here if anybody is missing them they are on top of the piano in the Morning care room.
There are a lot of Public holidays coming up March and April and one school holiday where we will be closed and do not offer Holiday care (Monday 30th April). Please read Dates to Diarise carefully for this information.
Holiday Care-Stay and Play
We offer holiday care during the school holidays.
Our casual rates are as follows:
Morning fee 7am-2.30pm- R60
Full day care fee: 7am-6pm – R100
Please note all the children who currently pay half day fees or full day fees for aftercare do not pay for holiday care. Their monthly payments cover the holidays too.
EASTER EGGS AND DONATIONS
Thank you for the Easter Egg donations so far. Please if you are able to put something into the Easter Egg Box at the gate, we would appreciate it.
Donations for the hampers and Rainbow Pre-school need to be in by this Thursday 22 March.
Raffle tickets are now on sale at R10 per ticket. You could win a fab Easter Hamper to enjoy with your family. The raffle will take place on Wednesday 28th March.
INDIVIDUAL AND CLASS PHOTOS
The thumbprints will be available for you early next term (10th April) and an envelope detailing the necessary payment options will be put in your child’s pockets. Closing date for payment will be early in May.
PROGRESS REPORTS/MEETING
These take place this week. The rosters are up in your child’s classroom. This is a wonderful opportunity for both parents to meet and chat to the teacher and learn more about what happens at school during the day and all the wonderful things your child does and is able to do during his/her day.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR!!
If anyone has a contact for buying buttons in bulk, please let us know as we would like to buy some for the art rooms.
Also we are in need of paper for art and drawing. Please let us know if you may have a contact for paper. We are happy to have used paper with one blank side.
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. It involves a fingerprint entrance device and we ask each new parent to please have their fingerprint registered into the system, as well as any grandparents who frequently fetch the children. You need to do this with Jane in the office. Jane has a control device, to let in visitors.
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 March School Fees are now overdue. Statements have been sent to you via email or placed in your child’s message pockets.
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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Please don’t forget sun cream and hats for your children each day!!!! Sun cream needs to be applied at home each morning. Ingrid who is in charge of Stay and Play( aftercare) will put cream on the children for the afternoon. The children can wear any hat to school. Any hat that they feel comfortable wearing!!!
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Don't Forget!
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FOOD FOR A FRIEND
Donations to Rainbow Preschool
Each week we collect fruit and sandwiches and take them to Rainbow Preschool to distribute among the children there. We will take the food to them on a Wednesday morning.
Rainbow Preschool is an Educare Center in Masiphumelele with about 80 children ranging from 3 to 6 years old. We have developed a relationship with them and help them with their educational program, stationery and toys and the up keep of their building and garden.
Please bring an extra fruit or sandwich and put it in the Mandela box, situated at the door, outside the office, on a Wednesday morning.
Anyone wishing to come with me to look at the school and become more involved in this initiative is welcome to come and chat to me.
Thank you!
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book the date
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Mother's Day at FHPPS- 11 May. ( We invite all our moms to join us at school for the morning. Come and see what we do each day, take part in the morning ring and have fun doing art and activities with your child. There will be a sing song with the whole school at 10am followed by tea and cake. Don't miss out - organise to take the day off work if necessary. If you are not able to attend please organise someone else to be here for your child. We look forward to seeing you all!!) |
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NEWS FROM STAY AND PLAY
Welcome to all new and old aftercare children.
Sun hats to be worn daily please- we will apply sun cream as well.
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. |
Wood for sale! Steve sells wood to the public.
See below and on the notice board for Steve’s details if you would like to order wood for your braais at home or stock up for winter!!!!!
HARDEKOLE
Supplier of Namibian Kameldoring. Taste the difference!!!!!
R60 (18 kg bag)
Delivery can be arranged
Call Steve: 0833166594 |
OVERARCHING CONCEPT
Our Overarching Concept is RELATIONSHIPS.
We value the relationships that we develop and have with our children, parents and colleagues and we will be nurturing and growing these relationships over the first term.
EQ THEME
New beginnings
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Class News
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Sharks
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EQ: Consolidation of the terms themes
General: My Family and Easter
Language Skills: N n nuts, noodles, nougat,
Numeracy Skills: Problem solving and counting
Handling data / Family graph
Well done to all the dads who braved the wind and slept over for the Dad's Camp Out. It is such a special thing to do and something your children will always remember. A few fathers came for the braai and then left which is also great because the aim is to do something special with dad.
I can't believe the term is almost over. It has been a lovely term and I've enjoyed getting to know all the children and all of you. I am so proud at how well the children are working in their groups and at the various activities. They are very good at tidying up their tables and packing the creative tools away. I am also delighted with the progress they are making in learning and recalling the various maths concepts.
Please remember send Easter eggs, bunnies or chicks for our Easter hampers. Each class has their own hamper so remember to take a raffle ticket. We also collect marshmallow eggs for The Rainbow School so please support them.
The children enjoyed learning about the bones and joints in their bodies and about the various organs and their function. This week we will discuss families so please remember to send family photos and a photo of your child as a baby. In maths we will be discussing handling data and recording it on a graph. The children will be given various shapes and will sort them out and then record how many shapes they have. We will create a group graph representing the number of people in a family. The children will help to colour the graph and we will then discuss it by comparing how many children have 4 people in the family or 6 people in the family etc. We will also recap the concept of more, less and equal.
Thank you so much for sending so many things in for the Language Table. The children love grouping all the things together and working out how many different things were brought in and also enjoy identifying who brought the same as them. I have noticed many children are starting to recall the various words and can give clear explanations to describe the object.
At the end of a term I always challenge the children to think about things they have learned during the term. We discuss things that have been difficult to learn and the importance of persevering and trying to achieve a goal. I use this as an opportunity to encourage and praise the children for what they have achieved and for them to realise as a group how much they have learned. We discuss the various themes and concepts we have learned as well as the EQ topics.
Activities and skills to practice during the holidays colours, shapes, cutting exercises, writing names correctly according to the script I sent home in week 2. Please continue to make your children aware of shapes in the environment. 3 d shapes are solid and fat not flat and they take up space - a sphere(ball), cylinder(a can), cube(dice), cuboid or rectangular prism ( a building tall), a cone( party hat) and a pyramid. Help your child to learn their date of birth eg 12 May.
DATES TO DIARISE
Wed 21 March Public Holiday School is closed no A/C
Wed 28 March School closes for Easter Holiday/ re-opens on Tues 10 April
Have a wonderful week
Dee and Rudo
DATES TO DIARISE
MARCH
Week of Monday 19 March_ Parent interviews re your child’s progress.
Wednesday 21 March_ Public Holiday( Human Rights Day)
Wednesday 28 March_ Last day of term one. (We finish normal time)
APRIL
Tuesday 10th April- First Day of Term 2
Friday 13th April- Starfish Cake Sale (Starfish parents to please bring in a plate of eats- home-made is the best!!!)
Friday 27th April- PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Freedom Day)
Monday 30 April-SCHOOL HOLIDAY-PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO STAY AND PLAY, HOLIDAY CARE ON THE DAY. THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED!!)
Tuesday 1st May- PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Worker’s Day) |
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Starfish
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EQ: Calming down/Helping someone to calm down
IQ: The Beach and Sea Creatures
Focus: Language Development
Number Concepts: Introduce Number 4, Recognise 1,2,3 and 4, Count forward to 10, Touch and Count to 10
Thank you to all the parents who assisted with our Windmill Beach outing on Friday. Although we had some wind, it was still enjoyed by all the little children, especially seeing the sea creatures, swimming and jumping over the waves along with playing in the sand.
The Dad's campout was also a great success, even though the wind howled. Thank you to all those who attended.
Please remember "Parent Interviews" begin today. Please arrive a few minutes before your time slot, so I can keep to my schedule. Look forward to seeing you all.
We continue to discuss "Calming Down/Helping someone to calm down" along with "The beach and Sea creatures". Thank you to all those children who have brought wonderful stories about sea creatures, along with shells and other items found on the beach.
We continue to focus on "Language Development" this week. Encourage your children to give you eye contact when giving them an instruction in order for them to listen. Read books to them in order to grow their vocabulary. Ask them questions about the story and encourage them to make stories up using puppets or items/toys from their bedrooms.
We are collecting marshmallow Easter Eggs for our sister school Rainbow Educare in Masi. Thank you!
We are collecting Easter Eggs for our Raffle Hamper for Easter which is coming up. Eg small rabbits, chocolate hollow eggs. Thank You!
I am continuing to play "Uno" with the Starfish children as they are so enjoying it. They still need a little help along the way but some of them are grasping the rules and remembering what the cards mean.
I encourage you to play games like Dominoes, Snakes and Ladders, Uno or Go Fish with your children. It is good for promoting concentration and the ability to wait their turn, take turns and following instructions.
Please note Wednesday 21 March is Human Rights Day, so there will be no school
Dates to Diarise:
19 March - Parent Interviews 3.30-8pm
20 March - Parent Interviews 2-6pm
21 March - Human Rights Day - No School or Stay and Play
22 March - Parent Interviews 2-6pm
26 March - Easter Raffle this week
28 March - Term 1 ends (Normal Time 12.30pm)
Enjoy your lovely short week
Colleen and Faith |
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Angelfish
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Good afternoon parents, pray you all had a lovely weekend.
EQ Theme: Calming down/Helping someone to calm down
IQ Theme: The Beach and Sea Creatures
Focus: Language Development
Number Concepts: Introduce Number 4, Recognise 1,2,3 and 4, Count forward to 10, Touch and Count to 10
Thank you to all the parents who assisted with our Windmill Beach outing on Friday, it was pleasant to spend time with the angel fish family. TIME spent with the children was so nice too. We all had a great time on the beach
The Dad's campout was also a great success, even though the wind howled. Thank you to all those who attended.
Please remember "Parent Interviews" begin today. Please arrive a few minutes before your time slot, so I can keep to my schedule. Look forward to seeing you all.
We continue to discuss "Calming Down/Helping someone to calm down" along with "The beach and Sea creatures". Thank you to all those children who have brought wonderful stories about sea creatures, along with shells and other items found on the beach.
We continue to focus on "Language Development" this week. Encourage your children to give you eye contact when giving them an instruction in order for them to listen. Read books to them in order to grow their vocabulary. Ask them questions about the story and encourage them to make stories up using puppets or items/toys from their bedrooms.
We are collecting marshmallow Easter Eggs for our sister school Rainbow Educare in Masi. Thank you!
We are collecting Easter Eggs for our Raffle Hamper for Easter which is coming up. Eg small rabbits, chocolate hollow eggs. Thank You!
Our class has been playing matching games and putting story pictures in the right sequence in order to form a story from start to end. This has been going really well.
I encourage you to play games like Dominoes, matching games, Snakes and Ladders, Uno or Go Fish with your children. It is good for promoting concentration and the ability to wait their turn, take turns and following instructions.
Please note Wednesday 21 March is Human Rights Day, so there will be no school
Dates to Diarise:
19 March & 20 March parent interviews
21 March - Human Rights Day - No School or Stay and Play
26 March - Easter Raffle this week
28 March - Term 1 ends (Normal Time 12:30pm)
Have a blessed week.
Aneeka and Monica |
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Penguins
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IQ theme: Pets
EQ theme: solving a problem
Hello!
Trust you all had a lovely
We continue to discuss the theme Pets. Please encourage children to bring items pertaining to the theme for our theme table.
Thank you to those who attended our dad's camp out. I'm sure you had a blast.
Thank you to those who have brought water. Much appreciated.
On Friday 23 we will be having a "Spa/Grooming" party. Please check notice board as we will need some supplies.
On the 19th, 20th and 22nd March I will be doing parent interviews. Please select a suitable time slot to come and see me.
Please encourage children to unpack their own bags and please label items as far as possible.
Please make sure that your child has some spare clothes in their bags. Most of them are fine with going to the toilet but sometimes accidents do happen.
NO TOYS AT SCHOOL PLEASE!
Please check your pockets daily as well as our notice board.
Last day of school is on Wednesday the 28th March. School closes at normal time.
It is a public holiday on Wednesday the 21st. School will be closed.
Saadiqah and I are doing house visits. Please chat to me if you would like us to visit.
Thank you for all of your love and support!
Have a great week.
"Keep smiling because when you smile the world smiles with you"
Elraine and Saadiqah |
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Rainbow
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Theme : Seasons - Summer
Skill : Gross motor - ball skills
EQ : Feeling safe
Hello everyone,
Special thanks to the dads for coming to the Camp out and mommies for the incredible support! We really do appreciate your efforts.
This week we will be learning about the Summer season. On Friday we are going to have a 'Talent show' and dress up day, please help children make or select outfits to perform with in the show.
We are going to have Easter raffle, please remember to enter.
Just a reminder- Parents interviews on Monday and Tuesday this week.
Have a great week,
Stella and Lorraine
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Turtle
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Hello to all the Turtle Class Parents.
Your little ones are so enjoying learning about their bodies and we have been singing songs with them :
Heads and shoulders, knees and toes
If you happy and you know it
A body game: Where are your r=ears, eyes, arms etc.
Please encourage singing these songs at home too. Singing and dancing is an excellent way for children and parents to enjoy music together.
Tuesday will be my last day in the Turtle class and I just want to say how much I have loved teaching these precious children. I will miss all the hugs, roly pollies and dancing together.
Paula Wickham will be taking the class with Mastoera and Mama Patience from Thursday. They already love Mrs Wickham!
Thank you for allowing me to take care of your babies for this short time and I wish them all the best.
Have a great week.
Linda, Mastoera and Mama Patience. |
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Emotional Literacy
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| Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded. - Jess Lair |
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Important Dates
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DATES TO DIARISE
MARCH
Week of Monday 19 March_ Parent interviews re your child’s progress.
Wednesday 21 March_ Public Holiday( Human Rights Day)
Wednesday 28 March_ Last day of term one. (We finish normal time)
APRIL
Tuesday 10th April- First Day of Term 2
Friday 13th April- Starfish Cake Sale (Starfish parents to please bring in a plate of eats- home-made is the best!!!)
Friday 27th April- PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Freedom Day)
Monday 30 April-SCHOOL HOLIDAY-PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO STAY AND PLAY, HOLIDAY CARE ON THE DAY. THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED!!)
Tuesday 1st May- PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Worker’s Day) |
For more details view the website events page
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This Week's Menu
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Mon: Macaroni and cheese
Tues: Fish and Chips and salad
Wed- PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Thurs- Mince pot
Fri- Cheese rolls |
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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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| To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter. P. T. Barnum |
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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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