Hi Moms and Dads
We hope that you all had a good weekend and all our fabulous Fathers were celebrated and spoilt!!!!
Dear Daddy
In all the things I try to do,
I want to do them just like you.
I’m watching every move you make,
And trying to take each step you take.
Although right now I’m sort of small,
When I’m with you, I feel 10 feet tall.
Like you, I want to be brave and smart.
‘Cause I love you daddy with all my heart.
When I am older I will be so glad,
If I grow up to be…..
JUST LIKE DAD!!!!
This is the last week of Term 2. We break up on Friday, normal time and we would like to wish you all a wonderful holiday and thank you all for all your support over the term.
Friday is also Dad’s Day so we hope to see all our dads for the morning. We have a raffle for a Dad’s hamper of goodies. R10 per ticket. Raffle sheets will be up outside the children’s classrooms.
As always we will have holiday care here at school for all our children.
Please note:
* those children who normally stay full or half day continue with holiday care at no extra charge.
* we offer holiday care for all the other children at a daily rate of:
* R60 for the morning 8am-2.30pm including lunch
* R100 full day 8am-6pm
Holiday Activities will be on the notice board during this week.
Please note that we have a case of ‘PINK EYE’ in the school. This is a contagious illness so please keep your child at home if they have it, until they have had medicine and it clears.
Babysitting Evening
We had a super evening with the children last Friday. Thank you to those who supported it. We hope you all too had a good evening.
Dad’s Day and Sausage braai- Friday 22 June
We invite all our dads to join us on this Friday 22 June from 8am-12noon. Please take the morning off and come and experience what we do at school with your children each day. You will be invited to participate in morning ring, take part in indoor and our door activities, enjoy the sing song by the children and braai some sausage for us for snack time!!!!!
Please bring in a bit of sausage/borewors that will then be braaied and shared. If you have any allergies or need your own sausage for any reason, please mark the packaging so that it can be cooked separately!!! We will have separate cooking facilities for our Halaal families- please mark it for us and then we will keep it separate.
We look forward to this day and so do your children. If you are not able to come, please organise another adult to come with your child!!!
CLINIC- Vitamin A drops and De-worming drops
The clinic sisters will be at school tomorrow to give the drops to those who have filled in the forms.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR CHILD’S CLINIC CARD/ROAD TO HEALTH CARD, otherwise they cannot give the drops!!!!!!!!
****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.
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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 June School Fees are now overdue.
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 getting a little chillier and wetter. Please pack in extra socks and shoes too in case they get wet in the puddles!!!! (Yes hoping for rain this winter!!)
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Don't Forget!
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FOOD FOR A FRIEND
Donations to Rainbow Preschool
I am so appreciative of those many parents who have contributed so far with donations of vegetables for soup as well as those who have made soup this term. We have sufficient vegetables and soup for this term so we will begin again with donations next term, 17th July 2018. Once again your generosity is so wonderful to see and the children and staff are so grateful for the soup each week. |
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book the date
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Father's Day at FHPPS- Friday 22 June 2018 from 8am-12noon.
We invite all our wonderful dads to join us at school for the morning, to play in the garden with your child, particitpate in morning ring, art and educational activities and see what the teachers do with your children all day.
The braais will be ready at 8am, so join us too at the back of the school and help braai all the sausage for snack time.
Please bring a pack of sausage that will be braaied and shared. If you require secific sausage for health or religeous reasons, please put your name on your package so that we can keep it seperate.
SO TAKE THE MORNING OFF AND JOIN US FOR DAD'S DAY AND A SAUSAGE BRAAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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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 is COMMUNICATION.
WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, OPENLY AND HONESTLY, WITHOUT REGRET BUT ALSO WITHOUT HURTFULNESS.
This term we will be looking at how we communicate with each other, you as parents and of course with the children. We will be encouraging and teaching the children to communicate effectively and sharing with them the importance of communication with others. Being honest and respectful in your communication and also communicating in times of conflict to find suitable solutions.
EQ THEME
Working cooperatively in a group |
Class News
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Sharks
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EQ: Solving problems together
General: Seasons, the weather, winter and summer
Language: Revision of all the letters we have learned
Maths: Direction Left/Right and revision of the various concepts.
Thank you for collecting your child's report. If you have not collected it please arrange a time to meet me and collect it before the holidays on Friday 22 June.
The children are looking forward to Friday 22 June - Dad's Day. All dads are invited to come to school between 8 and 11 pm. Dad's bring their own boerewors or sausages to braai. It is always a special day and the dads have a good time braaing and meeting new father's in the school. Please try and organise to be at school for at least an hour to spend some time with your child. They have been very busy drawing pictures and making you a surprise.
This term has passed by so quickly and the children have enjoyed the various themes. Our last theme will be The Seasons and weather. We will compare the similarities and differences between the 4 seasons and discuss the weather during the various seasons. We will look at changes in our earth, in animals, sports and what people do and wear in each seasons.
In maths we will continue to concentrate on direction and left and right. Please try and make your children aware of their left and right side and play games with them or sing songs using the left/right side of the body. Most children are wearing closed shoes with laces but they are still struggling to tie them. Please try help them to learn this important skill as in Grade 1 they will be expected to tie their shoes without assistance. Those that can do it are so proud and eagerly help their friends. It is a skill that makes children feel so grown up and independent so help them to learn to do it.
Skills to practise at home and during the holidays An awareness of Left and Right. Months of the year, days of the week, date of birth. Name writing, tying a shoe lace, identifying numbers and letters in the environment. Listening skills activities like the shopping game. Rhyming games.
Dates to diarise:
Fri 22 June Dad's Day School Closes.
Thank you for your support this term.
We wish you all a wonderful holiday.
Dee and Rudo |
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Starfish
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EQ: Solving difficult problems with friends
IQ: Transport and Road safety
Focus: Social and emotional development
Number Concepts: Consolidate what we have learned this term: Number Recognition 1 to 10, rote counting to 20, backwards counting from 10 to 1, more/less and equal, ordinal numbers
Reports will go out this week. If you have any concerns and would like to meet, please come and chat to me.
Thank you to all those families who supported our "Movie night and babysitting" on Friday night. Fun was had by all.
Our Pyjama and educational games day was very successful last Friday. Check our facebook page for photos.
This week we discuss "Transport and Road safety" along with "Solving difficult problems with friends". Please encourage your children to bring transport books, either factual or story.
Please remember "Dad's day" at school this Friday. Please remember to send sausage for the sausage braai. If it is special sausage e.g. halaal, please mark it otherwise it gets put together with all the other sausage. Thank you! Dads are invited to come to school for the day and participate in Morning ring etc. Dad's may leave at any time after the sausage braai. If you are taking your child with you, please let me know. Thank you! There will be a Father's Day raffle this week. Please take a ticket on our notice board.
Please continue to play number and other educational games during the holidays. So many vital skills are learned when playing games. If you children draw during the holidays, encourage them to add detail and correct them if their grip is incorrect. Encourage your children to be active and be active with them.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our term with your children, watching them grow and develop. They keep us on our toes and make us smile for so many different reasons. They continue to creep deeper into our hearts which will be imprinted forever.
Wishing you a safe, relaxing and snuggly Winter holiday
Colleen and Faith |
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Angelfish
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Good afternoon all parents, hope everyone had a nice warm weekend and everyone is all well.
EQ: Solving difficult problems with friends
IQ: Transport and Road safety
Focus: Social and emotional development
Number Concepts: Consolidate what we have learned this term: Number Recognition 1 to 10, rote counting to 20, backwards counting from 10 to 1, more/less and equal, ordinal numbers
Reports will go out this week. If you have any concerns and would like to meet, please schedule a day and time with me, and we can gladly have a chat.
Thank you to all those families who supported our "Movie night and babysitting" on Friday night. Fun was had by all.
Please remember "Dad's day" at school this Friday. Please remember to send sausage for the sausage braai. If it is special sausage e.g. halaal, please mark it otherwise it gets put together with all the other sausage. Thank you! Dads are invited to come to school for the day and participate in Morning ring etc. Dad's may leave at any time after the sausage braai. If you are taking your child with you, please let me know. Thank you! There will be a Father's Day raffle this week, if you would like to fill in feel free to do so.
On Thursday for our garden day, our class has decided to stay indoors and have a movie and popcorn day. Each child will be allowed a teddy or any snuggly toy. "No cars, guns or swords " please.
We also say bye to Saliha Moosa and her mom. They will be moving back to Jhb at month end . The Angelfish class wishes you and your family a safe journey back home.
Have a blessed week further
Aneeka and Monica 😊
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Penguins
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IQ theme: Seasons
EQ theme: Solving a difficult problem
Hello!
Hope you all had a great weekend.
Last week of term!! Time sure flies when you're having fun.
We will be discussing the theme Transport this week.
Please encourage children to bring items pertaining to the theme for the theme table.
The weather is changing and we are approaching winter. Please try and encourage children to wear shoes and warm tops.
We will continue with our water donations. So whenever you're ready you may send in some water. Thank you to those who have been sending water.
Please encourage children to walk into school instead of being carried and to unpack their own bags. 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.
Morning Ring begins at 8:30. Please if you are late I understand but a quiet drop and go will then be expected.
On Friday the 22nd will be the dad’s sausage braai. Dads are invited to come and spend the morning with us. It will also be the last day of school.
Please check your pockets daily as well as our notice board.
House visits will continue after June. Thanks.
Thank you for all of your love and support!
Have a great week.
" You're like a Unicorn who brings ice cream and cupcakes, you're too good to be true"
Elraine and Saadiqah
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Rainbow
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Theme : Celebrations - Father's day
EQ : Solving problems with a friend.
Skill : Gross motor
Greetings all
Trusting you had a super weekend and all Fathers were spoilt rotten on Father's day!
Firstly I would like to gratefully thank you for all your help and support throughout this term. Keep on supporting us, we greatly appreciate each and every one of you and all you do to keep us going!!!!
Secondly, our theme this week being celebrations, we will discuss the celebrations we had this term and what the children like and enjoy doing on these special days not forgetting the forthcoming fathers' day at our school on Friday. Please dads we invite you to come and spend few hours of your Friday morning with your child at school.
We are giving out reports on Monday the 18th, any concerns please feel free to chat to me or schedule a meeting with the Principal.
Finally, our school closes on Friday the 22nd normal time. However aftercare will be open during holidays. Please stay safe wherever you are and keep loving, guiding and protecting our little ones.
Thank you, we love you all!!!
Stella and Lorraine. |
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Turtle
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Theme: What can I touch
Skill: Encouraging self-help skills
EQ: I can share a toy
This week we will be learning all about different textures.
Please send your child’s toothbrush and toothpaste to school for this week as we will be encouraging self-help skills.
A big thank you to all parents for their support this term. Everything that you have done is much appreciated.
Reports will be going out from Tuesday. Please feel free to come and speak to me if you have any questions.
Have a super week.
Tania, Mastoera and Patience |
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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
JUNE
Friday 22 June- Dad’s Day at FHPPS (Dads please come and spend the morning 8am-12noon, enjoying the fun of learning through play!! And braai some sausage for snack time!!!!)
Last day of term 2
Tuesday 17th July- Back to school for Term 3
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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: Macaroni and cheese
Tues: Mince and tomato bredie and rice
Wed: Fish With butternut and cucumber
Thurs: Spaghetti and sausage
Friday: Chicken burger 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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‘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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