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CARLSWALD HOUSE PREPARATORY | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 | NEWSLETTER 1

NEWSLETTER FROM THE DESK OF MR TAGG

Dear Parents. Welcome to our first newsletter for 2016. The term is well under way now and the children have settled in and are happy. I would like to formally welcome all our new families to CHP and 345 CW and VV. It is so good to have you all with us and I hope that you will be happy here and that your children will be happy here too. I wanted to share with you our newly written Vision and Mission for Carlswald House Prep, which we finalised at the end of last year. These two paragraphs really define who we are as a Preparatory School and what we promise and aspire to be. While the Vision and Mission relate more to the Prep School, 345 plays a vital part in laying the foundation on which to build this vision. It is as important for all our 345 children and parents to know what our Vision and Mission is so you know where your child is going and what role he or she plays in the nursery school.

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Vision and Mission of Carlswald House Preparatory School Vision To become the school of choice in the heart of Midrand, offering a family orientated, academic, sporting and culturally rich environment. We will be renowned for employing teachers of an impeccable standard thus facilitating the equipping our learners with superior foundation skills, critical thinking ability and a well-developed moral compass through the use of a child-centred, best education practice combined with vital individual support, enabling learners to develop to their full potential and thrive as citizens in our community. Mission Statement At CHP, we aim to provide a stimulating, child-orientated learning environment in a tranquil, country setting. We focus on the child as a whole, recognising the individuality of the child, respecting the diverse range of cultures we are privileged to have on campus as well as providing specific support responsive to the needs of the individual, whether it be through differentiated lessons, varied learning styles and specialised support. We strive, through the employment of professional, dedicated and passionate teaching staff, to build morally responsible individuals by instilling the values of honesty, compassion, integrity and respect for self and others. Our children are developed intellectually, socially, emotionally, technologically and physically through the many channels of inclusive education including physical education, cultural development, academic focus, critical thinking and the development of emotional intelligence. We understand the importance of clear, open and regular communication through a number of channels and we focus on ensuring that our role-players and stake holders involved in the development of our children are included in the education process, instilling a feeling of belonging and a sense of ownership of the processes employed to educate our children. Everything we do at 345 and Carlswald House Prep will center around these two paragraphs. However, for 345 and CHP as a family of schools, we cannot achieve this without the wholehearted support of the staff, the parents and the children. If we all buy into this vision then, without doubt, we will achieve and continue to achieve what we set out to do and our schools will grow and find success in every step forward that we take. Enjoy this newsletter and have a wonderful term! Regards Stewart Tagg

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GRADE R

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Our first time at DNT for 2016 and what a fun time we had. We were allowed to build anything we wanted and the girls made a huge tower with teacher Freyia.

We are so excited to practice writing our names on our white boards. Being in grade R makes us big children now and we can’t wait to learn more.

Writing our names…

Outside play is still the best time of the day. We get to run and have fun outside with our friends. Playing in the sandpit and on the swing. And for the boys, soccer will never be just an idea.

GRADE 1 - H


MATHS CAN BE FUN TOO! We’ve had fun building

objects out of matchsticks and prestik. We had to

count how many matchsticks each object

needed to be built. What a great time we had!

GRADE 1-H

The Grade 1H class have settled in well and they are having a fun time learning new things and keeping busy.

BREAK

TIME IS

FUN!!

GRADE 1-J


All the grade 1s having fun on the

first day of school. We are all looking

forward to a busy and fun year.

We LOVE

GR 1

GRADE 2-K


Thank you for the warm welcome I received from parents, staff and children at CHP AND 345. I am so excited to be part of this amazing family and am looking forward to an exciting year. We have been busy getting into the Grade 2 routine and the children have been working hard.

GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER We learnt more about each other and made self portraits

WE ARE BOOK WORMS! Enjoying stories during a Guided Reading lesson

Grade 2K ready….set…..go!

WE NEED TO CHOOSE HEALTHY FOOD We are learning about making healthy food choices (Phemelo ) Remember to eat a RAINBOW of colours!

SAWUBONA UNJANI Zulu lesson with Ms Nokuphiwa Ximba

WE

LOVE TO

LEARN

ZULU

GRADE 2-Y


GRADE 2-Y

A huge welcome

to all our new

Grade 2’s.

We’re so ready for

Grade 2! Bring it on!

All are super-eager

to learn their Zulu!

Loads of fun, laughter

and hard work enjoyed

by all on the sports fields.

We learnt we have a lot of

future doctors, scientists,

fashion designers and

astronauts in our class, as

we got to know a little bit

more about each of our

class mates

GRADE 3-M


SOME OF OUR

FABUUS

ART!

GRADE 3-M

It’s a brand new year and the possibilities are endless. The first day of school was very exciting for the Grade 3M Class as we moved into our brand new classroom. The Grade 3’s were over joyed to be the first group of children to move into the lovely spacious new classroom. This was a great surprise. Hip hip hooray!!!

Wow look at our new classroom!

The Grade 3’s were also eager to talk to all their friends who they missed so much during the holidays. They are eager and ready for a wonderful year full of precious moments. We also welcomed a new learner Owami Dlomo to our class.

Mrs Mohamed

our new teacher

Khanyisile and Boitumelo

with their new friend Owami

GRADE 3-N



Welcome to the Grade 3N Class of 2016! Together we are going to learn, grow and have loads of fun.

This is your Teacher for 2016. Mrs M Nel.

Getting ready for this brand new year with our boxes full of brand new stationery

This is all of us in Grade 3N! Super excited!!

We really enjoy reading in our new reading corner in our new class. So many new books to read!

We have kicked off the year with a positive vibe. Already earning mini-smiles for extraordinary behaviour.

We love the school’s food, but some of us also enjoy the food that our mommies pack for us

GRADE 4-J


GRADE 4-J

We created art work

that was all about our

favourite things. First

we drew around our

heads and then we

filled it with cut outs

Look at all of our new stationery – how exciting!!

We love out new reading corner.

We love to paint in Grade 4, we painted a new picture for our book corner.

Welcome to CHP

Oratilwe!

GRADE 5-S


Putting our knowledge of place

value to the test using tens and

units

GRADE 5-S


We were so excited to sit behind brand new desks.

We have chosen what we would like to achieve this term and we are motivated to succeed.

Choosing 4 of our favourite provinces is quite a challenging activity when we live in such a beautiful country!

WOW we travelled the country without even moving from our chair! We really can’t believe that Google took photos of our school!

We took a look at ourselves to decide on what we thought “was our best feature”

We participated in a couple of activities to teach us the importance of persistence!

Learning the “ins and outs” of a circle thinking map!

WOW

IPADS!

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