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Dear Preparatory School parents and guardians
I was recently listening to Dr. Myles Munroe speaking about being organised and the power of planning. He states that if we do not have a purpose (reason), it is difficult to make any plans. Plans can only work when there is a purpose. Therefore, our purpose will guide us to make the appropriate plans.
Do you have plans for your children? Do these plans line up with God’s purpose for your children?
When we all start living “on purpose” we are more organised and mindful of those close to us.
To this end, I would like to address the matter of too many pupils staying late after school without proper supervision. What is the purpose of leaving a grade 1 child at school until 17h15? Please be reminded that we do not have an Aftercare Centre but merely a waiting class until 14h00. I am asking for your co-operation concerning this matter.
Sports practice ends at 15h30, unless matches are played. Here too we have too many pupils without supervision. Please make proper transport arrangements so as to prevent your child staying at school until after 17h00.
We had an amazing response to the fundraising drive for our new educational playground. The raffle sheets have brought in an astounding R44,430.00. Although there are still sheets outstanding, I would like to thank all our Preparatory School parents for the great effort of raising the money. We still need to plant grass and make a few changes to the playground before the project is complete.
Enjoy reading this Newsletter. It is filled with wonderful news.
Greetings,
Julia Werner
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD Issue 2 - 15 May 2012
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Chika Mabitsela. Chika participates well in class. He did exceptionally well in athletics and represented Limpopo at the S.A. Championships in Durban.
LEARNER OF THE MONTH
PEPPS Polokwane Preparatory School
Newsletter
TOP TEN TERM 1
MARCHCongratulations to Laura Lennox. Laura broke the Limpopo record for 50m breaststroke and shows outstanding sportsmanship. Laura was in the Top 10 in Term 1 and always maintains a high academic standard.
APRIL
EARTH DAY 05 JUNE 2012
As an Eco School, PEPPS celebrates Earth Day with a purpose. This year we would like the children to be creative when recycling items. What did you do with your yoghurt cup or your milk bottle? Throw them away? Oh no! There are so many things that you could have made from them. It is up to our children to show us how to recycle everyday items we use. On 5 June, children will bring their recycled items to school to put on display and each child who brings an item will receive a cool badge. Keep a look out for posters around the school that will give you ideas on how to recycle items. ECO COMMITTEE
Grade 4 Grade 5
Grade 6 Grade 7
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GENERAL
Chess is still very alive in the second term at PEPPS.Patrick Kapila continues to make us proud. He won 4 out of 5 matches at the Limpopo Qualifying Tournament during the holiday. For that he received a silver medal and certificate. Other learners that won some matches were: Wajahat Agha, Kopano Them, Dylan Catto, Agustin Ferrer Rojas, Onthatile Mulutsi, Mmatlala Ramabopa. Well done to our u/13 chess league team. They played against Louis Trichardt Primary School on the 11th of April. We beat them with 1 points. Each learner played two matches. The following number of matches were won: Patrick Kapila - 2; Selealo Rakgole - 1; Mapudi Phasha - won 1 and drew 1; Matsobane Matlaila - 2. At the next Qualifying Chess Tournament at Northern Academy, the following learners did very well and won their matches: Patrick Kapila and Mapudi Phasha both won 4 out of 5 matches.
Report written by Mr N. Loots
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SPORT DATE HOST VISITOR TEAMS TIME
SOCCER Tuesday 15 May Flora Park PEPPS u/10 - u/13 14:00
Thursday 24 May Potties PEPPS u/10 - u/13 14:00
Thursday 31 May Mitchell House PEPPS u/10 - u/13 14:00
Thursday 07 June PEPPS Northern Academy u/10 - u/13 14:00
Saturday 10 June PEMPS Tournament u/10 08:00
NETBALL Tuesday 22 May PEPPS Eagles Nest u/9A, u/10A, u/11 - u/13 A & B 13:30
Thursday 24 May PEPPS PEMPS u/9 A & Bu/13 A & B
13:30
SOCCER AND NETBALL MATCHES: TERM 2
Mpho Moretsele was selected as one of the twelve hockey umpires to officiate at the SA u/21 Men’s Inter-Provincial tournament which was held in Port Elizabeth. Every team that goes to the tournament wants to play well enough qualify for the play-offs and eventually the final. The same is true for umpires. Mpho had an excellent tournament and was rewarded with umpiring the final between Free State and Northerns in front of roughly 7,000 P.E. spectators.
Mpho Moretsele has also been selected to represent the Limpopo Men’s team who will participate in the South African Country Districts tournament from the 9th - 15th of July in Grahamstown.
WELL DONE MR MORETSELE!
This year five of our netball teams went to Camp Discovery from the 23rd to the 25th of March. The teams we took with were the u/9s, u/10s, u/11s, u/12s and the u/13s. Five coaches accompanied their teams.Shortly thereafter our girls were introduced to the Tuks coaches and the head coach that was running the clinic. Our children were then told what training they would be receiving in the three days they were there. They then started with training. The coaches would first explain and demonstrate what they wanted the children to do and then the children were given the opportunity to do it. Our coaches would then take their teams and assist them in the best way we could with the activities demonstrated. The Tuks coaches walked around and assisted our children. There was a total of 8 other schools participating, with a total of 444 girls.The program for the three days consisted of free time, interesting activities but with the majority of time spent training. Coaches started off with basic skills, thereafter they taught the girls catching and passing; space awareness; landing and quick turning; centre passing; staying in specific zones during matches to avoid bundling; goal circle play; shooting action and drills; throw in base line; side lines; defending and interception, and positioning and defending lines. Both our teachers and girls learnt a lot from this training.Our girls then played against a variety of schools while our coaches umpired their own team’s matches. During these matches the Tuks coaches observed the teams playing in order to report back on their strengths and weaknesses. We all learnt a lot from the netball clinics as we found new and interesting ways in which we could train our girls and also our strengths and weaknesses in matches. Report written by Mrs D. Jacobs
NETBALL CLINIC
IMPORTANT NOTICEPlease be informed that reports
will be handed out on the following dates and not on the 22nd June:
Please be informed that the Special Parents Consultation for
grades 4-7 will take place on theand not on the 24th July.
* Foundation Phase - 20th July* Intermediate Phase - 3rd August
2nd of August
During the Easter Holiday our three hockey teams went to Pretoria for a hockey coaching clinic. There they received professional coaching by SA, Northern Gauteng and Tshwane University of Technology first and second team players.As this was a high schools clinic, our teams played the likes of Ben Vorster Hoërskool, Hoërskool Menlo-Park, etc. It was a good experience for our teams to be exposed to a high standard of coaching and playing. Dawit Negussie and Ipeleng Kekana were identified as the most promising goal keepers and Tshepang Ngoasheng as a promising field player. Report written by Mr M. Moretsele
HOCKEY CLINIC
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Dramatology Theatre Productions visited our school on 14 March 2012 and performed their “Let's Bookie Show” to our Foundation Phase children. With the simplest of props they introduced three well known authors and performed excerpts from four stories, much to the children's delight! The group related well to their audience, it was interactive and at exactly the right level to keep the children enthralled. Our library has been inundated with requests for these books and some children have bought the stories from the local book shops. We have used the show as a springboard for language activities in the classroom. We look forward to their next production.
ONCE UPON A STORY - DRAMATOLOGY
PREP VOICEThe following pupils were elected to represent their class at Prep Voice for Term 2:
Head boy - Patrick Kapila Head girl - Tumi KgweteGrade 4K - Jessica Dos Ramos Abreu Grade 4D - Puno MesoGrade 5M - Sekwai Phasha Grade 5S - Maphoshane NchabelengGrade 6Y - Thabi Mothapo Grade 6F - Laura LennoxGrade 7M - Tshepang Ngoasheng Grade 7C - Dawit Negussie
On the 20th to 22nd of April, the u/11 and u/13 soccer teams went to Camp Discovery to participate in a soccer tournament. The u/13 team achieved a 5th place out of eight teams and the u/11 team played in the finals, but unfortunately lost their match. They came second and received silver medals. Well done boys!
Report written by Mr M. Moretsele
SOCCER TOUR
Teachers Having Fun At Work!
Research has shown that children doing regular physical activity have: improved emotional well-being, improved health, improved mental health, enhanced social skills, increased capacity for learning and productivity and a more positive school environment! A healthy body and mind go hand in hand. There is no such thing as a mind/body split!
FANSA Medical visited our school on the 25th of April and educated the children with the HEALTHY BODY=HEALTHY MIND programme. The programme focused on educating our children on the importance of healthy foods, exercise and hygiene. We took a special look at nutrition, in particular, “Brain Foods” and discovered amazing facts about our body!
HEALTHY BODY = HEALTHY MIND
CLANS DRAMA - 15th MARCH POETRY DAY - 21st MARCH
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With the addition of discussion questions andinteractive parent/child activities at the end ofeach chapter, Jake shows you how to createthose essential bonds that children need. Youcan begin the process of healing and helpingyour family to feel whole.
17 MayWorld Knowledge Olympiad - Gr 6 & 724 MayClans Storytelling26 MayEco-Awareness Day30 MayClans Debating PEPPS vs PCS31 MayWorld No-Tobacco Day01 JuneInternational Children’s DayPEPPS Hockey Tournament02 JuneLimpopo Chess Team Competition05 June World Environment Day06 JuneClans Debating PEPPS vs PEMPS09 JuneLimpopo Chess Team CompetitionMini Cricket Festivalu/13 Hockey Tournament 12 JuneParents’ Open Forum14 JuneWorld Blood Donor Day16 JuneYouth Day17 JuneFathers’ Day22 JuneSchool Closes
PEPPS Polokwane Preparatory School & College
Plot 1 MyngenoegenP O Box 405POLOKWANE0700
Phone: 015 263 6236 / 6159Fax: 015 263 6285E-mail: Website:
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International Children's Day is widely celebrated on 1 June.
Children's Day had its origin in the World Conference for the
Wellbeing of Children in Geneva in 1925.
The 1 June date has a Chinese-USA origin - and nothing to do
with Communism. In 1925, the Chinese consul-general in San
Francisco gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate
the Dragon Boat Festival. This, of course, coincided with the
conference mentioned above. June 1 somehow died out in the
USA, only to be revived a couple of years ago. However, each
country chose its own day to commemorate it.
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY
TEACHERS BIRTHDAYS26 MayMrs Delyn Jacobs27 MayMr Mpho Moretsele31 MayMs Catherine Willetts