prep newsletter no 2 2012

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17th February 2012

St Johns Preparatory SchoolSt Johns Preparatory SchoolHoughton

Tel: 011 645 3100/ 087 550473 Newsletter Number 2

17/02 Swimming Gala

Kids Lit Quiz Regional Finals

Assessments in Afrikaans

& isiZulu LII & UII

Assessments in Geography

LIII & UIII

Prep Cricket Festival

20/02 Parents Afternoon

21/02 Shrove Tuesday

Parents Afternoon

22/02 Ash Wednesday

Golf Tour to Mpumalanga

Easter 1 Timetable Ends

23/02 Break up for Half Term

28/02 Start of Easter 2 Timetable

Housemasters Assembly

Hair & Uniform Inspection

02/03 Assessments in Hist/Sci/Geog

LII & UII

Assessments in Science LIII &

UIII

Inter-House Athletics

St Benedicts Rugby 1st XV

Festival

05/03 Headmasters Assembly

Parents Information Evening

Mary Ann Dove on Positive

Parenting

07/03 St Peters Athletics

09/03 St Benedicts Water Polo Festival

Reminders fromthe Diary

From the HeadmasterWhy is it that once a year on 14 February we areprompted to celebrate love and for whateverreasons, and whether we agree with them or not,find ourselves pressurised to buy or make cards,send flowers or wrap up gifts, purchase or eatchocolates and remember to say how much we carefor those closest and dearest around us? I am notsaying this is a bad thing, I do have to wonder whywe dont do this every other 364 (or 365 this year)

days of the year.

So on Valentines Day, whilst taking my normalweekly assembly for the Pre-Prep, instead of talkingabout this one day of love, I adapted the message tothe boys about being kind and loving to theirfriends and family not just for one day but everysingle day. It costs absolutely nothing to be kind

and so much is gained from it.

About 12 years, ago my wife and I watched the film,Pay it Forward. This film had such a profoundeffect on us that we decided to instil the essence ofthe orginal simple idea into our own family core val-ues and code of life. The idea behind Pay ItForwardis that when someone does a good deed orsomething nice, you pay it forward to anotherperson and they in turn do the same, and so on,and so on. This is basically an extreme act of faithin the goodness of people the ultimate pyramid

scheme. Just imagine the possibilities if we all didthis unconditionally, not expecting the good deed tobe returned directly to ourselves, but to be passedon to someone else who needs it. If everyone didone more kind thing a day in the world, the worldwould be a much better place. In every interactionwe have, be it online or in person, we have a choiceas to how we choose to act. Whats your choice? Itcould start with a simple smile and thank you tothe security guard on your way out through the

gates, or with letting someone go before you in thetraffic these simple acts of kindness can have

such a profound effect.


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Page 3 St Johns Preparatory School

From the IT Desk...

Typing

The typing courses across all grades are progressing very well! We have spent the lastfew weeks learning about correct finger positioning. The majority of boys can nowtype out the letters on the home row (ASDF JKL; ) without looking at the keyboard!Slowly, they are also beginning to use their fingers correctly to reach the bottom and

top row keys.

Typing is an invaluable skill in todays world, and will becoming even more so in theyears to come. So I urge parents to encourage their boys to practise correct typing every

now and then, when they have a free moment, instead of just letting them play games.

TIP

Each finger rests on a particular key in the home row of the keyboard when not typing,in order to keep "grounded" and oriented at all times. The home keys (ASDF JKL; ) areoutlined in yellow on the above diagram. The thumbs remain in the air, or very gently

in contact with the keys below.

Computer Club

The new slot for the IT Club is Fridays 3:00 pm 5:00 pm. In these sessions, we try tocover some really cool stuff which we do not unfortunately always find the time to doduring formal teaching time.

Some of the skills taught include Graphic and Web Design, Game Design and AdvancedAnimation. The boys are exposed to some really powerful softwares such as Photoshop,

Dreamweaver, InDesign and After Effects.

Please encourage your boys to attend should they be free during these times.

David Mulenga

[email protected]


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LOST PROPERTY

Lost property will now be open during break only

In order to instil a sense of responsibility, please remind your son togo and collect his own lost property rather than collect it for him.


4CTea

February 2012

1st Team Basketball

E Baleni M Nkanza S Streeter

B Letele S Sadler Y Ter Mors

D McAlpine B Shefer M Ontong

K Motau J White T Mtizira-Nondo

Won both Chess Matches

S Modi Z Coetzee J Williamson M Diesel

J West A Sharma

T Grubb C Williams

K Govind S Omand

CricketB Thomas

K Lion-Cachet

Outstanding Maths Results

B Loxton Y Ahmid

A Mashele K Houlston

Perfect Manners

C Gill

Outstanding English Assessment

T Mtizira-Nondo

M Rajak


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Sports Results

Versus St Davids Result Individual Performances

1st Won A Bester 3 for 15

E Chilvers 47

J Barrow 24

2nd Draw B Vermeulen 22 & 2 for 5

N Lansdown 17

3rd Rained out

4th Rained out B Thomas 6 for 7

U11A Lost T Montgomery 3 for 8

J Lees 3 for 21

M Durant 20

U11B Rained out

U10A Won K Lion-Cachet 42

U10B Rained out

U9A Lost

U9B Lost

Versus St The Ridge Result Individual Performances


3rd Lost

4th Lost

Versus St Benedicts Result Individual Performances

4th Lost Levendig 17 runs

5th Won

6th Lost

Cricket


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Sports Results

Versus Skeen Result Individual PerformancesU10A Won E Berriman 4 for 10

K Lion-Cachet 26

3rd Won M Collins 46 not out

J Kietzman 32

N Koor 3 wickets

Versus Keps Result Individual Performances

5th Rained out

6th Rained out

U10C Won

4th Lost

U13 Won

Cricket

Versus The Ridge Result Individual Performances

2nd Lost

U11B Lost

4th Rained out

U11A Won J Lees 46 not out 1 for 16

M Durant 24

R Haffejee 16

J Stewart 1 for 19

U10D Won

U11D Won

Versus St Benedicts Result Individual Performances

U10C Won K Motsepe 2/7

R Wilford 23 runs not out


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Sports Results

Cricket

Versus Trinity House Result Individual Performances

1st Lost E Chilvers 37

M Stephen 2 wickets for 5

runs

2nd Lost B Vermeulen 51

3rd Won J Kietzman 27D Greeff 2 wickets

K Dix 2 wickets

4th Rained out

U11A Lost J Ives 15

M Durant 14

J Montgomery 1/31

U11B Lost R Haffejee 45


U10B Lost

U9A Lost

U9B Rained out

Internal U9 Result Individual Performances

U9 Decan Chargers

Kings 8 Punjab Won

J Henning 2 runs

M Knight 2 runs

A McLardy 2 runs


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Sports Results

Cricket

Versus The Ridge Result Individual Performances

1st Won

U11A Won

6th Lost

Versus Fairways Result Individual Performances

U10A vs Fairways U11 Lost

3rd vs Fariways A Lost K Dix 2 wicketsJ Kietzman 2 wickets

T Grubb 15

Versus Pridwin Result Individual Performances

2nd v Pridwin 4 Won

11B v Pridwin U10 Won D January 3 wickets

Versus Cornwall Country Result Individual Performances

1st Lost A Bester 34

Versus KEPS Result Individual Performances

4th Lost

5th Won


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Page 9St Johns Preparatory School

Swimming

A25 Gala @ Pridwin on 3 February

1 St Johns A2 Pridwin A

3 St Katharines A

4 St Benedicts B

5 St Andrews B

6 Kingsmead B

7 Assumption Convent

Sports Results

B Team Gala @ St Davids on 3 February

1 St Davids2 St Stithians Boys

3 St Katharines

4 St Teresas

5 St Johns

6 St Stithians Girls


Tabloid Gala

4 Carter

3 Bousfield

2 Cullinan

1 Darragh

Spirit Trophy winners: Bousfield

A Team Gala @ St Marys 27 January

3rd St Katharines

2nd KEPS

1st St Johns

B Team Gala @ St Teresas 27 January1 Holy Rosary

2 St Katharines

3 St Johns

4 St Teresas

5 St Stithians

6 Roedean


Midmar Swim

Congratulations to S Poole, K Govind,A Thiel, I Blok, T Deppe, L Magee,M Sinclair, G Berry and M Montieth whocompleted the Midmar Mile on Sunday

12th February. Well done, boys!


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Basketball

St Johns Open Basketball Festival

vs St Benedicts won

vs Dominican Convent won

vs St Peters won

vs Sacred Heart drew

St Johns U12 Basketball Festival

vs St Benedicts lost

vs St Peters won

vs Dominican Convent lost

vs Sacred Heart won

Sports Results

Dominican Junior Basketball Festival

won 9

drew 3

lost 5

Sacred Heart Junior Basketball Festival

SJP A vs St. Peters won 9 - 7

SJP A vs St. Benedicts won 9 - 6

SJP A vs Dominican won 6 - 1

SJP A vs Sacred Heart lost 3 - 6

SJP were crowned joint Tournament

Winners, along with Sacred Heart, on 27points.

Sacred Heart Junior Basketball Festival

1st team

Played 3 matches and won all 3

2nd Team

Played 2 matches and won 1, lost 1

Juniors

Matches were cancelled due to the rain.

Midmar Swim


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Congratulations to the U11A Basketball Team for winning the Sacred Heart JuniorsBasketball Tournament, held at Sacred Heart College on the 8th of January 2012. The

team won 3/4 games played.

Congratulations also to our 1st Team Basketball Squad. The team has fared very well

thus far in the season. They have played a total of 10 games ; winning 9 and drawing 1.

Thank you to all the parents who came out to support our boys during the Senior PrepBasketball Festival that was hosted at St Johns, on 29 January 2012. Special thanksto those who helped out with the braaing and running of the tuck-shop. Just over 150

boys and girls came over to participate in what was a great exhibition of the game.

Parents wishing to help out at the upcoming 1st Team Festival, on the 3rd of March,

could get in touch with Mrs Tania Shefer or with me, [email protected]

I also would like to make special mention of two young men who very ably handled allour First Aid needs at the festival. Luka de Jesus and Farai Thondhlana recentlycompleted their Level 1 First Aid course, and both very generously gave up their

Saturday morning to come and help out at the festival.

With the school nurse on stand-by, the two boys were exceptional in their handling of

casualties on the day.

Well done, boys!

David Mulenga

Basketball


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We would like to wish the 1st XI Cricket Tour to Michaelhouse all the very best thisweekend. They departed on Friday morning and will be returning to Johannesburg on

Monday evening. Cordwalles, as hosts, are celebrating their centenary this year, and wewish them much success as an excellent Prep School in South Africa.

The tour party is as follows:

Murray Blair

Ethan Chilvers

Alex Bester

Jack Gnodde (Vice Captain)

James Barrow

Neil Gultig

Nicholas Ives (Captain)

Tim McKernan

Michael Bothma

Matthew Stephen

Zameer Nazeer

Shaun Jacobs

The St Johns College Biokinetics Clinic has been operational since May last year. Theclinic is run by Mr Joe Xaba who is an HPCSA registered biokineticist. The clinic isopen on weekdays from 3 till 6pm at the sanatorium. The clinic was previously onlyopen to the boys and girls of St Johns. The services have now been extended to theentire St Johns Community, including parents and staff. Consultations will be chargedat medical aid rates. Written consent will be required from parents before the

commencement of treatment. For further information regarding Biokinetics, please logon to the Biokinetics Association of South Africawebsite.

To make a booking please email or phone Mr Joe Xaba on:

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 011 645 3267

Cell: 071 895 7363

Cricket Ist XI Cricket Tour 2012

The tour fixtures are as follows:

SATURDAY 18 February

FORMAT: TIME CAPTAINS DECLARATION

St Johns v Springvale House(Vlei)

SUNDAY 19 February

FORMAT: 50 OVERS

St Johns v WPPS (Holleys)

MONDAY 20 February

FORMAT: 20/20

St Johns v Kingswood (Vlei)

Good luck boys!

BIOKINETICS INTRODUCED AT ST JOHN'S COLLEGE


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The St Johns swimming team has won the A25 league gala for a record 3 weeks in arow! We often hear that success breeds success, but it is seldom that we encounter

such an excellent example. In the first term last year, our U9s began winning theirraces and, as the season progressed, the older boys became more determined andbegan to win their races, too. As the new U9s joined the team this term and they, too,had enormous success, there has been a developing sense of excitement and purposeamongst the swimmers. Each week they have swum in the galas with moredetermination and they are beginning to believe that they can be a winning team. Theboys have been inspired by the results and we have had an enormous increase inparticipation at early morning training sessions. Despite the cold and overcast weather, we have had up to 50 boys in the pool and it is wonderful to watch thedeveloping sense of team spirit and camaraderie. In a sport like swimming, where

fitness has a large impact on individual results, the effort you put into each trainingsession determines your success in the galas. The boys have come to realise that theyare responsible for their own success and are learning to push themselves at trainingsessions and at galas to produce their best results. They are getting to know whattimes they have to swim to qualify for a place in the A team and they are constantly

striving to improve their performance.

Last weekend, the UIII and LIII swimmers were offered the opportunity to swim an open water race. Eleven St Johns Prep boys swam the Platinum Mile in the BuffelspoortDam. For many of them, it was their first ever open-water swim and they were a littledaunted by the big stretch of water. However, they tackled the event bravely and every

one of them completed the event with little difficulty. They were very proud ofthemselves and are very keen to try another swim at another venue.

It has been enormously rewarding for me to watch the progress the boys have made

and to witness the pleasure their success has brought. We will probably be asked to

move up to the A50 league next season (which means starting right from the bottom

again) but I believe that our boys are ready for the challenge and that they have

developed the confidence and self-belief to deal with the tougher competition and

greater physical demands that go with it.

Swimming

Lynn Joubert

[email protected]


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30 January

St Johns A vs St Peters ASeniors won 20 - 12

Juniors lost 9 - 23

Overall lost 29 - 35

Well done to the following boys who won both their games:

S Modi, B Thomas, J Williamson, J West, T Grubb, C Williams, Z Coetzee, M Diesel andA Sharma.

6th February

St Johns A vs Pridwin A

Seniors lost 14 - 18

Juniors won 20 - 12

Overall won 34 - 30


S Modi, K Govind, S Omand and T Grubb

13th February

St Johns A vs Trinity House A

Seniors won 23 - 9

Juniors won 24 - 8

Overall won 47 -17


S Modi, B Thomas, J Williamson, J West, T Grubb, C Williams, Z Coetzee, M Diesel,E Baleni, W Kerr-Phillips, D Greeff, K Govind, G Thompson, S Omand, K Prior,

M Manyatsa and A Sharma.

Congratulations to Sachin Modi on his appointment as Chess Captain and to Edward

Baleni and William Kerr-Phillips as Vice-Captains.

Sachin was selected as a member of the South African U12 boys Chess Team and

participated in the World Youth Chess Championships held in Brazil. He alsoparticipated in the African Youth Chess Championships, held in Zambia. He wasawarded South African Junior Protea Colours for his selection. He has been awarded

the Candidate Master chess title by the world chess body, FIDE. Well done, Sachin!

Chess

St Johns B vs Auckland Park A

Seniors won 24 - 8

Juniors drew 16 - 16

Overall won 40 - 24

St Johns B vs De La Salle A

Seniors lost 14 - 18

Juniors drew 7 - 25

Overall won 21- 43

St Johns B vs Roedean A

Seniors won 19 - 13

Juniors won 20 - 8

Overall won 39 - 21


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Prep boys celebrated Valentine's Day by wearing red civvies, R20 was collected from theboys and donated to TLC.

Valentines Day


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As part of a visual literacy test some of these lovely drawing were produced.

Lower IIV

The Excited Dog by Ronin Quinn A Sad Dog by Gregory Thompson

Jocks Sad Day by Sebastian Shearer Franks Exciting Day by Daniel Segal

The Dogs Party by Khayalami Ntuli

Lower IIV


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Yes, I would like a pet hedgehog. I want a pet hedgehog because I dont have a pet anda hedgehog sounds good to me. I would also like a pet hedgehog because it could get rid

of small snakes in my garden and I think they are pretty cute! It can also live in hotplaces and cold places.

By Jamie Diesel

No, I would not like a hedgehog as a pet because a hedgehogs spines are sharp andthey will hurt me! A hedgehog is also nocturnal so I wont be able to play with it. When

it is frightened it curls into a ball and I wouldnt be able to play with it then either!

By Max Mukami

I would not like a hedgehog because it should not be held in captivity. It needs lots ofspace to roam around. For example, if you got a forest hedgehog you would need to

have a lot of trees in your yard.

By Graeme Gush

Lower IIT: Would you like a hedgehog for a pet?

Lower IIT Totem Poles

By Graeme Gush By Reece Wilford


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Lower IIT Totem Poles

By Kian Rose

By Reece Wilford

By Nicholas Papadakis

By Darren Lowery


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To coincide with the release of the Tin Tin movie, the boys were asked to draw a scenefrom a Tin Tin book. Here are the results:

ART

By William Kerr-Phillips UIIIL

By Numan Koor UIIIL By Christopher Pieterse UIIIG


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By David M UIIIH

By Giulio Pallotta UIIIHBy David McAlpine UIIIH

By Alexander Bester UIII H


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WHEN:Half-term break on the Friday to Sunday(24-26

Feb)

Notices

The Parents Association of St Johns,

Would like to remind all parents to join us for teaduring external matches on our fields where we arehosting. As there are often different sports ondifferent fields all day long, it is not possible to pourtea during internal matches.

If you would like to pour tea during your sons match,please contact

Sandra Peters on 083 708 7583

WHERE:MARETLWANETHERE WILL BE:

Bum sliding

A Braai

A HIKE

AND MUCH, MUCH

MORE

LIIIs and UIIIs only

Book at Mr Nics officeDont miss out!


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St Johns College Shop

New opening times from 1st February

Monday & Wednesdays: 7am to 3pm

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10am to 3pm

For stationery and labels, as well as all your sports clothes, jerseys, bags and sock


iCare

Whilst we hope and anticipate that all boys will feel able to approach their teachers or amember of staff should they feel that something is wrong, we understand that this willnot always be the case. Some boys may feel unsure of how to approach a staff memberor unsure of what they should say. For this reason we are continuing to use the iCarebox, which is now located in Mrs Powells office. We also have an electronic version where boys can contact the Pastoral Care Team at [email protected]. ThePastoral Care team is hoping that the boys make use of these initiatives to highlightanything that they CARE about at St Johns Prep.

The aim is to provide the boys with an alternative avenue to voice their feelings around whatever may be on their minds. This extends beyond the reporting of just peerdifficulties (such as bullying) the aim is to further enhance the quality of the St Johnsexperience. All notes placed in the box or sent via email will be treated confidentially

and actions instituted where possible.

We ask that you encourage your son to make use of the iCare initiative so that we can

make his day all that he hopes it can be.

Hugo [email protected]

Notices


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Notices

Art club and extra classes

From the beginning of next term, Mr Poco is starting an Art Club (for LIII and UIII boys) and extra art classes for juniorboys. Senior boys are encouraged to join the Art Club on Tuesdays from 14h00 -15h00 or Thursdays from

15h00-16h00. Juniors may arrange extra art lessons with Mr Poco at alternative times and on alternative days.

We hope to see the senior boys joining the Art Club to create various exciting art works with mediums they do notnormally use in class, such as print making, photography, oil painting and many more. This will be a fantastic opportunity

for any boy who wishes to develop his art skills.

For further information e-mail Bruno Poco on [email protected]

ItalianLanguage

LessonsSmall age appropriate classes and individual tuition

offered outside school hours at St Johns.

Experienced mother-tongue graduate teacher usingcommunicative method of conversation, maintaining

cultural ties for solid IEB foundation.

Contact Lisabetta on 082 682 2859 or

[email protected]

EXTRA MATHS

LESSONSLower III & Upper III boys in Mrs Jean Clarences

classroom

Every Thursday 15h15 - 16h15 All Welcome

Extra Maths Lessons

Individual tuition offered

Mrs M Hauptfleisch

Call 011 442 1854

083 256 7714

Mr R MacIntosh has written a book

Macey A Quest for Freedom

a story of a teacher and his dog

Published by Cobblecrab Publishers

Parents who would like a copy are asked to contactMr Macintosh on 076 529 5529 and leave R100

with Mrs Arthur. Copies can also be ordered

through the publishers: [email protected]


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Walking Away

C. Day-Lewis

It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day

A sunny day with the leaves just turning.

The touch-lines new-ruled since I watched you play

Your first game of football, then, like a satellite

Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away

Behind a scatter of boys, I can seeYou walking away from me towards the school

With the pathos of a half-fledged thing set free

Into a wilderness, the gait of one

Who finds no path where the path should be.

The hesitant figure, eddying away

Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem.

Has something I never quite grasp to convey

About natures give-and-take the small, the scorching

Ordeals which fire ones irresolute clay.

I have had worse partings, but none that so

Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly

Saying what God alone could perfectly show

How selfhood begins with a walking away,

And love is proved in the letting go.

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