I would like to wish our Primary School pupils well for their tour to Eshowe this weekend. It is the first time that our SP Choir will be taking part in the Annual Eshowe Sports Festival. 

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I do trust you all had a restful long weekend and that even our High School pupils still writing were able to have some time off this past long week-end. Certainly our Grade 7 pupils would have been able to rest after their slog in their first exams.

All of our Primary School pupils were given the Parents’ Council Country Fair raffle forms on Thursday last week. These traditionally get handed out now so there is time to fill them with the holiday coming up. There are super prizes to be won. This is not only for the lucky ticket holders but also for our pupils. For each ten tickets sold there is an eleventh free one for them. There is also a super draw for great prizes for those eleventh tickets. Some of these prizes will be shown to our pupils at the assembly in the last week of term.

We wish all our pupils representing the Primary School of Thomas More in rugby, netball, hockey and our Grade 6 and 7 choir all the best for their Eshowe tour, which commences on Friday. We know they are in very capable hands and trust they will have a worthwhile, fun-filled trip and keep our banner flying high.

Please note: School will end at 12:45 this Friday, 19 June for the Senior Primary, as we have too many pupils and staff away on the aforementioned tour. For those children whose parents are unable to collect them early we will provide aftercare until 2pm free of charge, where-after the normal tariffs will apply.

To all Dads, or those in fathering roles, our male teachers headed by our “Big Daddy’, our Executive Principal, Mr Shane Cuthbertson, who take on fathering roles at school, everything of the best for Fathers’ Day on Sunday 21 June. Fathers of children in our Pre-Primary, and Junior Primary classes we trust you will be able to attend those Foundation Phase celebrations to which you have been invited as your child/ren love having you there and doing something special with you Fathers we wish to honour you for the important role you play as Head of the household and for the way you provide for the family. Thank you for the precious, never to be underestimated TIME you spend playing with your child, reading stories, laughing together, teaching them things, tickling them and just enjoying being there with them! Thank you for those times when you say, “Sorry, my kids come first!” Thank you Dads, for becoming involved in the decision making for your child, together with your partner, and for developing calm, but definite boundaries and discipline, so vital for a child to feel loved and secure. Thank you for listening to your child and taking their feelings into account, while still insisting that they respect you and look to you for guidance and leadership. Dads, you are the real leaders in the world today, more so than presidents, prime ministers or rulers, as you set the stage for our tomorrows, for ‘Our children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” Life will shout a thousand demands to take you away from your child, but this time can never be recovered. What happens in the changing life of your child will never be repeated. As Father, you are the leader and your child will watch, and emulate, your every action. It is the most important job you will ever do. “A hundred years from now, as the saying goes, “it will not matter what your bank account was, what sort of house you lived, or the kind of car you drove, but the world may be different because you were important in the life of a child.”

Happy Fathers’ Day and never forget… “To the world you may be just one person, but to one person, you might just be the world! “All the best for this penultimate week of the term.

 

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Weekly Achievers  - Sponsored by Debonairs & Steers – Kloof

None to announce this week.

Gymnastics

Taija Olivier participated in a regional gymnastics tournament in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 13^th June. Taija is competing in Level 6 this year. She finished first in her age group for L6 and first overall (all age groups) on beam.  Well done Taija.

Jenna Blofield won a silver medal, tie 2nd place on vault with a score of 11.95 at Nationals over the weekend in Cape Town. She competes in level 8 (13-18) age category.  Well done Jenna.

Equestrian

Katy Legg has been selected to represent KZN for the Novice “A Team” for Equitation at SA Pony Champs taking place at the Royal Show Grounds in June / July. Well done Katy.

Congratulations to Rachel Kerdachi who has also been selected for KZN Pony Rider Open team Equitation.  Well done Rachel.

Karate

Congratulations to Angela Staples for achieving a gold medal for Kata in the Budo Karate-Do Competition with a score of 19.05.  Well done Angela.

Congratulations to Cailin and Emma Simon who took part in the SA JKA Karate Championships in JHB.  Caitlin entered the girls U12 yellow belt competition and received a gold in Kata and a silver in Kumite.   Emma entered the girls U10 yellow belt competition and recevied a gold in Kumite and a gold in Kata.  Well done girls.

Life Saving

Kaitlyn Woods took part in the South African Life Saving Championships at the end of April.  She came third in the beach flag event and was awarded a bronze medal. She also made it into the finals for all her running events and came fifth in the beach sprints and beach relay. She also came fifth in the long beach run.  Well done Kaitlyn.

SP Rugby vs Hillcrest PS

U10A vs U10A - drew 20 - 20

U10B vs U10B - drew 15 - 15

U11A vs U11A - TMPS won 10 - 0

2nd Team vs 2nd - Hillcrest PS won 0 - 27

1st Team vs 1st - Hillcrest PS won 0 - 41

U9 Rugby Tournament at TMC

U9A vs Northdene A won 15-0

U9B vs Northdene A lost 0-5

U9A vs Winston Park A lost 0-5

U9B vs Winston Park B won 5-0

U9A vs Hillcrest A lost 0-5

U9B vs Hillcrest B lost 0-5

Grade 1 Soccer Tournaments

Boys:

vs Winston Park 2 lost 0-1

vs Hillcrest 2 won 1-0

vs Curro HCA 3 drew 0-0

vs Highbury 2 drew 0-0

vs Highbury 2 lost 0-2

vs Curro HCA 2 drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 3 drew 0-0

vs Hillcrest 3 drew 0-0

vs Forest View 2 drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 1 drew 0-0

vs Hillcrest 2 lost 0-2

vs Hillcrest 3 drew 0-0

Girls:

vs Curro HCA 2 drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 3 won 2-0

vs Winston Park 1 drew 1-1

vs Winston Park 2 drew 0-0

vs Forest View lost 1-2

vs Winston Park 1 drew 0-0

Grade 2 Soccer Tournaments

Boys:

vs Atholl Heights won 1-0

vs Forest View 2 drew 0-0

vs Highbury won 1-0

vs Curoo HCA 1 won 2-0

vs Curro HCA 2 lost 0-1

vs Hillcrest 2 drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 1 won 1-0

vs Curro HCA 3 lost 0-1

Girls:

vs Kloof 1 won 2-0

vs Curro HCA 1 won 2-0

vs Atholl Heights drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 1 drew 0-0

vs Hillcrest drew 0-0

vs Curro HCA 2 drew 0-0

Grade 3 soccer tournaments

Boys:

vs Curro HCA 3 lost 0-2

vs Hillcrest 1 drew 1-1

vs Forest View 1 lost 0-4

vs Winston Park 1 won 3-2

vs Curro HCA 2 drew 0-0

vs Winston Park 3 lost 0-1

vs Forest View 2 lost 0-3

Girls:

vs Hillcrest 1 lost 0-2

vs Hillcrest 2 won 1-0

vs Curro HCA 1 drew 1-1

vs Curro HCA 2 lost 0-1

vs Forest View 1 won 2-1

vs Winston Park 1 lost 0-1

vs St. Mary’s 1 lost 3-0

vs St. Mary’s 2 drew 0-0

All of these calendars start out with basic information and then details are added as we find them out. E.g. at the start of a term, a subject test will be booked for a later date. As the time draws closer, the teacher is able to determine more fully what syllabus the class has managed to cover thus far, and will fill in details of what will be in the test at that stage.

It is important to note that this information is “live” and needs to be checked regularly. We have links to the different calendars available inside our website, found under the different Phase sections. We also have links to the same calendars inside the Parent Portal. The calendars that apply can be found under each of your child’s subheadings.

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The Horse’s Mouth Newsletter has all calendar links available to be able to easily find whichever calendars you need to.

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How to use the Google Calendar:

After you have clicked on the relevant calendar link, it will show you the default monthly view of the calendar:

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There are navigation buttons at the top left to change dates easily to look back or to future events:

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You are able to change the view of the calendar using the buttons at the top right to show only a week at a time, the default monthly view, or if you click on “Agenda” then you will see a list of events scheduled:

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Please note – it is not a good idea to print the calendar out, as the information might get updated and you will not realize this if you are referring to a print out of a calendar at a certain point in time.

To see more details about a heading in the calendar, you need to click on that heading – it will pop-up a small window giving you what details have been filled in already. This is where we have information such as which teams are playing and times, and also what material will be covered in a test/examination:

It is important to note here that it is also not a good idea to click on the bottom option “Copy to my calendar” here, for the same reason as printing, you will not receive updated information if anything changes in the live calendar.