Thank you to all those teachers who accompanied pupils on the Grade 4 and 5 Grade trips as well as on the memorable Zulu cultural outing. From all accounts the children certainly had a great time and were well looked after!

A reminder again about the parent teacher interviews:

The Foundation Phase on Tuesday and Wednesday in the classrooms.

All the Senior Primary on Tuesday in the Habberton Hall from 16:30 to 18:30.

This is a valuable opportunity to connect with the various teachers and find out how your child is faring.

On Thursday, the last day of school, on a voluntary basis, children will be able to wear the current bandana to school, to support the fundraising initiative of the Sunflower Fund. Children have had an assembly in this regard and the Grade 4 to 6 classes have had this whole process discussed with them in their Life Orientation lessons with me. Bandanas are available from Keryn Brophy in the Foundation Phase and, for the Senior Primary, from Kim Hooper in the Great House.

My assembly this week will be on showing appreciation to those amazing people, our teachers without whom Thomas More would not be what it is. Teacher’s Appreciation Day falls on the 5 October this year, in our school holidays. While this is great in terms of giving them a well deserved break, it is not ideal in being able to pay tribute to them. We would love our boys and girls to write their teachers a special message/ say a big thank you to them for going way beyond what is expected of them in terms of their job.

School closes on Thursday at 11:00 for the Foundation Phase and at 11:30 for the Senior Primary and we re-open on Monday 12 October. Foundation Phase sport starts in the second week of term, but Senior Primary sport starts on the Tuesday due to the shortness of the term.

Wishing you all the best for the last week of term and for a great holiday.

 

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Mathletics

Congratulations to Ben Hoogerheijde for achieving his Gold Certificate in Mathletics.  Well done Ben.

None to report.

KZN/SA Action Netball

Congratulations to Casey Houston who has been selected for the KZN U18 Action Netball Team for 2016. She also leaves for Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday morning to play for SA U18 in the World Series. All the very best Casey.

KZN Waterpolo

Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected for the KZN Waterpolo teams in their respective age groups:

Claire Vosters – U14A

Amari Dekker and Casey Houston – U19A

KZN Cricket

Well done to Michael Sim who took part in the KZN Cricket trials festival held from 19 to 21 September 2015 in Durban North. He was part of the U13 Invitational Boys' Cricket team.

KZN Softball

Congratulations to Caitlin Redelinghuys, Frankie White (U17), Carmen Vicent and Kayleigh du Toit (U15) who have been selected for their respective age groups for KZN Softball.

KZN Cross Country

Congratulations to Bridget Theunissen (U14) and Courtney Smith (U15) have been selected for the KZN Cross Country Team.

Judo

Congratulations to Merrick Beetge who took part in a Judo Competition over the weekend and came 4th earning himself a bronze medal.  Well done Merrick.

Hockey

Congratulations to Isabella Velleman for being awarded the U13 Sportsmanship Trophy for Madsen Hockey.  Well done Isabella.

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.