A reminder that from today until Wednesday our Grade 2 and 3 pupils where permission was granted will be undergoing vision and hearing screening. Should there be a need for further tests you will be notified.

Well done to our boys who have been chosen to represent us at the Inter schools’ Literary Quiz this Wednesday at Durban Girls’ College. We wish Samuel Haug, Dylan Launspach, James Ross and Jayden Tite all the very best and thank Mrs Annette Sewchuran for preparing them for this.

This coming Friday afternoon we shall be hosting a friendly gala from 14:30 to 17:30 at our Patrick Akal pool against ten other schools. The main objective of the gala is to allow us to get our swimmers ready for the upcoming D&D galas (Kings Park Stadium on Tuesday 3 March, straight after our mid-term break) and respective Highway galas. Parents are welcome to support.

Our Senior Primary Deputy, Mr Graham Hooper, will be taking the Assembly this Wednesday morning talking about the dangers of the sun. While Mr Brimelow does have sunscreen which he encourages the boys to put on their faces before they go out to cricket, we do encourage you to make sure your child has put on their own sunscreen with the correct protection factor for them every morning, as we have had some very hot days and even being out at break can cause children to get burnt. We also encourage the wearing of TMC hats or caps. This is compulsory for the Foundation Phase.

You should be receiving/have received your letter and sponsorship form for the Sponsored Walk on Friday 27 February and hope you will again give this your full support, as in the past, knowing how this positively impacts on many groups and individuals through our Outreach Programme and helps us not only to serve the wider community, but also to instill a strong social conscience in our children.

Wishing you all the best for the week ahead.

 

Weekly Achievers  - Sponsored by Debonairs & steers – Kloof

Piano

Congratulations to Jemma Ramlakan on passing her Trinity College Initial Piano exam with Merit.  Well done Jemma.
 

Grade 2 & 3 Gala at Highbury

Our Grade 2 & 3s swam in a gala at Highbury. It was our 1^st gala for our Grade 2s and they did so well. There was good competition and we had the following results:

1^st place – 4

2^nd place – 11

3^rd place – 7

4^th place – 7

5^th place – 7

6^th place – 2

7^th place – 3

8^th place – 1

Grade 2 Mini Cricket

Our Grade 2s played in their 2^nd mini cricket match on Saturday. There was much excitement and loads of fun had by both the children and the parents. We had the following results:

Lost to Highbury

Lost to Highbury

Grade 3 Mini Cricket

Our Grade 3s played in their 2^nd mini cricket match for the term. Much excitement and fun was had but we unfortunately lost against Winston Park. Well tried boys.

HS Tennis

Congratulations to Helenke Rossouw who has been selected for the U19 eThekweni Tennis team.  Well done Helenke.

SP Cricket

TMPS 4ths vs Northdene - TMPS batted 1st 93/4, Northdene batted 2nd 28/10

TMPS won by 65 runs.

TMPS 3rds vs Northdene

TMPS batted 1st 123 / 5 (M. Maclean 24 runs, L. Gibson 21 runs)

Northdene batted 2nd 57/10 (D. Launspach 7 runs for 3 wickets in 3 overs, L. Gibson 10 runs for 2 wickets in 4 overs)

TMPS won by 66 runs

TMPS 2^nds vs Northdene

TMPS 2^nds 96/5 after 20 Overs

Kellen Coombs 25 not out, Lexi Criticos 20 not out

Northdene 51/9 after after 20 Overs

Troy Van Zyl 2 – 1, Kellen Coombs 2 – 1, Lola Lee 3 – 10

TMPS 2^nd won by 45 runs.

TMPS 1sts vs Northdene - 181 for 6, R Savage 88, H Brimelow 24

Northdene 84 all out, R Camp 2 for 5, C Kiggen 2 for 6, J Hooper 2 for 14

Thomas More won by 97 runs

U10A vs Northdene

TMPS 112/9 (Nikolaos Bratos 49 runs)

Northdene 82/5 (Jonathan Daniel 3 wkts/6 runs)

TMPS won by 30 runs

Cycling

The Project Rhino Mountain Ride with Cadence Cycling Performance was a bit further than anticipated and ended up being 332 km in one day. A special well done to Devon Smith (Grade 11) who was by far the youngest cyclist on the day, of which only 18 riders managed to complete the race. The riders managed to raise over R12 000.00 for the conservation and protection of our Rhinos. Well done Devon.

SP Action Netball

1st Team won against Maris Stella 17 – 4

U12 lost to Glenwood A 9 – 3

U12 won against Maris Stella 9 – 5

Judo

Congratulations to Hanna Alexander on being awarded a silver medal at the Judo National Grading Competition in Cape Town last weekend.  Well done Hanna.

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.