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Dear Parents, Boys and Girls
A warm welcome to you all, with a very special welcome going to our new families who serve to represent 60 new childrem from Grade 0 through to Grade 7. We look forward to a very busy and productive 2010. We have a full sporting, cultural and academic calendar which will place demands on us all and I thank the Kyalami community in advance for their support and commitment in making our school the wonderful, vibrant place that it is.
STAFF NEWS It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mrs Jackie Sargent (Art) and Caroline Fredericks (Gr 2) to the KPS staff.
Special congratulations to the Bailey family on the birth of their baby boy, Luke, on 26 December.
PARENT ORIENTATION EVENING This is an early appeal to please make every effort to attend the special parent information evening that has been set up next week. These gatherings are designed to specially allow teachers to introduce themselves, outline important class and year group expectations as well as some of the broader aspects of the year’s programme to you.
DETAILS – Tuesday 19 January
All Junior Preparatory orientation talks will be held in the children’s classrooms. Grade 0 : 17h45 Grade 1, 2, 3 : 18h00
Arrangements for the Senior Preparatory talks are as follows: Grades 4 – 7 are at 17h45 in the following venues: Grade 4 : Mrs Huiskamp’s classroom Grade 5 : Mrs Versfeld’s classroom Grade 6 and 7 : School Hall
PTF AGM Please join us in the school hall at 19h15 for The Parent Teacher Forum AGM. We would encourage you to join the team for another exciting year at KPS. Please complete the nomination form and place in the PTF suggestion box in the Admin block.
FAMILY/PARENT/LEARNER FORM The family/parent/learner form needs to be completed each year so that the database may be updated with important medical details, emergency contacts etc. This will enable us, in an emergency, to respond efficiently and promptly.
These forms have been sent home. Please complete and return to the class teacher as soon as possible.
MAINTENANCE This has been one of the busiest Christmas holidays as far as maintenance and upgrading of the school facilities has been concerned. Apart from the usual holiday work of cleaning, gardening and maintenance being done, the following has also been done: damp-proofing and repainting of the entire admin block, resurfacing of our two
older tennis/netball courts, artificial grass being laid in the Grade 0 block and the closing in at the back of the Science lab to allow for plants to be grown and certain animals to be kept. A big thank you must go to Mr. Calvarey, our Estate Manager, who worked throughout the holidays and beyond the call of duty in overseeing all this work.
Mr J. Robus
EXTRAMURALS Attached to this newsletter, please find a copy of the extramural programme and the extra cost programme. The extramural programme will commence on Monday 18 January and run until Friday 12 March.
Cricket fixtures As parents, you may notice on the school calendar that no schools or venues have been included with the weekly cricket fixtures. Unfortunately, a few errors were picked up in the fifth draft received last year and as of yet, we have not received the final draft from Far North Cricket, who organise the fixtures. As soon as the final draft is received, this information will be made available to the boys and parents.
Top Field With the top field now being available for extra-murals, please note that all softball practices and matches, as well as a few cricket practices have been scheduled for the top field. This information is on the extramural programme. Just as with swimming, pupils who have practices, matches or galas at the top field or swimming pool have to meet their coaches in the tuck-shop quad five minutes before the scheduled starting time, so that they can walk up together. Please note that these pupils will also return to school with their coaches, and can be fetched from the tuck-shop quad. Under no circumstances will children be allowed to walk up to the top field or pool on their own.
Mr J. Robus
MUSICAL NOTES FOR THE NEW YEAR Welcome to all of you who are aspiring vocalists and instrumentalists! We look forward to a very exciting 2010 in the Music Department.
♫ Auditions for the Senior choir will commence during class music lessons during the next two weeks. This process is not something to be afraid of and I encourage all Grade 4 to Grade 7 pupils to become involved in the Choir this year. We have lots of fun and many laughs! ♫ Junior Choir practices (Grade 1, 2 & 3) will commence on Thursday 21st January from 1.30pm to 2pm in the Music Room. Everyone is welcome to join. ♫ A reminder of what instruments we offer instruction in here at KPS; feel free to contact the relevant teacher directly to secure a lesson time this year. Existing pupils are also encouraged to make contact with teachers as soon as possible.
♪ Bürhmann Steenkamp (Guitar – Electric and Acoustic) 082 324 3363 ♪ Ivor Back (Drumming) 071 6865360 ♪ Dennis Donnelly (Drumming) 084 733 0593 ♪ Fritz von Geyso (Piano and Violin) 083 530 9165 ♪ Andrie Drent (Piano) 084 699 9400
Mrs L. van Dellen
TUCKSHOP We have lots of exciting foods on offer for our children (and you)! Home made pies have been sourced and are delivered fresh daily. These are delicious, HEALTHY pies which have NO msg, NO preservatives and NO meat substitutes. All our food is made daily out of fresh, pure ingredients. As always we are open to constructive suggestions. Please read attachments
Mrs D. Perry
CHAIN OF VALUES We have an innovative programme lined up for our core values this year. Term 1 sees us beginning with confidence followed by team work in the second term and peace in term 3. These values are incorporated into everyday life at K.P.S and we certainly hope that everyone will benefit from this focus as we are frequently surrounded by moral degeneration in society. We look forward to a fun-filled and values-driven year!
M. Wille
To all the Kyalami Prep families, may 2010 be a year that provides happiness, success and fulfilment.
Warm regards
Victor White Headmaster
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