VOLUME 17, ISSUE 18
26 MAY 2015
Crawford Preparatory Lonehill
PREP TALK
IMPORTANT NOTICES
GOOD LUCK: We would like to wish our Grade 6 and 7 pupils all the best of luck for the
exams which starts next week. We trust that you have started with your studies and we
know that you will do very well. Keep calm, relax and study hard. We believe in you!!
Coffee Club: On that note, please join us for a very special Coffee Club this Thursday,
28 May at 08:00 in the Auditorium as Mrs Heather Perry will address the topic “Stress and
Anxiety during Exam time.” Remember to book your seat with Liz at Reception and make sure
to join us as she shares a few tips and pointers on how to support and calm your child as the
nerves creep up on them when the pressure mounts during exam time.
Tekkie Tax Day: On Friday, 29 May, we will be showing
our support for the CHOC Organisation by wearing our
tekkies to school on Tekkie Tax Day! The official
Tekkie Tax stickers are available at R10 each from
Mrs Stark and we ask that each child purchase a sticker
and wear their tekkies on Friday.
Be Our Guest: Tickets for the “Be Our Guest” MAD
Club Production for 8 and 9 June is still on sale from
Chantelle’s office at R40 each. Show your support to
our Grade 4 and 5 MAD Club pupils. This show is utterly entertaining and you will leave here
with a massive smile on your face and in your heart!
Technology Project: Mr Munroe would like to ask parents to collect the following recycled
materials for a section in class about leaving a carbon footprint: Old 5 litre water bottles;
unused wooden pallets; old plant pots that are unused that will be “upcycled”; toilet rolls.
Pupils are asked to please leave the items outside Mr Munroe’s classroom in the mornings or
after school.
Tennis: A reminder to all team tennis players from Grade 3 - 5 that tennis starts this week
Wednesday at 13:45 for an hour after school. For any further details, please contact
Mrs Joyce.
Touch of Africa Book Collection: Please remember to send any unwanted books cluttering
your bookshelves to Mrs Roberts in the Media Centre, so that we may donate them to “Touch
Africa” for schools that are less fortunate.
PREP TALK
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SPORTS RESULTS
NETBALL
Vs. King David Sandton
U10A
Won
5-0
Player of the match:
Paige Edwards
Vs. Yeshiva
U11A
Won
9-5
Player of the match:
Siannah Kaka
Vs. Rembrandt Primary
U12A
Won
16 - 5
Player of the match:
Kerin Dewar
Vs. King David Sandton
Open A
Won
28 - 3
Player of the match:
Hannah Henry & Lucy Tebitt
Vs. Bryandale
U10A
Won
18 - 9
Player of the match:
Jaime Van den Bosch
Vs. Saxonwold
U11A
Won
25 - 4
Player of the match:
Ezam Marala
Vs. Bryandale
U12A
Lost
5 - 26
Player of the match:
Gabriella Perry
Vs. Bryanston Primary
Open A
Won
23-13
Player of the match:
The whole Team
SOCCER VS MONTROSE
U9A
Drew
0-0
U11A
Won
3-2
U9B
Won
5-0
U11B
Lost
2-4
U9C
Drew
0-0
U12A
Drew
0-0
U9D
Lost
0-2
U12B
Lost
3-4
U10A
Drew
1-1
U13A
Drew
1-1
U10B
Won
1-0
U13B
Lost
2-3
U10C
Drew
0-0
U10D
Lost
0-2
On Friday, 22 May our Grade 1, 2 and 3 soccer teams participated in the annual Junior Malas
Festival hosted by Crawford Pretoria. All our teams did very nicely and had an amazing time!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO...

Megan Pretorius who had the privilege to participate in the Lovemore Music Flute Day held
at Roedean on 23 May. More than 80 flautists from as far afield as Rustenburg took part
in various flute ensembles, culminating in an open air mass flute choir performance.

Asea Pozniakow who was part of the team that took first place for South Africa at the
Africa Cup Vaulting Competition. She also came 3rd in her Individual Graded Age group,
and 4th in the pairs across all age groups. She has also been selected to represent Gauteng
in the C Grade Mixed Squad at the upcoming SA Championships.

Saranya and Dean received an award for being the Phase winners and semi- finalists at the
NEA awards held recently.
WELL DONE!! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!
NEA YOUNG PERFORMER AWARDS
Congratulations go to our immensely talented pianist
Malan du Plessis (Grade 4) who was announced the Best Junior
Performer at the finals of the National Eisteddfod’s Young Awards,
across all disciplines (Drama, Dance, Music etc.) on 16 May.
Crawford Prep Lonehill has the honour of hosting a concert
featuring this little protégé on Saturday 30 May, in performance
with the Rand Symphony Orchestra.
Another ex-pupil of Crawford Prep Lonehill, Neo Motsatse, who is
now being home schooled in order to focus on her violin, was the
overall gold medal winner along with her duet partner, Althea
Steynberg (recorder) and their accompanist on accordion,
Mr Sergio Zampolli (Mrs Ackermann from our school’s Music
Department’s husband).
RANDBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
We will be hosting a very special concert on Saturday, 30 May.
It is a Youth Concert, giving a number of talented young musicians the opportunity to perform
with the Randburg Symphony Orchestra. One of the young performers is a Grade 4 pupil from
our school: Malan du Plessis.
The concert will be held on our campus, in the School Hall. The starting time is 15:30 and it will
finish around 17:30. The entry fee is R 50.00 per person and the tickets will be available at
the door.
We are very excited about this concert, as it will be a first in our school’s history.
WEST RAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
The following music pupils participated at the West Rand Music Festival and obtained outstanding
results:
Pianists: Darian Peter and Scott Collins
Keyboardists: Neha Ramadhin, Tshepang Mashamaite, Xavier Kittel, Sonal Maharaj, Rhiya Singh,
Mila Masito, Sarah Varghese, Maria Varghese.
They amassed a total of 14 distinctions, 2 double distinctions and two trophies.
Former pupil Jessica Pracher, now in Grade 9 at the College was responsible for 3 of these
distinctions and was awarded a voucher from Edumusic for outstanding achievement on keyboard.
Sarah Varghese was awarded the trophy for the best performance on Grade 2 level amongst
all instrumentalists in the entire Festival, and Maria Varghese was awarded the trophy for the
best performance on digital keyboard in the entire Festival.
Congratulations to this musical Dream Team!!
CAF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Public Speakers have been busy this trimester. On Monday 18 May thirteen pupils from Grade 7
took part in the first leg of the Crawford Academy Festival for Public Speaking held at Crawford
Sandton. These evenings are designed to provide a platform for aspiring speakers to showcase
their skills.
Two sections were entered: Impromptu Public Speaking and Prepared Speeches. The Prepared
speeches will be given on 25 and 26 May.
The Impromptu section gives competitors ten minutes to prepare. This year the adjudicator,
Mrs Romy Levin, gave improvised topics including, Beliefs, Achievements, Buried Treasure,
Brands, Mirrors, and Failure leads to success. The evening included speeches by cell-phone light
as load-shedding struck Sandton.
In spite of that, we achieved great results. Thank you, Grade 7s, for doing us proud.
The results were:
Gold: (80% - 89%)
Daniel de Jager and Michaela Lawrence
Honours: (90% - 95%)
Daniel Hermetz, Siyalini Naidoo, Gemma Rushton and Kyle Smith
Prestige: (95% - 100%)
Alyssa Getuli, Hannah Henry and Sanhye Munu
SADNESS = LOST PROPERTY
The following pictures were taken of all the clothing, shoes and
lunch boxes, that remained, AFTER we have sorted and returned
all the marked items to the different classes on Friday. We
would like the parents and children to please ensure that all
clothing items are clearly marked with your child’s name and a
surname.
Please do not mark clothing as show in these pictures!
Please note that all unmarked items will be taken to the second
hand shop at the end of this term to be sold there.
Please also note that all unmarked socks are taken to the second
hand shop each Friday to be sold there for R10 /pair.
Saranya and Dean
U8 NETBALL STARS
Megan
Pretorius