Educating young South Africans with Heart Term 1 Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 Team spirit ~ College Inter-House Tennis MESSAGE FROM THE MARKETING OFFICE We are very excited and honoured that HeronBridge College will be hosting Paul Dowswell, a UK based prize winning author of historical fiction and information books for children and young adults. Paul will be on campus on Monday, the 13 th and Tuesday the 14th of April 2015. On the Monday, Paul will be conducting a workshop in the Hub with College students on the topic of “Turning fact into Fiction”. Then on the Tuesday he will be hosted by the Preparatory School at the Prep Library and the topic of discussion will be “Creating Characters”. Paul Dowswell’s books will be on sale on campus on both days and both cash and credit cards payments will be acceptable… importantly Paul Dowswell will be at hand to sign every book sold at HBC. Please refer to page 7 of this edition for a full breakdown of the book titles and prices. As the term comes to a close, one can sense the excitement in our pupils and staff. We wish to thank everyone for contributing towards HeronBridge College’s success in different spheres. Just recently, several HBC teams participated in the various sporting festivals and our pupils played with Heart and they flew the HBC flag very high. This edition of the Heron features highlights of the “special persons day” which was hosted by our Pre-Preparatory, some fun activities involving our Preparatory pupils, brief reports of the various sporting activities involving our pupils. Finally this edition conveys important changes pertaining to access control at the main entrance. Happy Reading! God loves you with an everlasting love. Receive His gift of eternal life. Term Page 12 Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 ThePage Heron2 GRADE 000 ~ SPECIAL PERSONS DAY! On the 26 March 2015 the Grade 000’s invited a special person in their lives to share a school morning with them. GRADE 1 VISIT TO THE FARM During March the Grade 1’s visited the Children’s Farm and had a super time learning about animals and feeding the animals. PageHeron 3 Newsletter The ThePage Heron3 PREP CAPTAINS Chess Choir Cricket HBC FACEBOOK PAGE: Visit our Facebook page to view news, videos and photos! C: Megan Weston C: Samantha Reed Equestrian Drama C: Caitlin Huntley Softball C: Yeshwaria Govender Tennis C: - Sarah Copeland C: Zenala Mhlongo C: Tadiwa Ponde C: Nicole Dewar Swimming C: Aidan Griffith C: Nicolle Cronje C: Daniel Buys Golf C: Nicholas Minnie Tennis C: Keagan Kleynhans Term Page 14 Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 ThePage Heron4 GRADE 2 ~ ALL ABOUT ME ... As part of our Theme: All About Me, we learn about people who help us at school. Each Grade 2 class got the opportunity to interview someone who helps us at school. The children asked questions which they had written themselves. They used the answers to create posters in groups, about the person they had interviewed. Grade 2V and Grade 2J interviewed Mrs Featherstone Grade 2H interviewed Mr Nel Grade 2F interviewed Charmaine Grade 2L interviewed Mr Dube GRADE 6 PICNIC FOR GRADE 1’s On 2 April the Grade 6 children treated the little Grade 1’s to a picnic. The older children enjoyed taking responsibility for the little ones under their care, preparing delicious food to share and entertaining everyone with many games and activities. A fun and busy day was enjoyed by all pupils! PageHeron 5 Newsletter The ThePage Heron5 PREP OUTREACH The Prep Outreach Team has grown hugely this year with numbers up to 50 students coming from both Grade 6 and 7. This has been amazing and we have spent some time challenging the kids about what it means to really serve and not just ‘do charity’. visited Rising Legends, one team, Little Legends and one team Wise Kids all based in Cosmo City. We had a wonderful afternoon with a structured programme including some time to meet, greet and sing songs and then we split the children into groups where they would complete some fun gross motor activities that HBC We had a puppet making workshop, where each child put together children had been trained on. After that we hid Easter Eggs for the a puppet made mostly from resource material, and then had to children to find around their school. We ended our time off with the group together to invent a story with a moral side to it as well as a puppet shows which were prepared. song to teach the children in the community. This was a wonderful learning activity, and the children far exceeded our expectations! The Prep Outreach Team blew us away with their ability to connect with the children, run activities and deliver the most wonderful and Our term culminated in our trip into the community where we went special puppet show all done with such love and care for these to 3 of our partnership schools who are on the training programme children. We look forward to another awesome term next term! with the HeronBridge Training and Resource Centre. One team TENNIS FAR NORTH CRICKET We are thrilled that we have been able to field We are very proud of Daniel Buys, Ethan Haigh, Christopher Pistorius, Lukas Estertwo Prep senior girls tennis teams this term. huizen and Casey Nicholson for being selected for Far North Area Cricket in various age Both the A and B team have performed groups. Congratulations boys on a fine achievement! remarkably well, each team winning 3 of the 4 matches played. A big thank you to all the parents who have supported the girls each week, your support is so appreciated! Well done to all the girls for showing determination, dedication and commitment to their respective teams. Mrs Lumley Girls Tennis Coach Page 6 Term 1 Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 SAVE THE DATE … UPWARD SPORTS 2015 Enquiries: [email protected] PRESTIGE GALA The Prep Prestige Gala took place at Dainfern College on Wednesday, 18 March. Thank you to Ms. Brummer (Head of Swimming), Ms. Van Meyeren (Head Coach), Mrs. Ritchie and the rest of the swimming team for their dedication and hard work in getting our swimmers ready for Prestige. Well done to all swimmers who competed and did our school so proud! What a phenomenal performance! We were up against some very stiff competition, HeronBridge brought home three out of three trophies. We received trophies for the following: Overall Boys Winners, Overall Girls Winners and Overall winners. The final results were as follows: Prep School Prestige Gala 2015 1 HeronBridge 338 2 Dainfern 331 3 Redhill 268 4 Grayston 264 5 Kyalami 224 5 Pecanwood 224 7 Crawford Sandton 221 8 Crawford Lonehill 166 9 Beaulieu 160 Page 7 The Heron Newsletter AUTHOR, PAUL DOWSELL We are very excited and honoured that HeronBridge College will be hosting Paul Dowswell, a UK based prize winning author of historical fiction and information books for children and young adults. Paul will be on campus on Monday, the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of April 2015. On the Monday, Paul will be conducting a workshop in the Hub with College students on the topic of “Turning fact into Fiction”. Then on the Tuesday he will be hosted by the Preparatory School at the Prep Library and the topic of discussion will be “Creating Characters”. Paul Dowswell’s books will be on sale on campus on both days and both cash and credit cards payments will be acceptable…importantly Paul Dowswell will be at hand to sign every book sold at HBC. Paul travels widely in the UK and Europe, taking creative writing classes and giving talks on his books to schools, conferences and festivals. He has written about historical fiction for The Guardian, the TES, the Book Trust, the School Library Association and Military History Monthly, and spoken about his work on UK national and local radio. This year he has appeared with Michael Morpurgo at the British Library Conference ‘Writing the First World War’, spoken alongside John Boyne on ‘Stories of War’ at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and chaired the judging panel for the UK Historical Association book award for young readers. www.pauldowswell.co.uk From Newspaper reviews: Anyone who has read a novel by Dowswell will never look at their history books in the same way again, …and that is his power as a writer. Kinderboekenpraatjes, The Netherlands. Paul Dowswell is a brilliant historical novelist… The Daily Telegraph The following titles will be on sale and will be signed by the author: Description Title Powder Monkey Price R 175.00 Auslander R 155.00 When Peter's parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in Warsaw. Then German soldiers take him away to be measured and assessed. They decide that Peter is racially valuable. He is Volksdeutscher: of German blood. With his blond hair, blue eyes, and acceptably proportioned head, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler-Jugend poster. Someone important will want to adopt Peter. They do. Professor Kaltenbach is very pleased to welcome such a fine Aryan specimen to his household. People will be envious. But Peter is not quite the specimen they think. He is forming his own ideas about what he is seeing, what he is told. Peter doesn't want to be a Nazi, and so he is going to take a very dangerous risk. The most dangerous risk he could possibly choose to take in Berlin in 1942. Sektion 20 R 155.00 Alex lives in East Berlin. The cold war is raging and he and his family are forbidden to leave. But the longer he stays the more danger he is in. Alex is no longer pretending to be a model East German, and the Stasi has noticed. They are watching him. Alex is told that further education will be blocked to him. His summer job is mysteriously cancelled, and friends begin avoiding him. His parents start to realise that leaving the East may be the only option left to them, but getting across the Wall is practically impossible. And even if Alex and his family make it to the other side, will they be able to escape the reach of the Stasi? Eleven Eleven R 155.00 Set during the final 24 hours before the armistice at 11 a.m. on 11th November 1918, the story follows a German storm trooper, an American airman and a British Tommy. Their destinies converge during the death throes of the first ever conflict to spread across the globe. War becomes incredibly personal as nationality and geography cease to matter to each of these teenagers on the Western Front, and friendship becomes the defining aspect of their encounter. But who will live and who will die before the end of the day? Red Shadow R 155.00 Russia, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Misha's life is about to transform when his father is offered a job in Stalin's inner circle. They move into a luxurious apartment in the Kremlin, but doubts about the glorious new Russia quickly surface. Misha realises that the secret police can do whatever they like. His own mother is arrested and sent to prison, but Misha and his father daren't complain. Then as German troops advance on Moscow, the atmosphere in the Kremlin ignites. Misha and a friend find themselves at the heart of a battle against the mighty state in this powerful evocation of one of the most turbulent places and periods of the 20th century, told by a master storyteller. Sam is desperate to leave his sleepy Norfolk village and see the world. He seizes the chance to join a merchant ship but soon discovers that a life at sea is harsh and often short, especially when his ship is attacked by a French privateer. About to be boarded, they fear all is lost, but the privateers are driven off by the appearance of a Royal Navy ship. Sam's relief is short-lived. Soon after, another Navy ship sends over a press gang, and he is forced to join the frigate Miranda. War with France and Spain is raging, and Sam is caught in the middle with a dangerous job as a powder monkey in the company of a brutal crew. This is an amazingly well-researched adventure giving a glimpse of one boy's incredible life at sea. Page 8 Term 1 Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 MONTROSE NIGHT CRICKET & NETBALL FESTIVAL COWAN HOUSE, KZN CRICKET TOUR The annual cricket tour to Cowan House, in the Midlands was held over the weekend of 5-9 March 2015. Well done to the Open A team and U11A team that participated in the Cowan House Cricket Festival. EQUESTRIAN Results for Gauteng West Prep Inter-Schools Qualifier 1 held at Maple Ridge, Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March: Dressage Peter Hall 4th and 3rd (Lead rein) Kelly Hall 2nd and 4th Nicholas Hall 8th and 7th Erin Bleach 1st Performance riding Peter Hall 1st (Lead rein) Kelly Hall 1st Nicholas Hall 5th Working riding Peter hall 4th (Lead rein) Peter Hall 1st Kelly Hall 3rd Erin Bleach 1st Hannah Boulle 2nd Equitation Jade Rosenmann 3rd Erin Bleach 1st Hannah Boulle 5th Saskia Rosenmann 1st Show-Jumping 40cm Sebastian Jansen 4th Solana Britz 6th and 4th 50cm Livian McArthur 2 x 1st Aston Renshall 7th and 5th Mellisa Jansen 16th 60cm Livian McArthur 3rd and 4th Jaymie Meyer 7th and 15th Tarryn Whitfield 10th Ella Willcocks 11th and 9th 70cm Jade Rosenmann 10th and 3rd Michaela Kruger 12th and 10th 90cm Nicole Dewar 1st and 2nd Saskia Rosenmann 2nd and 1st Page 9 The Heron Newsletter GET TO KNOW YOUR COUNCILLORS ~ CAREERTHE INDABA DEPUTY HEAD COUNCILLORS By Mrs Blignaut TYLER MCKEE Q: If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? A: The 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, where Liverpool came from 3-0 down at half time to win on penalties. Q: What was the last movie to make you tear up? A: Marley & Me. Q: What story does your family always tell about you? A: The time I gave a dead bat a proper funeral and burial after it got sat on by a duck, during a family holiday in Dullstroom. Q: If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet? A: Nelson Mandela MIA BODDENBERG Q: What did you do growing up that got you into trouble? A: When I was little, I would always steal the tin of Milo powder and hide behind the curtain and eat it. Q: If you could paint a picture of any scenery you’ve seen before, what would you paint? A: I love skylines, so if I could paint I would definitely paint the Dubai skyline. Q: What sound do you love? A: I love the sound of the sea when the waves crash on the shore, and also thunderstorms. Q: What is one of your favorite quotes? A: “So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” President Roosevelt COLLEGE CAPTAIN INTERHOUSE TENNIS OPEN WATER SWIMMING An excellent Inter-House Tennis Tournament involving all our Houses of both boys and girls was held at the Sports Complex on 10 March. C: Nicole Heard Mrs Braithwaite 1st Weaver 42 points 2nd Starling 37 points 3rd Turaco 31 points 4th Barbet 20 points Term Page 110Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 Page 10 The Heron SWIMMING U15 Freestyle Relay Team Silver Left to Right: Ashley Kreft, Jordan Bramley, Luke Van Greuning and Daniel Copeland. Open Freestyle Relay Bronze Left to Right: Trustin Stevens, Megan Kurzewski, Rachel Stevenson and Bryan Uphof. Individual Medals Above (left) Deavon Vollmer U16 - Silver Fly, (right) Sebastian Walker Above (left) Dom Varrie U17 - Gold backstroke (broke a record U14 Silver Breaststroke and Bronze Freestyle. 29.06 s and Silver Fly, (right) Rachel Stevenson Gold Fly and Gold Freestyle. Rachel Stevenson National Champion in 50 metre freestyle Rachel Stevenson competed at the SA National Level 3 Age groups Championships in Port Elizabeth between the 12 – 16 March 2015 Rachel achieved a 1st for 50 metre freestyle, 3rd for 100 metre freestyle and came 6th in 50 metre fly in age group 17 and 18 years old. She has achieved senior national times for both her 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre freestyle and will be competing in the SA National Championships scheduled to take place in April 2015 at Kings Park Swimming Pool in Durban. Rachel will be representing her province at this event. PageHeron 11 Newsletter The Page 11 The Heron MOUNTAIN BIKING Our mountain bikers had a training session at Northern Farms on Wednesday 11 March 2015. EQUESTRIAN The first high school Equestrian Qualifier was held over the weekend of the 28 th of Feb and 1st of March. Our high school team has increased dramatically in size this year, as we now have 21 riders. Our students were able to enjoy their half term at Maple Ridge as they participated in most of the disciplines over the weekend. A majority of our riders did extremely well. The points that our riders accumulated at the qualifier are going towards their houses. Thus the competition qualifier also doubles as an Inter-House competition, so our riders not only hold the name of HeronBridge high, but of their respective houses too. Kellie Uphof We congratulate the following students for their achievements on the day: Alexandra Davies came1st and 2nd in her Junior Elementary Dressage Test b and a, respectively Kelly McVicar came 2nd for her Prix Caprilli Shannon Hyslop came 1st for her 90cm Equitation Alexandra Davies and Meg Elliot shared a third place for this same Equitation class. Kellie Uphof placed 1st for her 110cm Equitation Caitlin Wolff placed 4th for her 60cm Ideal Time Show jumping class Derryn Palmer placed 5th for her 80cm Competition Show jumping Jessica Riemer placed 1st in the 100cm and 100cm Competition Show jumping classes Kellie Uphof placed 4th in her 110cm Competition Show jumping Daisy Gidlow placed 2nd and 3rd in the same 120cm Show jumping class Daisy Gidlow placed 1st in the 120cm Competition Show jumping Jessica Reimer SECURITY AND ACCESS NOTICE SECURITY ACCESS DISCS VISTORS ACCESS For safety and security reasons HeronBridge College has an access disc system. The red discs are for staff and residents ONLY! The green discs are for parents and pupils. A “Visitor Access Card System” has been updated and improved at HBC. This is to assist with the safety and security of our pupils, visitors and staff. All visitors who do not present at the entrance of the school with an access disc will be issued a visitor’s card on a lanyard (to be worn around the visitors neck). This card will be colour coded according to what area of the property is being visited. The colours are as follows: Pre-Prep: Red Prep: Yellow College: Blue Retreat and Estate: Blue Admissions/Marketing/Accounts: Green The access discs are to be displayed on the bottom RIGHT hand corner of your windscreen (driver’s side). Note: You will be requested to sign in at the entrance gate if you do not display your access disc. Access discs are available from the school reception desks at R20 per disc. We trust that this will assist both the visitors and staff in keeping our property safe. Term Page 112Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 Page 12 The Heron URGENT NOTE FROM THE ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENT Sibling alert! Have you registered your younger/older siblings? Whilst we do prioritise sibling enrolments, we can only do this if they are registered timeously. Please note that we have three major intake years – Grade 000, 00 and Grade 8. Importantly, please note that Grade R and Grade 1 are not common intake years therefore it is difficult to accommodate pupils(including siblings) in these grades . All other Grades feed through from the previous year, and places only become available if an existing child leaves. DON’T DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION There are always extremes when it comes to parenting. I have written extensively about the helicopter parent, but there has been a sharp increase in parents who are distancing themselves from their children’s education and leaving it all up to schools alone. I highlight the two most common reasons for this below: Because I’m paying for it! Many parents are paying a lot for their children’s education today and assume this means that the school can do it all. Strangely enough, as schools improve and increase their resources, parents seem to reduce their support and presence, which actually diminishes the positive impact of these resources. Because I’m too busy! The majority of parents today are in the workforce and are parenting on very limited hours each day (by my calculation many children see their parents for 2 – 3 hours of awake time each day which is characterised by a lot of rushing to get things done before leaving for school and work in the morning or going to bed at night). Quality time together is a scarce resource. Understandably, many parents are under huge time and financial pressure which keeps them away from their children and limits their involvement in their educational journey. However, we need to consciously bear in mind studies that prove that children whose parents show an interest in their child's development and get involved with school life do better at school academically, stay in the school system for longer and are less likely to do drugs, abuse alcohol or fall into bad company. Involvement means helping out at school events, being on committees, attending the school play or sports fixtures (not necessarily all, but enough to be memorable), and having time to chat about school, homework, projects, etc. The absence of parents is likely to have some long term consequences because the ‘parental effect’ is very difficult for schools to reproduce. In addition to the formal school curriculum, parents play an essential role in the cognitive, social and emotional development of their children, especially in the foundation phase between birth and age 9. Children glean so much from their parents – in fact 85% of what children really need to know for success in life is ascribed to their parents – we are, in fact, the hidden curriculum. What busy parents can do to connect more with their children: Ditch the cell phone when dropping off or collecting your child from school: connect face-to-face – these snapshot parenting moments are key to linking and connecting with your child both now and in the future. Don’t use DVD’s or electronic devices to ‘mute’ your child in the car, rather use it as a connection opportunity – talk, sing and play games together, observe the world beyond the car window and learn together, eg. count the trees, read the traffic signs, identify the makes of vehicles etc. When children are learning at home or doing homework, use technology to reinforce real, hands on learning rather than replacing it, especially in the formative years of your child’s life; from birth until they turn 9. Keep it real and 3D as much as possible! \ Remember that play is the language of childhood – make time to play together – often! Re-look at your values, your expectations and priorities, your working hours and employment options. Can one parent be more flexible to afford your child quality time? Childhood comes around but once and cannot be done over again. Consider joining or creating a forum for working parents in your company where these issues can be raised and tackled. After all, you are bringing up the next generation of talent your company (or another) will, hopefully, one day employ or out-source to. Surely then, they need for you to do the best parenting job you possibly can. Despite your busyness, try and make a conscious effort to find ways to be as interested and involved in your child’s education and development as you can. No matter how many people you co-opt or pay to fill the gaps for you such as many loving grandparents who step into the breach; nannies; child-minders; au pairs; coaches; drivers and aftercare teachers, to name a few, you cannot buy in the parental effect. You have to be it! NIKKI BUSH Creative parenting expert, inspirational speaker and co-author of Tech-Savvy Parenting (Bookstorm, 2014), Future-proof Your Child (Penguin, 2008), and Easy Answers to Awkward Questions (Metz Press, 2009) [email protected] / www.nikkibush.com Parenting Matters/Volume 6 Issue 8 PageHeron 13 Newsletter The Page 13 The Heron Term Page 114Issue 3 Thursday, 9 April 2015 Page 14 The Heron GRADE R BOYS & GIRLS WINTER UNIFORM 2015 Uniforms can only be purchased at the HeronBridge Uniform Shop. Winter Uniform is worn during the second term. MAY 2015 SCHOOL HOLIDAY OPEN HOURS Saturday, 2 May 2014: 10h00 - 14h00 Monday, 4 May 2014: 10h00 - 14h00 Tuesday, 5 May: School re-opens for the 2nd Term Grade R Long Sleeve Shirt R110 each Jersey R170 - R180 each Tracksuit Pants R200 each Track Top R330 each Inner Fleece for Track Top (optional) R150 each Grade R Socks short or long R33 & R48 each School Shoes—Black R260 - R350 Peak Cap R100 Beanie, Scarf and Gloves may also be worn to keep warm! Various pricing! HeronBridge Bags & Accessories: School Bags, Lunch Coolers, New Balance Sports Shoes, Pool Poncho, Dry Mac & Clothing Labels. PageHeron 15 Newsletter The Page 15 The Heron WINTER UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS GRADE 1-12 ‘2ND TERM’ TUESDAY, 5 MAY UNTIL FRIDAY, 7 AUGUST 2015 MAY 2015 SCHOOL HOLIDAY UNIFORM SHOP OPEN HOURS Saturday, 2 May 2014: 10h00 – 14h00 Monday, 4 May 2014: 10h00 – 14h00 GRADE 1-6 GIRLS HeronBridge champagne golf shirt short or long sleeve, tartan culottes or navy bootleg trousers, HeronBridge navy V-necked jersey, HeronBridge tracksuit top with optional inner fleece, long navy & beige stripe socks or navy tights (44, 77 decitex, ribbed or woollen) or short navy & beige stripe socks (which may only be worn underneath the navy bootleg trousers), & black school shoes. GRADE 1-6 BOYS HeronBridge champagne golf shirt short or long sleeve, long navy trousers, HeronBridge navy V-necked jersey, HeronBridge tracksuit top with optional inner fleece, long navy & beige stripe socks & black school shoes. GRADE 7-11 GIRLS Navy or colours HeronBridge blazer, tartan skirt or stone bootleg trousers, white long sleeve formal shirt, HeronBridge college or colours tie, HeronBridge navy V-necked jersey long sleeve or sleeveless, long navy & beige stripe socks, or navy tights (44 Decitex) & black school shoes. GRADE 7-11 BOYS Navy or colours HeronBridge blazer, stone chinos, black belt, white long sleeve formal shirt, HeronBridge college or colours tie, HeronBridge navy V-necked jersey long sleeve or sleeveless, beige ankle socks & black school shoes. GRADE 12 MATRIC GIRLS Navy or colours HeronBridge blazer, tartan skirt or stone bootleg trousers, white long sleeve formal shirt, HeronBridge Matric or colours tie, Matric white V-necked jersey long sleeve or sleeveless, long navy & beige stripe socks, or navy tights (44 Decitex) & black school shoes. GRADE 12 MATRIC BOYS Navy or colours HeronBridge blazer, stone chinos, black belt, white long sleeve formal shirt, HeronBridge Matric or colours tie, Matric white V-necked jersey long sleeve or sleeveless, beige ankle socks & black school shoes. ACCESSORIES TO KEEP YOU EXTRA WARM: HBC BEANIES, SCARVES, GLOVES, & FLEECE INNERS for Tracksuit Tops
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