Volume 34 17 October 2014 We celebrated Bandana Day! The Somerset House children celebrated Bandana Day on the last day of Term 3! More than 300 bandanas were bought through the school whilst others had already been purchased directly from Pick n Pay. Thank you all for supporting this worthwhile cause so enthusiastically! HeadLines… Welcome to Mrs Charmaine Roynon and Mrs Natasha van Greunen Mrs Roynon has taken up residence in one of the most exciting classrooms in the country! The Knowledge Centre is her space and she is loving being in there. We hope that she is going to enjoy a long and happy stay at our school as our new Director of ICT Integration. Her job is to push the boundaries as far as innovative teaching methodologies are concerned. Watch this space! Mrs van Greunen has replaced Mr Knott as our Grade 5 teacher and is also involved with Social Science teaching in Grade 6 and 7. She is here until the end of the year and we are enjoying her input and energy. We hope it will be a brilliant term with us! Grade 3 Jungle Gym We would like to request that the Jungle Gym outside the Grade 3 classes does not get used by younger children while they wait for their siblings to finish school. It is very difficult for our Grade 3s to focus on their work with younger children playing right outside their classroom at the end of the day. Your co-operation with this request would be greatly appreciated. Founders’ Day Our annual Founders’ Day Celebration takes place on Friday 31st of October and will include the opening of our new Performing Arts and Assembly Space. We will start at 08h30 sharp in the Simpson Hall and then move down to the new building at 09h30 for the opening. Mrs Nicky Newton King, the CEO of the JSE will be our guest speaker. All parents are welcome to attend this special event. Completion of Building Celebration There will be a picnic and music concert in the Cloetenburg Quad on the evening of Founder’s Day, the 31st of October. All our parents and pupils, both past and present, are invited to explore the campus and see the new spaces that have been created. This will start from 18h00. More details will be made available soon, so please diarise this date. Our Condolences We are saddened by the news that Peter Millson passed away yesterday. Mr Millson made a considerable contribution to our school and was the Chairman of the Board at Somerset House from 1972 until 1979. He remained a great supporter and friend of the school and our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time. Chris Storey – Headmaster [email protected] Past Pupil Lize Mynhardt Top 7 SA Idols Congratulations to past pupil Lize Mynhardt, for reaching the Top 7 of SA Idols. We are extremely proud of her and would like to support her in realising her dream! Watch Idols on Sunday afternoons at 17h00 (Mnet or Mzanzi) to see her in action! Every vote counts! Photos If you have taken photos of Somerset House children during this year, in any part of their school life, we would be most grateful to get copies of them. They can be given to Tracey du Toit on flash disc, CD or DVD. Many thanks! Summer Uniform Children may wear either summer or winter uniform for the first 2 weeks of term. As from week 3, all children should be in summer uniform. The School Shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 07h30 to 14h30. You can also e-mail [email protected] to place an order, the cost of which will be added to your school account. We would like to thank those who have made donations of second hand clothes; we really appreciate your kindness and generosity. Please feel free to donate any unwanted hangers as we are always in need of them. Recycling It was a very quiet start to the new summer season of recycling with most of The Crew rehearsing for their Music Tour. Jordan Heymans was first on the scene, sorting out the various early bird deliveries. Robert Underwood and Chris Young-Pugh soon joined and took over the transport arrangements, leaving Mr Rank and his colleague to be the GIPs for the morning. Mrs Bouah and Mrs van Greunen assisted Jordan with the W & M end of things – all in all a rather gentle start to the final term! Hopefully all The Crew will be back next week and let the banter begin…! 2014 Weds 15 Oct 7M 7U 6M 6O 5B 5V 4J 4M 3P 3R 2C 2T 1B 1dP Weekly Total 11.0 2.0 6.9 64.4 3.0 6.0 4.0 52.5 68.9 6.1 15.6 16.5 18.5 275.4 Artists of the Week Well done to Stephanie Bihl in Grade 6 for her sensitively drawn and carved linocut. The composition with its balance of positive and negative spaces is satisfying, as well as the varied use of line and shape. More of the Grade 6 linocuts will be featured in the next few weeks. Kitchen Staff Training Course During the holidays the Prep and Oakwood kitchen staff attended a follow-up training course presented by SPROS Training Academy on the topics of Food Safety and Hygiene. The training was very informative and Lena, Cynthia, Lana and Cathy look forward to the next module which they will attend in the first term of 2015 Sports News BEN WINS ANOTHER GOLD Ben van Schalkwyk represented the WP U13A Sevens Rugby Team at the National Sevens Tournament which was held in Krugersdorp on the 6th and 7th October. Ben’s Western Province Team had a phenomenal tournament, beating the Cheetahs 40-0, the Sharks 35-0 and the Lions 38-0 on day 1 in the pools. On day 2 they played against the Limpopo Blue Bulls in the quarter final, beating them 40-5, after which they beat the Lions 31-17 in the semi-final. This put them into the Cup final against Border, which they won 44-19. This is the first year that the WP U13s have won both Craven Week and Sevens in the same year. A brilliant performance; congratulations, Ben! U11 FREEDOM PITSENG CRICKET TOURNAMENT Six of our U11 cricketers represented the SW Cricket Club at the U11 Freedom Pitseng Cricket Tournament in Worcester from 6 – 8th October. This is a prestigious tournament where the Boland Provincial Teams play against the strongest WP Youth Club sides. Sean Irwin, Arden Scholtz, Daashay Reddy, James Royden-Turner, Joshua Cox and Nic Lombard played a huge role in their team’s success. The SW Club Team had a fantastic tournament and earned themselves a spot in the final where they beat the Boland A Team by 9 wickets. James Royden-Turner was also named the batsman of the tournament. Five Somerset House boys Daashay, James, Joshua and Arden (U11) and Kai Greig (U13) have been selected to represent the Freedom Pitseng Cricket Team at the Provincial Tournament which takes place in Worcester from 11 – 15th December. (Joshua was unfortunately absent when the photo was taken). Arden and James have also been invited to represent the Western Cape U12 Team on a tour to Sri Lanka in 2015. Congratulations to all our boys - these are wonderful achievements of which we are extremely proud! MINI CRICKET MATCHES On Wednesday our mini cricket teams played against Lochnerhof and Applewood. Our boys played the Lochnerhof teams, and our U9 girls played against Applewood. It was the first time that all our teams were playing their matches on the Webb Field, and it was a buzz of activity as six matches were played at the same time. The U9 girls had a lot of fun and enjoyed their match thoroughly, with some outstanding play from Mary Vine-Morris who batted very well, and Suzy Whall being the best bowler for the day. Our boys came up against some tough opposition from Lochnerhof, and most of them still seemed a bit rusty after the winter season. Too many shots were played into the air, offering easy catches to teams who were set to take every opportunity given to them to take wickets. We hope to see some improvement from the boys and also a return to the basics, so that there will be fewer wickets given away during their innings. Some of the noteworthy performances were as follows:  U7: Tristan Nel good batting, scoring 9 runs, and Louis Le Riche for his improved bowling,  U8: Best batsman for their teams: Ben Cox and Luke Griffiths, and for their good bowling Nathan Behrens taking 1 wicket for 4 runs and Awsten Kelly, 1 wicket for 6 runs.  U9: JP Mans for his good bowling performance, taking 2 wickets for 2 runs. Well done to all our children who took part in the matches yesterday. SUMMER SPORTS GET UNDERWAY Our children were very excited to get stuck into their summer sport on Tuesday afternoon. All our swimming sessions also managed to take place, with the pool temperature at a comfortable 22 degrees. These Grade 2 boys were captured enjoying their first swimming lesson of the season. Week 2: Programme for week ending 25th October 2014 Mon 20 Oct Tues 21 Wed 22 Thurs 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 14h35 from 16h40 07h45 from 16h40 14h45 14h45 18h30 from 13h45 14h45 18h00 07h45 14h45 08h30 08h30 – 10h30 09h00 – 13h00 14h00 19h00 08h00 JP Staff Meeting Summer Astro Hockey – U11 & U12 Boys FinCo Meeting Summer Astro Hockey – U11 & U12 Girls Cricket Matches v Somerset House: U11B v U10B (H); 2nd XI v 3rd XI (H) Cricket Matches v Rhenish : U10 A (A); U12A (H) Grade 7 Music Evening (Haydock Hall) Mini Cricket Matches: Boys v De Hoop (A); Girls v Beaumont (A) Cricket Matches v Eikestad : U11A (A); 1st XI (H) Flutes in the Foyer Concert, Stellenbosch High School ExCo Meeting Tennis Matches Storieskip Assembly Grade 6 MAD Outreach with St Paul’s Primary Trinity College Music Exams UNISA Music Theory Exams – pre Grade 1 Day/Night Cricket v Somerset College: 1st XI (R/Park) Bridge House Mini Cricket Festival: U7 & U8 (A)