Page 1 of 7 WINSTON PARK PRIMARY Weekly Issue 1 of 2015 st 21 January Term 1 Please visit our website: www.wppschool.co.za “Together, we nurture and inspire each of our children to become confident and well-adjusted life long learners”. With integrity Promoting respect and responsibility Providing a caring, secure environment Striving for excellence Deputy Principal’s Message Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine Dear Parents A New Year I have recently had the opportunity to speak to a number of people about the start to a new year after a good long holiday. Most enquire if I am looking forward to the start of the year. For me it is always an easy answer. Yes, I am excited about the start of the year. I feel privileged that I am a teacher and get to feel that beginning of the year excitement that is generated when children, teachers and friends come together after a time apart. Don`t get me wrong, I love the holidays and am appreciative of them, but I do enjoy coming back to school! I am also very grateful for the opportunity of fulfilling the role of leading this special school in an acting capacity until the Department finalises the Principal’s post. I will be involved in the day to day running and administration of the school, effectively taking over the role that Mr Green played last year. Mrs le Roux has been appointed as our Departmental Acting Principal and she will be responsible for liaising with the department of education. We are fortunate indeed to have the wealth of experience and genuine passion for our school that Mrs le Roux brings to that position. Mrs le Roux will still be a Grade Two class teacher and will still carry out her roles as Junior Primary HOD in charge of Grade Two and Three. Page 2 of 7 We welcome Gina Layzell into the Winston Park Primary School Family. She takes on the newly created role of Finance and Business Manager and we wish her a happy and satisfying time with us. We are pleased to have employed Jessica Campbell who has moved from being an intern with us last year into a teaching post as our JP PE teacher. Our intern programme is thriving and we now have an intern complement of twenty aspiring teachers. We have introduced two PE/Sport interns and we now also have three interns in the Senior Primary. On a sad note, our condolences go out to the Thirboan family: Shirley, Sashen and Shriyan, on the passing of their husband and father in the holidays. We carry them in our thoughts and prayers. Mr and Mrs Green became grandparents on the 30 December and they now have a beautiful granddaughter, Amelia Rose. Congratulations to you both and to Amelia`s parents. th 2015 is our school’s 40 year and we are happy to be celebrating forty years of outstanding education. We have a number of celebrations planned for the year and will let you know about them shortly so you can start planning to join us in those festivities. We wish you all a challenging, exciting and prosperous new year. NB: The important sms letter is going home with your child/ren today. Please return these promptly. Yours sincerely Moms Who Care Group: Michael Foster Deputy Principal Page 3 of 7 ON THE SPORTS FIELD Our extra-mural programme will start on Monday 26th January. You can view the extra-mural programme on the D6 under resources/ sport. Senior Primary Inter-House Swimming Trials / Gala: Swimming trials will be held during school time this week on Thurs 22 and Fri 23 January. Every senior primary child must come to school dressed in PE kit (black shorts, house colour golf shirt and takkies) on Thurs and Fri. Pupils must also bring the correct colour house swimming cap, a towel, sunblock, school hat and juice. Swimming trials are compulsory and pupils will only be excused if they present a valid letter from a parent or doctor. The team lists will be posted on the Sports notice board on Monday so that pupils can see which events they will be participating in and can attend the following early morning practice sessions: u12/u13 boys and girls (all houses): Tuesday 27 January 06h40 – 07h10 Tuesday 3 February 06h40 – 07h10 u10/u11/open boys and girls (all houses): Thursday 29 January 06h40 – 07h10 Thursday 5 February 06h40 – 07h10 The inter-house 100m freestyle final will be held on Tuesday 3 February at 12h30 and the 100m Medley final will take place on Wednesday 4 February at 12h30. This will only pertain to those children who have qualified at trials. The Senior Primary Gala (Grade 4-7) will take place on Friday 6 February 2015 at 08h30. Senior Primary children may go home after the gala at approximately 11h30. Tennis balls for sale Due to new rules, tennis balls for primary schools have changed. We have some stock of Dunlop Fort Elite tennis ball tins that we would like to sell in order to replace them with the new rules balls. We are selling them at R65 for a tin of 3. If interested please contact Feri Fassihi in the sport office. Page 4 of 7 APPLICATION FORMS FOR 2016 2016 SIBLINGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. AVAILABLE. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR APPLICATION TO THE LAST MINUTE Thank you! Page 5 of 7 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 21 22 23 24 25 26 SP Swimming Trials SP Swimming Trials Extra-murals start Page 6 of 7 Page 7 of 7 NEW PARENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR GRADE R PARENTS Mrs Green at WPPS reception can assist you so APPLY FOR YOUR CARD NOW!!