STAR OF THE WEEK 1L Lile McNaughten 1T Alessandro de Jesus 1V Tristan Langlois 2B Ethan Muller 2G Bryden Koffinas 2J Reagan McMahon 3A Thuso Dos Santos 3H Jarin Presence 3R Deepal Lakhoo 4FA Ethan Gordon 4SA Kate Rautenbach 4SC Adriano Lourenco 5FR Hannah Wessels 5G Serina Landman 5V Taedi Hansraj 6K Makayla De Oliviera 6S Kauthar Adonis 6W Trinity Freeman 6Y Cameron Varga 7B Zain Janodien 7T Emmanuel Emefiele 7M Courtney Sepkins HOUSE POINTS Well done Seagulls for being tops this week! Congratulations to Julia Fiamoi in Grade 2 on receiving a rosette for a clear round in horse riding! MATHS WIZARD Gr1-3 Aidan Williams 1T Gr4-5 Aqeelah Groepe 5F Gr6-7 Jared Muller 7T Yours sincerely R J COE HEADMASTER Milnerton Monday Mail Issue: 1/5 16 February 2015 Tel: 021 5522028 Fax: 021 5524051 1911- 2015 Milnerton Primary School, Zastron Rd, Milnerton Dear Parents APPLICATIONS FOR GR 1 2016 Please note that APPLICATION FORMS are available at reception for enrolment of Gr 1s for 2016. If there are siblings, you are strongly encouraged to apply without delay as we are always over-subscribed and places are filled very quickly. CAMP OUT Details regarding our annual CAMP OUT will be posted later this week. Please keep a look out for this notice and set aside Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March for this fun family event! VALUABLES AT SCHOOL Please remind your children that anything of value should NOT be brought to school. This includes larger amounts of money. Any money or items of value should be kept in a secure pocket and not left in a school bag. Unfortunately, there are sporadic occasions when goods are stolen. THE AREPP The show scheduled for the 11 February presented by Arepp: Theatre for Life has been moved to Wednesday, 25 February. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARENTS Please note that parents are requested not to bring items that learners have left at home to the school reception. This causes a disruption to their school day, the class as well as admin staff. Your co-operation will be appreciated. CLASS REPS Thank you for the good turnout at our recent parent teacher meetings,.We feel that the year has got off a to a busy but good start. At these meetings the following parents kindly made themselves available as class reps: Gr1L Nadia Palmieri Gr1B Nicolette Kotze Gr1T Bianca Jade Botha Gr2 Vidette Koffinas Gr2B Sharleen De Waal Gr3R Nadia Palmieri Gr3A Gale Petersen Gr3H Tracy Kleinsmith Gr4F Gabriellla Krige Gr4Sc Ziggy Griffiths Gr4S Sheri van Blerk Gr5G Debby Coetzee Gr5V Mrs Gani Gr6Y Jaylene Nahman Gr6S Kim Isobell Gr6K Denise Glezer Jones Gr6W Kathleen Van Zyl Gr 7T Desire Weaver Class reps are not necessarily members of the PTA Committee but act as a liaison between the parents of a class, the teacher and PTA. There will be occasions when they will facilitate in the smooth running of fundraisers, events and outings, etc. Thank you in anticipation for your support. Class reps will have contact details of parents for their particular class. Tracksuit Orders Please place all tracksuit orders by the end of February. For prices and further info contact Mrs Tracy Kleinsmith on 0844700345. Lord Baden-Powell Children who are members of scouts, cubs or such like organisations may come to school on Friday, 20 February, in the appropriate uniform, to celebrate Baden-Powell’s birthday. BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SECURITY Before School, Begonia Road and Langerman Rd pedestrian gates are usually open by 06h45 in the morning. This may vary either way by a few minutes. It is advisable not to drop children too early (i.e. before this time in the mornings). Both these gates are then locked at 08:00,for security reasons. All late children must enter at the Zastron Rd gate and report to reception. Both gates are opened again at 13h00 (1pm) to allow access when the Gr1 and Gr 2 learners depart. Parents are requested not to try and access the Begonia Road entrance for school office business during the day but to ring the bell and enter through Zastron Rd main gate. For security reasons, all visitors to the school are expected to report to RECEPTION at the main entrance. Under no circumstances are any visitors or parents allowed to enter the building and go to class rooms. This is also to prevent disruption while teaching is taking place. After school, when the school (13h05 and 14h30) is over , learners are expected: a) to be picked up within 15 minutes of the bell or b) get ready for sport practices / matches or c) go to DAYCARE. Learners who are waiting for their lifts wait on the yellow bench with their bags. They are not allowed to run around the school or interfere with sports activities or daycare. Please do not allow your child to sit on the bench and wait for extended periods of time (no longer than 15 minutes) as it is very unfair and frustrating for them. It is requested that such children be enrolled in daycare rather than sit around bored. DROP & GO We are now into our 5th week of term and children, particularly Grade Ones, know the routine. It is no longer necessary to bring your child to the classroom or pick them up from the classroom. For the continued smooth flow of traffic please DROP & GO ONLY. Please remember that both Begonia and Langerman must be used as one ways so that children are dropped on the pavement side of the school. Please consider our neighbours too. We have received a number of complaints about parents: parked cars opposite driveways, unattended cars, as well as verbal abuse. This is not the image our school would like to portray in the community. Please assist by adhering to the basic rules.