Newsletter 5 17 february 2014

WATERKLOOF PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER 5 – 2014

17 February 2014

From the Sportsdesk

Mrs J. de Beer

Results Cricket 10 February

U/11

11 February

Open A

vs Irene Primary

WPS won by 9 wickets. Ruan du Preez took 2 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs. Daniel Williams scored 26 not out.

Open B

vs Irene Primary

WPS won by 8 wickets. Phuti Mogoba took 3 wickets for 10 runs in 3 overs. Chris van Zyl scored 62 not out and Matthew Brandt scored 25 not out.

U/11A

vs Irene Primary

WPS won by 62 runs. Jared Jensen scored 41; Neo Morebudi scored 19 not out and Connor de Clerk scored 18 not out.

12 February

vs WHPS U/11d

WPS won by 10 wickets.

Jared Jensen scored 12 not out and Ronan Oberholster took 4 wickets.

Swimming 7 February

A Team

Cornwall Hill, Midstream College, Woodhill College

Midstream Cornwall Hill Woodhill WPS

587 513 500 370

Boys League vs Midstream College B

Logan Repko Aren Repko Daniel Williams Georgia Kennealy

Midstream Cornwall Hill Woodhill WPS

587 513 500 370

Tennis 10 February

Swimming - Ruan du Preez swam the Midmar Mile on Saturday 8 February 2014 in a time of 26:49. He came third in the U/13 group that swam on Saturday and 35 overall in a field of approximately 620 boys. Well done Ruan!

Chess - Daniel Wohlfahrt played in the Johannesburg Metro Chess Tournament Division H held at Crawford College Johannesburg and won 6.5 out of 7 games and was declared the winner of his division. Congratulations Daniel!

After two weeks of challenges the following children are the top 12 players in the school. Players may challenge at any time during chess lessons to improve their standing on the ladder.

1. Daniel Wohlfahrt 2. Andre Duvenhage 3. Leon Duvenhage 4. Reneev Govender 5. Armand Meiring

6. Luke Klopper 7. Luke Bronkhorst 8. Lethabo Makitla 9. Resego Fredman 10. Brice Niyibizi 11. Jesse Cheung 12. Shival Sookay

Fixtures for this Week Monday 17 February Wouw at WPS Tuesday 18 February Brooklyn

Tennis League Match vs Laerskool Anton van

Wednesday

19 February

U/11A Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary at Brooklyn U/10A Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary at WPS

Thursday

20 February

U/9 Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary at Brooklyn

Friday

21 February

A-Team Swimming gala at Woodhill

Monday

24 February

Tennis League Match vs Laerskool Monumentpark at WPS

Open A Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary at Open B Cricket vs Brooklyn Primary at WPS

School Communicator 97 families have installed the School Communicator in the last 30 days and we have 493 active users. 70% of the parent body use the Communicator regularly.

My School Card Are you using your MySchool cards? Remember that every time you swipe your card at MySchool Client Service Centres the school is earning a percentage.

Client Service Centres include the following: Woolworths, Engen, Waltons, Kalahari.net, Reggies, Toys R Us, Club Travel, Supa Quick, Quicksilver.com and many more.

Funds collected are be used for specific projects identified by the school.

Application forms will be handed out to all the families in the school, and if you do not yet have a MySchool card and would like to become a MySchool supporter please complete the application form and return to Mrs Engelbrecht in the finance office.

SPCA Collection

Mrs A. Stobbart

Collection of small change for the SPCA is ongoing and tins are distributed in all the classrooms.

Newsletter Advertising We are offering parents and businesses the chance to advertise in our Newsletter, at R1000/year per advert.

Please contact Mrs Jenny de Beer, 012 460 1321 for more information should you be interested.

The Travelling Bookshop

Mrs J. Shee

A reminder that the Travelling Bookshop will be in the WPS hall on Monday and Tuesday, 17 & 18 February 2014. Please come along to buy books for your child or send your child with some money if you would like them to purchase some books.

School Wall Advertising

Mrs J. de Beer

We are offering our parents a chance to advertise their businesses on the corner school walls at a very reasonable rate.

These four corner walls offer our parents a great opportunity to advertise to a wide audience. As well as our parent body, there is substantial traffic passing daily, particularly in Crown Avenue. The cost to advertise is:  R250 /month or R3000 /year.

You are required to supply the school with A0 (840mm x 1080mm) material printed on outdoor poster stock with outdoor ink. The poster can be updated throughout the year should you take the option of a full year’s advertising. Q Photo can produce these posters for the parents.

Please contact Mrs Jenny de Beer at 012 460 1321 for more information or return the Reply Slip below if you are interested in this great advertising opportunity.

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